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• Rainman808 Bring form objects to overlay over topmost form

  I am working (C#) with navigation software that creates a native form with the map etc. On PC this form is created inside the existing program form and it is possible to bring things such as buttons infront of the map. On PocketPC this is not the case. Forms are independent and to view the map i have to hide the first form. Anyway around this Is it possible to get control over the form the navigation library created (On full framework there is t ...Show All

• Omar Khan How to make ListView's, ImageList, TextBoxes, etc respect User Settings (themes, etc)

  Hi, In Compact Framework 1.0, how do I ListView's, ImageList, TextBoxes, etc respect User Settings (themes, etc) on SmartPhones and PocketPC's    When I test things, it seems like that onscreen controls uses defaults, even when the user settings specifies very different appearances (such as Large Font via Accessbility) Is this necessary for "Designed for Windows Mobile" compliance, where applications must respect user settings ...Show All

• Michael G Context Menu

  Hi everyone, hope you're doing fine. is it possible to add some entries to Windows Mobile 2003 context menu can we add icons next to the entries i have added keys in the registry like it is done on windows xp but it didnt work (maybe the key names are different) :(. any suggestions I understand - the reason I asked you to post to the other forums is because the answer to this almost surely involves some P/Invoke or some other low-level ...Show All

• CoolKat how can I tell when the phone is in use?

  I have an app with an option to run full-screen, to prevent the users from messing about with the device and breaking it. It has a list of allowed apps, and a timer which runs every 2 seconds to see what window is in the foreground. "Phone" is allowed, nothing else is Unless the user is making a call, the timer will bring my app back to the front. How can I tell if th ...Show All

• Bigs How to turn on/off WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS device in WM5??

  Hi everyone, Is there any API to turn on/off WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS device in WM5 Since you are using WM5, try GID for GPS: For example: hGPSDevice = GPSOpenDevice(hGPSEvent[0], // Handle to an event that GPS Intermediate Driver signals whenever it has new GPS location information hGPSEvent[1], // Handle to an event that GPS Intermediate Driver signals whenever its state chan ...Show All

• mauricepk Make a Cab File

  hi i am mehmet my questions about cab files i am create cab file but i cant make in c#.net process in cab file : two running exe later one text file copy from my computer to Mobile Device. And Later copy database backup file from my computer to Mobile Device. I'm sorry, I can't figure out what the problem is. Please clarify. ...Show All

• FedericoAX CeMAPI example...

  Hi everyone, I’d like to start working with CeMAPI under Windows Mobile 2003, is there any docs about it, some links that points me to the right direction I found some docs in msdn, but it shows only how to start and it’s for PPC2002 using ActiveSync service, I’d like to work with a POP3 account in the WM2003. Is it possible does anyone have already made some application send and receive messages is there some examples I’ve created the POP3 acc ...Show All

• csi95 NumericUpDown Select All? How can I do this?

  Is there a way I can select all in a numericupdown As in cause it all to be highlight/selected I'm assuming this is a PInvoke Thanks! Check out this link. This should help you out. In .NETCF v2, the Handle propery on the NUD control returns the hwnd of the edit control portion. On v1, using the Capture trick to get the hwnd, you are likely getting the hwnd of the wrapper control. You will need to P/Invoke to GetWindow( ...Show All

• Bill Griffis How to play many WAV resources at the same time.

  Hi, I am developing a game for WM2003 and WM2005. Is there an example to play many WAV files at the same time from resources. Maybe DirectSound. If there is a example somewhere it would really help. Thanks, Giorgos There's no DS on CE. You can use waveOut API to do that. Samples are available on MSDN. http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/wcewave/html/_wcesdk_win32_waveoutwrite. ...Show All

• jaypatrick Microsoft Device Emulator 1.0 Community Preview Usage

  The Microsoft Device Emulator was developed only for the use with Visual Studio If I try to use it with other tools like Visual Web Developer or Editors I have to start it with the command line. But if I want to open mobile web pages ("C:\Programme\Microsoft\Device Emulator Preview\DeviceEmulator.exe" /s ppc.dess /c " http://wap.aldi.de ") I get errors like Error: Cannot open file ' http://wap.aldi.de ' Secondly: Can I  ...Show All

• PinkDragon Found conflicts between different versions of the same dependent assembly.

  Is there an easy way to determine which assembly or assemblies are conflicting When I double-click on the error message in the Error List panel, a message box pops up and says: One or more dependent assemblies have version conflicts. Do you want to fix these conflicts by adding binding redirect records in the app.config file Under what circumstances would I want to do that And what are the alternatives T ...Show All

• lasher999 Working with multiple forms and using form text

  Hi All, I am working with multiple forms form1 and form2, I have added form text to each of the form. On a button control in form1 I have added the below code, which loads form2 and hides form1 but in the taskmanager it shows both forms at the same time. I have tried using an empty text in form2 and it works. Is it possible to show the form1 text on the top of the titlebar in form2 when it is activated instead of empty titlebar. Dim frm1 A ...Show All

• TheQuasar Using Web Reference in Class Library V1.0

  I am using vs2005 beta 2 to work on a solution that was implemented in CF 1.0. I am trying to call a web service from a ppc class library. I can successfully add the web reference but can not create an instance of that class. Say add web reference with the name "TestService", well in the code, intellisense doesn't even know about it nor does the object broswer. I tested this using vs2005 beta 2 smart device class library v2.0 and it works fine t ...Show All

• AAraujo add control problem with multiple framework

  Without the stackform, everything works perfect but when I add a toolbar I get an error at line this.Controls.Add(this.toolBar1); ,if I comment all lines with toolBar everything works perfect error: $exception {System.Exception: Exception at Microsoft.AGL.Common.MISC.HandleAr() at System.Windows.Forms.Control._SetParent() at System.Windows.Forms.Control.set_Parent() at ControlCollection.Add() at DeKangoeroe.KMaankomst.Ini ...Show All

• e144909 window mobile 5 screen orientation with different tab order

  I am developing a WM5 dialog base pocket pc application. my dialog has two screen orientation (portract and landscape) base on the PPC screen orientation. Changing of the orientation dialog work fine but I can't had two set of tab order for the two dialogs. The tab order will always follow the .h enum { IDD= XXXX} screen. Example, my portract dialog tab order should be edit1, edit2, edit3 but my landscape dialog want to had tab order edit1, ...Show All