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    - copy system file Is there a tool that can copy system files? I wish to make a copy of wceload.exe Tag: RunOnce equivalent? Tag: 118292
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    - NAVMAN PiN 570 Problems Powering up GPS Unit Programmatically. I just purchased up a bargain priced NAVMAN PiN 570, running PPC2003 and hoped to develop some GPS applications. The trouble is, I can't figure out how to programmatically switch the GPS on (although there is a control panel applet to do so). Also, if I do switch on with the control panel, my software eventually gets a fix and valid data, but the left hand GPS led continues to blink. I looked at controlling the LED's with NLedGetDeviceInfo and friends, however although reporting 2 LED's, if I try to get details of LED nubmer 1 using NLED_SETTINGS_INFO_ID, it changes the data in the structure, and reports details of LED 0. Has anyone got any hints on how to go about powering up the GPS receiver, and setting the fix LED to constantly on after receiving a fix? Anthony Wieser Wieser Software Ltd Tag: RunOnce equivalent? Tag: 118288
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    - SQL Compact Edition downloads and content now live http://www.microsoft.com/sql/editions/compact/default.mspx -- Ginny Caughey Device Application Development MVP Tag: RunOnce equivalent? Tag: 118278
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    - Has anyone suceeded in playing WMV files via Directshow on WM5? Has anyone succeeded in playing WMV files on a Windows Mobile 5 device via Directshow? And if so, would you share the steps you took to get it to work? Where did you get the filters from? I originally used the Mediaplayer OCX, but it has some quirks -- notably its not working with the Samsung Blackjack, and I'm getting flickering/inability-to-stretch on Axim X51v; So i decided to try directshow. I can get uncompressed avi's to play in directshow; but I haven't found any thread that positively says they were able to play wmv files. And if not, are there any other formats that have decent compression that will work with directshow? Tag: RunOnce equivalent? Tag: 118277
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    - Replication in Sql Server 2005 Express Hi, i'm a Brazilian Developer of Pocket Pc. I would very like to participate of this group, to help in my doubts regarding pockets pcs. Currently I am with a problem when trying to carry through replicacao of one pocket PC with sql Server 2005 Express Edition. It is possible? How to carry through? Somebody has some suggestion? C=E9zar Tag: RunOnce equivalent? Tag: 118275
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    - DirectShow on Mobile5.0. Is is possible to show the camera preview with an addition of Bitmap or drawing Hi gentles I would like to allow camera preview with some bitmap superposition. It could be some drawing on DC too. It would be fine to have alfa-blending for bitmap. Is the CF2.0 gives some such capability. ? The Code should compile and work on Mobile 5.0 (CF2.0) Thank you very much Michel Tag: RunOnce equivalent? Tag: 118272
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    - CreateProcess question Hi, I have this: if (CreateProcess(.......)) { WaitForSingleObject(pi.hProcess, INFINITE); CloseHandle( pi.hProcess ); CloseHandle( pi.hThread ); } Is CloseHandle really required in this case? If missing, what will happen? Lisa Tag: RunOnce equivalent? Tag: 118267
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    - Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition Hi, I wish to develop native and .NET applications for WM5. I need Visual Studio 2005 Standard or Professional for this, right? Does Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition include the Visual Studio C++/C# IDE's and SDK for developing Mobile applications or is that a seperate product that supports/complements Visual Studio 2005 IDE? If Team Edition includes this, do I need everything or does it exist as seperate modules of which I only need one to get the IDE? Lisa Tag: RunOnce equivalent? Tag: 118266
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    - How to create tabs How do I create tabs as seen on most pages on the WM5 device? The "Settings" page is one good example. I use C++ native code and have tried the "Tab Control", but can't make it look like the tab controls on the existing pages. Tag: RunOnce equivalent? Tag: 118250
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    - pack together multiple cabs How can I pack together multiple cabs into a single one and have them installed? I'm using eVC, I think cabwiz for WM5 (VS2005) is quite different, right? Lisa Tag: RunOnce equivalent? Tag: 118247
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    - Pocket PC service Hi All: I wanted the program started when the system boots. And known that implement it as a service could accomplish that I tried a demo (http://www.pocketpcdn.com/articles/services.html) which will be dispaly a messagebox when the system boots but with no luck: I put the demo dll in to Windows folder and manually create the according registry entries under "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Services\MyServ" then reboot the device but with no message box pops up. Is there something I've missed? In addition how's the registry gonna be created first in order to let service.exe start the thread when the program ready to release, create a package which will do that? Is it the only way? Thanks Tag: RunOnce equivalent? Tag: 118245
