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• newtovisualc Transfer files between PC and PPC.

  I've searched for this no doubt frequently asked question to no avail. I want to copy files programmatically from a PC to the PPC, and back again, usually to the storage card. I'm using VS2005 VB.NET, but can convert from C# or C++. ---Mike I'm in contact with several others on this issue. I'll let you know what I find. In the meantime I'm looking more at the details of the protocols described at http://msdn. ...Show All

• no_one Getting "Registration failed wirh error 0x8973190e. Error writing file" ... Error 0x80450001

  I am trying to register a simple sample grabber filter that I wrote for WinCE 5. It compiles and links fine and I can copy it to the remote device or emulator. But when I try to deploy the DLL I get the error in the title. Any ideas Thx, Tom Where exactly do I file a bug Thx, Tom Sure, I will file a bug. But I have to believe that functionality this basic has to work, some ...Show All

• igoro1975 Menu Bar Help

  I have a program - working fine and so does the Menu Bar. However - if I make any change to the Menu Bar - even editing the name of one of the labels - I get a failure on the Menu Load (SHCreateMenuBar) which I call in WM_CREATE. It loads When I go back several (a lot) of versions ago, I find that this problem didn't exist, so I believe something happened and since I didn't need to edit the Menu Bar - it was not apparent to me that somethi ...Show All

• mirosnik XPath problem

  Hi, I'm creating an application that uses XML document. I need to provide "Find" functionality on my XML file and XPath is not available on compact framework. Can anybody suggest an alternative to XPath for searching specific nodes in XML files in compact framework Thanks. You can try to use XPathReader. Take a look at this blog post of mine: http://blog.opennetcf.org/ayakhnin/PermaLink.aspx guid=2b0fded8-ad7 ...Show All

• Sajjad Mussani Recommended way to keep PPC time up to date?

  Whats the recommended way to keep PPC time up to date   Should this be done programatically via web service, or is there an NTP client recommended etc. Thanks. Look into (S)NTP. For example: http://www.devbuzz.com/content/zinc_evb_ntp_pg1.asp Commercial components are also available for NETCF. ...Show All

• Gabby_Girl_Lynne books for .NETCOMPACT in vb.net 2003

  Hi, Can you say me please about books for .NETCOMPACT in vb.net2003 or C specific in the programming of peripheral:Com,bluetooth com,irda com,Modem Gprs, thanks and sorry for my bad English Nicola Colacicco Hi Nocola, You can find a few books written for NETCF below: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/external-search/002-6903988-6640831 search-type=ss&tag=danielmoth-20&keyword=%20NET%20Co ...Show All

• Arjan1982 is there a cell phone keypad library for PC App?

  Hi Can some one guide me to find in the Smart Device library a dll that simulates Cell Phone Key for Short Messaging System, the only problem it will be used for a Windows XP Application -S What is "KeyPad SMS" Do you have a link Hi What I mean for keypad what everyone uses to text message through our Cell phones. You press once on the #2 key of your cell phone and A comes our and y ...Show All

• xLiNkx Save the state in the Windows CE Emulator

  Is it possible to save the state in the Windows CE emulator run from Platform Builder > Target > Attach to device, so I don't have to upload all files and change the settings everytime I detach from device or close Platform builder Is the only way to start the emulator to do it via attach to device in Platform builder I don't want to use the trivial emulator which doesn't contain my image, with web server and all. ...Show All

• fdgrau CAB/INF, install directory out of control with user selected install volume

  CAB/INF/CeAppMgr together with user selected installation volume. When users let the installation be done on device as suggested by CeAppMgr/Add-Rem-Prog the installation directory is set as described by Installdir in the .inf. When user choose to select another installation volym the suggested (and unchangeble) install directed is no longer the one set in the .inf Now it's generated by two variables in .inf, Provider under [Version] and AppNam ...Show All

• Michael Roberts porting of eVC4.0 project to VStudio 2005

  I'm trying to port eVC4.0 project to Visual Studio 2005 (beta-2). I was told that I have to install the following add-in: eVC Upgrade Wizard (beta). The problem is, my system drive (D) is different from the drive, where Studio 2005 is installed (F). In the add-in installation I browsed to F\Program Files..., but it still installed itself on system disk. When I copied zip file to the drive F and run the install_eVCUW.bat file, I found out it supp ...Show All

• Akhil Jindal 007 Problem debugging simple application

  I'm having no luck getting my application to run on a Windows Mobile 5.0 device, so I thought I would try to create a simple project and test it out to narrow the error. Using the "New project" wizard, I select "Visual C++ | Smart Device | Win32 Smart Device Project". I then remove the "Pocket PC 2003" SDK and add "Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC SDK". Finally, I select "Windows application" as t ...Show All

• knutejoh How to find out whether free space is avavilable on device

   Hi,   I am trying to save files on the device ( smartphone).  For that I need that check whether the  required memory space is available on the device. How to check for this . Are there any API's available in Windows 5.0 SDK. You could call GetDiskFreeSpaceEx() to do that. ...Show All

• Raptorman515 No FontDialog in Compact Framework?

  Hi guys, I was trying to let users select their own fonts but looks like there isn't a FontDialog box control in CF. I was thinking the work around is to make my own form and list out the files in the directory "\Windows\Fonts\" but these are file names. In the Font Class , the 1st parameter for the constructor has to be the Font Family Name How can I retrieve the name of each font Thanks! You w ...Show All

• candy101 Bind a TreeView control to a SqlCeResultSet

  Is there a way to bind a Bind a TreeView control to a SqlCeResultSet I cannot seem to find any examples of this. TreeView does not support complex data binding. You can bind to one of TV properties, but that makes little sense. By the way, data in result set is flat 2D table, why are you trying to use TreeView in a first place Please consider using DataGrid instead, that's the only control which benefits ...Show All

• jjparker Cannot display custom password applet at startup

  Hi, I am trying to implement a custom password applet that displays instead of the standard builtin password screen. This was possible using pre-WM5 by creating an applet and setting (amoungst others) the Redirect registry setting for the password control panel applet. Using the letmein msdn example (which i have digitally signed to allow it to load at boot-time), this functionality no longer appears to work - the standard builtin password scree ...Show All