Download the MSN Messenger Update for Windows Mobile-based Pocket PCs by Oct. 15
Dear Windows Mobile-based Pocket PC Customer:
As you may know, Microsoft recently announced an update to the .NET
Messenger Service, requiring that only updated clients access the
Service to help ensure that our customers have the latest security
and privacy protections. As part of this update, older .NET
Messenger Service clients, including all Windows Mobile-based
devices, are required to upgrade their MSN Messenger
Service clients.
We are writing to inform you that the MSN Messenger update for
Windows Mobile-based Pocket PCs is now available. Please
download and install this update prior to October 15, 2003 in
order to prevent any service interruptions.
After October 15, customers who have not installed the updated
client will no longer be able to access the .NET Messenger Service
from their Windows Mobile-based device. Customers will still be able
to download the update after October 15, but will not have access to
the Service until the download has been completed.
Please visit our web site for additional information and updates.
The Windows Mobile Team
www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile
Protect Your PC: 3 steps to help ensure your PC is protected
Microsoft wants to help ensure your PC is protected from the latest
Blaster virus, as well as from future threats. Please go to
www.microsoft.com/protect and follow these steps today.
1. Use an Internet Firewall
2. Update Your Computer
3. Use Up-to-Date Antivirus Software
To get more information and resources about how to help protect your
PC, go to www.microsoft.com/protect. Tag: TreeView CheckBox question Tag: 9542
Problem creating Windows CE .Net project - Automation Server can't create object
I want to create a Compact Framework app for the Viewsonic V210.
Vis Studio .NET 2003, I pick New Project, C#, Smart Device Application.
The Smart Device App Wizard comes up and I pick Windows CE and project type
of Window App.
Error box comes up with Title bar: "Microsoft Development Environment" and
text "Automation Server can't create object".
Is this a know problem and how do I fix it?
Thanks
Jim Tag: TreeView CheckBox question Tag: 9535
print from a pocket pc
Can anybody tell me which is the best solution to print something with a
program written in vb.net for a pocket pc?
I'm a bit confused on the whole process, so I'll try to explain what I need.
I'm going to write a Smart Device Application (using Visual Studio 2003 and
VB.NET code) for a pocket pc: one of the features to provide with this
application is the print of a final report (doesn't matter if html, word or
pdf) made of only text, connecting to a small mobile printer.
I've a pocket Pc supporting bluetooth (Compaq Ipaq 3900), but not yet a
mobile printer: the idea is to buy an hp printer (something else to
suggest?), connect the two via bluetooth, and add to application the code to
print he page, using hp mobile printing sdk.
I hope you'll suggest me examples, technical articles or useful links: any
help would be apreciated.
Francesca Tag: TreeView CheckBox question Tag: 9531
delegates
what is the advantage in using delegates over calling the method directly. I
guess we get run time binding to method calls, but what do I gain with this
flexibility. Tag: TreeView CheckBox question Tag: 9528
WebService and CF Performance - Again the issue
Hi, I've replied to a thread about this issue but it was rather old so i'm
posting a new one...
I'm having very poor performance acessing webservices!
I'm using both SQL CE Replication and WebServices to send data to my Pocket
PC from the cradle or GPRS.
Replication works fine, but webservices take several seconds to execute, up
to 20 or 30, which is unacceptable.Thing is I want to keep webservices...
I'd be very interested in earing from microsoft, or anyone else, about this
one.
bye,
André Tag: TreeView CheckBox question Tag: 9521
Transparent image
Hello
I'd like to create transparent image for my application.
If I point to bmp or ico file in project properties,
shortcut created to this exe file has non-transparent icon
in start menu on PDA and this does not look good.
thanks for any tip
Jacek Tag: TreeView CheckBox question Tag: 9514
Serial Communication
I am trying to implement serial communication on a CE
platform using .Net compact framework. Are there any
resources on this subject? Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks Tag: TreeView CheckBox question Tag: 9513
REe Creating a setup File for CF Application
Maybe not technicly this group, but this was where the original posting
was...
I'm using EzSetup, but each time I run it using the commandline:
ezsetup -l english -i MyApp_PPC.ini -o MyAppSetup.exe
in a command window, all I get back is the syntax text, not even an
error. All cabs and the ini file are in the same directory as ezsetup.
I was wondering if all options have to be supplied (in my case, no eula
or readme).
