I want to write an application which needs a 3rd driver. However, to
download the appliction to a device and debug is troublesome. Can I load the
driver registry and dll into eVC emulator every time it boots up? I hope I
can debug on emulator.

The following code draws a linear gradient on my desktop application, but I'd
like to learn how to do the same thing on a Pocket PC:
   /// <summary>
   /// If you'd like to have linear gradients for the background of your

I have to write a prog. which show the current connection on Win mobile 2003.
The prog can tell me what the current connection ist (WLAN oder GPRS).
Which kind of APIs sould i use ?
On WinXP i normally use WMI and Events? Are there something like WMI on

Is there any API in pocket 2003 can retrieve the IMEI of a pocket pc device?
I found that KernelIoControl function with IOCTL_HAL_GET_DEVICEID parameter
can do this.
From msdn it says:

I've built an NDIS miniport driver for CE 5.0. It loads and runs on the
Platform Builder 5.0 x86 emulator. However I cannot get it to load on
the SDK ARM emulator. Neither will it load on a JasJar device. In fact
DriverEntry is never even called.

Hi Experts,
I have a DLL build in C++, and i can call the DLL from my C# application on
desktop.
Now i want to use the DLL functions in my Pocket PC applications. How can

Sorry, cross-post from the compact framework group, but I need the answer
kinda quick.
Where can I get the release version of ActiveSync 4.0, or is the Developer
Preview the latest?

Do you know what is the WM_COMMAND send to a dialog box when we click on the
OK and the Cross icon on the top right of the window?
For OK, I can see that I receive WM_COMMAND with LOWORD(wParam) which is
equal to 1 but I can't find the associated constant.

What is the fastest way to delete ALL files in a specific directory on PPC
programatically? Thanks for answering...

Does anyone know the transparent color for the CommandBar (menu bar) icons?
It seems that the gray color for the icons background is slightly different
for the 2002, 2003, and WM5 OS devices.
Is there a defined transparent color?

Does anyone have any details on how to create emails ( specifically the email
for a meeting request ) through MIME on a PPC in C++?
What I'm trying to replicate is if someone creates a meeting request and
invites you you get an email from them that allows you to accept, accept

I've been using GDI for my, by now rather large XP/CE, MFC program.
I'm not all that happy with GDI, it seems limited in
functionally and speed so I'm looking for something
faster and more versatile.

I have meet a problem about CeOpenDatabase() function.
When I build my project a error like this appear:
       error C4995: 'CeOpenDatabase': name was marked as #pragma deprecated
The project I build in EVC is ok and then update to VS2005 and build in

I have meet a problem about CeOpenDatabase() function.
When I build my project a error like this appear:
       error C4995: 'CeOpenDatabase': name was marked as #pragma deprecated
The project I build in EVC is ok and then update to VS2005 and build in

Is there any API which can get  IMEI (device ID) of a device?
I found that KernelIoControl() function with IOCTL_HAL_GET_DEVICEID
parameter can do this . Form msdn  it says:
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