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• HemantKumar What is the best Pocket PC

  I have a Dell Axim X3i which runs the Pocket PC 2003 operating system and has the .NET CF integrated into the OS.  The X3i has built in 802.11b wireless lan and can also support bluetooth if you get the SDIO card.  SQL connectio ...Show All

• Aussie Dazz WeFly247 - Can't find PInvoke DLL 'Graphics.Native'

  I am trying to get the WeFly247 application running on my Pocket PC (a Verizon XV6700), and I get the following error at runtime: Can't find PInvoke DLL 'Graphics.Native' It is unclear if I am supposed to replace 'Graphics.Native' with the native DLL for my device, and if so, what is the native graphics driver for my device. Did I miss something in the docs I have Visual Studio 2005 installed and working properly. The application compil ...Show All

• AvinashA genasm error message when adding DesignTimeAttributes.xmta to my project

  This is weird. I have a Smart Device C# library that builds perfectly. When I add a DesignTimeAttributes.xmta to it and rebuild it I got the following error message: genasm.exe(1) : error There was an error finalizing type . Type 'MyNameSpace.MyClass, MyLibrary, Version=9.2.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' was loaded in the ReflectionOnly context but the AssemblyBuilder was not created as AssemblyBuilderAccess.ReflectionOnly. My Namesp ...Show All

• Tomer Noy .obj/.exe files geneerated by VS2005 are 3x the size generated by eMVC++

  We are finding that the .obj/.exe files generated by VS2005 are much larger than those generated by eMVC++ with similar compiler/linker options set (all debugging options have been turned off). Running a stirngs utility against the .obj files produced a huge number of '$Mnnnnnn' references, where '$M' was constant and 'nnnnnn' was an ever increasing integer. Compiling such that .asm files are produced showed that these references seem to be asso ...Show All

• Jose Raul how to save user entered configuration data from build to build

  Hi there, Please reply to my query.I want to save user entered configuration data from build to build.i am working in Windows mobile 5.0 in VC++.making the CABS files for the installables using INF files.I want to save the configuration data when the user overwrites the build with other build.How can this be done using INf files.Because In Pocket PC 2003 this problem got saved.I tried the same out here,it does not work. If an ...Show All

• LuigiGallo Identify which control causes validating event in a textbox

  Hi, I want to validate the content of a textbox with his validating control, in fact i only want to validate this textbox when the causes of his validating event is that the control button1 got the focus. How could I  Differentiate   between  the event validating of textbox1 cause by the button1 and the event validating of textbox1 cause by the button2 I supose that if the are any diferences it is in the "e" or "sen ...Show All

• chamila Encrypt an Xml Document

  I am using XML file as database in my application. i want to encrypt that XML file while saving it on the device. can u please provide some pointers to that. Does System.Security.Cryptography support encryption of a Xml file. Please reply asap. I guess it's the easiest to actually encrypt the database data when adding it to the dataset (or whatever you us as the 'database'). That can easily be done by us ...Show All

• stuartwhiteford Problems with Vibrate API

  Hi, I am using the Vibrate API is C# after PInvoking the native API. [ DllImport ( "aygshell" )] extern public static int Vibrate( uint cvn /*0*/ , IntPtr rgvn /*null*/ , uint fRepeat, uint dwTimeout); This is my call: int result = VibrateAPI .Vibrate(0, IntPtr .Zero, 1 , 10*1000); For some reason I cannot get it to work. Thanks, Piali I've been able to successfully call it with Vibrat ...Show All

• Calhoun Solutions "the new connection uses a data provider that is not supported"

  When attempting to estbalish any form of data connection in my mobile device project I get - "the new connection uses a data provider that is not supported" "Just create an application using SQL Mobile and VS would install it for you. Then create installer which would deploy SQL Mobile CAB the same way as your application CAB."This is the part I can't figure out... I don't need advanced s ...Show All

• Greg Neilson Today Screen

  Hi! I'm looking for code to create a plug-in for Today Screen for WM2003. Everything I have found involved doing stuff with C++. Is there any way to override this, since I don't have C++ available and C++ embedded is tool large for me to download. ...not to mention that I'm not at all familiar with it!!! Can I do it only by using C# or VB Have you see this article No there is no Just managed way to make a homescreen plug http://msdn.m ...Show All

• gkibet Application Verifier for wm5, where?

  Where does one find this elusive creature - the fabled AppVer for wm5 - in the deep depths of msdn search   Doug Boling said "real soon now", but that was a half-year back. Back to Boling, around the same Figure 3, he says In Figure 3, note that the dialog box does not list any Windows Mobile 5.0 devices. The newer tools, such as Visual Studio 2005, do not use the Platform Manager interface for com ...Show All

• Telarin HTML Viewer Control that does not use Htmlview.dll?

  Does anybody know of a third party Windows forms control that will display HTML that doesn't use HTMLView.dll. My platform in WinCE 4.2 and the board supplier has included IE6 in the build rather that Pocket IE which is where I understand htmlview.dll derives. Thanks in advance... Check out these post for more information http://blog.markarteaga.com/OpenNETCFSDFWebBrowserControl.aspx http://blog.markartea ...Show All

• Olivertech How do I implement ID_FILE_SAVE_AS using VS 2005 for a Pocket PC 2003 application?

  I have an application for the Pocket PC I am trying to migrate from eVC++ 3 to VS 2005. The Read As.. menu item (ID_FILE_SAVE_AS) does not work in either the debug or release versions. How can I implement the Read As function I have also noted that File Save does not give you a chance to name the document and just saves it as "Default". Hi, On PPC the default behaviour with VS2005 is to save t ...Show All

• ikeeickholdt Compile Error converting from evc4.0 the VC++ 2005

  This code compiles fine in eVC 4.0 and earlier (been using for years) #ifdef _DEBUG afxDump<<_T("azipStream::m_bZipEntryIsOpen: ")<<m_bZipEntryIsOpen<<_T("\n"); afxDump<<_T("azipStream::m_bZipArchiveIsOpen: ")<<m_bZipArchiveIsOpen<<_T("\n"); afxDump<<_T("azipStream::&m_strOutputPath: ")<<&m_strOu ...Show All

• Mark Flickner "Failed to start debugging"

  When I start VS2005 debugger (press F5) to debug a simple native app built for WCE5.0-based smart device, the debugger does not start and, after several seconds, displays error message "Failed to start debugging". This does not appear to be the issue in http://blogs.msdn.com/srini/archive/2006/01/05/509599.aspx , where the conflict is thought to be a co-install of Platform Builder and VS2005, as the recommended work-around does not ...Show All