Contents of my ini file is as follows:
[CEAppManager]
Version = 1.0
Component = MyApp
[MyApp]
Description = "My new App"
;Because there are multiple .cab files specific to a CPU type,
;these files are relative to the installation directory.
CabFiles= MyApp_PPC.ARM.CAB; MyApp_PPC.ARMV4.CAB; MyApp_PPC.MIPS.CAB;
MyApp_PPC.SH3.CAB; MyApp_PPC.WCE420X86.CAB; MyApp_PPC.X86.CAB
This format was pilfered off of another posting, but without the listing
of multiple cabs. I also tried using commas to separate the file names,
but with no luck.
Any help would be greatly apprieciated.
Paul Tag: TreeView CheckBox question Tag: 9511
Numeric upDown Control decimal increment ??
If i set de Increment value to 0.5 the up/down does not work ?
Min, max, Value and increment seem all decimals , but the increment and
value properties seems to work only if you put a integer value in it
Is this a bug or am i missing something ?
Johan Tag: TreeView CheckBox question Tag: 9509
using loadcursorfromfile in vb.net
I have written:
"Declare Function LoadCursorFromFile Lib "\Program
Files\Axilog_SavPad\user32.dll" Alias "LoadCursorFromFile" (ByVal
lpFileName As String) As Long
l = LoadCursorFromFile("\Program Files\Axilog_SavPad\Cursor1.cur")"
But it gives no result.
How can I do to solve this problem? Tag: TreeView CheckBox question Tag: 9507
IrDA DiscoverDevices
Using VS NET 2003 C#
O2 XDA (Pocket PC 2002)
Nokia 6150 (6100)
The InfaRed Function of Pocket PC can find the Nokia 6150 Mobile Telefon.
When I run a program with :
IrDAClient irdaClient = new IrDAClient();
IrDADeviceInfo[] irdaDevices;
irdaDevices = irdaClient.DiscoverDevices(10);
irdaDevices.Length is allways 0. (No Exceptions)
If the PDA can find the Nokia then why can't IrDAClient find it?
Has any body tried this on a O2 XDA with different results?
For that matter has anybody had the same results, but has found it to be
Machine specific ?
I have tried a c++ Sample (IrdaMobil) that looks for a Nokia 5300 with a AT
Command. Connection to (IrDA Port) COM2 and COM3 works but the AT Commands
recieves a Timeout.
So the main questions are :
- is it the O2 XDA Maschine ?
- or am I doing something wrong ?
Mark Johnson, mj10777@mj10777.de Tag: TreeView CheckBox question Tag: 9505
SQL CE Install Problem
Hi.~
I am trying to install SQL CE 2.0 edition on Windows
2000 Server where SQL Server 2000(with sp3) and IIS is
installed previously in.
but, I am puzzled.
When I am trying to install SQLCE 2.0, the windows2000
shows error message "SQL Server CE tool will be only
compatible with SQL Server 2000 and SP1 higher..."
but SQL Server 2000 in my pc is updated to SP3.
please help me.. Tag: TreeView CheckBox question Tag: 9504
How to "free / dispose" objects?
Hi,
i'm really new to .NET and i know, that the garbage-collection should free
objects itself... but is there any way to force this?
for example: i have a loop in which i need to create a new object every
time, fill in some data, store it to a database and then... free it...
[pseudo-code]
while (readline(myLine) != eof)
{
TMyObj tempObject = new TMyObj;
tempObject.abc = "abc";
//...more data to fill
StoreObject(tempObject)
//in pascal i would do:
// tempObject.Free;
}
[/pseudo-code]
The loop will run thru about 100000 times - so 100000 objects are created
but only used for a very short time!
I need a new object to have a new reference - so a Clear-Function to clear
my data is not enough.
Question: WHEN will the garbage-collection free the instances of the loops
before?
Boris Tag: TreeView CheckBox question Tag: 9499
direct access from Handheld(CASIO IT 500) to remote sqlserver2000
hello everyone;
I need help^^;
Is it possible direct data access through wireless
network(bluetooth or others) from PDA(CASIO IT 5000) to
remote SQL Server 2000 Database?
If it is possible, how can I do that?
Until now, I write data access logic, which works in PC
environment.(using System.Data.SqlClient). and install
this program in PDA. but it didn't works. The error
message is some kind of typeload exception.
please help me.^^; have a nice day. Tag: TreeView CheckBox question Tag: 9494
Keydown Event losing focus
Hi,
I'm using the Keydown event on a form with a panel and scroll bar on
it, to trap the user pressing the hardware scroll buttons. It works
fine when the form is first loaded, however if the use selects a
control, then the scroll bar doesn't work on the form any more. Is
there a way of ensuring that the form always has focus so if the
scroll bars are pressed, the keydown event is fired as when the form
first loads?
