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• Dasa .Net Compact Framework 1.0 SP3 cab file differences and release numbers...

  Hi, What is the difference between a netcf.all.* and a netcf.core.* file Also is there a way to find the release number of the file I'm having to check file size and file date to figure out which release it is Newb thanks, Jamie "all" is for CE 4+ based devices, "core" for PPC 2000/2002. CAB files have no "release numbers". ...Show All

• Chaithanya J TransmittFile() API && win ce

  Hi to all! if i use TransmittFile() on desktop side over bluetooth socket, how can i receive file over wince platform (smatphone) with the rec(...) It's possible Thanks As far as I know TransmitFile is simply a high-performance method of sending raw file data over a socket connection where the file data is picked up directly from file cache. There is no benefit of using it with a slow socket like bluetooth. As for the device side - simply establish a socket connection and read the file from the socket using recv. ...Show All

• Marco Minerva Dynamic add controls

  Hello, I want to write a extended control that allows me to add dynamic controls to an ppc application. The control should behave like the FlowLayoutPanel in the "big" WinForms framework. I a new button is generated it should be automatically sized and displayed on the correct position in my form. At startup I will provide a method that takes an integer value called "buttonsTogenerate". That method should generate the provided count of buttons and display them on the right position. Has anybody done this before It's all possible what you describe. Create an instance of a control and add it to the Controls collection... ...Show All

• Nir Kovalio 3D Human

  Hi, Could someone please help me to develop a 3D rotating human on a PDA running Pocket PC 2003 and CF 2.0 I am trying to find a way to build the application. I am currently using Visual Studio 2005 or Visual Studio.NET (I have both) with VB as the programming language. However, I am also looking for alternative ways to do it. Any help would be appreciated. Fotis Thank you for your reply. Unfortunatelly, I cannot switch to WM 5.0. So, as an alternative to D3DM, would you say that GAPI or DieselEngine would do the work I've read somewhere though that GAPI is not good enough for 3D applications, than it is for 2D. Would you recommend any of them If not, what do you think should b ...Show All

• Michal Szalai User Control data binding

  Hi! I am trying to bind a UserControl Text property to SqlCeResultSet: Binding b = new Binding("Text", myResultSet, "DateDataEntered"); b.Parse += new ConvertEventHandler(ParseCtrlValueToDate); b.Format += new ConvertEventHandler(FormatToDateCtrlValue); myUserControl.DataBindings.Add(b); I overridden Text property fro my UserControl, but could not specify [Bindable(true)] attribute - it looks like it is not supported by compact framework (yaks...). It looks like my control displays value from the first row in the data table, but not parsing value back to database.All other bound controls on the form transfer data back and force without problems. How can I properly bind UserControl I ...Show All

• Maryam application keeps running

  I was working on an app with couple thread running. After deploying my app to the pocket pc and I run the app. but somehow after this action i was not able to delete or over the app. Every times the pocket pc say that my .exe is being used by another program. but i close all the running program in memory. take off the battery, turn off the device. you name it. It should shut down all the resource even some hidden threads. but apparently not. Anybody have an idea about this Well, apparently you are not shutting down your threads. Review your code to ensure that every thread is explicitly terminated at application exit. Keep in mind that even calling Thread.Abort does not necessarily terminate the thread ...Show All

• Ogulcank timeoutsession in pocketpc application

  Iam using wm5 pocketpc.I want to create timeout session in my pocketpc application which is in vb.net.The application is webservice based.So that i want to create timeout session in my client device application.Is it possible Is there any code snippet for this Please help me Thanx in advance hi As iam newbie to this application,i do not understand what u r saying.Will u please explain me clearly or send me the code format for this thanks if you're looking to terminate a session based on a timeout, you need to do so at the source of the session. You said you're using a web service Any session handling would be server side. If you're looking to create a sessi ...Show All

• jacobsologub Problem regarding communication between 2 applications

  hi all, i m having 2 applications, 1 calls the another process from inside, which is independent of the first application, now the problem is when the process completes the work it sends msg to main appln and on the other hand the main appln recieves the signal tht msg is recieved from the other application, I went through many IPC methods but the problem is i dnt knw which to use. I tried using event and registry but for tht flow would be like this, worker process creates event and write to registry, at the same 1 thread is running for the main app, that will pick the event and read the registry value. but the problem the thread i have to keep contiously running, this is affect the performace. I m trying using message queue.but i dnt knw ...Show All

