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• testuser1 HELP ON GPRS AND SOCKETS

  Hi there, I am recieveing an error when connected to GPRS it says.. "An error message cannot be displayed because an optional resource assembly containing it cannot be found" at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.ConnectNoCheck() at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.Connect() at System.Net.Sockets.TCPClient.Connect() at System.Net.Sockets.TCPClient.Connect() at System.Net.Sockets.TCPClient..ctor() at SocketTest.Form1..ctor() ...Show All

• soesterling How Do you modify the Schema of TASKS DATABASE on WM2005?

  Does anyone know how to modify the EDB schema of the "tasks database" on WM2005   Once the device boots shell32.exe already has mounted and has locks on the database preventing me from appending new columns to the schema.  On Pre-WM2005 the developer could add columns without problems, but with WM2005 you can't - Does anyone know how to force shell32.exe to close all handles/sessions to the "tasks database" Thanks, Jim Row Dallas TX ...Show All

• willajo How to Convert Stream to String

  How to Convert a Stream datatype to string.For example Dim path As System.IO.Stream = (Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetManifestResourceStream(AssemblyName)) the path should to converted string. converting a Stream to String Was this post helpful Hi everyone, I'm having the same problem trying to convert ...Show All

• Udi Azulay Installation of Compact Framework 2.0 failed. Why?

  Hi all, can somebody tell me why my installtion of the cf 2.0 on an HP 2490 PDA failed Log file of installation: 26/02/2006 23:14:42: Entered Install_Init(). First Call: Yes Previously Installed: No Installation folder is: '\Programme\.NET CF 2.0'. 26/02/2006 23:14:42: Build 2.0.5238.00 26/02/2006 23:14:42: Device CPU: 'ARMV4I', 05020000 (84017152) 26/02/2006 23:14:42: PocketPC 5.01 26/02/2006 23:14:42: Our trust lev ...Show All

• sonj deployment

  Hi there. I am using cabwizsp (VS.NET 2003) to deploy project cab file for SPV's (ARM devices) I have noticed that not all the cab files will install/run on any MDA/PDA device because of the proc. Currently by default it works for ARM procs (v4). I noticed that there is a switch to specify what CPU type you wish to deploy the files to - I need to create a cab file for the t-mobile MDA platforms. I think it is an intel XScaler proc. Ho ...Show All

• tiptree Installation of Compact Framework 2.0 failed. Why?

  Hi all, can somebody tell me why my installtion of the cf 2.0 on an HP 2490 PDA failed Log file of installation: 26/02/2006 23:14:42: Entered Install_Init(). First Call: Yes Previously Installed: No Installation folder is: '\Programme\.NET CF 2.0'. 26/02/2006 23:14:42: Build 2.0.5238.00 26/02/2006 23:14:42: Device CPU: 'ARMV4I', 05020000 (84017152) 26/02/2006 23:14:42: PocketPC 5.01 26/02/2006 23:14:42: Our trust lev ...Show All

• Darren.Sim How to Display Modal Dialog?

  Basically, I have a fairly straightforward question. How to display a modal dialog form and then return to the calling form. Most of my experience to date is with VB6 and I'm probably just going about this the wrong way. I'm using the following code to display a Help|About dialog from a menu click. Fairly standard. private void mnuAbout_Click( object sender, EventArgs e) {    frmAbout frm = new frmAbout();    frm.Sh ...Show All

• Greg.Duffield detect cradle connection in wm5

  Hi,   I am using VS2005 VC++ to detect the cradle USB connection, below is my code: DWORD lpcb; DWORD lpcConnections; RASCONN rasconn; bool _returnvalue = false ; rasconn.dwSize = sizeof (RASCONN); lpcb = sizeof (RASCONN); LPRASCONN lp = &rasconn; DWORD ret = RasEnumConnections(lp, &lpcb, &lpcConnections ); CString _a; _a.Format(L "ret=%i" ,ret); AfxMessageBox(_a); _a.Format(L " lpc=%i ...Show All

• JMiller99 Automated Test Tools For Compact Framework?

  Whats recommended/what exists Thanks! Nothing exists yet unfortunately. VS2005 offers unit testing but even that is not supported on netcf: http://www.danielmoth.com/Blog/2005/05/compact-framework-unit-testing.html Cheers Daniel ...Show All

• Deeps 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 What a great article - thanks. With every answer you spawn a new question: SE does not have support for deployment projects... What does this mean And how does Professional diff ...Show All

• Stanley35 Microsoft Windows Mobile 2003 Second for PDA

  Hello,   I am not a Visual developer I set up or use third party software to create data collection programs for PDA Scanners using Microsoft Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition. I have a set up a routine for scanning bar codes currently  using a PDA that has an operating system using Microsoft Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition it also has a built in bar code scanner. I use the PDA to scan bar codes into a Pocket Word ...Show All

• Mike Royle migrating to CE5

  I have program written for a Symbol PPC scanner. I used VS .NET 2003 for this device that runs CE4.2. Symbol is now shipping these scanners using CE5.0 and naturally my simple program (I scan barcodes and save them to a SQL CE database) is not compatible to the next version of your OS. Please excuse the sarcasm but it is a little frustrating. Anyway, Symbol indicates I need the MS Win CE Utilities for VS.Net 2003 Add on pack and their .net ...Show All

• Engr.Faisal Determine compact framework version(s) at runtime

  How can I determine what compact framework version(s) is(are) loaded on my Pocket PC at runtime. I want to develop a process that checks to see if the latest version is already loaded. Also, how can I tell which version of compact framework my application is running on. I have located how to create a configuration file (appname.exe.config) that will force an executable to run under a later compact framework version. I would like to prove tha ...Show All

• The bun How to draw thick lines using Direct 3D mobile?

  I am now trying to find an easy way to draw a line with desired color and width using Direct 3D mobile, can any body tell me a metod to do it Use CreatePen() to change the pen style (you can do a bunch of things like change thickness, color, draw non-solid lines etc). http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/wceshellui5/html/wce50lrfcreatepen.asp After creating a logical pen, you need to select it into a ...Show All

• CHJ3 Error on connecting to SQL with Pocket PC

  Hi I am using Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 OS on my Pocket PC. I write a program in Visual Studio 2003, project Smart Device Application. This project works perfect on emulator in Visual Studio, but when I try to deploy it on Pocket PC I give an exception : "System.MissingMethodException:MissingMethodException" on code : string conString = "Data Source=<ip>,<port>" + Initial Catalog=<database>;user i ...Show All