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• MichaelHight VS2005 Smart Device CAB building problems

  Hello... I am having a problem building a CAB file for a .Net CF PocketPC application.  In VS2003, I would just simply select the "Build CAB File" menu option and, like magic, a CAB file would be created that would include the necessary DLLs or other dependencies.  The size of the file, including some 3rd party DLLs, was about 1.8MB. Now, using VS2005 I finally discovered that you have to create a separate CAB file project.  Not d ...Show All

• RenegadeMinds Closing threads in smart device application

  Hello! I'm developing an smart device application which uses threads to communicate over TCP sockets in c#. Are there any command that I could use to close all connections and threads The code I have works when I build it as an ordonary windows form program but not for an Smart Device... In windows forms I use the code Enviroment.Exit(0); It works perfect, but I have not found anything like that for Smart Device Application.. Please help m ...Show All

• viggity PPC 6700 Sprint -- FileName Problem

  I have Dell Axim X51V with CF2.0 C# application. In my device if I create filename programatically like 123.txt it works great with no problem. One of my customer has complained that if he enters 123 for filename, his device (PPC 6700 Sprint) is not creating the file. But if he enters characters like abc then abc.txt is getting created fine. In the previous case he is not getting any error message. If somebody has this type of phone can yo ...Show All

• tblind Can't find GPSDev.h

  Hi! I'm trying to implement a wrapper class for the new GPS Intermediate Driver (part of Windows Mobile 5.0 SDK), and I'm searching for IOCTL values (I generate them by CTL_CODE macro), but I can't fing the GPSDev.h, which contaions IOCTL_GPS_xxx IOCTL values according to the MSDN Library. According to the MSDN page, that file is part of Windows CE 5.01, and therefore might not be found in the Windows Mobil ...Show All

• memnoch Cannot Sync Outlook Mail / Contacts / Calendar with Device Emulator 1.0 Comm. Preview

  May be someone knows a solution for my problem. I am using the beforementioned Emulator for Mobile 5 and I am able to sync and load my application (as well as others) for testing but I can't sync any outlook items at all. Is this disabled, not yet working or something wrong with my installation I am using ActiveSync 4.0 with the Emulator 1.0 Comm Preview w/o Visual Studio 2005. Many thanks for a good hint !! Thanks Guys, found the i ...Show All

• Aquind GPRS on SmartPhone Device Emulator

  Hello everybody! How I use to emulate GPRS signal on WM 5.0 emulator I need test the counter of Call History Menu and other application and I'd like to execute these tests on device Emulator How Can I do that Thanks Mauricio Sorry, but the DeviceEmulator does not emulate GPRs. Barry But, when I configure the emulator, exists a option called Network. What's th ...Show All

• Jonathan Pickard Program Size / Memory Issues

  In trying to convert our software from eVC4 to VS2005, I have noticed that the size of the compiled code is larger for VS2005 compiled for WM5.0 Our software was close to not having enough application memory on a 2003 device and now I'm wondering if converting it to 2005 has pushed it over. Here are the current program sizes: Release version for 2003 : 4015 KB Dubug version for 2003 : 7886 KB Release version for 2005 : 5267 KB Debug ve ...Show All

• Bene_Ries WM5 .NET 2.0?

  Hi! Sorry, title maybe misleading....   Basically in the UK the next version of the smartphone (SPV) is C600 (after the successor C500) and it will be launching at the end of the month now, I know it has WM5 (hurray!!) BUT would like to know, if anyone knows (esp the MSFT guys)... will it have .NET CF 2.0 I know it was in beta etc... for the past few months but now for MSDN subscribers VS.NET 2005 has been officially launched but the of ...Show All

• Donat Michal SQLite and Compilation for Different Environments

  I want to run SQLite on my PPCs for an app I am building.  I want to be able to have 2 versions. 1 for all arm processors 1 for all x86 emulators If I compile a C++ app in Visual Tools 2003 for a 2002 device, will this app/should this app port accross all devices with a similar processor regardless of PPC version (ie: 2003-Mobile etc) Thanks! VS2003 didn't support C++ device development.  For a 2002 device, you woul ...Show All

• Pezmannen Treo 700 Emulator

  Is there an emulator available for the Treo 700w If so where I can't seem to find anything on one. Thanks! Chris It's not a problem for me. I went ahead and registered. I'm just waiting to hear back now. Is registration so bad From the looks of their Program Benefits page there are no fees associated with the simulators or SDK’s. A quick glance through the dev si ...Show All

• the4man Initiating a Dial-Up Networking Connection and VPN

  I may have missed it when going through the MSDN documentation, but I can't seem to find much information on how to make a Pocket PC 2003 Phone (VX6600 and Samsung i700) establish the default dial-up connection and then connect to the default (and only) VPN. Would anyone be kind enough to refer me to documentation or 3rd party write-ups that addresses such isues Thank you much! Have a look at the OpenNET ...Show All

• Ara Petrosyan 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

• faltopar PocketPC SerialPort and turning off/on the device

  Hi, Here a simple C# example that reads data from a GPS Device Assume two Buttons on the form and one Textbox. Further a SerialPort with the DataReceived Event handled in the form. public class Form1 : Form {     public delegate void SetText ( string strPar);     public SetText myDelegate;     public Form1() { InitializeComponent(); } private void Form1_Load( o ...Show All

• kiwilamb Icons...

  Hiya, When trying to deploy an exe with a custom icon (selected simply from the studio2003 icons) the icon doesnt seem to tie itself to the application Rather it just gets transferred to the device as a .ico file and the .exe still has the basic default icon on it Is there something im missing here I go to project properties, build tab, then where it has icon... i select the icon i wish to use, it appears in the image box, but when compiling a ...Show All

• Ver Argulla Installer for .net Application

  I have some questions regarding the handling of .net CF installation I have a cab file and a working MSI installer for my app. (based on http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/dnanchor/html/CompactfxTechArt.asp) How can I check if the .net cf 2.0 is installed on the device and is there a way to somehow merge my installer with the .net cf redistributable (from here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx famil ...Show All