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• howard dierking - MSFT Create OTA?

  Hi, Can any one explain or provide the link to create the OTA(Over The Air)  for Pocket PC application Thanks in Advance, ...Show All

• Zooz VS 2003 C# - Can't connect to Emulator

  Hi, I'm pretty new to C# development and try to start my first C# project for a Smartphone 2003. The app itself is running if i copy it to the Smartphone but anyhow i would like to run it on my native machine (hope thats easier than copying it always to teh device) But if i deploy my solution i receive a connection error popup stating: "There were deployment errors. Continue " In the Output frame i see: ------ Deploy started: Project: spTest, Configuration: Debug Smartphone ------ Deploying to WWE SP 2003 SE (Virtual Radio) - SDK Emulator using Emulation Transport Error: Cannot establish a connection. Be sure the device is physically connected to the development computer. ---------------------- Done ---------------------- I recei ...Show All

• Saqib Jahangir TextBox OnClick

  (Compact .Net 1.0) TextBox does not have a OnClick EventHandler to use. So I created my own TextBox class and subclassed TextBox and I override OnClick. This compiles but when clicking on the TextBox the method never gets called. Is there any way to get notified when the TextBox is clicked or selected I tried catching the OnGotFocus event, that works great except if the focus is already on the TextBox and the user click on the box again. I need something to capture this case and OnGotFOcus does not get fired. Anu suggestions Thanks C# I i tried it by my own, but it doesn't work. I don't know why. I get no errors or somthing else. Please help. The win3 ...Show All

• Terry A. King How to handle Smart Minimize

  Hi how can i handle the smart minimize with a handler Like when a user click on the 'X', i'd lilke to pop-up a dialog to ask if the users really wants to quit the application. Thanks, If the logic is so easy, why not post it. In other words, how do you determine whether the form is minimized instead of just deactivated because another form became active I use the form1_deactivate event instead. It fires up on every minimize of the form Be carefull: it also fires up when using a form2.Show() So some logic is still needed to control this "side-effect"... but it's quite easy. Cheers Johnny I had this problem myself. I found y ...Show All

• GS80 Using PocketPC serial port

  Can anyone give me some advice about using serial ports in VS2005 beta 2 on a pocket_pc. At first glance it seems easy, just declare an object as System.IO.Ports.SerialPort with events and process the datareceived event. Simple enough. However, putting this code in a class and tring to generate an event based on the DataReveived event results in   "An unhandled exception of type ' System.NotSupportedException occured in System.Drawing.dll" the Additional Information states "Control.Invoke must be used to interact with controls created on a seperate thread". This really has me confused since when you look at the code included, I am not even intentionally using threads. The application files included - opens as serial port when the use ...Show All

• Tony HK Invisible Window

  Hi guys, I want to have an invisible window so it can exist in the foreground or background and not effect any other windows. Basically all it will do is handle global key events (a hotkey most likely) if and when they happen. If it can then become invisble, that's a bonus, but it's not a huge deal. There has to be a way to make an invisible window, but I've tried CreateWindow with so many different types of windows and had no luck. Could it simply be a matter of not doing anything with WM_PAINT events Would that let the window exist and receive events invisibly Cheers, Dan. Just create a window *without* the WS_VISIBLE style... How do I make a window turn invisible during runtime ...Show All

• PaulYuk_MS Request to add Birthday and Anniversary

  Hi, Danny! Please add two fields (attributes of Contact) to the Contacts Control: Birthday and Anniversary. I'm planning to use them in my Birthday Reminder application . These fields should be added: - to the " dataDesired " element - and to the "contacts" Argument of " ContactsControl.createContacts " function. Thank you. -- Yuri Hi Yuri, The Windows Live Contacts database doesn't contain birthdate or anniversary fields. However, it does support annotations, which would allow an application to tack additional data onto a contact record. I'm hoping we can get the contacts control to support annotations sometime soon. Probably not in the next two months, though. Thanks for the link ...Show All

• cngzhnmrl Removing or Modfying Menu at runtime

  Hi All, Does anyone have already tried to modify the menu at runtime I’m trying to use RemoveMenu, DeleteMenu or ModifyMenu from CMenu class, the functions seems to work, if I get menu item count before and after calling DeleteMenu(), the item count decrease, but the menu isn’t "updated" in application, my application still shows the menu Item. I tried to modify menu in CMainFrm::OnCreate() and CMyApp::InitInstance() functions, in both it seems to work, but the menu showed isn’t modified. Could you help me thanks in advance, Thiago Hi, I think these shall be helpful. http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=147307&SiteID=1 http://forums.microsoft.com/MS ...Show All

