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• Giotto Best way to make LABEL's clickable in CF 1.0?

  Hi, There's no working Label.Click() event in CF 1.0 at this time.  I can't use read-only textbox in this situation, because I need to use a label appearance rather than a textbox appearance. What is the best workaround to make a label clickable in CF 1.0    I have multiple Label's inside a Panel control, each of which requires a separate click event. Hi, i’ve a similar issue concerning the need ...Show All

• Ranjesh - MSFT Can't Check Submenu Item

  So basically, I am trying to check a menu item that belongs in a cascading submenu. I have a sample diagram to show you want I mean. I am sure I am getting the handle because I get get the string, but I just can't put a check mark there. I want to check mar Item2 and Item1. (Submenu Bar ) Item1 Item2 ^ | (Submenu Bar ) ...Show All

• Nush Karmacharya Can't access any Windows Mobile 5.0 projects or emulator in VS2005 Beta 2

  I'm probably doing something very stupid but I'd appreciate any assistance. I am trying to get up to speed on Windows Mobile 5.0 development and I have installed (in this order): Visual Studio 2005 Team Suite Beta 2 DMA Transport Update Windows Mobile 5.0 SDKs for Pocket PC and Smartphone When I try to create a new project, I only see Pocket PC 2003, Smartphone 2003 and Windows CE 5.0 but no reference to Windows Mobile 5.0 (or Magneto as I belie ...Show All

• marmok SQL Server CE Licencing Details?

  Anyone know the licencing details on SQL Server CE   Am I allowed to run it on a Pocket PC running .NET if I never connect to a SQL database   Is it free if I do this I simply want to use it to store data temporarily in, while working in an App on the pocket PC.  I'm then planning to query the data out and transmit the data via web service to the server. Please confirm if this is within the licence agreement If this is out of bo ...Show All

• Itsme850 DirectShow Filter

  I tried to port the sample of DirectShow, AsyncFilter, to Windows Mobile 2005 Pocket PC. I added Strmbase.lib to project library list, but still has some symbols that do not get resolved. AsyncFilter.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol " public : virtual long __cdecl CBaseFilter::FindPin(wchar_t const *, struct IPin * *)" ( FindPin@CBaseFilter@@UAAJPB_WPAPAUIPin@@@Z ) AsyncReader.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external s ...Show All

• Jay McLain simple windows mobile forms question

  I using Windows Mobile 5.0 and expect the application's forms to only be open one at a time. From the main form I have code like... private void uioptionsmenuitem_Click( object sender, EventArgs e) { Options options = new Options (); //options.Parent = this; options.ShowDialog(); } I notice that when I bring up the task manager I have multiple windows showing up when I only expect one to show for my ...Show All

• Dwi Pamudji How do we test camera application?

  Hi , I'm writing camera application on windows mobile 5.0 smartphone. i succeded writing the same application on desktop using webcam. could u please give me the steps to test the same application on smartphone emulator. in the document they said, we need camera equipped pocket pc (or)smartphone installed camera driver(or) Null driver ships with the emulator. am not understanding what the document is saying do i need to install any came ...Show All

• Rajkumar Muthukumar "No such interface supported"

  I recently received and installed Visual Studio 2005. When I create an empty Pocket Pc 2003 (or Windows Mobile 5.0) application and try to deploy it, I get a messagebox that says "No such interface supported". The actual .exe is there and I can copy it and run it on the device.. but it seems that the communication layer between visual studio and the device is broken. I get the same error if I try to deply the application to the e ...Show All

• macca_24 What is the event in the Form when theForm.Show() gets Called?

  hi, guys I have a tab control in my pda c# form. And there are three pages. What I did is, I put a panel in each tab, and then will put a other Form to that panel later in the code. In this way, I can keep the code separately in different three Forms. The question I have is, when we switch in these three tabs, I call the corresponding Form's Show(), in that Form, what is the event to tell right now, the form is being shown Coz everytime, when us ...Show All

• qingxisong Mobile 5.0 - Set up Push Mail Tasks folder sync with Provision XML

  Hi, I'm currently building an application that will set up the Push Mail in Mobile 5.0 PDAs through Configuration API. With reference to http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/guide_ppc/html/ppc_wce51samsynchronizingcalendarcontactsmailwithtestserverozup.asp , i had managed to set up the Push Mail account with Mail, Contacts and Calendar. However, i will need to set up the "Tasks" to be sync. May i ...Show All

• Henrik Andre Tellevik Compact .NET Framework

  Hi, I would like to know as to how can I execute an exe file from within a running compact winform application. I need this to happen because I plan to call the updater exe file whenever it detects that there is an update from the web, close the currently running application, then start the updating the exe file of the original application. Normally, this would have been easy if I could use the Process class from the .NET Framework. ...Show All

• nadogmoney How to close the former form?

  Hi. I have built a login form which links to a main form. After check user's ID and password, i use such codes: Dim newForm as New mainForm mainForm.show() Here i do not know how to close the form login form, me.close() and me.disposal() do not work well. anyone can help me thanks!  Instead of trying to dispose of the form in the constructor (bad idea), set a flag and call MainForm.Close in th ...Show All

• Robert Green Can't find project template Smartphone Magneto

  Folks, I just installed VS 2005 Beta and Pocket PC SDK 5.0 along with Smartphone SDK 5.0 but when I try to create a new Project for Smartphone I do not find those options. Should I be doing something else I refered to this document http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/dntake/html/yctiwy_wm5.asp  but seems like I did everything it says. Any help Regards, Udaypal Aarkoti Workaround: I did find a workaround ...Show All

• WH Tan C++ DLL for VB smart device app

  Hi everyone! I'm a beginner so please forgive me for asking this... I'm trying to create a c++ dll for a vb app, I'm still learning and following tutorials from the net. While I'm pretty sure I got the C++ writing part, my VB app terminates due to an unhandled exception of type 'System.MissingMethodException' (Can't find PInvoke DLL 'emptydll.dll'.) I don't understand what I did wrong. Some questions I have are: Do I need to place the DLL somewh ...Show All

• Torrin Jones Unable to initialize Direct3D on Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC Device - MDA PRO (HTC Universal)

  i allways get a DriverUnsupportedException (it works in the emulator) Device Information: Device: MDA PRO (HTC Universal) OS : Microsoft Windows Mobile Version 5.0 OS 5.1.70 (Build 14409.1.1.2) Framework: Microsoft .NET CF 2.0 installed Processor: PXA270-520MHz Is there any known problem with directX on this device I have the same problem on my T-Mobile MDA-Pro. It looks like ...Show All