REL: Dynamo - animated zooming taskswitcher using screen shots
Released yesterday:
www.aspecto-software.com
Bring your PDA to life with Dynamo - the first animated task manager for
Pocket PC which displays screenshots of all running applications. Click
the activation button from any window and Dynamo slides images of all
the running applications onto the screen. You can then easily select the
one you want to switch to by clicking its image, and it zooms to fill
the screen. You can also close applications from within Dynamo and watch
as the remaining windows dynamically reposition themselves to fill the gap. Tag: minimum my dialog Tag: 78873
Sample ActiveX (q for Chris Tacke)
I saw a couple of posts from Chris about the sample ActiveX. Could someone point me to it? I am having problem getting my ActiveX to work per my other post and wanted to compare against something working (complete code
Thx
Jayant Tag: minimum my dialog Tag: 78872
24-bit color bitmaps
how can I prepare 24-bit colour bitmaps on a PC, for display on a Pocket PC?
I have tried MS Paint, but it does not seem to work. Tag: minimum my dialog Tag: 78869
(Newbie) Cant get ActiveX to work..
I created an ActiveX using eVC40 - with ATL. Implemented IObjectSafety for safe scripting and initialization. The control is copied & registered on the device fine. I followed the "Creating ActiveX for PIE" in PPC 2003 SDK instructions to access it using ActiveXObject method of JScript.
The test method I invoke returns a string. I put that string in a JScript alert. But when I execute it nothing happens.
Just to make sure there was nothing wrong with either the JScript or the ActiveX method implementation I ported the active code to an Visual Studio 7 project and created a regular ActiveX. And I can execute the ActiveX method fine using the same JScript on my desktop in IE.
Here is the JScript code and the impl of the ActiveX method:
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JScript"
function GreetMe(
window.alert("About to invoke greet")
var TestObj = new ActiveXObject("TestOcx.TestObj")
var greeting = TestObj.GreetMe()
window.alert(greeting)
</SCRIPT><FORM><INPUT TYPE="BUTTON" VALUE="Greeting" onclick="GreetMe()"></FORM
STDMETHODIMP CTestObj::GreetMe(BSTR *pbstrGreeting
AFX_MANAGE_STATE(AfxGetStaticModuleState()
// TODO: Add your implementation code her
CString cstrGreeting("Hello")
*pbstrGreeting = cstrGreeting.AllocSysString()
return S_OK
when I click the "Greeting" button on the page I see the first alert before invoking the method but after that nothing happens. It does'nt even give out any error message. What gives?
TIA as usual.
-Jayant Tag: minimum my dialog Tag: 78866
PocketPC 2002, Symbol 8100 ENTER KEY
When I prees the Enter key,
My Application Receive a 0x07FFF (WM_USER+31743)
And the application Quit.
Why ?
What was this special message generate by the ENTER key.
Thank's Tag: minimum my dialog Tag: 78865
eVB and Pocket PC 2003
Browsing through some of the posts I get the impression that eVB is not supported in Pocket PC 2003
Is this true
If so, can anyone recommend the best alternative bearing in mind I'm new to the platform, I'm familiar with VB and I need to get up and going quick
Thanks a bunch Tag: minimum my dialog Tag: 78864
Copying a file from Pocket to Share Drive
Hi everybody,
I am developing an application under VB .NET for a Windows CE .NET running in a Symbol PPT 8800 Pocke
and I am using wireless connection
I am creating a file from my mobile application and I want to do one of two alternatives
1.- Copy the file from my Pocket PC to a share drive on the network
2.- Create the file directly on the share drive
To create the file I am usin
Dim fs As FileStream = File.Create(strFileLocation, 1024
Dim info As Byte() = New UTF8Encoding(True).GetBytes(strXML
fs.Write(info, 0, info.Length
fs.Close(
where strFileLocation is a variable with the file name
Do you know how to do this? or where can I find info about it
Thanks in advanc
Roberto Tag: minimum my dialog Tag: 78862
Viewsonic V37 Serial Port
I'm using the freebie Viewsonic V37 for connecting to a serial device. I'm
using a serial cable that I bought from Viewsonic and I've upgraded the OS
to PPC2003.