• bigRazor Compressed Cab file format

  Hello Everyone, well i developed a client server applications for smart device but when i made the Cab file.. its over 1 MB in size (as it contains many bitmaps)... i want to compress that Cab file .. i know there is an option of compression but the problem is that .. when any client ask for the installer, the server will make some changes in that Cab file before giving it to client .. so its necessary for server to know the format of the Cab file .. so that it can make changes in it ... and its not easy to change anything in a compressed Cab file ... but how can i compress that Cab file in such a way that the server can understand its format and can made changes easily .. is there any way of doing this ... i really appreciate res ...Show All

• DavidAWinter Live ID SDK

  When the live id sdk will be lauch tks! Is it possiblie to use the SDK for communication between computers in a network using the Live ID Can I write an application one can use to login with its ID, so another application can get the IP of this user CLearlyDotNet wrote: The "Fall" now has 10 days left in it :) Any new estimate We haven't even hit February yet. Fall isn't even close around the corner yet, man! We have released the alpha version of the Windows Live ID Client 1.0 SDK. Please check it out here: http://connect.microsoft.com/site/sitehome.aspx SiteID=347 and leave feedback on the forum. Then it means We'll be able to cre ...Show All

• dotnetscot StateException

  Hi, I'm trying to modify the MobileSecretary code (by Brian Cross, available here: http://www.wimobot.com/wmapps/mobilesecretary/) to automatically answer to unread messages instead of incoming calls. I test my application (called VirtualSecretary) with VS 2005 device emulator (Phone PC with CF2.0). I get the following error message when a SMS is received: StateException A registry key needs to be defined first before events are registered at Microsoft.WindowsMobile.Status.RegistryState.GetRootAndSubkey() at Microsoft.WindowsMobile.Status.RegistryState.RegisterTransient() at Microsoft.WindowsMobile.Status.RegistryState.add_changed() at VirtualSecreatary.MissedCallForm.MissedCall_Load() at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnLoad() at System.Window ...Show All

• shax Inside Windows Live Contacts Control

  How it works I meen is there any web services that helps retrieve groups and contacts Is there way retrive this information from desktop application Hi Kratpalm, I think it's likely that eventually the contacts control will add a "select all". The main factor to push that forward is for MS to see enough demand from legitimate (non-abuse) scenarios to outweigh the abuse scenarios that worry the keepers of the data. The good news is, it would probably only take one major (Amazon-scale) client to demand the feature for it to break through the resistance. The bad news is, in the absence of a major client, it will take a lot longer for the little guys to gang up and present a strong enough case to break through the res ...Show All

• Michel-Hugo unloading of application

  Hi, I'm writing an application for compact framework Pocket PC. My application unloads frequently when it finds low memory. i want to run my application always in the memory. How do i make ay application always running in the memory. Please give me good solution. Thanks a lot in advance. Srinivas I think this thread may be touching upon your issue and partial solution. http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=273896&SiteID=1 As the fellow mentions cancelling the WM_CLOSE message frequently works but isn't guaranteed. Noah Falk .Net Compact Framework Which version of Windows Mobile is this No ...Show All

• ahkow "Message from Network" alert - Windows Mobile 5

  I am using a Symbol MC70 running Windows Mobile 5 ( 5.1.70 ) on the O2-UK network When ever I try to use the device with a data SIM installed - so I can use GPRS networking - I keep getting "Message from network" notifications popping up all over the place, which block data enty and application navigation until you dismiss them. I think they have the mobile cells the device can currently see. How can I configure the phone application to ignore these network messages and stop all these popup notifications. I have been following another thread where there were some reg settings to turn of some of the alerting under MSN messengaer, so are there similar ( undocumneted/unsupported ) entries that can be used to supress thes ...Show All

• SimonGUK Webpage Link

  I was wondering how to configure a button in my application to access a webpage. I have found examples sugguesting to use a Process.Start command. I followed the instructions and I get the following error Value of type 'String' cannot be converted to 'System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo' I am programming in VS2005 Visual Basic, WM 5.0 thanks for the help Try following. hope this helps you Process.Start("IExplore.exe", " www.google.com "); OR ProcessStartInfo startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo("IExplore.exe"); startInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Maximized; Process.Start(startInfo); startInfo.Arguments = www.google.com ; Process.Start(startInfo); ...Show All