Is there any way to read data from .xls files on Pocket PC in application
written on VB .NET?
Could anyone give me an example?
Thank you.

I'm looking to lock a PPC device down unless someone types in the appropriate
password. I don't just want to make the device screen unusable with like a
screensaver I also want to make it so activesync won't work over any medium;
GPRS, USB, Serial etc... Anyone done anything like ...

I am using evc++ 4.0 to develop a small application for my own PPC2003SE-PE.
I would like to know how to get both signal strength and operator name from
my GSM subscription.
Thanks a lot.

If i start my application in Debug mode the pocket pc emulator
needs up to 5minutes (sometimes more) to start up the app.
I stepped throught the program. Most of the time (90%) is "wasted" in
CreateWindow().

I create an application for Pocket PC , need SQL CE 2.0 support. Could I
make cab file ,When user down the CAB to PDA , intall SQL CE  & my
application automatically .

I'm drawing an image as background in my OnPaint handler with dimensions set
to client coords but if I start my program a vertical black line with 1 px
width appears on the left (it seems that the img doesn't fit into client
coords).

Im currently taking up my Masters of Science in Computer Science and next
term I'll be having my thesis proposal course.  I'm planning to work on a
project that will involved Handheld devices, but honestly I'm having a hard
time to think one.

As part of pocketpc application startup I load several files into memory and
test them for validity. All the code is protected by try/catch blocks.
Unfortunately, even with this protection, my main form fails to display.
Any ideas please.

I am looking to create an installer that will not only install my application
to a PPC but will also generate an ini file and copy it to the PPC as well.  
I can use CEAppMgr and a CAB file to install the PPC application.  The
challenge is copying over the ini file.  I cannot ...

Is there any tools available to work, restructure and change (Port) Palm
applications to PPC? (or resoures to learn how to?)
Your help will be much appriciated.
Kind REgards,

i am a new comer in pocket game dev, please give me some advice?
thanks in advance!

Is it possible to write an ActiveSync Service Provider in any language other
than C++?  Is it possible to write it in C# or VB.Net, for instance?  If so,
are there any instructions or examples available?
Grateful for any information.

Ive developed an application which controls bluetooth in a simple way.
on/discoverable/off. This works perfectly on most pocketpc phone edition
devices such as the imate II. However on an svp m2000 the standard api does
not appear to do anything. I knocked up a simple test app ...

Hi..
 I am trying to implement MSXML this is what I have
VARIANT_BOOL status;
VariantInit(&vSrc);

i wanted to have a drop-down combo box that listed color patches of the
colors entered as the collection, is there any way to do this, using c#