The problem I'm having is, I believe, that the V37's serial port is not
capable of fast simultaneous send and receive. I could be wrong about that,
but that is my best guess after hours of testing. I have a simple loopback
echo device, which ties RX and TX together, such that everything the V37
sends, it should receive. When using this, I receive no characters. When I
connect it to the PC I receive everything the PC sends and the PC receives
everything I send. I've even put a scope trace on the serial port while
sending and receiving to my actual slave device (a serial to 1-Wire adapter,
connected through a null-modem). I can see my slave device responding on
the scope, but the PPC does not receive the data. Even taking a wire and
shorting out pins 2 & 3 (RX and TX) on the V37 serial cable doesn't work,
even though that should loopback everything it sends.
I rolled my own serial port code on the device, but I've also tried the
OpenNETCF.io.serial stuff as well as someone else's CFSerial lib.
If anyone else has a V37 and a serial cable, I'd appreciate know if this
works for you. Download the OpenNETCF SerialSharp example and stick a wire
into pins 2 & 3 of your serial connector. See if you get an echo back of
every character you send.
Thanks,
Scott Hughes
Engineer - Maxim/Dallas Semiconductor Tag: minimum my dialog Tag: 78860
Resolving cdb conflicts
I've looked everywhere I can think of for a solution.
Does anyone know how to resolve a cdb/mdb sync conflict?
If I look in the MS Access 97 mdb I can see what records
are conflicting in the MSCExxx tables but I don't know
how to resolve them.
The Activesync conflict resolution measures only apply to
appointments and the like. The Access 97 resolver only
applies to Replicated databases. I'm stuck.
Thanks,
Lars Tag: minimum my dialog Tag: 78858
Embedding Media Player Control in a C++ Program
Is it possible to embedd Media Player control in my C++ code for PocketPC? Does it work in the same way as on regular PC using MFC classes? Could you also forward me to an on-line source on how to do it
Thanks Tag: minimum my dialog Tag: 78857
getaddrinfo on standardsdk emulator
I am looking into IPv6 enablement on my client application, so I'm
doing things like replacing gethostbyname with getaddrinfo. Currently
I am still connecting to an IPv4 address, and getaddrinfo returns
successfully on the Pocket PC 2003 emulator and WinCE .NET emulator,
but not the STANDARDSDK emulator. For the latter, getaddrinfo is
returning an error 8 (EAI_NONAME I believe). Is this a bug? Isn't
IPv4 functionality supposed to be retained? Tag: minimum my dialog Tag: 78856
How I determinate if database exist in my PocketPC application
Hi,
I try developer a application with one database in data layer.
I am using C# and i need to know if my database exist in the pocket pc 2002
else i have create it
Do you help me?
thanks Tag: minimum my dialog Tag: 78848
Pocket PC 2003 Virtual Radio emulator
Hi,
I'm developing on eVC++ 4.0, with SP3. I've installed Pocket PC 2003 SDK.
But when I connect to platform manager, I only see one option for the
emulator - Pocket PC 2003 emulator.
How do I enable my eVC++ to see the other modes of the emulator. I'm looking
for the Virtual radio support for the emulator.
Any help is appreciated, as this is very critical for me.
Thanks,
AK. Tag: minimum my dialog Tag: 78847
EVB, PDM.DLL
I know, this is old technology, but has anyone run into
the emulation problem using EVB whereby you get this error
in the WinCE event log:
Message: No matching files found for package pdm.dll
The emulator does not run. This happens on some machines
but not on all.
Thanks!
Jeff Tag: minimum my dialog Tag: 78845
PIE extensions
IE documents describe the IDocHostUIHandler interface and its usage. I
assume this is implemented in WINCE 4.2 because it is available in the help
docs for eVC++ 4.0 (and WINCE can be built with a large, 'full featured'
browser), but is this functionality implemented for Pocket PC 2003 and
Pocket Internet Explorer? Tag: minimum my dialog Tag: 78844
Newbie - Best IDE do develop PocketPC
Quick newbie question:
I am a bit lost about all the IDE, SDK, 3rd party s/w out there to develop
for Pocket PCs.
Which one is recon as being the best one?
I downloaded Microsoft Embedded Visual C++ 4.0. Any good tutorial
recommended for this IDE?