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    - GetCallerProcess and GetOwnerProcess in my WM 5.0 service Can't use GetCallerProcess and GetOwnerProcess in my WM 5.0 service application! Which header file and library does I need? Regards, Daniel. Tag: RunOnce equivalent? Tag: 118238
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    - Get process handle of caller in XXX_IOControl? Is it possible to get the process handle of the application that calls DeviceIoControl inside the XXX_IOControl method of a service? Regards, Daniel. Tag: RunOnce equivalent? Tag: 118237
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    - eVC++ Cannot build anything hi I am trying to compile "Hello World" project given by eVC++, but it is givin following error- Error executing cl.exe I tried creating an empty project and a simple program. Still the same error is occuring. Can anybody plz help me out. I have not used eVC++ before, so I'm new to it. -Shruti Tag: RunOnce equivalent? Tag: 118231
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    - single cab for PPC and SP? I know I can create a single cab file with binaries for different platforms so right one gets installed, but can I create a single cab file with seperate binaries for SP and PPC? Lisa Tag: RunOnce equivalent? Tag: 118230
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    - ActiveSync Issues on developing a usb driver. I am developing a USB function driver for Pocket PC 2005(Phone Edition). The device communicate with the desktop through RNDIS function class. There are 2 problems after ActiveSync connected. 1. When select Add/Remove Programs item from tools menu, Sometime it can retrieve data, and give a list of installed program, but most of all, it prompts "Unable to retrieve the mobile device information. Please reconnect and try again". 2. When click the "Explore" button, the folders in the device can be showed in the explorer at the first time, but when you close the explorer, then click the "Explore" button again, there is nothing listed in the new explorer. Is there any suggestion on these issue? BRs, Winbo. Tag: RunOnce equivalent? Tag: 118228
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    - Does anyone know if WinCE 5.0 support bluetooth eSCO and EDR? Happy new year~ Does anyone know if WinCE 5.0 support bluetooth eSCO and EDR? thanks. -- Message posted via http://www.pocketpcjunkies.com Tag: RunOnce equivalent? Tag: 118226
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    - How to print HEX value on a pocket PC Dialog Box ? Hi Group, I have an application where I receive some HEX data through a virtual com port, just few bytes and I want to print the HEX values on a pocket PC screen. How can I do that ? This is my part of the code: // Put text in receive text box. SendDlgItemMessage (hWnd, ID_RCVTEXT, EM_REPLACESEL, 0, (LPARAM)szText); where sxText is a BYTE array with the HEX values, I would like to have something like a "classic" printf( ... %x ..) thanks, Gl. Tag: RunOnce equivalent? Tag: 118224
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    - Mimic a Submit Button in the HTML Control Hello, Does anyone know how to mimic a "Submit" Button in the HTML Control in Pocket PCs? There is a solution for PCs using COM Ptrs, IHTMLFormElement and IHTMLDocuments...but these interfaces are not found in embedded systems. What I'm trying to do is grab form data from an html page without the user clicking on the "Submit" button. I have to (behind the scene) simulate the click so it can send a notification message to NM_HOTSPOT, which is where my form data is held. Any ideas will be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Kathy Tag: RunOnce equivalent? Tag: 118219
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    - Aaaaarghhh!!! Drawing a circle? How difficult can it be to draw a circle and a couple of lines in VS 2005 VB.net??????? It was so much easier when I could just select a tool and draw them at design time! This has got me really frustrated, and feeling pretty stupid. All I want to do is to display a circle on a pocket PC screen (WM5) have it intersected with a horizontal and vertical line so that it looks like the cross hairs on a gun sight. I then want a smaller crosshair in the middle that can be moved around by means of four buttons, one each for up, down, left and right. Each time a button is clicked I want the small crosshair to move .01mm in the corrosponding direction. The large crosshair will always remain stationary, thus referencing the centre of the circle I'm a real novice programmer and this is driving me mad. My simple programs have never really needed any sort of graphics before. It used to be so easy. Can anyone help me out please. Many thanks Jem Tag: RunOnce equivalent? Tag: 118216
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    - EVC3, EVC4 or VStudio 2005? Hi Everyone, I have to maintain 2 programs one is PocketPC 2003 app and the other is WinCE application. In the past the Pocket PC program was compiled using evc3 and the WinCE was created and compiled using evc4. I have just had to rebuild my development computer and I can't compile either one of the projects. (I can't seem to get all the pieces together!). Anyway, I tried to open the PocketPC project (evc3) in VS2005 put it wouldn't compile there either. wcesock.h was missing. Anyway, before I get too deep into this conversion, I wanted to know which compiler I should use. Should I convert the two program to VS2005? Thanks AliR. Tag: RunOnce equivalent? Tag: 118214
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    - zebra cameo 2 printer Hi guys!! Im new in this pocket wonderful world, im begging to develop under windows ce 5.0, now i have to send to print text from a handheld (wince 5) to a bluetooht zebra cameo 2 printer, i dont know how to begin, i've downloaded some pdfs from zebra's site, i wonder if someone can guide me with this. As a simple sample i want to send the text "hello world" to the printer, i've read about CPCL, its simple but i dont have idea how to send that code to the printer, does someone has an example that shows how to do this? Regards. Rick Tag: RunOnce equivalent? Tag: 118211
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    - Accessing System Tray Icons Here's what I'm trying to do: I've got a PocketPC device which has a particular (third party) application loaded, and it has an icon which is displayed in the System Tray (lower right corner); the app uses this icon to display the app's status. I'm writing an app which needs to run in full screen, to disallow end-user access to the Start Button, etc. "Kiosk Mode." My customer wants my app to show the third-party app's icon, that way if that app's status changes, they can see its status without accessing the Start Menu. Is there a way I can access the icons that are in the System Tray? If so, I'd just copy the icon from that window and display it on my dialog. Ideas? Tag: RunOnce equivalent? Tag: 118210
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    - Visual Studio 2005 ServicePack 1 destroys release builds for WinCE 5 PocketPC I have a project that I've been developing for many years and various CE platforms. It was running without any problems on WinCE 5 PocketPC devices as built by Visual Studio 2005 and Win Mobile 5 PocketPC SDK. It uses MFC and is native C++. When built properly the executable is about 985kB. After installing Service Pack1 the project builds to the size of 887kB and fails on a device (when opening dialogs like property sheets...). Debug version runs just fine on the Visual Studio emulator. Trying to run the SP1 built release version on the emulator generates a microsoft error announcement for gwes.exe with a suggestion to send report to Microsoft. I've checked this on three different machines with VS 2005 SP1 and three without SP1. Uninstalling VS 2005 and WinMobile 5 SDK and re-installing them without SP1 solves the problem. Does anyone know what may be causing this. Any related known SP1 problems? Does anyone at M$ bother about quality? Henryk Birecki Tag: RunOnce equivalent? Tag: 118202
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    - Cabwiz setup.dll and theme problem Hi, In my CESetup.dll I wish to install a theme. I created this function: BOOL LoadTheme(LPCTSTR pszThemeFile) { HKEY hKey; LONG lRet; TCHAR szCmdLine[MAX_PATH]; PROCESS_INFORMATION pi; lRet = RegOpenKeyEx(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, _T("Software\\Microsoft\\Today"), 0, 0, &hKey); if(ERROR_SUCCESS == lRet) { RegDeleteValue(hKey, _T("UseStartImage")); _stprintf(szCmdLine,_T("/safe /noui /nouninstall /delete 0 \"%s\""), pszThemeFile); if(CreateProcess(_T("\\Windows\\wceload.exe"), szCmdLine, NULL, NULL, FALSE, 0, NULL, NULL, NULL, &pi)) { WaitForSingleObject(pi.hProcess, INFINITE); CloseHandle( pi.hProcess ); CloseHandle( pi.hThread ); RegSetValueEx(hKey, _T("Skin"), 0, REG_SZ, (BYTE*)pszThemeFile, sizeof(TCHAR) * (_tcsclen(pszThemeFile) + 1)); RegFlushKey(hKey); } RegCloseKey(hKey); ::SendMessage(HWND_BROADCAST, WM_WININICHANGE, 0xF2, 0); ::SendMessage(HWND_BROADCAST, WM_SYSCOLORCHANGE, 0, 0); } return (ERROR_SUCCESS == lRet); } When I call this function from an EXE, it works.. theme loads and screen is refreshed and theme is displayed properly: int WINAPI WinMain( HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPTSTR lpCmdLine, int nCmdShow) { VERIFY(LoadTheme(_T('\\Windows\\MyTheme.tsk")); } But when I do the same from within CESetup.dll to be used with CAB install (where MyTheme.tsk file is copied to \\Windows first), it fails: codeINSTALL_EXIT Install_Exit(HWND hwndParent, LPCTSTR pszInstallDir, WORD cFailedDirs, WORD cFailedFiles, WORD cFailedRegKeys, WORD cFailedRegVals, WORD cFailedShortcuts ) { VERIFY(LoadTheme(_T('\\Windows\\MyTheme.tsk")); } The functions do not fail, I check that theme file exists.. all seems to succeed, the screen even flickers briefly, most likely in response to WM_WININICHANGE and WM_SYSCOLORCHANGE, but theme does not show. Does anyone know why? I'm using eVC++ 4.0 and its CabWiz.exe tool. Application runs on WM5 device. Lisa Tag: RunOnce equivalent? Tag: 118201
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    - Distinguish Palm vs Pocket PC over Infrared? Does anyone know how to distinguish between a Palm and a Pocket PC over IR? During discovery, I can get the IRDA_DEVICE_INFO structure and it has device name (which is user configurable -- won't work). But it also has irdaDeviceHints1 and irdaDeviceHints2. Are these standard or fairly standard on PDA's? I get 0x82 and 0x20 for Palms and 0x92, 0x24 for two Pocket PC's and 0x82, 0x24 for the other PPC. Thanks -Brian Tag: RunOnce equivalent? Tag: 118199
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    - Visual Basic Embedded and Win CE v5.0 Is it possible to run an app written with VBE on a CE 5.0 PPC? Is the VB-runtime available only for CE 2003? Little confused :( Stefan Tag: RunOnce equivalent? Tag: 118198
