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• TokenWorks newbie... :) about preprocess and simple file create

  maybe It will be sound like a newbie question.. J I want to be able to include text files, or simply change some parameters in my code before I release a version (preprocess). I used to do it with ANT in the past old days (j2me..). what is the way to do this in the .NET environment I don’t want to do this from inside code with ugly “if” statements to create a text files every time I build the project… than ...Show All

• Nazar Kuliev How to get the shared path

  this might sound a bit dodgy but i'm trying to run some tests on WM5.0 emulators and to speed up the process, the emulators share some files with the desktops is there any way i can get hold of the shared path within my CF2.0 application I understand this is not supposed to work because on a real device there is no such thing as a shared directory, but i still hope that someone can come up with a smart hack :) thanks in advance! ...Show All

• TankVB GetServiceHandle in Mobile 2003 (VS2005)

  Hi Alls, I try to use some functions like GetServiceHandle, ActivateService to manage service in Mobile 2003 but there is the complier error : error C3861: 'GetServiceHandle': identifier not found The <service.h> is included in project Thanks Thanks, I tested it, it is OK for me @+ OK, the suggestion I got was to use CreateFile/DeviceIoControl instead. Get ...Show All

• Gonzalo1977Uy What is the purpose of PlatformVerificationTask?

  What is the purpose of PlatformVerificationTask in namespace Microsoft.CompactFramework.Build.Tasks I keep getting warnings that this task is failing in projects for one reason or another. The latest is a FileNotFoundException for one of my class library assemblies. Is this an important task Is it buggy Should I be concerned What are the troubleshooting steps Other than some other people asking about it, I don't see any documentation on MSD ...Show All

• William Bain Home key Catching

  Hai Friendz        I have developed an application in smartphone emulator..I want to put a password in my application...ie. the application cannot exit untill the password is typed..But I have a problem  that the home key event of the emulator cannot be traced..                         & ...Show All

• Jim Hunt How do I manually deploy the CF2 to my PPC?

  I tried running the Microsoft installer and although it starts the installation on my PPC (running Windows Mobile 5.0), it never actually installs the Framework. Is there a way to manually install the CF 2.0 There is a file created in the root partition called MS .NET CF 2.0 LOG.TXT. Here are its contents (sorry this is long): 10/05/2005 00:40:57: PocketPC 5.01 10/05/2005 00:40:57: Processing alternative file: '\Program Files\.NET CF 2.0\cgacut ...Show All

• Eric Cadwell Compact Framework Issues

  Hi, Anyone having problems with line breaks in the TextBox control from the Compact Framework I insert a string with line breaks, (yes the textbox is multi line enabled), save it to a database, read it back and all i get is little squares in place of these line breaks. The funny thing is, this same exact data (no changes what so ever) is displayed correctly in a win forms application (running on the desktop). I've tried the traditional methods ...Show All

• Jaqq Capture Screenshot from a Form to a File

  I have created a free hand drawing board using cf2.0. It is simply allows people draw on the PPC screen and the board is actually a form. The question is, how can I capture the form's screenshot to a graphics object or image object. So that I can save the drawing to a file finally. Hi Alex,          Did u Solve ur problem. I had the same problem. If u solve it P ...Show All

• usascottwright How to change current UI culture at runtime?

  HI. I have a form and I want to change its UI culture at runtime. The method System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = ... does not working in .Net CF. I am using VS .Net 2005Beta2, C#. Thanks. Of course it does not work, there's no such property on NETCF. It won’t even compile for that matter. Just change your device locale to whatever it should be. Alternatively you could use r ...Show All

• ETA76 MSB3247

  What a pain in the arse! I've obviously not properly de-installed VS2005 beta 2 properly before I installed the vs2005 release version, so now the code I've been working on doesn't work. Hurrah for nice easy install/de-install methods! When I build my app the output is this... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Consider app.config remapping of assembly "System.Data, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=969db8053d3322ac, Retargetable=Yes" ...Show All

• Capitao Esponja settings of pocket pc

  i want to connect to sql with ppc. i am using VS c# 2005 and sql server 2000. i wrote my codes but i cant connect to ppc. i want to learn settins of ppc. pls help me That is FAQ and been answered probably dozen times already. Please use search to find an answer. Thanks. ...Show All

• AutomationTool_Brad Unable to start debugging

  1) Im trying to record a sound by using some code provided by MSDN. The operation is performing ..but i want to hear the sound i recorded...which was saved in .wav extension.... To take that 1 i need to connect with active sync and wants to run the application again ...so that i can take the output sound file from mySmartphone->storage of emulator. But after connecting with Activ sync my application is not running and shows an er ...Show All

• Swatanya Tracking Wifi Signal Strengths

  I am writing a pocket PC 2003 application that needs to track Wifi signal strengths and Wireless Access Points' MAC addresses. Anyone knows how can I code it in C#.net 2005 Check out this link:  http://blog.opennetcf.org/ctacke/binary/WiFiDiscovery.htm It doesn't work with all WiFi drivers but I've checked it out on the Dell Axim X50 with ppc 2003 and mobile 5.0 and it works great Doesn't report Signal Strength on the X30 but all ot ...Show All

• Mozylon Welcome!

  Welcome to the Device Emulator General discussion forum. This forum is a place to discuss using the Device Emulator for Smart Device Development. We will certainly address  issues with the Device Emulator. We will also address questions for people using the Device Emulator Preview--a pre-release, stand-alone version of the Device Emulator. Thank you for participating, I look forward to hearing from you. ok .. i am coming! ...Show All

• jpv Building a cab which should install an app and install it to run at startup...

  I noticed that you can build a cab/cabs within VS 2003. Is there a way to create a shortcut within this cab that starts your app when the device starts I'd like to do this so it would build the correct cab, perhaps by script, every time I run BUILD CAB. Anyone got any ideas, or am I nuts Thanks! Not really, sorry. That problem was addressed in VS 2005 which has special CAB project. You might be able to run this batch as a pos ...Show All