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• ZBizKiT Pocket PC application suddenly terminates

  Hi, In the multithreaded programs that I have coded that run in the background, i always encounter issues when the app suddenly terminates. Reading other posts from forums over the web, most of these cases are due to memory problems, eg. Low Memory, Parts of memory not being freed. regardless of memory problems or unhandled exceptions, are there other ways in which the pocket pc would decide to terminate my apps For example when my app is idle ...Show All

• GotFocus Invoke ShellAPI for Windows Mobile 5

  I try to invoke the Shell_NotifyIcon for Windows Mobile 5. I have search in the library of Windows Mobile 5 SDK the shell library name is "Shell.dll", but then i create DllImport statement in C# to invoke the function of "Shell.dll" then found error that said the "Shell.dll" not found. Does anyone here know the file name of shell for Windows Mobile 5. I've try all kind name but still not get the correct name of shell library (i try shellapi.dll, ...Show All

• RCherukuri eVC3 and eVC4 bomb when loading projects

  I'm trying to get eVC and eVC4 working on my main Win2K box. (Everything works fine on another machine). The IDEs each start properly. However, when I open any workspace, I get the following: eVC4: Instruction at "0x780104ac" referenced memory at "0x0000000". Opening the debugger gets "Unhandled exception in Evc.exe (MSVCRT.DLL): 0xC0000005: Access Violation" eVC3:Instruction at "0x510b2daa" referenced mem ...Show All

• David Eccleston vs2005 compiler is fatally flawed: generates bad code

  In this very simple excerpted code, the compiler fails to do its job.  If you want it recreated, I propose someone there try to recreate it.  I've already got it happening here.  It's as simple as it gets.  From the type of failure, it looks like it's going to happen a lot. r12 is assigned the address of mc.decodePriority only if gDecodeMaxPriority >= 3, yet it, r12, is still used as the store address when it is not &g ...Show All

• Torben B Haagh Win 5.0 debug with eVC 4.0

  Hello folks, I am using Microsoft eMbedded Visual C++ 4.0 with SP3 + SP4 installed and I want to debug my aplication on a SPV C600 that runs with Windows Mobile 5.0 - debug on. The set platform is SmartPhone 2003. My question is do I have to install a debug tool for this device or what I want to do is not possible Either way I would appreciate an answer. Best regards. Hi again. I was able ...Show All

• Michael Lipp MSFT Porting unmanaged c++ dll from VS Net 2003 to VS Net 2005 beta 2 Windows Mobile

  Hi, we are currently face with a big problem.. We have an application made in c# than run on windows xp an 2k using .net framework 1.1. The solution is almost all in c# except 1 project that is in unmanaged c++. Everything is working fine under Vs Net 2003. We're trying to port this application to Windows Mobile 2003 and/or Windows Mobile 5 but we have some problem with the c++ project. Theres some include files that cant be found witch are : # ...Show All

• TrisTyPL The device simulator has a japanese version

      Hi,recently I download the device simulator preview,it is a wonderful tool,but my application will be deployed to a window CE of japanese version,is there a jap version thanks Not yet - but they should be available shortly (i.e. within weeks). Thanks, Vladimir Any progress Is this you are looking for http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx FamilyID= ...Show All

• Bob Glassley VS2005 connet to windows 5.0 pocket pc device error

  Dear experts, When I connet to windows 5.0 pocket pc device in VS2005,display one error message: connect false,device is not exit. But I can ping the PDA device in my PC. PDA is HP2190,OS is windows mobile 5.0. Could you help me Thanks and regard, collysun Is it connected via Active Sync If not, VS won’t be able to connect unless you follow this procedure: http://blogs.msdn.com/vsdteam/archive/2005/01/05/347332. ...Show All

• Irshad_ip ascii vs. unicode woes

  Hello, I'm writing an app for my Windows Mobile 5.0 device that will involve C++ code in a DLL and C# code in an exe. C# will communicate with C++ through COM Interop. I used the following walkthrough as a model. " Walkthrough: Hello World: A COM Interop Example for Smart Devices" The walkthrough uses BSTR which is 16-bit chars, i.e. STDMETHODIMP CHello::HelloWorld(BSTR* text) { // TODO: Add your implementation code here * ...Show All

• YongLi Create and Print PDF document

  I have a Vodafone v1640 (also called I-mate jasjar). I've written a program to create a PDF file. How can I print the a PDF file from my c# application On the pocket is installed a ClearVue PDF but it doesn't print file, only view. I've tried to install the Acrobat Reader but it doesn't start. I supposed it isn't for Window Mobile 5. Thanks I'm looking for the same code (to create a pdf on the fly). Did you get some code that has he ...Show All

• Lubo Birov Adding a new target device to the VS2005 IDE?

  How can I add a new target device (a custom WinCE Emulator OS) that I built with Platform Builder to the target device dropdown in visual studio In short, I built a Win CE OS using Platform Builder. Now I want to debug an application on this device (it's an emulator build) using the VS 2005 IDE in which I built the program. I can't figure out how to do this Doesn't anyone know how to do this Am I on th ...Show All

• jobethm Windows CE from commandline?

  Is there a guide or document explaining how to use the to use the tools in VC\CE directory I can create a smart device project inside the IDE but it is only limited to ARM processor. I want to perform compilations from commandline but I have yet to find a reference for the tools. Even a simple hello world program will do fine. -- Henrik MessageBox needs the correct .lib file. For Win32 this is user32.lib, and ...Show All

• Julius1966 Run a TCP server on emulators

  Hi, I have to run a TCP server on Visual Studio emulators, but I am not able to do that because I am not able to assign an IP address to the emulator. I go in Start -> Settings -> Connections -> Network cards -> NE2000 and set the ip address, but I can't ping it from my pc. I try to install Virtual Network Service Driver to solve the problem, but it doesn't... Can you help me Did you ...Show All

• Dimuthu Suranga HttpWebResponse Hangs Subsequent Connections

  Greetings, I am having issues with a method I wrote for a compact framework application I wrote. The method is supposed to download an image from a specified URL (functionality easily present in the full framework, but not the Compact one unfortunately). My method works fine on its first trip out, but subsequent trips cause it to hang my application until the request times out. The workflow for this method is that it is called for ea ...Show All

• Carlosmcg "the new connection uses a data provider that is not supported"

  When attempting to estbalish any form of data connection in my mobile device project I get - "the new connection uses a data provider that is not supported" Hi, Would you be able to tell me more about how I can connect to SQL 2000 'out of the box' I have not been able to find a way to do this with c# under Windows Mobile 5.0 and the .NET Compact Framework 2.0. I'm trying to use the Windows Mobile 5. ...Show All