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• N_G why the same code have diffren result between PC and PPC?

  why the same code have different result between pc and ppc Sample Code (run as windows form ): create a form , add treeView control and add code as show following  in form_load method. bool isSelected = false;    treeView1.CheckBoxes = true;    TreeNode tn;    for(int i=0;i<40;i++)    {     if(i%2==0) isSelected = true;     ...Show All

• Scott At RVC How to display multiple images in a row in ListView

  Can anyone help me to have multiple images and text together in a row in ListView Control. Without seeing your code, not sure I can offer much. Share the code, or have a look at the list control in SDF from OpenNETCF for an example. Cheers Daniel Sorry, not possible. You must write your own control.   Cheers Daniel Hi, I have created a custom ListView Contro ...Show All

• Mustang QVGA at design time

  Hi, when I create a new project, the device skin designer image is the VGA type. is there a way to display the QVGA image because when I deploy my app, the layout of the controls looks different from the way I wanted it to be.. thanks, Oren   Hi Mohit, I'm using the .NET 2005 for smartphone application. there is QVGA smartphone emulator but I don't know how to use this image in des ...Show All

• tpickett Adding a SQL Mobile Database to PPC project

  I'm using VS2005 Beta 2 to develop a PPC application.  When I try to add a new SQL Mobile Database to the project (by selecting Project | Add New Item | SQL Mobile Database), I receive the following error:  "An error occurred while processing the local data file: Unexpected error".  The database does appear in the project, but when I open it the local window shows what appears to be a memory dump.  BTW, I have SQL S ...Show All

• davidliut Trouble using native DLLs

  We are having difficulty using native DLLs with VS2005 in C# on a PocketPC 2003 device, or the emulator.  I would be extremely pleased to hear any suggestions on this matter. I have tried creating a simple DLL with both eMbedded Visual C++ 4.0, and as a C++ smart device DLL in VS2005. In both cases I get the " Can't find PInvoke DLL Whatever.dll" The DUMPBIN looks perfectly fine in both cases, no name mangling, etc.  The DLL i ...Show All

• ctharris Closing form witch checkbox checked

  Simple question.  How to close form when a checkbox is checked   Thank you. Oh *** nevermind, just ignore what I said above. ...Show All

• Docile When will WM5 SDK for Smartphone RTM

  Hi All, Does anyone know when the Windows Mobile 5 SDK will be released Kind Regards, Tarek I believe it did about 5 months ago. Please download here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx FamilyID=dc6c00cb-738a-4b97-8910-5cd29ab5f8d9&DisplayLang=en May be just a download page to remove "Beta 2" from it. :) I was under the impression that it would be updated for VS 2005 RTM. ...Show All

• N. Gregg Brown How to detect when a custom control is being used at design time?

  Hi I am trying to port a control library that was written with VS 2003. In the VS2003 version I had 2 libraries, 1 for the run-time code and one for use in the designer. The designer version checked a registry setting to see if it was licensed. VS2005 seems to do away with the need for the designer version, but I still want to check the registry when the controls are used at design-time. I thought I could use the DesignMode property but that is ...Show All

• mister.manners infrared!

  Hi. I want to be able to send data (hex codes or whatever) using the infrared ports. I have imported the System.Net.Irda reference and able to access the IR classes. However, I do not wish to connect to a device but rather send data. The device I am sending data to will be a dumb device really, just as a "reciever"... this can be a remote control recieving box or a TV IR reciever for example. IS it possible to do this how I cannot seem to find a ...Show All

• elect_son How to use SetWindowLong in VB

  Hi! I am trying to use the SetWindowLong and CallWindowProc API functions in VB. In desktop VB, they're supposed to be declared as: Declare Function SetWindowLong Lib " user32 " (ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal nIndex As Long, ByVal dwNewLong As Long) As Long Declare Function CallWindowProc Lib " user32 " Alias "CallWindowProcA" (ByVal lpPrevWndFunc As Long, ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal Msg As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, ByVal lParam As Long) As Lo ...Show All

• Tore Bleken POOM notification on changing appointments?

  Hi, is there any method to get my application notified about poom database changes E.g. the user adds a new appointment and my app gets notified or is there an event I can wait for At the moment I do a query on POOM database in an interval but it costs unreasonably battery power and performance. This is a new feature in WM 5.0. I'm doing the same thing with contacts. http://www.windowsfordevices.com/article ...Show All

• Camille9805 MenuItem Control.Invoke

  I'm developing with .NET compact framework 2.0 and I want to modify the Text of an MenuItem from an another thread. I want to use the method Control.Invoke of the MenuItem but this control hasn't got it. What could I get it I don`t want to use a statusBar. Thank you. You could use Invoke() on a form this menu belongs to. ...Show All

• craigg75 Flickerfree drawing: GDI, DirectX or something else?

  Hello, I wrote a little windowed PC game with GDI. Now I wanted to convert it for my Pocket-PC device (Windows Mobile 5.0), but it flickers extremely. The PC version runs perfektly thanks to double buffering. Now I'm searching for a solution how I can do it better. I found a way to do double buffering in GDI with two separate Graphics objects, but it's not so fine it flickers although. How I can draw some flickerfree moving graphics ...Show All

• Ksenofil Installing device driver

  I have created a device driver for PPC that I install and setup registry entries for in HLM\Drivers\BuiltIn. Under PPC 2003, my device driver DLL gets loaded at boot time. If I go into he remote process viewer and view device.exe, my dll shows up in the list. OTOH, on a WMv5 device, the dll does not show up under device.exe until my application calls RegisterDevice. Is there a way on WMv5 to get my device driver DLL pre-loaded since it doesn't s ...Show All

• brettman Copy Files (and use them) on Smartphone Emulator

  It seems as though I can create a share on my dev machine and the Smartphone Emulator accepts them via File - Configure - General - Shared folder (although there's no way of telling). However, because the Smartphone emulator does not have a built-in File Manager there is no way to copy around the files on the device (emulator). For example, say your Smartphone app relies on some .xml files for storing app-related information. I cannot figure ou ...Show All