Thanks in advance Tag: minimum my dialog Tag: 78840
ipaq 5555 and PCMCIA Expantion pack plus
I recently got an ipaq 5555 and PCMCIA Expantion pack plus, and i can't get
the ipaq to run from the expansion pack battery. The ipaq battery dies, and
i still have 100% on the expansion pack battery. Is there a setting to be
adjusted?. Tag: minimum my dialog Tag: 78839
Performance problem consuming webservice from a PDA
We have created a pocket pc application (.NET application) that gets the
data (dataset) from a webservice ( runs on a Windows 2000 server).
If we run the application on a wireless PDA, it takes about 7 seconds before
the PDA gets the dataset (a small dataset with one table and 150 records).
We are sure that the time isn't lost within the webservice because the data
is retrieved from the database (oracle database) witin the same second.
we're using already CF SP2. Personally, I don't think that the throughput of
the wireless is the bottleneck. It seems to me that consuming a web service
from within a PDA is just slow, even if you have to transfer only a small
amount of data.
Other persons must have the same performance problems ?
Are they using other techniques for transferring data from a server to the
PDA ? I thought web services was the way to go. To my knowledge remoting
isn't supported on the compact framework. WSE is also not supported in the
compact framework, if i'm not wrong.
Are there any other alternatives where you don't have a performance problem?
I'm using an hp iPaq 5450. If I'm using another CE device (no PDA), then my
application is much more responsive. Is it possible that a PocketPC
application using web services creates just a too heavy load for the
processor of the PDA ? I'm wondering if an ASP.NET application wasn't a
better option ?
How can I improve the performance ? Can some setting (IIS setting, security
setting) reduce the time ? Is the datset causing the delay?
Thanks in advance for any help Tag: minimum my dialog Tag: 78838
speech add-in for pocket ie
Hi all, I cannot seem to find this anywhere -- does anyone know where to
download the add-in? I know the add-in for regular ie comes with the speech
sasdk, but I cannot find the pocket pc version?? Tag: minimum my dialog Tag: 78837
Silence in mediaplayer when cell call end
Hi,
I am running my mediaplayer in between when i get a call on my
cellphone,
mediaplayer get's paused now when i am ending my cell call,
mediaplayer resume it's working, before that it is having 2 to 3
seconds of silence.
I am using PPC2003 i-mate having wince 4.2 .Net.
Can anybody suggest me how should i remove the problem of silence??
Regards,
Niraj Tag: minimum my dialog Tag: 78831
PlaySound - any options besides WaveOut?
I've spent the better part of...um...all night researching how to play
audio without having my game's animation freeze each time I call
SndPlaySound() [from my EXE resource]. Animation isn't much, equate
it to the bouncing cards of Windows Solitarie...
I pass the following flags, but am not getting the results the
documentation implies:
PlaySound (_T("Bounce3"), g_hInst,
SND_RESOURCE | SND_ASYNC | SND_NOSTOP |SND_NOWAIT);
Specifically these sounded like they'd help (edited for brevity):
SND_ASYNC: sound played asynchronously...returns immediately after
beginning the sound
SND_NOSTOP yield to another sound event that is already playing
SND_NOWAIT return immediately without playing the sound if driver
is busy
I've read that PlaySound has a lean buffer, but the files I'm working
with are well under 1K (smallest is 294 _BYTES_).
I've seen some free libraries and what not, but I'm really trying to
keep this as dependency-free as possible (win32).
Suggestions? What about calling PlaySound in a thread? Would that
help?
Also I see the docs refer to the SND_MEMORY flag ("A sound event's
file is loaded in RAM"), but everything is RAM anyway, right?
I'll be wrapping up with this YachtCE game soon and will give it to
anyone who asks...just realize it's still a work in progress, and it's
a tiny window because I have been working with the SmartPhone in
mind...
Dice rolling is pretty cool though ;-)
Thanks!
Mike Tag: minimum my dialog Tag: 78830
Problem with Command Button in .net
I have one question!
Is It possible change backcolor of command button (or style) in a project
for smart device with ce.net?
Is It possible use a "multi line text " (the second word does'nt go in the
second line) in command button in a project for smart
device with ce.net?
In a short command button for i.e.the text of caption "The big brother is
very short man" , I see "The big brother" even if command button is very
high.