Regards,
David. Tag: TreeView CheckBox question Tag: 9493
SQLCE Optimization Help
Background:
I am writing a word game in which you have a 4*4 grid of random letter,
and you find words within the grid using adjacent letters. I'm using
this project to help learn the .net cf as well as sqlce, but at the same
time, I'd like the game to start quickly.
Problem:
After I've created the game grid, I have to figure out all the available
words in the grid. I have two functions (see below), one to check if
the current string is the start of a word, and another function to check
if the current string is a word. On my test grid, IsWord is called 272,
StartWord is called 1435. The game takes 1 minute and 45 seconds to
find all of the possible words. I was hoping to tap into someone's
expertise in these forums, and see if I could tweak these functions to
be leaner and meaner. The database the wordlist is on is 26 tables (one
for each letter), with one column Primary Key column which is the word.
Other info:
I'm testing this application on an iPaq 3850 Pocket PC 2002 device.
.net cf 1.1 sp1. The database is over 15,000 words.
***IsWord Function***
Private Function IsWord(ByVal strWordToCheck As String) As Boolean
Try
Dim strSql As String = "SELECT word FROM word_" & _
Mid(strWordToCheck, 1, 1) & " WHERE word = '" & _
strWordToCheck & "'"
Dim strStuff As String
cmd.CommandText = strSql 'cmd is a module level object
strStuff = cmd.ExecuteScalar
If strStuff Is Nothing Then
Return False
Else
Return True
End If
Catch ex As SqlCeException
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message)
Catch ex As Exception
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message)
End Try
End Function
***StartWord***
Private Function StartWord(ByVal strWordToCheck As String) As Boolean
If (strWordToCheck.Length > 1) Then
Try
Dim strStuff As String
Dim strSql As String = "SELECT word FROM word_" & _
Mid(strWordToCheck, 1, 1) & " WHERE word LIKE '" & _
strWordToCheck & "%'"
intStartWord = intStartWord + 1
cmd.CommandText = strSql
cmd.CommandType = CommandType.Text
strStuff = cmd.ExecuteScalar
If strStuff Is Nothing Then
Return False
Else
Return True
End If
Catch ex As SqlCeException
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message)
Catch ex As Exception
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message)
End Try
Else
Return True
End If
End Function
I know it's an involving question, but if anyone has any tips to share,
I would be all ears. Tag: TreeView CheckBox question Tag: 9483
Starting only one instance of an application
Dear All,
Are there any method to make sure my application should only be started
once?
As .NET CF application take a considerable time to load, sometimes users
is confused and press more than once of the application icon for invoking.
It will eventually further slower the startup time and multiple instances
are grabbing resources for instantiation
Regards,
Alex Tag: TreeView CheckBox question Tag: 9482
OpenSource owner drawn datagrid control, the web site
for our upcoming .NET database application on PPC we are
currently writing at 5D we wrote a fully owner drawn DataGrid control
which you could download here:
http://www.ihook.cc, clic on OpenSource .... Tag: TreeView CheckBox question Tag: 9481
Where is the CAB's .inf file?
I have a CF visual studio project and I want to generate a setup CAB file
for it.
When I use the Debug -> Build CAB File I do get the CAB file but I can't
seem to find the .inf file anywhere. As it is noted at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dv_evtuv/ht
ml/etoriinffilesfordevices.asp, this IDE menu command should produce a .inf
file which I would be able to customize and feed it to CabWiz.exe.
Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance. Tag: TreeView CheckBox question Tag: 9480
debugging on Pocket PC 2003
I have installed VS.net 2003 and try to debug a simple C#
application. But every time I reach a breakpoint in the
code, the application on the PDA (an HP 5550 with Windows
Mobile 2003 and integrated .NET CF) crashes.
Visual Studio only shows a message, that the remote
connection to the PDA was interrupted.
Has anyone encountered this problem and knows how to solve
it? Tag: TreeView CheckBox question Tag: 9474
Dynamically instantiated custom control events...
I have a custom control with it's own click event that does a few things
internally. In Form1, I loop thru a database query result set, and build x
number of these controls using:
CustControl ctl =
(CustControl)Activator.CreateInstance(typeof(CustControl));
// set properties...
ctl.Property = value;
I stu