I am using Visual Studio 2005 to build a Smart Device CAB
project and i need to add a registry entry like this
(for mapping a hardware button):
"\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\My App.lnk"

I have converted my CF program (for Pocket Mobile 2003) written in VS2003 to
VS2005, but I can't find the System.IO.Ports etc. What should I do to be
able to use these classes???
Thanks

I have posted this before but I am not sure where I left off and I am still
having an issue with it.
I have the exact same code that works on Windows Mobile 5 Pocket PC Ed. on
two different Ipaqs and a Palm Treo Phone.

I tried the code showed here in order to get the DeviceID of several devices
(WindowsCE and PPC):
http://blogs.msdn.com/jehance/archive/2004/07/12/181116.aspx
In all the devices but one, an Intermec with Windows Mobile 2003, it worked

Since I installed the SP1 for Visual Studio 2005 I am not able to
debug assemblies on my WM 2005 device (Symbol MC70). I think this
depends on the version of compact framework installed on the device
and in VS. On the device the version of CF is 2.0.6129 but while

I'm trying to use log4net in my c#.net project. I am able to use the
log4net functiosn without any problem but when I want to make my proj
find the config file in assemblyinfo.cs, the compiler complained that
XmlConfigurator is not an attribute class:

I want to use PocketPC Outlook com to parse Email in outlook,
I have checked some SDK and sample,
They told me a lot about how to sent SMS and receive SMS.
what I am concering is how to synchorize Email message and to get Email

i know that the OpenNetCF.ConnectionManager doesnt close the gprs connection
completely, can anybody tell me if its the "ConnMgrReleaseConnection" API
that can do the job, or should i be looking somewhere else?
thanks,

i have a random error that occurs when trying to connect to a remote
database, i think on initialization of the SQLConnection object via my
device, it randomly returns the error "cannot find "dbnetlib.bll", i cant
quite replicate when it occurs but my solution is to soft reset ...

I'm using a DataGrid control in a mobile application to display data
and would like to disable the automatically added "new row" at the
bottom of the grid.
I've done this with no problem on desktop applications by setting the

My project is created by Visual stadio 2005 with NETCF2.0.
I have created CAB project for deploy.
the issue is that:NETCF2.0 has not installed all the device.
So I want to to create a setup DLL

I understand that the answer to this question may depend on variables such
as signal strength etc, but I will ask anyway :-)
What is the "typical" speed of a GPRS connection on a Pocket PC?  Is it the
equivalent of a 28.8 modem or is it faster/slower?

Someone knows how can I install netcf 2.0 to the flash memory of evaluation
board Colibri (Toradex) running WinCE 5.0.  If I ask the manufactured I must
pay him 2 support hours.
TIA,

Platform Builder 5.0 gets only netcf 1.0? I tried to build an image with the
wizard and the only netcf that I can select is 1.0
It's posible to use netcf 2.0?
Thanks,

I have read a string from Unmanaged code, however, when I convert ptr to
string.
It also include "\r\n" in the string, how to avoid this issue:
here is my source code: