What's the fastest way (or any other one) to scan the whole registry for
dead (unused, junk) keys? The same question applies to dead shortcuts and
such things in PPC device? Thanks for giving me a hint...

I am developing a Pocket PC 2003 application using VB.Net 2003.  The
application does what it does and when done creates a file on the device
that I have to move to a server for additional processing etc.
I know I can move this file from the device to the server using active sync

In my Windows Mobile 5 application (compiled with Visual Studio 2005)
the CTime::GetCurrentTime() returns a CTime object that has the wrong
hour. It's always 9 hour back. So if it is for example 11:30 the CTime
object contains 02:30. Perhaps it has something to do with the local

I have no way of specifying a Windows Mobile 5.0 target in my desktop library
project.  Is there a way to do this?
Or am I going to have to manually create a new Windows Mobile library
project and copy over the source files for every single project?  

How can I read if a file is a Readonly ROM-File?
I tried to use this:
If fi
Dim fi As New FileInfo(theentry.Name)

I am developing network real time application. While my device is in
the cradle my program binds to IP assigned by a host for ActiveSync
connection. So all communication is going through host machine and my
app is not working, I don't know yet why, network might be too slow or

stats:
device      :  PPC5.0
activesync:  4.1
I can install my app once without any problem.

Hi,all
I defined:
TCHAR szRcvBuff[256];
TCHAR szRequest[] = TEXT("SIP Address Request");

Is there some way to display a text message when mouse event occurs in
the bounding rectangle of the button or Icon. Just to give clear
information to the user for that button and Icon.

I was trying out an example from a tutorial but it doesnt happen to
work.The code section where i am getting error is this,pls help me
out.I have created a menu item called Runwcefirstdialog and in the
pocket Pc 2003 emulator i am getting the menu but wen i click on

Is there any possibitly available to use Dime/Soap in VB.NET CF?
On Desktop it's possible with the WSE 2/3 but that's not available for
devices...
Thanks

I got a socket error (10047) when setting a socket for a bluetooth stack:
            socket(AF_BT, SOCKET_STREAM, BTHPROTO_RFCOMM);
The stack is Widcomm BT_PPC 1.7.1 in WM5.0. So I am wondering if winsock is
compatile with non-MS bluetooth stack. Or something else is wrong?

Hi to all,
Is there any function (on CE Rapi)that return the storage card name ??
Or, in other words, How can I obtain the name (path) of a storage card
of a PDA from PC?

I am developing an application and I have noticed some behavior that
has changed from Windows Mobile 4.0 to Windows Mobile 5.0.  Before I
was using the preferred way of launching a program, where in the
WinMain function I call the CreateMutex function.  Then I check the the

I'd like to write an applicition for a PPC (iPaq 2190) with
WindowsMobile 5.0 and MediaPlayer 10.
My problem is, that I don't understand the many Namespaces, Interfaces
and DLL's and so on....