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• Monte Chan Serializing object in smart devices

  HI, I am working on a project that need transfeering of objects from the pocket PC to the PC. As i know, the best way for doing this is to serialize the object into an array of bytes and transfeer it, but i found that this kind of serialization is not suported in smart devices. what could i do thank you in advance XML serialization is supported on NETCF V2, you can use that: http://www.eggheadcafe.com/articles/system.xml.xmlseriali ...Show All

• Hancz VS 2005 and Smart Device installation problem

  I have a weird problem with my VS 2005 and Smart Device SDK installation. I'm using the DVDs from the Windows Mobile 5.0 Developer Evaluation Kit given away at the recent MEDC. I want to successfully install the Pocket PC and Smartphone SDKs and compare the IDE etc with that of evC 4.0. I appear to have successfully installed VS2005 however the Smart device SDKs do not appear to installed correctly at all even though I did install them. There s ...Show All

• IO95 "The Specified Program requires a newer version of Windows on the Device" But can't be true.

  However, the Win CE Splash screen states: "Microsoft Windows CE v5.00 (Build 1400 on Mar 21 2006)" That seems pretty new. What is REALLY going on. It certainly isn't the case the OS version is 2003!! The program does build and deploy on a Dell x51v Pocket PC without difficulty. We're getting the error when trying to deploy to Win CE on a Compulab CM-X270 CPU module. But WinCe is WinCE, Right ...Show All

• Count Zero Creating shortcut icons

  Hi I've created a cab and installed it on target. Everything is just fine but I want to add an icon to my shortcut. I have searched forums and google without luck. How do I add an icon resource to be installed with my cab file I didn't find anything suitable in the CEShortcut chapter. Thanks, Martin Ok so I narrowed it down a bit. I found that my VS 2005 project allready had some resources and that these are being used. My problem now is ...Show All

• jkristia how to generate Setup and deployment project for PPC

  HI , I've developed an application for PPC. It's working fine . Now i want to create a setup project. But i don't have any idea abt that. my application utilizes XML lookup tables.Can i add it into setup how to add icon Kindly suggest me to acheive this!. If u know links related to it kindly post it!. Thank You! Hi, Look at this. http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp ...Show All

• Tyde Inside Connecting to AS400 database in Smart Device Application

  Hi, I'm developing a smart device application and want to connect to AS400 database. Is there anyway to do so Thank you, Niki If you mean DB2 database running on AS/400, I don't believe there's ADO.Net provider for NETCF. You can go through Web Service wrapper if needed as a workaround. Something like this might be an option as well: http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/edu/dm-dw-dm-0411le ...Show All

• kosmik ActiveSync device service provider and databases

  Can a device service provider, created using the MSDN "Programmer's Guide for ActiveSync", be used to synchronize an EDB database under Windows Mobile 5.0 Is there anything in the ActiveSync manager on the device that limits it to CEDB databases, which are deprecated in Windows Mobile 5 Can I able to write a custom service provider for the Contacts Database. I have added a custom field to the Contacts and wa ...Show All

• Nik02 How to subclass a combobox?

  Dear guys:       In my ppc  project  ,I need to replace the dropdown list in combo box with a tree control,for the pocket pc doesn't support the ownerdraw property,what should I do             Thanks!       If you can't owner draw, then you can't place an image in a textbox.  Do you want an ...Show All

• DNH Icon sizes for Mobile 5

  I'm trying to create an '.ico' icon for my app. What are the correct sizes For windows mobile 2003 I used 16X16 and 32X32, but these sizes look like *** on the mobile 5. I believe the correct sizes are 22x22 and 44x44. Thanks, Dioni Things should be as simple as possible, but not simpler - A. Einstein. ...Show All

• Sambuddha Printing from mobile device and compatibility

  Hi, First I would like to tell u wat I am doing actually I am creating a windows form for device application which is link it to sql mobile edition 2005. So is definitely running on .net cf 2.0. So my question will this application of mind which is running on VS2005 will work on a device which is running window mobile 2003 Secondly the form which I am creating have some of the form component like text input and combo box etc etc. So on ...Show All

• Marco.Casamento genasm error message when adding DesignTimeAttributes.xmta to my project

  This is weird. I have a Smart Device C# library that builds perfectly. When I add a DesignTimeAttributes.xmta to it and rebuild it I got the following error message: genasm.exe(1) : error There was an error finalizing type . Type 'MyNameSpace.MyClass, MyLibrary, Version=9.2.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' was loaded in the ReflectionOnly context but the AssemblyBuilder was not created as AssemblyBuilderAccess.ReflectionOnly. My Namesp ...Show All

• Chekib Force ctrl-click for ListView control selection

  I was able to get a multi-select ListView working through a p-invoke to the underlying native control as described on the msdn FAQ. The drawback is that the user must shift/ctrl click to get multiple selecctions.  Any advice on how to make the ListView select multiple items without the key combination Short of writing your own list control (or starting with the one in SDF form OpenNETCF), the best workaround is to use a ListVie ...Show All

• Okan Oksak binding list

  I have a dataset bind to several textbox with the bindingsource object. How can I obtain a list or something like that in which I could know wich textbox is bind with each field of mi dataset. I'm working with visualstudio 2005 and cf v2.0. Thanks for your help. Generally that is unnecessary because these mappings are set by you in a first place and known in advance, but it can be done by checking ...Show All

• sambath ramachandran Sorting a listbox in .NET CF?

  Is this possible   How Thanks. You can sort data/data source before you add it/bind to LB. ...Show All

• Cbless How to migrate data from sql server 2005 to local Pocket PC?

  Hi, I have a database on a sql server 2005, and I would like to migrate data from sql server 2005 to local Pocket PC. How can I create a database on local Pocket PC and how to migrate the data from sql server 2005 to local Pocket PC The operating system on Pocket PC is MicrosoftR Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition. Thanks in advance. Thanks a lot. Hi, the easier way is through replication. consider your pocket pc dat ...Show All