• Alien72 WM5 : Winsock bind() VS Connection Manager/Planner

  Hi, I developp application under VS2005/CF2, target is a pocketPC WM5, main component is a c# one, others are C++ dlls. From dlls, I use winsock to handle connections to 2 servers or more. When more than one network interfaces are active on device (wifi and gprs for example), how can I be sure that socket will be rightly bind to interface I choose by bind() I made some tests to connect socket (UDP or TCP) through gprs network interface (socket(), setsockopt(), bind(gprs ip address), connect(one of server), send()), but it seems packets are sent through wifi interface. I use bind, connect, send as sendto (from winsock doc) makes an implicit binding which can be made on "wrong" interface. Is there a link between ...Show All

• jmorelle Regional Settings and PlatformNotSupportedException

  Hi, My regional settings in my Mobile 5.0 PDA is not set to one of the 8( ) default languages. When i'm trying to use String .Compare(str1, str2) I get a "PlatformNotSupportedException" If I change the regional settings back to english, all is working OK. I know I need to change the current thread Culture or something, but how do I do it In CF there's no threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture I do not need to translate the app or something. Thanks. Please use overload of String.Compare() which takes CultureInfo and pass it or use String. CompareOrdinal() or purchase localized device which actually supports your locale. This device is localized in Hebrew (as in user interface is ...Show All

• Meng CHew [Windows Mobile] Windows messages

  Hello, I have a question about programming a daemon programm for Pocket PC. The programm should run in background, and intercept messages sent beetween other programs. For example. When I open a program on Pocket PC a "shell API" message is sent. I want to catch the message on the way to his target and deceide to do something (if some conditions are true for example). I am not quite sure what to use. Unmanaged code If someone knows a good reference for such programming, it would be great. No, there is no officially documented way of doing this. More see here: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=942607&SiteID=1 Which message are you trying to catch ...Show All

• Michael Vanhoutte Welcome

  Welcome to the Windows Live Writer Development forum!   We've set up this forum to provide a place where developers can discuss the Windows Live Writer SDK with members of the Windows Live Writer team as well as other developers in the community.   If you'd like to learn the latest about the Writer SDK, please check the Writer DevZone for the latest news.You can download the Windows Live Writer SDK here .   Welcome to the forum!   Charles Teague Development Manager Windows Live Writer   ...Show All

• Smartcard User Speech Application in PocketPc

  Hi, i am trying to develop a speech application in a Compact Frame work device. for that i use pocket pc 2002 sdk and sapi 5.1. the program is compiling, and executing and the executable is loaded into the emulator also, but if i enable sapi initialization function,then am getting System not support Exception.to overcome this problem suggest me, if any other advanced sapi version is available to develop a pocketpc and smartphone speech application. With regards , Prashanth Kumar H V what speech api are you attempting to use Hi Prasanth, Can you explain more about your application What functionality you are trying to implement ...Show All

• PublicError How to debug installed C# [managed] application.

  I know How to debug application by runing in debug mode. I also know how to debug a native application which is installed on a device or emulator by the help of attaching the process. But how can I debug a manage[C#] installed application. Please help me I am installing the application by the help of cab file Please refer to http://blogs.msdn.com/davidklinems/archive/2005/05/26/422338.aspx Thanks, Manish where you want to debug the app. on device or on emulator The difference is that you must choose the target device! Open the project and start debugger (F5). The project must be executable . I am getting error unable to attach process........ Currently i am usi ...Show All

• Jan Byvaly Problems with rapi2

  Hello, When trying to use rapi2 I am getting unresolved external symbol _CLSID_RAPI and unresolved external symbol _IID_IRAPIDesktop:(. I am including all the Lib files from the new windows mobile 5 activesyc directories. Thanks Justine Moving this to Native forums where it has better chances of getting answered. Manav Hi Micheal Thanks for your answear. It really helps me. I should have linked RAPIuuid.lib and ignored libc.lib library. Justine Hi Justine Make sure you link against 'RAPIuuid.lib'. A RAPI2 sample illustrating this can be found in the Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC SDK in the subdirectory 'Samples\CPP\Win32\Deviceinfo' Hope this helps M ...Show All