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    - Ringer Vibrate On/Off Hello I search a solution how can switch the Ringer to ON/OFF (like in the CommManager)? Is this with Compact Framework or API or Registry-Entry possible? Thank you very much regards Roger Tag: RunOnce equivalent? Tag: 118189
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    - SQLCE client 4 PPC Hi, I can't find the very useful SQLCe reader that runs on a PDA, do you know where can I download it? Thanks inadvance. Dario Tag: RunOnce equivalent? Tag: 118187
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    - Extending Call Log menu Hi, I've build the Medical Care sample from SDK and it works great on contacts menu but when I change the registry path to modify the Call Log menu ([HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Shell\Extensions\ContextMenus\Phone\Log] - I'm using the PPC device) its take no effect. For me it should works fine in both case. Did I forget about something? Thanks in advance, T. Tag: RunOnce equivalent? Tag: 118184
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    - Compiler to optimize performance on ARM9 system Hi, I am finding better compilers for ARM9 system. I know there is Intel's compiler for WinCE, but that can only work on Xscale chips. Is there any other compilers that can do better optimization that Visual Studio ones? Thanks for replying. Tag: RunOnce equivalent? Tag: 118182
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    - Help: how to control the Cap/Shift lock for Treo PPC phone Hi, As you may known, palm also manufactures phones that runs WM like Treo700W. But Palm have a shift/cap key, if you pressed/hold such keys, you will find a dot appears on the left the SIP button. It's palm special thing. But how to control the caps/shift lock state? For Palm OS, HsGrfSetStateExt(***) can set the state, but Palm WM OS how to proceed? Anyone know? Thanks in advance. leo Tag: RunOnce equivalent? Tag: 118173
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    - OMA DM vs OMA Client Provisioning (formerly WAP) Hi, I've used OMA Client Provisioning as _setup.xml in cab files, as string to DMProcessConfigXML() function. But what is OMA DM? The Microsoft documentation gives 2 schemes for OMA DM and OMA Client Provisioning, which are pretty much the same.. though some things can be done with OMA DM that can not be done with OMA Client Provisioning. I have seen some OMA DM sample code, and it looks weird.. how is it used? Who interprets OMA DM? How is it delivered? Lisa Tag: RunOnce equivalent? Tag: 118168
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    - RegisterHotKey, UnregisterFunc1 VK_F1,VK_ F2; UnregisterHotKey doesn't work ? Hi, I have a question about hotkeys on a PocketPC with Windows Mobel 5. I am trying to program the two hardware buttons that are located immediatly below the screen, the ones with which you normally operate th menubar softkeys. My problem is not that it doesn't work; I found out from a google search that I need to call UnregisterFunc1() first and then RegisterHotKey with virtual key codes VK_F1 and VK_F2. My problem is that the UnregisterHotKey that I do on these virtual key codes doesn't seem to work: after my program has terminated, the buttons don't do anything any more; they should have gone back to their old behavior, which is to operate menu bars of other applications, but they don't do that any more. The only thing I can do to restore this functionality is to reset the device. A google search learned that lots of people experience the same problem, but no solution was offered other than using GXOpenInput(), but I can't use that, because I don't want to affect the behavior of any of the other buttons. If anyone has an idea, I would be most grateful, Thanks, Etienne Tag: RunOnce equivalent? Tag: 118158
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    - SafeArrayCreate and SafeArrayGetVartype problem hi, I am developing an application for WinCE 5.0 that has this code in it: SAFEARRAYBOUND rawDataBound = { length, 0}; SAFEARRAY* rawData = SafeArrayCreate( VT_UI1, 1, &rawDataBound); BYTE HUGEP *buffer = NULL; HRESULT hRet = SafeArrayAccessData( rawData, (void HUGEP* FAR*)&buffer); if( !FAILED( hRet)){ memcpy( buffer, dataPtr , length); SafeArrayUnaccessData( rawData); buffer = NULL; HRESULT hRet2 = S_OK; VARTYPE storedType; hRet2 = SafeArrayGetVartype( rawData, &storedType); } The problem: SafeArrayGetVartype fails (returns E_INVALIDARG). I would expect that it would return VT_UI1 in storedType. SafeArrayAccessData does not fail. Can anyone see what might be the problem here? it looks straight forward to me. thanks Tag: RunOnce equivalent? Tag: 118157
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    - Need a Camera Preview Application with Capture Capability Hi everybody, PocketPC Phone 5.0 1) The camera preview should be displayed on the whole screen 2) When the user press the key it capture some pictures. 3) The Application close the Preview. 4) We should access the Settings through the Application and change some of them I would be VERY GLADE to anyone that can give me some link for this standard (?) application in DirectShow. THANK YOU Michel Tag: RunOnce equivalent? Tag: 118155
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    - Set/Get Vibrate & Ring Hello I have a HTC P4350 and i want make a little application to switch between RING and VIBRATE with a schedule. So when i going into the CommManager on my Device, then i have a function to set my device to ring or to vibrate. When i set i to ring or vibrate, is this setting in the registry? When yes, where can find it? My Idea is, when i can find this setting in the registry, then i can design my application so, that i read and write the registry and can so switch between RING and VIBRATE by scheduling. Can anybody help my? regards Roger Tag: RunOnce equivalent? Tag: 118153
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    - What's the key code of Bluetooth Hesdset buttons? Hi all, I'm writing an application to capture the button events of the Bluetooth headset for WM5.0 smartphone, but I don't know the keycode of them, and there is no WM_KEYDOWN, WM_HOTKEY events triggered when the buttons pressed. What can I do? Thanks, Qiang He Tag: RunOnce equivalent? Tag: 118152
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    - ipaq and gps with C# Hi I would like to write an application that will use gps and bluetooth to calculate the speed of my vehicle. I would like to display this on my PDA. I have a bluetooth GPS device and an IPAQ PDA. I already have some GPS software but I would like to develop some of my own using C#. Any assistance or help with code will be appreciated. thanks doug Tag: RunOnce equivalent? Tag: 118151
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    - VFW_E_UNSUPPORTED_STREAM Hi, When I am trying to call RenderFile of IGraphBuilder on any .avi file I am getting an error with message "Cannot play back the file: the format is not supported." related to error code: VFW_E_UNSUPPORTED_STREAM. I am trying this example on i-mate KJAM. How to get rid of this error. Through same code with I am able to play same .avi file on pocket pc emulator (Wince 5.0), which is working well. Regards, Chandra Sekhar M Tag: RunOnce equivalent? Tag: 118149
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    - How to write into Pocket word or Pocket excel using compactframework 2.0 (c#) I need to write data(text ) into Pocket word or excel .. writing to txt file works fine .Any ideas on word or excel API in pocet PC (windows mobile 5.0) Tag: RunOnce equivalent? Tag: 118148
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    - How to: remote debugging on PPC Hi All, I'm a newbie in Visual Studio programming for pocket pc, I have a demo project and I would like to debug this application on my device, can someone show me the basic step to do that? FYI, I can't use the emulator because my prh makes use of the bluetooth port. Thanks, Gl. Tag: RunOnce equivalent? Tag: 118145
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    - How to capture VK_VOICEDIAL from BlueTooth headset? Hi all, I'm writing a voice recognition software for WM5.0 smartphone, I need to capture the BlueTooth headset's button click event. This button triggers the built in voice dial engine from microsoft, and I want to replace it. I've used the following functions to capture the VK_APP3, which is send by long-volume-down: UnregisterFunc1 RegisterHotKey according to the document, the key-press of BT handset seems to be VK_VOICEDIAL (same as VK_F24), but I can't capture it using the same way as for VK_APP3. What can I do? Thanks, Qiang He Tag: RunOnce equivalent? Tag: 118136
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    - MDI Conatiner ! ! ! Hi, Can i make a .netcf form a mdicontainer as we can do it with forms of windows application. Right now i am giving a menu to every form seperately.Please suggest the solution. Regrads, Adeel. Tag: RunOnce equivalent? Tag: 118135
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    - WM5: ToolBar vs. SoftKeys: which to use? Hi everybody, I am rewriting a GIS application using .NET CF (2.0) that was originally written for PalmOS. The main target platform should be Windows Mobile 5.0 (What would be the reasons to support PPC 2003 ?) Reading the UI Guidlines, I figured, that the preferred way to handle menus is to use softkeys (a.k.a. using two menus or command butttons) However, for my application it seems to be more appropriate to have a menu bar and a tool bar that shows certain commands as icons. I wonder what the drawbacks would be, when using toolbars instead of being limited to two softkeys. The major advantage is obvious: I would not loose another line to display an additional toolbar. What is the intention of Microsoft to impose what I would call a limitation? Is there more to it than having an app that is NOT "designed for Windows Mobile 5.0"? What about if an app that is originally designed for WM5 (using only two softkeys) is run on PPC 2003? What about smartphones running WM5? Do they have a touch screen or are these the reason for having only two softkeys? Tag: RunOnce equivalent? Tag: 118129
