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• Konstantin Kosinsky Connect SQL Server Express from Pocket PC

  Hi All, I am new in .net and also in pocket pc. I would like to know how to connect to SQL server using bluetooth if I use the LAN, then may I know how is the connection string and what is the thing I need to imports or declare. Hope can get some idea from all the experts. Thanks. Is 10.1.1.5 correct server IP and 2301correct port SQL is running on If so, does VxUtil report "Port 2301is open&q ...Show All

• Don Griest Short Date format and 4-digit years

  Hi guys, In my "Pocket PC 2003 Edition" emulator I have set the Region to "English (Australia)", but I have no option to specify a four-digit year. This means that if my users type "99" into the "year" section of a DateTimePicker, the program assumes they mean "2099", not "1999". Is there some way around this Can I override the ShortDateFormat in my program Or can I tell the DateTimePicker to assume that any year above, say, 80 is last century ...Show All

• Harval Unable to Register COM/Activex in Windows CE .NET Emulator

  Hello Sir,     I want to register "OCX" control in Windows CE .NET Emulator. For that i copied "my.ocx" into the emulator. For registering, i opened command prompt and  executed the command "regsvrce my.ocx".But i am getting the error "can't execute regsvrce.exe". How to solve this problem I need your help. Please  Can you confirm if regsvrce.exe is in your image If not check your image settings (if ...Show All

• GoHogs How to capture "X" button?

  Hi,   In windows mobile 5.0,visual C++,I use the following code to create a popup window:   CString szClassName = AfxRegisterWndClass(CS_SAVEBITS | CS_HREDRAW | CS_VREDRAW,                                           ...Show All

• Alex Feinman c# to develope pocketPC/SmartPhone apps?

  Hi, I am going to develop an application which uses a lot of communication with a PDA's internal GSM/GPRS modem, but also with external units via an extension slot. Now I have heard that the .NET CF is not ultimate for this kind of work, but that Suns J2ME should be used. I have gotten the impression that communication with ports in for example C# is not very well developed. Anyone know where I can find more info on this subject, or h ...Show All

• Brian Ekins How to Convert Stream to String

  How to Convert a Stream datatype to string.For example Dim path As System.IO.Stream = (Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetManifestResourceStream(AssemblyName)) the path should to converted string. Hi Peter,      Your Previous sample Dim path As System.IO.Stream = (Reflection. Assembly . _     GetExecutingAssembly().GetManifestResourceStream("vbnews ...Show All

• djnilm rotating my app

  Hi In the designer I've rotated my form 90 degrees - but when I run in on my iPaq - it's not rotated - what do I need to do thanks Bruce You will have to rotate the screen on the device.  On the device go to Settings - Screen and select landscape mode either right or left handed. ...Show All

• KMLee Connecting to a Web Method

    Ilya Tumanov wrote: Yes, but it makes no sense. To accomplish that you would have to purchase SQL 2000/2005 and pay CALs per device (or per CPU license). If that’s acceptable, simply get rid of Access and use much more powerful SQL you've paid for. Alternative solution is to use Web Service to talk to Access database. Create couple WEB methods to talk to access and call them from device. Something like this should ...Show All

• Matthew E Creegan Embedded images and using SQL

  I have a somewhat general question regarding SQL on PocketPCs.  I have an SDF database where one line contains a title, and a path to an image (i.e. column 1: Stapler  -   column 2: stapler.jpg) The code that reads and spits out the image follows: this .pictureBox1.Image = new System.Drawing.Bitmap(@"\Program Files\stapler\" + imagepath); Currently, the images are simple in the directory of my mobile applicatio ...Show All

• Americo How to download a file from a URL?

  Hi All, I want to write a programme to download file from a URL and the file may be any type. I found class like webclient with method downloadData for Desktop. But it is not in netcf. So how to download file Please see this: http://www.opennetcf.org/Forums/topic.asp TOPIC_ID=936 That means you forgot to create instance of something before you use it or forgot to check if object is Nothing/n ...Show All

• Benno_GER VS 2005 and Smart Device installation problem

  I have a weird problem with my VS 2005 and Smart Device SDK installation. I'm using the DVDs from the Windows Mobile 5.0 Developer Evaluation Kit given away at the recent MEDC. I want to successfully install the Pocket PC and Smartphone SDKs and compare the IDE etc with that of evC 4.0. I appear to have successfully installed VS2005 however the Smart device SDKs do not appear to installed correctly at all even though I did install them. There s ...Show All

• J.V. Using ActiveSync to install

  Hi, I have a CF2 PPC 2003 SE application and I want to deploy it to devices now. I have generated a CAB file using cabwiz and my .inf file but how do I get ActiveSync to use it in order to deploy it to the physical device Any help would be great. Cheers Graham or, just copy the cab to the device, then dbl-click on it to execute it! Note, if it aint read-only, it will be deleted after the install ...Show All

• cravier synchronizing system time

  Hi, I am writing an application for Pocket PC 2003. This Application sets the Pocket PC time to the system time of the PC to which this device is connected. Right now i know how to set the time in Pocket Pc. Right now i am looking for the following information. 1. Can someone tell me how to get the system time of the Desktop to which my device is connected. 2. When i am setting the Pocket PC time, by default it is taking the time as GMT and is c ...Show All

• Gregg Boer MSFT Issue connecting to network machine from emulator.

  I have the emulatro version installed with VS 2005 CR Team edition. Here are the steps: 1) Start the Device Emulator Manager 2) Right-click on Pocket PC 2003 SE Emulator and click Connect. I get the emulator window. 3) Right-click on Pocket PC 2003 SE Emulator and click Craddle. The ActiveSync connects and I get the Connected Synchronized message. 4) Use the Internet Explorer and connect to a web site. I get the page back. 5) Go under File Explo ...Show All

• pvulcan Could not establish secure channel for SSL/TLS

  Hello, simple problem: I can connect to an HTTPS webservice using .NET Windows Forms, but from my Pocket PC device using the .NET Compact Framework I get the error from the subject: "Could not establish secure channel for SSL/TLS". I suspect it has something to do with authentication to our proxy server... , but using the exact same code from my desktop works fine Here is the code snippet: // connect to the webservice private void btnConnec ...Show All