I want to distribute an application in .Cab form, but I also want to
distribute the .net compact framework to the pocket pc's .
How to do this? I cannot find any setup/install application for this. As far
i did it via the Visual Studio, but I want a downloadable file to setup and

1. How do I make a CComboBox Visible or Invisible at runtime?
// member variable m_combo1 is of type CComboBox
// Using Borland C++, I would write:
// m_combo1->Visible = true; (or false)

I want to debug my own custom control in design time for Pocket PC, but the
Visual Studio 2005 says
'Unable to start program 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
8\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe'. The system cannot find the file specified.

How do I read/write to a Combo Box using eVC4 with Pocket PC 2003?
I can't seem to find any help on this anywhere.
I want to write data to the Combo Box in my Initialization code, then read
back what item was selected when the Combo Box's selection changes.

I understand that rapiconfig.exe is a desktop configuration tool that comes
with the SDK and it can be used to execute provisioning XML files on the
mobile phone from the desktop computer.
However, I am interested in doing something very similar but without having

Lets say I have a form with two text boxes txt1 and txt2.  I also have a
Context Menu cm1 with a single menu item mnuToUpper.  I set the ContextMenu
property of both text boxes to cm1.
At Runtime when mnuToUpper_Click() is fired, how do I determine which text

I have created a custom launcher application that launches another .exe
file.  I'm using ShellExecuteEx to open the .exe file, and I've added error
checking code if the ShellExecuteEx fails for some reason, like file not
found.  I've also added a custom error message box that I want ...

I'm trying to make a new Today screen plugin work based only on a couple Web
examples, and I suspect I'm missing some basic info.
My Today screen plugin loads and appears - but when I dpad, focus simply
moves past it.  Also, it seems that I'm not registering any click events.

Hi, Is there any documentation describing the specific features in WM5
as opposed to Windows CE 5.0. I've been searching on MSDN but have only
found stuff on the API. For example with WincE 5.0 there is info on how to
develop a device driver, info on the features etc. Sure a lot of ...

I have tried the following in PocketPC
http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/networking/pluggable/overview/appendix_a.asp
However, it fails to invoke my app with the predefined protocol
Is it possible to reg an app to handle the new protocol?

I would like to know how to delete a call log entry in pocket pc
using windows mobile 5.0 SDK. I could open database(clog.db)  very easily
for PPC
2003 devices using CeOpenDatabaseEx and deleted using CeDeleteRecord. But I

If I start my vb app like this
DeviceApplication1.exe abc.txt
Can I get the abc.txt as input argument and handle it in vb?
Thx

I'm developing a application for WM5 using GPSID.
When I get the GPS_POSITION data from GPSGetPosition(),
'flAltitudeWRTEllipsoid' field contains wrong value.
MSDN says..

Does anyone know of a product that can just run on a PPC and log GPS data to
a text file?

I'm trying to retrieve and process notifications using
CeGetUserNotificationHandles and CeGetUserNotification. At present I'm
trying to use the OpenNETCF Notify class and I'm getting errors during
the execute of Dispose in some of the classes.  I'm pursuing the