In the following code I'm getting an "Invalid Handle" error on the CreateFile
call on UIO1:, but I get error code 0 on the NDS0: call.  I also get negative
numbers for handles sometimes -- is that OK?
I see that UIO1: and NDS0: are both in the registry.

l have recently purchased a PPC running MobileWindows 5.0
l do have and installed Visual Studio Pro 2005
l have downloaded and installed from MS , Pocket PC SDK
l am familiar with VB6 , so it wasn't hard to make a very simple

We are developing an application that will be housed on a PDA. We do not have
prior experience programming for Windows CE, and therefore have a lot of
beginners questions. To experiment we bought a HP iPAQ hx2495b and wrote a
small .NET application with a browser control. ...

I'm all new to software developing for Windows Mobile, so any help would be
highly appreciated.
My plan is to learn some programming by implementing a simple motion
detector for an Eten X500. I would also like to get a feeling for what frame

I'm writing a contacts program for a desktop PC and I need the ability
to sync data between the desktop and Motorola Q phone.  Using an
existing product (like Act!) is not an option.
So - #1:  Is there a program out there already that can sync data from/

I've put the OpenNETCF 1.4 source into a solution so I could run it some in
debug mode to check it out, but I am getting 463 build errors when I try to
build OpenNETCF.Net, most of which begin with "Missing XML comment for
publicly visible type or member ".

The C# example code on this page:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.windowsmobile.pocketoutlook.p
imitemcollection.restrict.aspx
is this:
AppointmentCollection c = myOutlookSession.Appointments.Items;

Although POOM handles most of the operations with PIM items, it doesn't
support reading mails from inbox (atleast, using managed code it doesn't).
Pls give me some advise to access inbox mails....

How do I go about finding the window of the today screen, so I can make sure
it has the focus correctly?
Thanks.

I've got a dialog based application that is killing me with a bug: The
debugger will give me an assertion failure whenever I close my application
because somewhere deep in a core file, one of the m_hwnd values is NULL.
I can and have ignored this throughout the development of my ...

I am trying to read a file into a bitmap on Windows Mobile 5.  I don't
use MFC; though I'm fairly new at this, I think I'm just using win32
calls in C.
I have the following:

I am trying to find the ROM version (not OS version) in the Pocket PC
devices (WM3 and WM5) through programming. I not sure how to find it?
If any one knows How to find it? please let me know.
Note - There is a ".ver" in some smart phones that can give us the ROM

We are developing windows service application and we need to have it
run automatically when windows starts.
In MSDN I've found an <a href="ms-help://MS.MSDNQTR.v80.en/MS.MSDN.v80/
MS.WINCE.v50.en/wcecomm5/html/wce50conservicesexeregistrysettings.htm"

Having gone to the "Localized Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC Emulator
Images" page and gone successfully through the validation process, I
see a list of available languages with a "Download" button by each
one.

The SDK for the successor to Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC, now called
Windows Mobile 6 Professional (and Classic) is now available for download
at:-
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9018f474-18b7-4af8-9fe1
-0de049b6b3e9&displaylang=en&tm