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• sdwillia A transparent label

  Hi, We are currently working on a project in VB.Net (VS2005) for PocketPC. We are coding on .Net Compact Framework 2. It is required that we use a transparent label, with some text on it. Any inputs on how this can be achieved Thanks!   Hi, Thanks for a quick response. I’ve read through a few pages provided in the above link but haven’t found a solution to my problem yet… ...Show All

• GO2GUY connection string to MSDE database

  Hi, I'm developing smart device application in VB.NET. I couldn't make the connection with MSDE. I used the following connection string. myConnection = "server=10.0.0.8;Integrated Security=SSPI;User ID=sa;Initial Catalog=Example;Data Source=PPL\SQLSERVER;Trusted_Connection=yes;" MSDE is on the same machine where i'm developing my apps. & testing the result with emulator. (NOt using RDA or Replication).Simply using ADO.NET comm ...Show All

• MisterT006 connection issue

  Hi, i'm trying to access MSDE from smart device apps. but connection  failed.Actually i tried this before few months. spent more than a week. but failed. so i just used SQL 2000. Now it's a time to change from SQL 2000 to MSDE. So again trying my best. but still I couldn't make the connection. if i test the connection from Server Explorer -> database connection, connection succeeded. but when i try to establish it via pgm(VB.NET), fai ...Show All

• HGSandhagen SqlConnection - How to connect?

  Windows CE 4.2\.NET Compact Framework 2.0\VS2005 beta2\SQL Server 2000 I try to connect to remote database via SqlConnection class: SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection ( "User ID=fabdulov;password=123654;server=serverdf;database=storage" ); con.Open(); When I launch it on my PC - it works. But when I try to launch it on Windows CE - exception throws: Error symbol1.exe SqlException at SqlConnection.OnError() at SqlInternalConnection.On ...Show All

• Holy Icons on Tabs? possible? how?...

  Hello, Do you guys know if it is possible to put custom little icons on tabs is there maybe a 3rd party custom/component solution HELP!!! Yes, I mean on the tab control. Are you able to put small icons on it I have seen applications that have them, but I don't know what they are written in. One of them is mySportsTraining ( http://www.vidaone.com/mst_ppc.htm ) wait for the image to change on the little t ...Show All

• LeviS Can someone recomend a very good wireless service for PocketPC

  Can someone recomend a very good wireless service for PocketPC. I would like to be able to browse sites like this and pos to them from a pocketpc and most of the wireless services I reviewed offer a small bandwidth. Thanks Hi! What kind of wireless service are you looking for Access to wireless hot spots or a cell phone data plan (I assume you have a Pocket PC Phone Edition) By the way, I think this post would be more at home in the ...Show All

• ViKing.Net How to read the dataBase of the PocketPC ?

  Hi everybody.. I'd like to know if t's possible to read the "Contact Database" of the pocket PC, and how is it possible if it is... Thanks If you are using CF V1 you will have to make a managed wrapper to POOM and PInvoke from CF.  You can also use a commercial product from In The Hand Check out this link for a sample managed wrapper http://wiki.opennetcf.org/ow.asp CompactFrameworkFAQ%2FUsingPOOM   ...Show All

• Sigfuss Flash Card Drive/Directory Naming

  I've got 2 different PPC's and they each have a different file system representation directory name. \\application  or \\SD Card respectively. On a PPC is there any easy way to rename these flash directories.  A simple try on "Rename" fails. Thinking that this could be registry Thanks!  This forum is intended to deal with issues directly related to the .NET Compact Framework. It appears that this question ...Show All

• DeepakGH Secure webservice

  Hi, I am not quite sure if this is the place to ask this, but I really need help for this subject. I want to secure a web service so only clients with a username and a password can access the web service. The problem is that the clients are both Pocket Pc 2003 PDA's and ordinary C# desktop Applications. The CF2 is not capable of using WSE so what do I do! I have found this article which states that a username and a password can be send ...Show All

• zhudf How can i do smartphone 2003 native development in Visual Studio

  I am in a process of developing NATIVE win32 apps (dlls rather) for Windows Mobile Smartphone 2003. I have come to realize that to develop native apps for the above platforms, I will have to do it in eMbedded Visual C++ 4.0. After working a little bit on VS2005 for Win Mobile 5.0, I am very much missing the Visual Studio experience, I mean the intellisense. I am having to do it because i want to target a device that is based on Win Mob ...Show All

• Andzej Tranparent color in Win CE.NET

  Hello! I want to add a panel on my form that I can see throught him (he is on top of other controls ... I used BringToFront() metod) I tried MyPanel.BackColor = Color.Transparent; and MyPanel.BackColor = Color.Empty; but I can`t see what controls are under him. In the first case I get a white backcolor and in the second one ... i get a the color from the under control but the control`s text is invisible. Can anyone help me with that ...Show All

• Chris Chilvers "\Windows\wceload.exe", "/noaskdest/noui ?

  Hi, I am installing cab file of my application using wceload.exe. While my application already exist it gives message "My application is already installed.Reinstall I should not get this message and the application should silently installed.I tried using Rapi class of Opennetcf.Desktop.Communication as shown below.   Dim m_rapi As New RAPI m_rapi.CreateProcess("\Windows\wceload.exe", "/noaskdest/noui \Windows\MyApp_PPC.ARMV4.CAB") But ...Show All

• Sandeep Saxena How to make sure I am working with NETCF SP3?

  Hello, I'm rather new to Visual Studio and especially SmartDevice developing. I have a decent knowledge in Borland Delphi, and i'm trying to apply my skills in .NET developing using Visual Studio 2003. Here is the brief explanation of a problem I've run into: In my application I'm using a listbox, which stores some collection items. Anyway, I want to trap the keys, pressed while listbox is focused. In the event list there is no such an event ...Show All

• Jamie_M_ ODBC

  Hello everyone and happy Easter, i'd like to write some data in any database using ODBC, is this possible on windows mobile 2003 and how till now i've tried to get the ODBC drivers from my pocket pc but i keep having null objects as results. here is the code, it's actually 3 c# files that u add to a project and a form that has a button called button1 and a multiline textbox called textBox1, when you click on the button the drivers' list s ...Show All

• t_o_n_y Trouble installing eVC Upgrade Wizard for VS 2005

  I installed the eVC Update Wizard, but it has evidently broken VS 2005. When I start VS 2005 now, it says "A problem occurred when loading the Microsoft Visual Studio Menu. To fix this problem, run 'devenv.exe /resetsettings' from the command prompt. Note: this command resets your environment settings." When I click the OK button, VS2005 exits. Okay, I performed the recommended action. Several times. It restarts VS 2005, and ...Show All