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• Derek Lakin Today background image transparency level.

  When you select an image as the background image for the today screen using the "use this picture as background" option, the image appears washed out. The transparency level is not set to 0. Where is this transparency value coming from Is this a registry value   Thanks The reg key is only used when you go through the existing UI, i.e., the "Set as Today background" context menu item i ...Show All

• fdaske waveform audio in pocket pc 2003

  Hi all, Today, i make some example to interact with audio in pocket pc device (XDA IIs). I am using:   waveOutGetID   waveInGetID it always return MMSYSERR_INVALHANDLE. Like that i can use waveOutOpen,waveInOpen and other function. First,when i tested in emulator i thought that in emulator doestn't support audio (while i can use PlaySound from emulator to play wav ). So i test in device,the same result. How can i test for this fun ...Show All

• Dickin removing controls from hashtable

  hi, i added few controls dynamically by using hash table. i need to remove them after some processing. But i couldn't remove them. how to do that i tried me.myhashtable.clear() if i use remove property,it's asking for some keys. what is that Thank You! Hi, I've gone thro' it. Additionally i referred http://samples.gotdotnet.com/quickstart/howto/doc/queue.aspx http://support.mi ...Show All

• paciv XP vs CE vs. Mobile

  Hi I have just started to venture into the world of mobile pc's namely PDA's, tablets etc. Really want to know the differences between the different OS' available What are the differences between CE and Mobile and also an application created using VS 2005 and .NET Compact Framework 2.0 work on all three without any modification to the code provided Compact Framework is available Please direct me to any links that might be helpful .. ...Show All

• ghostd0g_ Committing changes to dataset.

  Well I currently have multiple forms. On one from I make changes to the dataset and access that data later but on the next form the data is back to its original value. Not sure if i am really saving the changes correctly. I have tried .beginEdit() - .endEdit(), .AcceptChanges(), .Update() to attempt to save the changes. I am starting to think that I may not be saving the changes correctly because if the changes were saved accessin ...Show All

• Michael McGaha Checking internet connectivity

  Hi, i was wondering if there's a way to check wether the devide is able to connect to the Internet or not. I'm developping an application that can be installed on both connected and not-connected PDAs (even if they tend to be very few) and should lock some functions if the PDA cannot connect. any suggestion Thanks! The most obviouse way is to try to connect some always available site ( www.googe.com , yah ...Show All

• DtwSailor DirectDrawCreate returns DDERR_NODIRECTDRAWHW

  Hi Using eVC4 and CE5 MIPS When I call DirectDrawCreate, i get the error DDERR_NODIRECTDRAWHW back, indicating that my hardware does not support any hardware. Does that mean, that I can use NO DirectDraw functionality at all, or can I still query ex pixel formats, get a pointer to screen buffer etc  I have previously used GAPI on PocketPC 2003 devices, but GAPI doesnt seem to be available for MIPS under CE5, anyone knows if that is co ...Show All

• PeterGwaam Application don't want to run

  I've compiled my binary with VC80 and found a problem with CreateThread - it doesn't create a thread and GetLastError returns error number 8(it creates 2 threads, but 3rd thread creation fails), but when I've worked with eVC and everything was OK. What is the difference - may be wrong project's settings Thanks. The type of my project is - Win32 Smart Device(based on SDK exported from my custom OS design) - DLL. Contains two COM server ...Show All

• Jason_Cox1701 Icon Logo Requirements

  What is the best way to meet these logo requirements in CF 2.0 and VS 2005. Required: 16x16 and 32x32 Pixel Icons for Application and File Types Applications are required to register 16x16 and 32x32 pixel icons for their main executable and saved file types. High DPI Implementations The shell will stretch application icons: If an application does not provide a correctlysized icon the Shell will automatically stretch the provided appl ...Show All

• Piero.B Issue connecting to network machine from emulator.

  I have the emulatro version installed with VS 2005 CR Team edition. Here are the steps: 1) Start the Device Emulator Manager 2) Right-click on Pocket PC 2003 SE Emulator and click Connect. I get the emulator window. 3) Right-click on Pocket PC 2003 SE Emulator and click Craddle. The ActiveSync connects and I get the Connected Synchronized message. 4) Use the Internet Explorer and connect to a web site. I get the page back. 5) Go under File Explo ...Show All

• shinyhappy WinCE C# project: Menu occupies too much space

  I have a menu in my C# NETCF 2.0 application. There are only 2 menu items in the top row. If I put a label beside them it's invisible, blocked by the menu eventhough the area is free. The menu seems to occupy a standard area no matter how many top menu items there are in the menu. Is there any way of making a menu occupy only 30 % of the top row instead of 80 % (what it seems to be right now) A device my compa ...Show All

• Yahya Pocket PC/Windows CE Networking Capabilities

  Hi, I am new to .NET Compact Framework and C#. Right now I have a project to develop an application for PocketPC that runs Windows CE. The application is supposed to be able to communicate with server application that will be developed in different technology: J2EE. Assume that I am going to develop a scaled-down ticket ordering system and put on the server as an add-on. The PocketPC application is restricted to access only HTTP capability of t ...Show All

• CinfulGentleman Bring an application at foreground

  Hi all, I'm trying to hava only one cpy of my app running at once, to do that i get the sample code on "Hello World" generated app on embedded C++ 4.0 bool ActivatePreviousInstance() {   bool activated = false ;     int cTries;     HANDLE hMutex = NULL;     cTries = 5;     while (cTries > 0)     {         hMutex = CreateM ...Show All

• Ameabaspy 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

• Francis Liao proxy authentication in .net compact framework

  I am having a problem with the PPC.  In a PPC application, I'm using a proxy server which needs user authentication.  However, the http connection is failed when I make connection through the proxy server. I find the same issue in http://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/51/255270.aspx could anybody tell me if Microsoft had the bug fixed or not If not, will it be available in .net compact framework2.0 I'm ...Show All