I am using .net compact framework and developing a pocket pc
application using visual studio.NET 2003, I want to fill a combo box
and for that I use comboxbox.items.add("Item1"),
comboxbox.items.add("Item2"),...

this is my first vb .net program for pocket pc, so please excuse trivial
questions:
Everytime the user puts the pocket pc into its docking station, and
therefore establishes a 'connection' between a host and the pocket pc, my

How can I create a short cut in PocketPC that passes a parameter to an
executable?
Timothy Dean
MobileDataforce

Can anyone one tell me how to know the remaining free storage size of pocket
pc. I want to know this, because when i compact the database, there has to
be free space as minimum as the database size...So is there any solution to
check current free storage space?Thanks...

How can do, in a texbox: when gotfocus the text are been selected?

Is this implemented for PocketPC platform? I wrote a class derived from
CComboBox that displays the text on more than one line if the text is longer
than a single line. This works on Win32 platform and I expected this would
work on PocketPC, but my methods MeasureItem and ...

Does anyone have any sample code for setting SSID, WEP key, etc on a
PocketPC via DeviceIOControl and the various NDIS OIDs?  DeviceIOControl is a
nefariously difficult call to get right...
Robert

An answer here is actually needed in decision on what North American
PocketPC Phone Edition to buy. [Advice on that is welcome, thank you in
advance]
Please point me to some good, on-line tutorials about loading a written app

Hi,  I'm new to mobile development, and I want to write an application for
the Pocket PC, which will eventually be ported to Palm OS, Symbian,
Smartphones etc.  Presumably C++ is the way to go?  Is there an API
available which makes it easier to develop for cross platform mobile

I need to write a web application for my pocket PC, here is part of the
code I'm using:
xrequest = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
xrequest.open("POST",url,true );

I have application compiled in eVC++ 3.0 for Pocket PC 2002.
When I install this app on PocketPC 2003 message appears, that this
application is for old Windows version, but it runs successfully. Does
anybody know how to avoid showing this message without recompilling code in

Res.All,
    I have got PDA with windows 2003 mobile on it. I have got a cdb file of
windows 2002 format. I want to convert it to newer format How can I do it?
Thanking you all in anticipation,

Are there any tools for Pocket PC for profiling to see the bottlenecks for
performance, etc?
Particularly one that works with the .NET compact framework and VS 2003?
Thought I would at least ask.

I have an old application written in eVB and I need to convert it in Vb.net
I would like to know if it's possibile or if exist a tool to do it
Thank you
Francesoc

I created a new ActiveX project, implemented IObjectSafety, and then tried
to create a modeless dialog in the ActiveX control's InitInstance.  Then, I
made a web page that embeds it and then open the web-page:
It <seems> to work at first, but then weird problems arise.  When the ...