I want a command button multi line, In Evb it's possible, why in .net not ?
Thanks. Tag: minimum my dialog Tag: 78827
Symbol 8860/Bluetooth/Serial Port - can't open port
Hi
My environment is PPC2003 / Vb.net / Symbol 8860 / Bluetooth and I want to open a Bluetooth serial port. Has any done it? I've can't even work out what port I should even be trying to open. Tag: minimum my dialog Tag: 78826
Is it possible to "downgrade" Pocket PC 2003 to Pocket PC 2002?
Hi.
Sorry for my English, hope you `ll understand me.
I begin to write some application for Pocket PC using Embedded Visual
Basic.
At first I used device with Pocket PC 2002 and that was OK.
Now I am using another device with Pocket PC 2003 (IPAQ 1930).
But the problem is:
I can not use debugger in Embedded Visual Basic, so I have to debug my
application using MsgBox-s.
I have read somewhere that Microsoft now does not support Embedded
Visual Basic- that is why I can not work with debugger with Pocket PC
2003.
Can I "downgrade" Pocket PC 2003 to Pocket PC 2002?
(I have Pocket PC 2002 Upgrade Utility v-1.05)
How? Is this ?downgrade" reversible? May be you know another
solution?
Thank you. Tag: minimum my dialog Tag: 78822
Launch application on card insertion
Hello All
I am trying to launch an application when a memory card (SD card) is inserted into the pocket pc. I have tried using the CeRunAppAtEvent method with NOTIFICATION_EVENT_DEVICE_CHANGE but this only seems to work when the memory card is removed from the pocket pc. It appears to do nothing when the memory card is inserted. I have read somewhere that it might be possible to set a registry key that would cause the application to launch when a memory card is inserted but I am unable to find out what registry key this would be
Any suggestions on how to launch an application when a memory card is inserted either via the registry or otherwise, would be greatly appreciated
Thanks in advance
Joe Tag: minimum my dialog Tag: 78816
How to pass keystrokes to a process:
Thanks in advance.
Using Embedded C++:
I am tying to pass keystrokes to a process that is launched through
CreateProcess().
I thought keydb_event() might do the job, and it does, in the current
window.
How can I push keystrokes into the newly created process.
Sam Tag: minimum my dialog Tag: 78815
SSL Support on Pocket PC...
Howdy All,
We are trying to incorporate SSL support on our Pocket PC
application. We can make normal HTTP calls without any
issues, but when we change the web server to HTTPS and
try making the calls using HTTPS we get back messages
saying:
System error: The connection with the server was reset.
We can't tell if this is saying that the connection timed
out, or if it's a different issue.
We have tried installing the root certificate on the
device using the information in KB 322956 but that has
not helped at all.
When we browse to the specific website in IE on the
devices we are still prompted as to whether or not we
want to accept the certificate. Does this indicate that
we are not installing the certificate correctly?
Any help on this subject would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Mark. Tag: minimum my dialog Tag: 78813
HELP: MTTF Tool - HOPPER.exe - doesn't work right!
Has anyone used Hopper to test MTTF? It just won't accept my command line
arguments to run in one app only.
According to the readme.txt, it should work like this:
rapistart hopper.exe /t1 /aTest.exe
After this is run, the device displays an Alert message box "created:xxxx,
modified:xxxx" and never runs the test. It runs just fine if you don't
specify the /a parameter, but then it randomly runs everty app on the
device. I need to test ONE app only.
I am running it on Smartphone 2003.
Hopper is a MTTF tool, a part of the PowerToys.
Your help is appreciated!!!!
Thanks,
Joe Tag: minimum my dialog Tag: 78809
E-mail backup/restore
Hello,
I am working on a program which backups / restores e-mails for the
ActiveSync folder in Inbox. I have done most of it (I can see the mail
headers in Inbox), but I can't open the messages. There are 3 BLOB fields in
the pmailMsgs database, which are different for each record, and I have no
idea what they mean. I have figured out most of the fields and their
relations, but this one I don't know. Can someone please help? We can
exchange information, and help each other out.
