I wonder if anyone can tell me if it's possibly to develop software for
the PocketPC using the Compact Framework without having to purchase any
software.
I have started using C# and VB.Net with SharpDevelop.  It's a fabulous

I am fairly new to VB.NET development in the compact framework, but I
think I'm starting to get the hang of it. Anyway, I have a program in
development that has multiple forms. One form shows a whole lot of
products in a treeview. When the user selects the product, a detailed

This is 1/2 a SQL Server CE question - 1/2 a
CompactFramework
question.
I'm developing in VB.NET Compact Framework.  I want to be

I'm currently designing a solution, with a HP iPaq and a Symbol scanner
jacket in mind.
I would like a barcode scan to trigger opening a new form with the scanned
value as a parameter. Is this possible and if so, how could it be done ?

Hi!!
Anybody knows if any compact framework support ipv6? I'm making an ipv6
app,and when I call IPAddress.parse with an ipv6 address, it launch an
excepttion with ip address not valid.

Someone was kind enough to send me a control that he
developed that does precisely what I need it to do.  
However - the code was originally written in VB.NET for
windows apps.  I'm developing for the Compact Framework

We have several rows of text we want to display but want to be able to
change at least the forecolor of the text by row.  We are currently putting
this info in multiline text box, but no way there of course to discrimanetly
change the color of just one row.  How are people ...

I want to resize the width of a picture box based on the length of a string.
I have a string "s".
I do this in the paint event of a picturebox:
Dim font As New Font("Arial", 12, FontStyle.Regular)

can anyone tell me why this same code works on a normal windows
platform but when used in compact framework application produces an
argument exception on setting either the valuemember or displaymember
ds =  new DataSet();

I am having trouble displaying forms (eg: Form2.Show) when called from
within a form (eg: Form). What I am trying to do is to create an instance of
Form2 (objForm2 = new Form2) and then call show on that form (objform2.Show
and objForm2.BringToFront). I also try to hide Form1 (Form1 ...

Is there a solution to find the MAC address of a pocket PC device ?
I was looking for a software protection system, MAC looks most universal.
(i guess othter tricks like PPC serial number  are too much bound to the
brand/ppc model )

I read that using Uninstall_Exit we can clean up application files during
uninstallation in the MS Pocket PC Application development guidelines. Can
anyone point me in a direction where I can use this feature with a CF
application?

I wish to enable my CF application to receive vCards beamed (irda) from irda
enabled devices such as mobile phones, palm pilots, PPC etc. I have managed
to do this for all the devices I have to hand apart from the Pocket PC. Does
anyone have any idea why the following code running ...

Dear all experts,
As i found in the internet, there is a C# programme that can make use of the
resource manager to choose different lanugage string for particular
expression using resource files. But it seems that i cannot use this method

Can someone point me in the right direction towards doing the following?
It's not something I've tried to do before so I am not entirely sure what
the best method would be:
I have an app that runs on PPC2003, written in VB.Net (running on Symbol