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    - MI5 Persecution: Dirk Gently on the Toronto Case Dirk was on the West Coast when he got the call. An old friend at the Toronto police department thought he would like to fly up and take a look at a homicide which had occurred the previous evening. He decided to skip the last day at the World Holistics conference and take the next plane out of San Francisco. The flight was bad; Dirk had been hit on the back of the head by the Newspaper trolley, the drinks trolley, the dinner trolley and now the gift trolley. When the hostesses weren?t trying to tear his arm off they pestered him to stop leaning into the aisle - ignoring the fact that the guy next to him was taking up one and a half seats. Air Canada used to be the flight which was so good you just didn?t wanna get off - on this occasion Dirk would be glad to see the back of the plane and the over sized alternative comedian wedged into the window seat. After breathing in a couple of lungfulls of crisp Canadian air Dirk took a taxi into town. There was a small group of demonstrators outside the MacDonalds and the taxi driver insisted on stopping on the opposite side of the street. ?Don?t Eat Meat? the placards read and the demonstrators chanted. A couple of policemen where stopping the crowd entering the restaurant itself - one held up his arm and challenged Dirk. A wave of the fax he had been sent and the policeman pushed open the door. There were few customers in the restaurant. Not surprising really with a demonstration going on outside, half the dining area roped off with tape and a dead body seated at one of the tables. ?Mr Gently sir? the officer in charge called out as he peeled one end of the tape off a column ?We were told not to touch anything til? you got here?. The body of the man slumped awkwardly in a chair. Then even a dead body would start getting uncomfortable in a MacDonalds chair after twenty minutes - and this one had been there for at least eighteen hours. Two back legs and the tail of a cat hung out of the man?s gaping mouth. Dirk turned to the officer, ?I suppose you are going to tell me this is the darndest thing you ever saw?? ?Ain?t this the darnd...?. The officer seemed annoyed that Dirk had second guessed him. ?We?re removing the body in a few minutes, so if you can get through as quick as possible? ?Many people eat cats in fast food restaurants?? Dirk asked and without waiting for an answer leant over the table to pick up an untouched burger. ?And what?s this?? he asked waving it in front of the officers face. ?It?s a Vedgie Burger? The waitress, who was cleaning one of the adjacent tables, shouted across. She walked over to Dirk. ?We started doing them because of that lot out there? she nodded towards the protesters who were pressing there faces against the windows ?They?re called Linda McCartney Vedgie burgers - ever heard of them?? Dirk suddenly felt faint, perhaps a combination of hunger and jet lag. ?This is deja vu all over again? he thought to himself. He glanced at policemen - at the badge on his shoulder ?OPD? but this wasn?t Ontario this was Toronto. OPD - Officially Pronounced Dead. It dawned on Dirk what was happening, he knew what he would see if he looked out of the window. Sure enough, there it was, the Volkswagen Beetle parked across the road - number plate 28IF - 28 IF Paul McCartney had lived. And amongst the lyrics of the song blaring out into the restaurant he could pick out the words ?I buried Paul?. Now it was though Dirk was viewing the whole scene though a TV screen. This was conspiracy. Not -a- conspiracy, or -the- conspiracy, but just plain conspiracy. ?You look faint - are you OK mister? The waitress asked. Dirk shook his head ?Probably a bit hungry? Then to economise on dialogue took out a pack of cigarettes and held it out towards the girl. She was about to take one but Dirk snatched the pack away, held it up to his mouth and drew out two cigarettes. He lit both then passed one of them to the girl. It was the closest he had come to a sexual encounter in three months. ?Want a Burger?? the waitress asked. Dirk looked down at the Vedgie Burger on the table. ?No thanks - just a plate of fries? The waitress walked away and Dirk looked around the room. Apart from a family seated in the far corner there was only one other person in the restaurant - and he wasn?t eating. The guy was about mid twenties and had straggling, shoulder length hair. On the table in front of him were lots of pieces of paper cut into squares. Every so often he would pick up a camcorder and pan it around the room and then, when he was finished, speak into a microphone which was attached to a tape recorder. Dirk walked over to where the man was sitting. The small pieces of paper had paragraphs of text written on them and were stuck to the top of table with blobs of mustard. Lines had been drawn, some solid some dotted, on the table top with a marker pen. The lines ran from one piece of paper to another. ?What are the lines for?? Dirk asked, realising straight away that ?What the hell are you doing?? would be more appropriate. ?You see? The man replied nervously ?The dotted lines are weak links and the solid lines are strong links. The dotted lines are things which are happening in the rest of the world and the solid lines are things which are happening to me. Now you see I draw over a dotted line, replacing it with a solid line, when I can link something back to me. Like this? The pen squeaked over the Formica and before Dirk could interrupt the man added. ?You see I lost my short term memory and, as a consequence have a very short attention span. I write down, record and film everything then put it all together later? ?So? Dirk interrupted. ?You filmed what happened here?? ?Yes, yes, it?s here on this tape? The man pushed the cassette across the table. On the label the words ?Grassy Knoll? had been crossed through and replaced with ?MacDonalds?. Suddenly the man sprung from his seat. Dirk turned and saw that the body was being removed on a stretcher. As it passed the man picked a small object off the edge of the stretcher itself. ?This is important? he said, laying a blood stained bullet on one of the small pieces of paper on the table. Suddenly the room was filled with a deafening