Best regards,
Mircea Rila. Tag: minimum my dialog Tag: 78807
Newbie - Cannot delete app file after use
I developed a test app for PPC 2003. Got the exe file to the device fine, executed it fine. Ran the app and then closed it. But when I attempt to delete the exe file I get an error " Sharing violation - the file may be in use".
The way I am attempting the delete is:
From ActiveSync (on my desktop) I do explore, in the resulting explorer window I browse to the folder where the file resides and do delete.
The app is quite simple - just displays "Hello world" statically and does nothing more. So after closing it I have no reason to beleive it could still be running.
What am I doing wrong? How do I know who could be sharing the app?
thank
Jayant Tag: minimum my dialog Tag: 78804
Windows Mobile 2003 SE for Toshiba 800
Windows Mobile 2003 SE is available for download today (5/26) for Tosbiba
e800 from:
http://www.toshiba-tro.de/unitdetails/TEDD.asp?serial=&model=PD800E-00001-FR&useraclID=10&language=English
Use the WLAN version if you have the USA purchased version and have WLAN
rather than BT.
Follow detailed instructions carefully.
No problem with ROM flash.
OS works fine with limited experience.
Robbie Tag: minimum my dialog Tag: 78799
How to create trial version installation?
I am looking for assistance with the creation of a trial version
installer that can be unlocked with a key code or stops functioning
after a period of time. We are using the .NET Compact Framework (VS
2003). Any assistance with code samples or pointers to commercial
products is greatly appreciated. We have done a considerable search
and have yet to find anything specific to the .NET Compact Framework.
TIA.
Drew Tag: minimum my dialog Tag: 78796
Get System Manufacturer
Is there an easy way to get the System Manufacturer of the device a .NET
application is running on?
I want to programmatically tell if I am on an Intermec, Symbol, etc device.
Thanks,
Tim Tag: minimum my dialog Tag: 78794
CeRunAppAtTime fails to schedule application sometimes
I'm trying to periodically schedule an application to run every 20 seconds
as an experiment on battery life on an iPAQ running Pocket PC 2003. I do
this by having the application call CeRunAppAtTime with the current time
plus 20 seconds as the argument. The application then exits.
This seems to work for a period of time and wakes the iPAQ up when it goes
into sleep mode, which is what I want it to do. Unfortunately, for no
reason I'm able to determine, the application fails to be called after a few
minutes. Using Scary Bear's CheckNotifications program, I can see that the
program has been scheduled to run, but for some reason, it does not. If I
soft reset the iPAQ, the program will begin to run immediately and continues
to reschedule itself as normal.
I've been able to find one give away on whether or not my application will
run when scheduled. Again using CheckNotifications, if the notification has
an event status of InActive, the program will run. However, if it has a
status of Active, it will not. I cannot determine what this event status
means or why it gets set to Active. I'm also unsure why a system reset
would cause the program to run as scheduled.
Any help on this is greatly appreciated.
~Dan
Remove nospamman to reply by email. Tag: minimum my dialog Tag: 78793
Is it possible to play a .avi video with .netcf
Hello
i'm looking for a programm to play an .avi video-file with the .net compact framework on a pocket pc. In vb.net and the "normal" .net framework it's no prob to programm this.
Know anyone a solution
sorry about the english..
Regards mbf Tag: minimum my dialog Tag: 78786
Change the My Compnay String
How do I change the My Company string used to on the PPC.
I have set assemblyinfo and project properties, but I can't find the company
name anywhere.
Can someone tell me where it is please?
Steve Mac Tag: minimum my dialog Tag: 78775
Check Network (Wi-Fi) connection?
Hi!
Is there any way if we can find out if the PocketPC have any Wi-Fi
connection of the specific SSID is available?
Take Care,
Mudassir Tag: minimum my dialog Tag: 78774
Executing an application on PPC 2003
Hello - Using vCE / MFC 4 with sp3 on an ARM CE 2003 uni
1) When I compile the program and let the IDE load it into the device â?? it loads it into the root directory, I copy my Access database into the same place and the program works fin
2) If however I copy my program to any other place eg :Program Files\Projectâ?¦ my program fails when it tries to open the databas
3) It fails all the same even when I created a CAB file from an INF script with CabWizar
4) I have no idea what is the IDE doing when it uploads the program that I am missin
5) My program does not have any specific registry entries and looks for the database file in the same folder where the EXE is locate
Any idea on that ??
