From C how do I find the telephone number of the sim card in a PocketPC
phone - e.g. ipaq h6340?
Thanks
Dave

I'm using WTL and have a class that wraps the window
that is taskbar's child  (HHTaskbar).
As this window needs to be transparent I need to capture WM_REPAINT
messages of the taskbar, get the DC it has

I am looking to port a current Windows XP program that uses the DirectShow
API to Windows Mobile 2003.  After searching google and the Windows Mobile
2003 SDK I found that there are no native DirectShow API's for Windows Mobile
2003.

Is it just on my device (HTC Universal) or every Windows Mobile 5.0 delay
Soft Reset when I click the Reset button with stylus? I've noticed that it's
been delayed for a 1 or 2 seconds, but if I reset it programatically (from
some program) it is reseted immediatelly (like on WM ...

To connect a PPC 2002 device to a network (in order to get access to a
network share) is an ActiveSync required?
For example, if I have a PPC device with an ethernet cradle, can I plug it
directly into a network port (on a router for example) and get access to

Has anyone been able to retrieve the title bar color using a SendMessage
call as shown below:
SendMessage(hWnd, TODAYM_GETCOLOR, (WPARAM)TODAYCOLOR_TITLEBAR_RIGHT, NULL);
It works for a 2003 OS device, but doesn't work for the new Windows Mobile 5

How can I find out what input methods are available on some device?

I have a SD card slot in my device and I'm using FindFirstFlashCard() to
succesfully enumerate it and to find out it's path. Everything works ok, but
if I remove SD card from memory slot, FindFirstFlashCard() does not return
INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE as it's supossed to, cause there ...

I was wondering if I can programmatically (using VB .NET 2003) create an
appointment in my Pocket PC's Outlook (My Pocket PC is a QTEK 2020i with  
Windows 2003 SE).
Thanks a lot for any answers.

Is there any way via ActiveSync or some other mechanism to find out if the
connected Windows Mobile device is smartphone or Pocket PC and get its
Windows Mobile OS version? I needto do it BEFORE installing my app so I do
not have any modules running on the device.

When I create directory with CreateDirectory on StorageCard I can't put
anything in it (e.g. with MoveFile() function). Also, can I change
attributes of that newly created directory? Thanks for replying!

       I want to know whether a component for  dot net framework exists for
accessing the access database

I have seen posts stating that it is possible to create a named mutex in a
PPC app that can be accessed by two different applications.  However, in
practice and according to the documentation, the Compact Framework does not
support named mutexes.  

Folks,
I am using VS 2005 to target a Windows Mobile 2003 (SE) Phone Edition
device.  I want to be able to access Hardware Buttons.  Supposedly, this is
in the Microsoft.WindowsCE.Forms.dll.  But there are two versions:

I have the Signature Capture control and i am trying to save the
signuture to a file
(.bmp or other)
Can anyone help me with this in vb.netcf Please?