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• alien3d Resource Files .resx

  I am developing a smart client for a Windows Mobile 5.0 phone. Although I have 4 years of .net experience most of it is for the web ( ASP.Net). Anyway, I want to swap images in a picture box when I click the control. I was thinking of storing the images in the .resx file of the app and then swap the images from that. Questions: Is that the way to do such a thing Am I correct in assuming that there is no real drive mapping in a mobi ...Show All

• Peter.Kortman digital signature

  quick question regarding installation of an application. Does having your application digitally signed get rid of the nasty prompt message "this program comes from an unknown source and may not be trustworthy. Would you like to install this program " Or is it unrelated Ok, I'm actually going to be code signing my application now. So it seems like you have to have all the .dll, .exe, and the .ca ...Show All

• Barry Hughes Connection to SQL Server 2000

  Hi, I am trying to connect to an SQL Server 2000 database using VB.NET 2005 CF. When I run the application (code below), I get the following error: An unhandled exception of type 'System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException' occurred in System.Data.SqlClient.dll Additional information: SqlException Can anyone help me solve this problem When I use the same code in a windows application from, it works fine, but it doesn't when ...Show All

• markstamp Is it possible to develop a .NET Class Library for Windows CE 5.0 using C++/CLI?T

  Is it possible to develop a .NET Class Library for Windows CE 5.0 using C++/CLI Many thanks, Out of curiosity, does anyone know why Microsoft chose not to support C++/CLI for WinCE KevinHall wrote: I can use native C++ to develop a .NET class library (It seems like that's what you answered.) Well not sure what seems what but, to be clear, I meant you can use C++ to target the platform. No, you cannot use it to crea ...Show All

• Jeff Wilson MSFT Visual Studio 2005 Downloads ("Deployment")

  Deployment to my target fails unless I first manually delete the previously deployed exe/dll on the target. How to avoid this No, its not an MFC dll. But thanks for the info. Rebuild ur project and then ur exe/dll will be deployed again. I hope it helps A dialog box pops up that says "THere were deployment errors. COntinue " Yes/No THe Output Window ...Show All

• Lakusha_ Emulator shuts down and exits automatically

  The emulator was working fine for me but recently its been shutting down and exittting automatically. Before exitting it saves state. I'm using WM 2003SE as the OS. I've tried hard reset, but still the same problem. any help would be much appreciated. Thanks. As I said on the other thread, I'm not using the VS emulator. I'm using the stand alone emulator. Hello, Are you o ...Show All

• hyng Removing junk characters

  Hi, I am reading from a text file into a textbox and then separating items which are separated by a vbCrLf, and adding them to a list box. When I do this, at the end of each item, a box character appears, which then affects my database search as the string has a box in it. Can anyone suggest a way to overcome this Thanks, James How are you reading the text from the file ...Show All

• Antoon Vansina background services

  http://www.pocketpcdn.com/articles/services.html is this still up to date somebody who has experiences withit StudentDev, If your requirement is just doing something at predefined time, services.exe is both an overkill and won't work the way you want, as you observed, the device sleeps. The API you should use is CeSetUserNotificationEx, and you need to understand the device's power management. Read ...Show All

• Len Aye Is my pocket pc to old

  Hi, so i finally finish my program and i am filled with pride in my achievement. I have created it on the pocket pc 2003 emulator that comes in visual studio 2005 and uses cf2. When i connect my pocket pc to the development machine and build my program for a pocket pc 2003 device i get this error message. Error 1 The specified program requires a newer version of Windows on the device. Is it possible to upgrade my pocket pc. Toshiba no ...Show All

• Nicole Calinoiu Serialport XON/XOFF Handshake State

  Hello all I found the following problem/speciallty in SerialPort I/O with XON/XOFF handshaking. When the SerielPort is opened and set to xonxoff handshaking it is ready to send files, so it is in xon state. When I send a file to the reciever and my device recieves an xoff after the transmition is complete it is then in xoff mode. After this I can't send anymore files because the port is blocked in xoff and my reciever won't send an ...Show All

• Brian M. Reisman PDA programming possible with VB Express?

  Hi all, I can't find any information on building programs for a PDA using VB Express. Does this mean that it's not possible I'm sorry if I missed the obvious. I want to make a simple program on my PDA with VB that stores info about the photo's I take (subject, street, city etc.). What programs do I need to do that At this moment I use a javascript application that stores the data in a cookie, but that's not ideal. I'm familiar with ...Show All

• leenrob Backspace in edit control

  Hi Still building an application for Smartphone 2005 in pure Win32. I now have a configuration dialog containing static fields and edit controls. Everything is fine except when I type sthg in the edit controls, I can't clear it. I can only add characters but not delete them with the back key. The back key (which is also used to switch back to older applications) is inactive. Can someone help please Here is the beginning of my dialog's cal ...Show All

• Mar G MSMQ writing to remote queues in Windows Mobile 5.0

  I have a Dell Axim x51v upon which I'm trying to get MSMQ working. According to this article , there were previous limitations on remote queues which were probably going to be fixed in the final release. My ultimate goal is to have my mobile device be able to send messages to a queue residing on my server (Windows Server 2003) when it is not necessarily on the same internal network. Below is a summary of what I've tried and what my iss ...Show All

• CTEZ CF 2.0 on Win CE 4.20

  When I try to deploy a visual studio 2005 application on my Win CE device I receive this error message: "The file \Windows\NETCFv2.wm.ARMV4I.cab" is not a valid Windows CE Setup file." on the display device then the deploy process fails.  How can I update the CF on my mobile device System: Win CE .NET 4.20 Processor: Inell PXA255 Thank you         .NET Compact Fr ...Show All

• neo1 M2003SE SQL Data Collection Application

  I'm adding records to an SLQ Mobile database. Thus far I can view the data in a Grid Control and add new entries using the code below (without the 'Clear the fields section). My problem is that when I insert the handlers to clear the TextBox.Text fields and put the cursor back to the first data TextBox (ID) it does not save the record. Ideas, suggestions, clues, pontifications Private Sub btnAddRecord_Click( ByVal sender ...Show All