I currently have a menuitem on my WM5 app that is working fine.  All the
menu items are currently text.  I would like to replace some of them with
either an icon, or a button with an icon on it.
Any advice on how to do this would be appreciated.

Excuse the cross post but I needed to find out a fairly general question
about dev platforms....
Evaluating AppForge's Crossfire IDE plugin to Visual Studio......seems like
you loose some functionality but possibly gain in using some of their

I have an IPAQ 4700 (running WM 5.0) and Holux CF GPS unit.  I have
written an app using Visual Studio 2005 with the WM5.0 SDK.  The
problem I am having is after the unit suspends and then I power it back
on, I seem to lose the GPSID connection with the GPS unit.  The GSP

1. How can I open another program from my application?
2. To open a file in a program you normally click on the file and then the
corresponding program opens the file.
How can I do that from my application?

I have enumerated all top level windows and have their icons using
SHGetFileInfo(). The icons are added to an imagelist. When these icons
from the executables are loaded on a listview control they show fine.
When they are displayed in a picturebox, their background appears

Don't know if this is the best group or not to post this question to.
We are undertaking a Mobile development project using the .NETCF.   I would
like to use .NETCF 2.0, but this would limit me to Pocket PC 2003, and Mobile
5.0.   What I would like to know, if this is cutting me ...

Someone suggested I post my code.
This is supposed to be a splash screen.  It shows my logo and the
name of the program.  I have only two events, the form_load event and
the timer_tick event.  On Form_Load I check for the existance of my

I'm developing an eVC application that start a connection through serial
port to a device, open a Socket to a server on the device and start a loop
of send and recv commands.
I want to detect when the cable that connect the PPC to the device is

i know this has been asked more then once but no one seems to have a
strait answer
i am having a difficult time getting a CAB file to install a shortcut
into \Windows\Help. The relevant portions of my INF file are listed

Hi everyone! I have a problem using a the Socket class in the Compact
Framework over a GPRS connection. My CF app connects to a server app using
the Socket class, and it works great most of the time. BUT, when the gprs
connection looses coverage I get into some serious trouble. ...

Hi,
If a pocket pc application uses GPRS for both data connection and phone
call, how could the work together while sharing the same GPRS communication?
The GPRS data connection go throug device connection manager for "The

I am fiddling with making a C# app for my Pocket PC on my Verizon Phone.   I
want to create an app that starts ups as a menu item on the main screen.
(under where it shows the day, month, day, year)  I am looking for examples
of how people do it, but I don’t know the correct name ...

for one week now, I'm trying desperately to get my pocket pc
application to play an mp3 file.
(without invoking windows media player in any way).
I'm using the following tools:

Here is a problem I am having using VS2005 when debugging a WM05
device.
I start debugging an application within the debugger. I let it run with
no breakpoints. At some point the app hangs so I "Break" all threads.

Or maybe the subject should have been - "How to read and update the
device calendar".
I'm trying to connect and sync the build in calendar with ... for
instance an xml file. Can anyone share an example of that? Or point in