throbbing sound as a Black Helicopter landed in the street outside. Two men in United Nations uniforms got out and collected the stretcher. Back at the table the long haired man was replacing all the dotted lines with solid ones. Dirk panicked and began to walk backwards at some speed. Barging through the swing doors he stumbled into the kitchen, tripped and felt himself sink slowly into a large vat. ?The guys fallen into the batter? Dick heard someone shout before he sunk below the surface. He came to sitting in a chair with the batter solidifying all over his body. He surveyed the room through two eye-holes someone had cut. Suddenly the chair on which he was sitting was picked up carried through the restaurant and out of the building. As the chair was being lifted and put into the back of a van, Dirk caught a glimpse of the waitress following him. ?Your fries mister, your plate o...?. The doors of the van shut and Dirk tried desperately to steady himself as it sped across town. Eventually the doors flew open and Dirk was flung into the road at which point the solidified batter shattered and set him free. Standing up he found himself outside the international departures terminal of Toronto airport. In the departure lounge Dirk had time to reflect on the day?s events. He had got caught up in the conspiracy theories and the haphazard welding together of pieces of irrelevant information. It was time to catch the person who was operating the bizarre cognitive engine which appeared in front of him like a fairground mirror, distorting any flaw it could find in his own, fragile, map of the real world. Dirk leant into the aisle of the plane as it took off for London. The oversized person next to him swung his arms violently as he complained about every thing from the supper in a plastic tray to the state of British politics. With a shaven head and a badly fitting suit the man looked as though he could have worked behind the reception desk of the Kremlin. However when he spoke he did so in a Liverpudlian accent. ?Me I blame the Con-serv-a-tive government, me. The Tour-rees. That-cher. Me. They need a good kicking? He jerked his feet forward and struck the seat in front with his Doc Martins. ?With these. Me Doc Martins. Doctor Martin?s, Doctor Martin?s, Doctor Martin?s Booots!? The phrase was now being sung over and over again as the man writhed in his seat and clicked his fingers. Dirk looked down at the boots and thought of the reaction most people used to deal with the paranoids at the end of the wire. A nice quick kick. ?Oi nutter - get some therapy?. This is the easy way out and perhaps the safest. After all there you are sat, alone, in front of the screen. No body language between you some paranoid. No way of telling if he really is some gibbering psycho. Look at it too long and you be drawn in. Fall into the tangled database of weird links with him. Who knows he may be watching you, reassembling and linking your experiences with his. How sure are you of you own cognitive threads. After all cognition is only a bug fix for a neurological system which was designed in a hurry - it?s abused by everyone from politicians to advertisers. If people really can convince each other that a bottle of washing up liquid is as exciting as an orgasm using just television God knows what they can do with a computer. Better to avoid the risk. A swift kick. After all if you?re Homophobic you put the boot in because you are scared of any ambiguity in your own sexuality - why not be Nutterphobic as well. Although Dirk would have liked to devoted time to tracking the culprit down he decided to let it rest. The Internet changed over the next twenty odd years. A lot of the people who used it went out and got lives. And those who already had lives burnt them away. The number of users had dwindled after someone had invented a C++ program, with truth as a variable, to deal handle politics and government. Dirk had already retired from finding old ladies cats with the help of obscure science when he got another call from Toronto. It was 4th March 2025 when he booked onto the Air Canada flight from Heathrow. The silver haired woman in the seat next to him painted bright red lipstick around her mouth. ?Of course it was no surprise to be offered the job after Claire Raynor retired? she sneered? After all I used to be a psychiatric nurse... Now if Blokes had periods they would understand...? By chance the taxi ride to Toronto mental hospital took him past the MacDonalds - where the whole thing had started. Of course it was barely recognisable having become a Church Of Scientology Vedgie Bar. Police in riot gear kept the two sets of demonstrators apart. Dirk didn?t really know what to expect when he got to the hospital. The girl at the reception desk directed him to a row of chairs in a wide well lit corridor. There was a strong smell of disinfectant, the furniture and the carpets were immaculately clean and behind the rows of teak veneer doors the ?nutters? were all safely locked away. For some reason Dirk started thinking about CompuServe forums. A tall blond woman in a white coat approached. ?Mr Gentle, I assume? ?Yes? Dirk replied shaking her by the hand. ?You?re the nurse who...? ?Doctor? She interrupted, ?Doctor Killfile? She led Dirk across the corridor towards one of the doors then stopped with her hand resting on the handle. ?Now you know about this person don?t you?? and after Dirk nodded she continued ?Don?t tell him anything about yourself - don?t let him get into you head. If he does he?ll screw it up? The door opened to reveal a frail man sitting in from of a TV screen. He had a keyboard on his lap and next to the television was a computer screen. Dirk glanced at the walls of the room and remembered that his settee at home need upholstering. The nurse left the room and the man looked up ?So you come to my daughters wedding and ask me to kill a man? he said in a dry cackling voice. ?Look? he continued, pointing at the screen, ?I know that man. They?re talking about me now - listen?. The man stared at Dirk. ?What?s your name? Are you one of my friends from the Internet? - Are the lambs still screaming Dirk?? Dirk, at first recoiled in horror, then felt a sense of anti climax. So this is what they hyped up to superstar status on the back of their own fears of madness. Dirk was reminded of the film ?A day on The Beach? where a submarine had set off to search a post nuclear World to track down a signal coming from a remote military base - only to find it was being sent by a Coke bottle half balanced on a Morse tapper. Outside the room the nurse waited for him. Because his nicotine craving had returned - and to avoid an awkward piece of dialogue - Dirk turned to her and asked . ?Patch?? Dirk took two nicotine patches from his wallet the first of which he stuck onto the inside of his arm. Stepping closer to Doctor Killfile he opened her white coat and slid his hand into the opening at the front of her dress. He pressed the patch onto her leg as close to the top of her inner thigh as he dare. She took a deep breath and then slowly breathed out. ?What Bogart could have done with these things? Dirk thought to himself. ?Is he crazy?? Dirk asked tilting his head back to towards the door. ?Who knows? Doctor Killfile replied ?We let him type away. He sees something on the TV in the morning and it keeps him busy all day. What he types doesn?t go anywhere it just stays on a mainframe in the basement. It can be read by anyone else in the building but that?s it. We got them all in here conspiracy theorists, racists, nationalists. They?ve created a world within a world really...? Her voice trailed away and she stared down the corridor for a while then added ?So long are two things are different neither will come to be in the other and so become at once both one and two.? Dirk gave her a puzzled look ?You mean their brains are fried?? ?Fried?? Killfile smiled at Dirk ?No that was Plato?. Then the smile fell from her face. ?You must remember, mister, plate o...? 767 Tag: RunOnce equivalent? Tag: 118127
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    - active previous app Hi, I have dialog based app. I wish to 'hide' this app so previous window is displayed. Do I have to activate previous window myself, or somehow put my application window to the background? On SmartPhone there's special thing one should to to active "back" button. Wondering how this is done on PPC. Example is the "Memory" application under Start -> Settings -> System -> Memory You can choose "Activate"/"End Task", "Cancel" buttons or [x] button.. the latter simply hides the window like I want. On Dialog based application, IDOK or IDCANCEL will terminate dialog window, not hide it like memory app. Lisa Tag: RunOnce equivalent? Tag: 118116
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    - Write to Word through C# Hi All, Can anyone help me please. I have created a table in Word Document with some fixed number rows and columns and put the contents into the appropriate cell , but the contents is wrapping into the cell and the cell height is increasing automatically , but i donâ??t need to increase the height of the cell , we have to increase the width of the cell , the problem is that while we are setting the width of a particular cell it generates an exception â??Value is Out of Rangeâ??. i am using the following code. Object start = 0; Object end = 20; objDoc.Range(ref start, ref end); or objRange.SetRange(ref start, ref end); objRange.Select(); Thanks in advance. -- Kripasindhu Mandal Tag: RunOnce equivalent? Tag: 118114
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    - Wizard style dialbogbox Hi, On Windows, using MFC, the way to create a wizard, was to use CPropertySheet with CPropertyPages in wizard mode. How is this done best on PPC? My idea is to create dialog based application, which will be like CPropertySheet. I create different dialog boxes for each 'page': CPage1, CPage2, etc. I create each of them, using 'new' (modeless), and show/hide them to simulate walking through the pages. But I was wondering how it is usually done.. for example, pocket outlook's "New Account" wizard. This includes "back" and "next" menu bars (controlbar) buttons for soft keys. Any sample code? Lisa Tag: RunOnce equivalent? Tag: 118113

Hi,

I wish to run a command once after a soft reset.
Is there another way than to put something in startup folder and then
deleting that after startup?

Lisa

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Re: RunOnce equivalent? by ctacke/>

ctacke/>
Mon Jan 15 19:29:34 CST 2007

You could have it run and put a flag in the registry - but no, there is no
RunOnce equivalent.

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"Lisa Pearlson" <no@spam.plz> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I wish to run a command once after a soft reset.
> Is there another way than to put something in startup folder and then
> deleting that after startup?
>
> Lisa
>

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