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• Dawy2006 Make Program Full Screen / Hide Bottom Taskbar

  Our program uses the following code to make it full screen on PPC 2003, however, for WM5.0 the m_pWndEmptyCB member of CDialog no longer exists. Is there a way to get the handle to the bottom taskbar so it can be hidden     SHFullScreen(GetSafeHwnd(), SHFS_HIDETASKBAR|SHFS_HIDESIPBUTTON|SHFS_HIDESTARTICON);     ::CommandBar_Show(m_pWndEmptyCB->m_hWnd,false);     if(m_pWndEmptyCB->m_hWnd)   ...Show All

• Ed Reid how to write a homescreen program

  Hi i am writting a new program that i want to be able to write the same prog ram for the homescreen too. I am using studio .net 2005 and i got smartphone 2003. Is it possible to do this thanks. Yes, in C++. See an SDK sample Samples\Win32\Homescreen in the Smarphone 2003 SDK No, homescreen plugin needs to be a COM object that can be activated (CoCreated). This is not supported in CF 2.0, because of the lack of CLR hosting support. ...Show All

• Tom R How can I debug a DLL in pocketpc2003

  I am creating a PocketPC2003 application that consists of a DLL and a single exe file which initialises the DLL. I am using Visual Studio 2005 180 Day Trial and have so far been completely unable to debug my DLL. I can debug my executable easily enough, and my DLL will build and deploy to the correct location and run without trouble but I am at a loss as to how I can actually set breakpoints in it and step through the code. Whenever I try and ...Show All

• Malae how to record sound in Pocket PC with win32 API?

  hi all, does anyone have ideas how to record sound in PDA and save it as a wave file by using Win32 API thanks a lot Please see this: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/dnnetcomp/html/WaveInOut.asp I'm assuming you're using managed code (as in other case you would post to native C++ dedicated forum, right ), you can also use convenient wrapper from OpenNetcf.org. ...Show All

• Ignus Loading images as embedded resource: How to optimize

  Hi!!! I have a pda application that uses a dll that I made. That dll has some images that i load as an embedded resource, when i run the application, it takes some time t load all images and i can see in the emulator the images loading... What can I do to make the images load at the same time Thanks in advance Thanks a lot! Your answer is really VERY helpfull!!! A useful method of determining the full n ...Show All

• Devteam Help using a videocamera in a pocket pc with WM2003

  I have read a lot about it but I don't have aby clear idea. I'm new with pocket pc and with windows mobile so I'm a little bit lost. I am developing (in C language with Visual Studio) an application that reads 'in live' the video streams of an iPAQ and use that streams to gather some info to display in the screen. In order to make that possible I have to access my camera to obtain those streams. I have read about using Directsh ...Show All

• CRathjen - MSFT Change Target WM5.0 Says Device Not Connected

  I have an applicaiton that currently runs on PPC 2003 that I need to also run on WM 5.0 This application is written with VB .NET 2005 I am trying to change the target platform to WM 5.0. I have Activesync 4.1 and the WM 5.0 SDK installed. When I try to deploy or debug on the device, I get the error "The device is not connected". Ironically, if I click the connect to device button from the IDE toolbar, I get a mess ...Show All

• bdubyah Windows CE 4.x Emulator does not work correctly if you have PAE mode enabled

  I am attempting to develop a smart device application but the Windows CE 4.x Emulator will not load. The file is VPCAppSv.sys. I have verified that PAE is not enabled. Any help would be appreciated. My wallet does not go deep enough for the technical help. I would suggest you install the Microsoft Device Emulator Preview available at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/mobility/windowsmobile/downloads/emulatorpreview/ ...Show All

• Misto How do you launch an application programatically?

  I'm trying to launch an application on my PPC programatically, such as excel mobile. What's a good way to do this, preferably in C# Can you provide sample code Once I've done this, is it possible to resize the Excel window I'd like a custom tool bar to be visible while excel is running. Any help will be much appreciated. Peter Use the System.Diagnostics.Process class (the Start method) ...Show All

• Yosi \Application Data\Volatile in Windows Mobile 5

  Could somebody please tell me if under what circumstances the directory \Application Data\Volatile is erased in Windows Mobile 5. Is it safe to read from this directory when the device is still booting up or resuming from sleep Also, in the older versions of the operating system, it was recommended that you read from volatile memory if your app needs to read when the device is resuing from sleep. Now, it seems like everything is mounted in the ...Show All

• BufW DataGridBoolColumn

  DataGridBoolColumn seems to be missing from the Smart Device (VB) development environment.  I am using VS 2005 B2 - Win Mobile 5.0 - Compact Framework 2.0. I see the DataGridTextBoxColumn but not the Boolean one.  Otherwise, how does one put a CheckBox into a DataGrid (for a Boolean column in a db table) You would need to create your own or use some third party DataGrid. Currently only the new DataGridView control in the V2 ful ...Show All

• JP3 MobileForm background color not being rendering with WML

  I have a MobileForm that has a background color set, but when I browse to that form via a device that expects WML, the background color is not sent to the browser.  If I browse to the form with a device that expects html it is fine. Question is: Can .NET create the WML properly and send the style attribute of the card element in wml to set the background color Thanks! Erik, I belive you are in the wrong f ...Show All

• Mike Chaliy VB.net 2003 **Hooks to get last application with focus

  THe VB program was designed to have users click in a 3rd party application like Word or NotePad with mouse to activate the form than click on the GO in VB.net. The Go will paste some text into the last place the mouse was pointed. The end goal is to somehow capture the focus from the previous mouse click. Using VB.net2003 **************************************** ********** ** Intercepting WM_ACTIVATE message for any window (detec ...Show All

• Phil Rogers openfiledialog opens in incorrect spot

  I am using Pocket PC 2003 emulator and I have a button that fires the following code: try {     _amLoading = true;     //load previous report     OpenFileDialog ofd = new OpenFileDialog();     ofd.InitialDirectory = "\\Program Files";     ofd.Filter = "xls files (*.xls)|*.xls|All Files (*.*)|*.*";     if (ofd.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)   &nb ...Show All

• Dominic99Rus Backspace in edit control

  Hi Still building an application for Smartphone 2005 in pure Win32. I now have a configuration dialog containing static fields and edit controls. Everything is fine except when I type sthg in the edit controls, I can't clear it. I can only add characters but not delete them with the back key. The back key (which is also used to switch back to older applications) is inactive. Can someone help please Hi, first thank you for taking the time ...Show All