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• Manasa Resource Files .resx

  I am developing a smart client for a Windows Mobile 5.0 phone. Although I have 4 years of .net experience most of it is for the web ( ASP.Net). Anyway, I want to swap images in a picture box when I click the control. I was thinking of storing the images in the .resx file of the app and then swap the images from that. Questions: Is that the way to do such a thing Am I correct in assuming that there is no real drive mapping in a mobi ...Show All

• duckling minimize by code ?

  Hi, how can i minimze a form by code. i still want my form to be on the 'running programs' list. 10X, I've experienced problems with getting SetWindowPos to work for this task. It generates no errors, it just does nothing. However, I found a workaround using P/Invoke with Coredll.dll and the SetForegroundWindow and GetDesktopWindow (the Today screen) functions. [DllImport ("coredll.dll")] private static extern bool SetFo ...Show All

• garyniemi Help, How to Include CheckBox Control In Column of DataGrid?

  How to Including CheckBox Control In Column of DataGrid Like this :http://www.msale.net/resco/images/smartgrid_overview.png The DataGrid Control In .Net Compact Framework no Events like in .Net Framework. Thanks for your advice. Or use ListView instead. If you want to be able to bind the data to it, take a look at my blog entry: http://blog.opennetcf.org/ayakhnin/PermaLink.aspx guid=e2e7f6d3-c356-473f-87d2-127fb54ec531 ...Show All

• Seybaa What does "ambig mode " mean in Phoneime Project?

  Hi, Phoneime is about Input Method.In the project,it mention "ambig mode " many times,especially in the note of the programme . you know,"spell mode" (CE_SPELL_MODE) included ABC,Abc,abc input method ,and "Numbers mode"(CE_NUMBERS_MODE ) is 123 or digit  input method. but what does "ambig mode " mean Does it have something with the spell mode or Numbers mode Any help would be greatly appriciated. Thanks. It means Ambi ...Show All

• nlhowell Automatic scrollbars in dialogs (landscape mode)

  Hi, I'm targetting Windows Mobile 5 using VS2005. I noticed that when I compile the code targetting PPC 2003, when swithching to landscape orientation, dialogs with controls that won't fit on the screen at once will automatically create a vertical scroll bar that scrolls the entire dialog so that the cut off controls can be seen. However when I compile targetting WM5, I no longer get these "automatic scrollbars". I've tried comparing v ...Show All

• rmasonh2006 .Net CF 2.0 - Prevent device from sleeping

  Hello, I've been looking for a way to (optionally) prevent a pocketpc 2k3 device from going into sleep mode while my app is running, but could not find anything. Any suggestions --John (update) Also, Is there a way to keep the screen light from going out without user interaction And something more extreme, can one change the way devices behave during sleep mode (e.g. keep WiFi in a running state like GSM phone device) ...Show All

• Ypsilon Error: Connection To CE.NET Device

  Hi Guys I am trying to connect to windows CE.NET Device from Visual Basic.NET 2003. When I am trying to connect to Device its giving me error Cannot connect to device make sure the device is physically connected to the desktop. I think I have configured all the settings correctly. Any thoughts thanks in advance. Have you tried importing ProxyPorts.reg as readme suggests: Issue: After ...Show All

• mac318 Can't deploy project to emulator or device in Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2

  When I build a C# project and try to deploy it to the emulator or device, a message box always pups up and says "No such interface supported" and  the deployment fails. A error message in the output window shows: "Error: The operation could not be completed". Can someone help me to solve this problem BTW: I use ActiveSync 4.0 and Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC SDK. Either DMA support installed or not c ...Show All

• Steve9312 Make WM5.0 device barebones?

  I have a dozen WM5.0 smartphones using both the regular lithium ion battery, and a secondary SLA battery, being used as product prototypes for a wireless application; our final WM5.0 device is going to have a dedicated circuit board, CDMA/GSM/etc. combo modem, no screen, etc. etc. In the meantime, however, I'd like to strip my WM5.0 prototype devices to the bare minimums needed to function in order to extend battery life. Can anyo ...Show All

• Hoffmann Multiple forms and multiple instances in task manager

  I have an application for smartphones that opens multiple forms. The smartphone task manager displays each of these forms when opened. I always had the impression that the task manager was supposed to display 1 instance of your application. Can someone clarify what's going on here and if I'm doing anything wrong Thank you. task manager in PPC (SP don't have a task manager) show all your open forms rathe ...Show All

• Marc2002 is there an api to set the background image on the home screen?

  I would like my Windows Mobile 5.0 application to be able to change the background image on the home screen. What code should I use for this Me .BackgroundImage = Image.FromFile( "derr.jpg" ) change derr.jpg to what you want... At least that works for Visual Basic... This forum is intended to deal with issues directly related to the .NET Compact Framework. It a ...Show All

• Tim.S Upgrade to CF2 from the application installer

  Hi Folks, I have an application that built and run under CF2. now we have to deploy it to devices that running CF1. when we install it on CF1 it fails under the “..requires a newer version of the Microsoft .NET Compact Framework..” reason, which is ok. my questions are if (and how) I can upgrade the device CF version when the installer detect that the device use CF1. thanks in advance J Oren. ...Show All

• Arulvel Unwanted Anti-aliasing

  Hi, I'm scaling an image on the x-axis (horizontally) using DrawImage(). Unfortunately the image also a little bit "blurry" along the y-axis, although the target image height is the same as the source image height, which means. G.DrawImage( AssetImage, new Rectangle(X, Y, EndWidth, AssetImage.Height), 0, 0, AssetImage.Width, AssetImage.Height, GraphicsUnit.Pixel, new ImageAttributes()); Here is the Prototype of DrawIm ...Show All

• Texas2Wheeler Registration of COMs built with shared libs (MFC, ATL) on PPC2003, 2005

  Hi all, I'm encountering some problems with COM registration on install of an app on Pocket PC 2003 and 2005. Dev Env: VS2005 Beta 2. Targets: Pocket PC 2003 (ARMV4) and Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC SDK (ARMV4I) ActiveSync: v4.0.0 (Build 4343). Deployment method: as CAB file via ceappmgr Three COM dlls are installed and registered correctly when built with static linking to MFC and ATL. This is verified by (1) a hack of a message box in each COM ...Show All

• rachid bouzekri Application Manager - Device Not Connected

  When I use the application manager (CeAppMgr.exe) to try and install a program, I get a message that says something like "The device must be connected to run Application Manager". (The device is not connected.) I am using a Windows Mobile 5 device and ActiveSync 4.0. What must I do to get the desired behavior "The application will be installed on the next mobile device connection" Thanks, Frank I found the ...Show All