I'm looking to getting a Pocket PC for the purpose of developing java
software on it.  Note:  NOT software FOR it, but use it as a development
platform.
To ease the ever pressing "Why would you do that" question:

I have my own custom password cpl.
Sometimes after powers off the generic PPC password cpl comes up
instead of mine. Only a soft reset will fix this case.
I am 100% sure that all my registry setting for this custom CPL are

I simply need to find the amount of free space avalible on a stoarge card.  
Can I use "GetDiskFreeSpaceEx"?  From my research it looks like this function
might not be support on all devices.   I also know I can get the free space
from a call to CeCreateFile and passing in the ...

I encounted a very strange problem in evc3, I defined a class CObject1 and
tesed it  using this code:
    CObject1 * p = new CObject1;
    if (p) {

Where can I find the documentation of MSXML? There is a small sample in the
eMbedded Visual Studio help files, but nowhere can I find for example,
documentation of IXMLDOMDocument, IXMLDOMElement, IXMLDOMNodeList,
IXMLDOMNode, etc. A web search gives lots of references, but most of ...

I would like to automatically restart the pocketpc one a CAB file has been
installed on a PPC. How can I do that?
Is there any API that allows to restart a PPC or a Smartphone?
Second thing I would like to do is to run an application after this

I have a program that runs on an Desktop PC that is attempting to get the ID
of the connected Pocket PC. The code that I have requires an import of the
CoreDll.dll, but this library does not exist on my Desktop PC. What do I
need to do to get this library on my Desktop PC?

does anybody know how to get the BIOS serial number on a pocket PC?, or any
unique number obtained from the hardware which is unique for every pocket PC
and read-only

I want to be able to check the program list to see if an instance of a
program is running, when i run it.
ie.. when i run "App.exe", i want it to check to see if it is already
running, and close it b4 running it again.

I think it is not possible to track the actions which occur in a windows ce
based device in a generic way? - means to log for example in a database or a
file  if a button is clicked, or a windows is closed in any application in a
windows ce based device.

I would like to start/shutdown automatically Bluetooth in evc++
How ca i do this,
i tried to use BthSetMode(BTH_DISCOVERABLE); from bthutil.h
but it doesn't work

I am using eVC 4.0 and working on an MFC dialog-based application.
I would really appreciate any help or a link with information on the
correct code to deal with an active SIP.  I mean adding a Scrollbar  to
the Dialog and possibly resizing the dialog.  I haven't been able to

I am trying to edit the inf file which VS.NET gens to add some shortcuts for
my app.
By default it adds a shortcut in the "Programs" screen, so if you go Start >
Programs, you see it there.

This damn smart minimise button... I want to actually close my program. I
don't mind if its from a menu (file | exit or whatever) I just want to know
what line of code I need to make a program stop running completely instead
of just putting it to the background. (as wince does)

I have a T-Mobile Pocket PC which have a built-in gsm/gprs modem. I want to
talk to this modem using AT commands. But upto now I am unable to know to
which COM port is it connected. I have tried opening the COM ports from 1 to
9 at baud rate of 9600 and have tried sending the ...