Thank
Ale
aevans@microknox.com.a Tag: minimum my dialog Tag: 78773
create a eVC++ execute file
How can I build a eVC++ 3.0 execute file that will create a specificed file
and, after created ,it will close automatically? This project must support
MFC! Tag: minimum my dialog Tag: 78770
ACM Codecs - finding out what they are
How do I discover these without having to write a program to enumerate them?
Is there a utility in PPC2203 like in Windows XP to see the ACM
codecs/drivers installed? Tag: minimum my dialog Tag: 78766
ADOCE 3.1 installation error
Hi
When I attempt to install adoce 3.1 I receive an error message that states I do not meet the minimum requirements for installation. (i.e. Need at least 1 of 3 Windows CE SDK's). The WinCE SDK names from the FAQ are: Microsoft SDK for Windows CE, Handheld PC Professional Edition 3.0, Microsoft SDK for Windows CE, Palm-size PC Edition 1.2, Microsoft Windows Platform SDK for Pocket PC. When I attempt to find these SDK's (as written), I appear to be striking out.
I am really working with C# and VB.Net in the .Net Compact Framework, rather than Embedded VC++, so this is confusing me. Do I really have to install the WinCE SDK's to get adoce 3.1 to work in .Net CF? Will adoce 3.1 work in .Net CF? or
Should I just install SQLCE instead and forget about adoce
Thanks. Tag: minimum my dialog Tag: 78765
NullReferenceException
Hi
I'm working with the MapPoint Web Service and when trying to retrieve a map I successfully recieve the map image, however when I attempt to render the image in the PPC emulator I get a NullReferenceException. I was told perhaps this is a CF .Net error, so I've installed CF .NET SP 2. My question is when I install SP 2 is there any way to verify that the emulator is in fact using the updated version
Sample C# code if interested
//*******************************
System.IO.Stream streamImage
//mapImages[0] consists of a single image element
streamImage = new System.IO.MemoryStream(mapImages[0].MimeData.Bits)
Bitmap bitmapImage = new Bitmap(streamImage)
pbMap.Image= bitmapImage
//*******************************
Thanks
Chris Tag: minimum my dialog Tag: 78764
need emergency help!
I've got a program that uses the activsync filters to convert between pocket
formats and desktop formats (ie: pxl to xls)
well something seems to have gone wrong with my programming when messing
with the pxl to xls conversion.
I've got it where it calls StgCreateDocfile to give me an IStorage interface
for the destination file (since it exports to a compound format in xls).
Here is my function as it is in the code:
HRESULT hr = StgCreateDocfile(destpath,
STGM_DIRECT|STGM_CREATE|STGM_READWRITE|STGM_SHARE_EXCLUSIVE,
NULL,
&stg);
stg is an IStorage;
hr keeps coming back as some unknown error code. As a result the program
crashes. Stg also comes back as NULL (I guess since this function failed,
though it won't tell me why).
Its running on an XP Home machine. Does anybody have any ideas? Am I using
the wrong flags?
thanks a million in advance,
ed Tag: minimum my dialog Tag: 78761
Newbie - regsrvce tool
The PPC 2003 sdk documentation lists that ActiveX controls need to be registered using the regsrvce.exe tool. Where do I find that tool?
I have EVC++ 4.0/SP3 and PPC SDK 2003 installed and I cant find it. Searching msdn also do not yield anything useful (downloadable).
Is regsrvce the recommended (only) option to register ActiveX controls?
TI
Jayant Tag: minimum my dialog Tag: 78755
winsock send - buffer size
Hi, I'm trying to send some data through stream socket.
eg.:
char *buffer = new char [10000];
.....
send(pgg->gg_socket,buffer,x,0);
When x is greater than 2048 WSAGetLastError() returns 120 ??
For x less than 2K all is ok
How should I send more than 2K of data?
--
regards,
Marcin Tag: minimum my dialog Tag: 78753
lenght of an option in select
On pocketPC2003 if the option value is large, the value gets truncated. The maximum characters that the device can show in an option is just 26
Does any one know how to overcome this limitation Tag: minimum my dialog Tag: 78752
If I wnat run a eVC++ app in the background, and how can I minimum the app
dialog?