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• Thor Milde Arbitrary shortcut in a cab

  Maybe a wierd solution but how ever. Trying to create a shortcut in CAB #1 that targets a file packed in CAB #2. Cabwizard wount let it pass because "... there is no matching target file ...". Is it possible to create an arbitrary shortcut in a cab For example, if I want to create my own shortcut to the calculator on a Pocket PC device it could look something like this in an inf file: [MyCalcShortcut] "Abacus",0,"%CE2%\calc.exe",%CE17% [Defau ...Show All

• indiana_jones81 Embedded images and using SQL

  I have a somewhat general question regarding SQL on PocketPCs.  I have an SDF database where one line contains a title, and a path to an image (i.e. column 1: Stapler  -   column 2: stapler.jpg) The code that reads and spits out the image follows: this .pictureBox1.Image = new System.Drawing.Bitmap(@"\Program Files\stapler\" + imagepath); Currently, the images are simple in the directory of my mobile applicatio ...Show All

• kenalex Trouble downloading device emulator

  I am unable to download the device emulator.  When I click on the link, I get a null file approximimately 3k in size.  Not sure what the problem is.  Suggestions TIA rlk Make sure that ActiveX controls are allowed to run. Thanks, Vladimir ...Show All

• ClémentM POOM import/export vCard

  Can we import/export vCard in compact framework. I can access contacts through poom api but want the vcard and also if i have a vcard file does outlook give any method to import it through code This forum is intended to deal with issues directly related to the .NET Compact Framework. It appears that this question can better be answered by someone on one of the newsgroups for Windows Mobile or Windows ...Show All

• Kenco Computers how to get email attachment from email using CEMAPI(C++) windows mobile phones

  Hi all, How can i retreive email attchment using cemapi(c++)...i m doing like this plz help..can getting anything..or rfere me some link or examples..will be grateful to you IAttach * pAttachment = NULL; SPropValue rgpropsAttch[3]; ULONG ulAttachNum = 0; // bogus filename...normally would reference a real file WCHAR wcsAttachmentName[] = L""; DWORD dwFileSize; ULONG ulStatus = MSGSTATUS_RECTYPE_SMTP; IStrea ...Show All

• MillKa looking for simple vs2005 example, c# calling native c

  Can someone point me to a tutorial or howto set up a vs2005 project that I can have a simple pocketPC c# project that calls a simple native c routine like: #include < stdio.h> void exchange ( int *a, int *b ) {     int temp;     temp = *a;     *a = *b;     *b = temp; } Thanks This article is for eVC but you can do the same in VS 2005 in a very similar fashion http://msdn.m ...Show All

• Tr1na DataTable in Pocket PC

  Hi all, I just curious if DataTable.Copy method was disable in PocketPC project I look through all the method / event for DataTable in my VB pocket pc project, the copy method was missing. Am I missing any namespace Or it was purposely disable in pocket Pc project only There seem to be some confusion with versions. First of all, version of desktop framework (e.g. 1.1.4322) has nothing to do with Compact Framework version on devic ...Show All

• Dennis Vroegop Deploy MSD with C# aoo on Tablet PC

  Hello, Where I can find some info on how I can pack an MSDE db with a C# app to deploy them together on client machine, in this case a tablet, or any machine. This should also apply when there is a db schema change Thanks Please ask in relevant SQL form. Thanks. ...Show All

• marko jovanovic Establishing a Connection from Server to Pocket PC through GPRS

  Hi, Most pocket pc applications that I see requires the pocket pc to establish a connection through GPRS to a server (in my case Tomcat)  in order to get some Data. However I am curious on how things work the other way around. Meaning, what if I want to get the Server to establish a connection to the pocket pc Are there any classess available in the .NET framework in order to handle this I am thinking that maybe there is an existing listene ...Show All

• dams CF doesn't handle new lines as \r\n ??

  I wrote a simple control which used the Graphics.DrawString method to draw some text.  When the text contained a newline "\r\n" it would only display correctly when I ran the app on my desktop, but when I ran it on the Pocket PC emulator it displayed the newline as 2 square boxes. Unfortunately Enviroment.NewLine doesn't exist in the CF and I even tried using the Stringbuilder.AppendLine (it doesn't exist in the CF) or anything tha ...Show All

• ohansen Speeding up the emulator

  My emulator is working pretty nicely but it is really slow (I don't have anything installed on it). I tried to assign to it as much RAM as possible (current RAM available 17MB), but it still is slow. even a simple tap on the menu has a significant lag time. Is there a way to speed up the emulators performance Thanks. My desktop is 2.2 GHz, 512 MB RAM. Isn't that fast enough to run the emulator fast the fas ...Show All

• Tiago Fusco .NET Compact Framework 2.0 Guidance and Documentation is Pitiful

  I would like to know if you are finding this to be a problem also see: http://realworldsa.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com/net_compact_framework_20_guidance_and_documentation_is_pitif.htm   Yes, I have looked at those and in my blog mentions that we will be dependent on OpenNETCF to complete the managed CF 2.0 tools we need to put a real world application together using CF 2.0. If not WSE, then wha ...Show All

• manik Updating UI from thread: Control.invoke()?

  Hi, I'm experiencing some difficulties writing my first application for pocketPc. The program should run on a dell axim x51v with windows mobile 5.0. (I'm using vs2005 professional.) The application uses threads to write messages (from the program itself and streams) to the screen in a listbox (lstStatus). I know how to add items to a listbox (which is quite trivial), but I can't figure out how to do this from within a subthread. Here's some cod ...Show All

• Baller4lifeII Can eVC++ applications also run in desktop WindowsOS's?

  Hello all, I am porting a series of PalmOS applications (primarily GUI's) to CE.NET using the eVC++ SDK. Is there anyway I can rebuild these app's into .exe's which will also run on Win9x/XP/etc. These are simple GUI's with COM1 serial I/O. thanks Unbelievable!  It appears we've come clean around - right back to where we started! To summarize (to make sure I understand): No current SDK is available except eVC 4 to build ap ...Show All

• swapnali How to get the window's client Rect with SIP on in c#?

  hi, I have a form app in c#, and I need to get the client Rect. But I think in the form, this.ClientRectangle is not the right value. It is the value for that form, which does not care about the SIP on/off at all. So, how to get this value in c# CF Thanks. Just use the InputPanel.VisibleDesktop. ...Show All