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• Scoobyed 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

• VivMeng add to windows mobile 5.0 start menu

  how do i add to my windows mobile 5.0 start menu vs2005 automatically deployed my app to my device. now i simply want to add a shortcut to it on the start menu. sounds like it should be simple but can't figure it out. You can create shortcut to your application by creating a Smart Device Cab Project. Please refer to http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/tour/vs2005_guided_tour/VS2005pro/Smart_Client/DeploymentNETCF.htm Thanks, M ...Show All

• joietej dynamic buttons name in compact framework

  Hi, I've created few buttons and labels dynamically in my PPC apps. I couldn't set the name property for those buttons and labels. How to do that Further processing of apps is based on the names. I'm using VB.NET (VS2003,.NET Framework 1.1) Please give some suggestions on this. Thank U! Check out this post http://blog.opennetcf.org/ctacke/PermaLink,guid,64c28b10-d3a8-4c6b-b11a-2ae2de4bdaf ...Show All

• DieHardGuy Placing Labels in Tab & Panel Controls

  Hey everyone, I've got a VB 2005 project that has a SQL Mobile datasource. One of my forms has a few labels that are bound. When I just have the labels on the form, they show the data as they are suppose to, however, when I place those labels in a panel or a tab control, some of them do not display any data during runtime. Is this a bug Or could I be doing something wrong Thanks I couldn't repro this on our RTM bits. I creat ...Show All

• SeniorDevman Serialization formating

  Hi, After making a serialization I would like to make a diff on the two different xml files, but the problem is that the XmlSerializer put everything in only one line... Do you know a way to put a return at the end of each tag Thanks, Hi, Yes it could be pretty usefull, but I also found another way, you just need to use an XmlTextWriter name for exemple w and then put : w.Formatting = Formatting.Indented; w.Indentation = 3; // or ...Show All

• jebr VS 2005 Beta 2 Emulator deployment problem.

  I developed a simple "Hello World" application for Windows Mobile 5.0 for Smartphone with VS2005 Beta 2. Then, I ran the program in debug mode. The application compiles fine but the deployment fails. Here is the content of the "output" window: ------ Build started: Project: myTest, Configuration: Debug Any CPU ------ Csc.exe /noconfig /nowarn:"1701;1702" /nostdlib+ /errorreport:prompt /warn:4 /define:DEBUG;TRACE;Smartphone /reference:"C:\P ...Show All

• Yury Averkiev linking library for smart device in visual studio 2005

  Hi, I am trying to create a smart device application in visual studio c++ 2005.The applications(Miracl) has libraries.When I compile the application as win32 console application (vc++2005) I able to compile it.But when I tried to compile the same application with smart device(visual studio 2005 using c++),i am getting linking errors lnk2001 and lnk2019 saying "unresolved external symbol" for all the functions.I am copying the err ...Show All

• jaytman123 Timing events..

  Hello,          I need to trigger some actions like to send an sms at a specified time and date.. Can i use the application to run always in the background and check for the time every minute and if it matched, to send the sms.. This method would slow down the device i think and so can anyone please suggest me a better option.. I tried the above method but it wont work when the device is in sleep ...Show All

• Corbin Hoenes Remote Registry Editor and Remote File Viewer

  Does anyone know if Visual Studio 2005 includes the tools to remotely view the registry and file system on a Windows Mobile Version 5 device In the Embedded C++ Tools version 3 and 4, they were called Remote Registry Editor and Remote File Viewer and were accessible from the Tools menu. Thanks, Ted Thanks Shian, I just missed them. I was looking in the \Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\ folder ...Show All

• JH2006 Universal Remote using Infra Red

  We are working on a multi-purpose remote using Infra Red on PDA. So for that purpose, we are trying to read the Infra red Signal from the remote and sending the signal using the PDA. this is piece of code for sending and recieving the Infrared signal. This is just a check program. We read the signal and are sending the same signal again so that we can check if the device is responding. But the device does not seem to respond. The Data we ...Show All

• Koichiro NumericUpDown only work with Int16 values

  Visual Studio 2005 (not a beta version) Somehow I can only use Int16 values in CF NumericUpDown. On the desktop I can use any values. If I input 100000 in the NummericUpDown1 then the Textbox1 recives the value of -31072. Any value input in NumericUpDown, that is greater than MaxInt16 will convert to an Int16 value. Am I missing something here I MSDN help I can only find that NumericUpDown should support Int32.   ...Show All

• Hawkmoth Create menu (MenuBar) for CPropertySheet child in Visual Studio 2005

  Visual Studio 2005, Pocket PC 2003: wanted to add a menubar to a derivative of CPropertySheet. Spent FIVE HOURS, no success. Tried everything (including CCommandBar and Pocket PC 2005). I am stupid. Thank you :-! I have found a couple of examples in plain Win32, trying to rewrite them into MFC. No success. Now. The search " SHCreateMenuBar OnInitDialog" in this forum yields four articles, referring to 2005 Beta, where people just could not ...Show All

• Fayed Unable to start debugging in Beta1 & Smartphone 2003

  Hi, I'm a newbie to developing with smartphone I have created a simple application in Beta1 just the default smart device. It compiles fine but when I try to run it in debug on soluton platform Smartphone 2003 Emulator the emulator starts up but then I get the following message: Unable to start debugging Unable to start program'%CSIDL_PROGRAM_FILES%\Hello World\Hello World.exe'. Any ideas. Also I can't work out where to configure the network ca ...Show All

• siddharth_V MinimizeBox = True And Form.Close, Diiferent behavior between CF1.0 and CF2.0

  In CF 1.0 and WM2003, if MinimizeBox of a form was set to true and you were to call Form.Close, it would mimimize the application. With CF 2.0 and WM2005 however, the same scenario closes the form completely. Is this the expected/desired behavior If so, how can one programmatically minimize a form or send it to the back. Form.SendToBack does not seem to work if called from the contructor, form_load or form_activate. anyone I'm a ...Show All

• Jeff Dion "sniff" directional buttons

  Hi - I'm hoping to write a program that will run invisibly in the background and will "sniff" directional buttons (i.e. my program will know that it was pressed, but the keystroke will still be sent to the active window). any ideas Does RegisterHotKey help --- Lao K Visit my Blog for Windows Mobile Pocket PC Smartphone Programming Hints and Tips ...Show All