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The startup time might be an emulator issue which goes away when deployed on the actual device. First the emulator has to load and start, then it needs to run your application. Even running on the actual device, there is a start-up time to sync up with the IDE environment when connected. Just something you live with.
The program is likely defaulted to download into the root directory on the emulator/device.
You can copy a shortcut to your application into the Windows\Start Menu\Programs folder.
You can do this automatically by using a CAB file to install your application on the target device. See linky.
Gary
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Hello,
VS 2005 CF 2.0
I have created a PDA device and will allow the user to write their signature.
However, I am having problems with the saving part.
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa446559.aspx
I used the above as a example, and took out all the code I needed to draw the signature and the new button.
I need to save the signature and add it to the database as an image. I think I need to convert the signature to an bitmap, but not sure how to do this.
Many thanks for any help and advice,
Steve
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Rather than a BMP file, it is more memory efficient for a hand held to save the signature as a series of X-Y coordinates and pen-down/pen-up notations.
Have you looked at this CP article which stores signature in BMP file?
Gary
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hi ,
can any one tell me is there any ip addres for windows based mobile device ... if it is How to find it and can i ping it from my computer synced with device ...
thanks :
rituparn...
" Life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you gonna get "RST
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Has anyone had any success installing the CE 5 emulator on Vista 64? It fails on the install for me, saying it was interrupted. Event viewer yields this result:
\??\C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Drivers\vmm.sys has been blocked from loading due to incompatibility with this system.
Please contact your software vendor for a compatible version of the driver.
"It was the day before today.... I remember it like it was yesterday."
-Moleman
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Hi, I am developing a PIM using MFC.
I wish to know the ways to make my PIM mobile enabled ?
(ex Sync Contacts with my PIM and Mobile etc)
Is there any generic programming Interface which i need to expose to make the mobile software(like Nokia PC Suite) to communicate with my PIM and vice versa ?
Thanks
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Thanks for the reply i will go through the spec.
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Hi folks,
I was messing with a GSM modem in Hyperterminal and saw a multimedia message come across. It was expected to look like a string of characters (it was a picture), so it worked fine. I'm curious though--is there a way to translate that string into an actual picture on the computer? Like some kind of applet that, if I take that string and copy/paste it, would make a picture on the spot?
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Hello,
I have created a PDA application using VS 2005 in VB and CF 2.0.
The customer wants to be able to write their signature using the stencil into a text box. This will then be saved to a SQL Server 2005.
Is there a method which the user can write their signature into a text box?
Another problem is how will this be saved to the database? will it have to be a picture or image datatype in the database?
Many thanks for any suggestions,
Steve
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Have a look at the "Ink" SDK on MSDN.
Otherwise look at making your own ownerdraw control that tracks the pen and draws on a bitmap and save that to the database.
You might also what to check the rules for digital evidence in your juristiction if these signatures are supposed to have legal weight.
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hi
my application is written in Compact framework 2003. it works for both on desktop and device but i need to show tooltips for the desktop version. the tooltip control is not present as it is CF.
any help please...
thanks.
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i found some code in xml to setupgprs but i dont know how to deployed this.can anybody help me.can we used this in compact framework.
<wap-provisioningdoc>
<characteristic type="CM_GPRSEntries">
<characteristic type="GPRS1">
<parm name="DestId" value="{436EF144-B4FB-4863-A041-8F905A62C572}" />
<characteristic type="DevSpecificCellular">
<parm name="BearerInfoValid" value="1" />
<parm name="GPRSInfoValid" value="1" />
<parm name="GPRSInfoProtocolType" value="2" />
<parm name="GPRSInfoL2ProtocolType" value="PPP" />
<parm name="GPRSInfoAccessPointName" value="internet3.thephone-company.com" />
<parm name="GPRSInfoAddress" value="" />
<parm name="GPRSInfoDataCompression" value="1" />
<parm name="GPRSInfoHeaderCompression" value="1" />
<parm name="GPRSInfoParameters" value="" />
</characteristic>
</characteristic>
</characteristic>
</wap-provisioningdoc>
@h3aR
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Hi guys.
I'm having a really hard time installing the .NET Compact Framework 2.0 on a Compaq iPaq 3950 that has Windows CE 3.0 as OS. I'm new in the Mobile Programming... The first thing I'd like to know is if the CF 2.0 is compatible with this Pocket PC 2003.
The other thing is: Pocket PC 2003 is different from Windows CE 3.0 ?
Thank you !!
Raffaele Rotondo
www.raffaelerotondo.com
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Sambora wrote: The first thing I'd like to know is if the CF 2.0 is compatible with this Pocket PC 2003.
You cannot install the .NET CF 2.0 on a Pocket PC 2002, only on Pocket PC 2003 and above.
Sambora wrote: The other thing is: Pocket PC 2003 is different from Windows CE 3.0 ?
Pocket PC 2003 is based on Windows CE 4.2 while the Pocket PC 2002 was based on Windows CE 3.0.
Regards,
João Paulo Figueira
DAD MVP
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So my device should be a Pocket PC 2002 ...
Thanks a lot !
I think I need I new handheld.
Regards,
Raffaele Rotondo
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New website www.smssolutions.net is offering lots of information for SMS developers. The site has a large database of SMS software, SMS providers, SMS tutorials and an own SMS and MMS Forum.
Please check it out:
http://www.smssolutions.net
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I am trying to make a test install for small application i have made. i tried to follow this guide
http://www.devx.com/wireless/Article/31198/
after a little conversion from vb.net to c# i tried the setup. but it doesnt install on my pda. all it does is installing files to the program files folder.
is there any better guide than this one?
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Hi,
If you are using .NET CF 2.0, I'd recommend this http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-US/library/aa446504.aspx[^]. I followed the instructions and it worked quite well for me.
Talal
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"Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning."
--Rich Cook
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thansk for the link, i have worked with it and it works
the next question is that how do i detect if compact framework is installed on the device or not?
i found a page in msdn, but it wasnt helpful.
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa446531.aspx
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Well that's something I haven't figured out yet. If you find the answer, please let me know.
Thanks,
Talal
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"Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning."
--Rich Cook
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Greetings.
I'm thinking of starting a project that consists on the creation of a mobile voting system, where the voters use PDAs and send information to a central laptop or desktop. Since it's supposed to be as mobile as possible i wanted to communicate from the PDAs to the laptopts without any extra hardware like a wireless router or a switch.
I've been reading about ad hoc networks and the seem to be exactly what i want, but i'm not sure how to make it happen. I have for now been able to create one in my laptop and get my PDA to detect it and connect to it. But not only cant i define any of the IP setting like the subnet mask or the IP itself, but also i cant ping from the laptop to the PDA and vice versa.
Before i get more deeply into this, do you think an ad hoc network is the way to go, or should i consider another option?
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joao.pio wrote: Before i get more deeply into this, do you think an ad hoc network is the way to go, or should i consider another option?
Why not try with Bluetooth?
Regards,
João Paulo Figueira
DAD MVP
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What's the range and stability i can get with a bluetooth network? The kind of data i'm trying to transmit will be small amounts of bytes everytime the PDA user clicks the send button.
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Generally Bluetooth has a range of 10 meters (33 feet). Some dekstop adapters may actually support more, but you will be limited to the range of the device Bluetooth hardware.
Regards,
João Paulo Figueira
DAD MVP
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