would like to control the backlight of a mobile 5.0 pda in
embedded visual basic (evb). is there any api function to access ?
thanks

Can anyone suggest a newbie development platform for the PPC? I code
in ASP 2.0/3.0 (vbscript) and know the basics of programming, but I
want to start easy here and gradually increase my skills. I would like
to create interactive items on the today screen, full features stand-

some example about print to bluebouch printer?...
some example about print to printer over pc?.
thanks!

How do I prevent a CAB from deleting after wceload installs it from my PC's
setup.exe application?
If I launch setup.exe, it calls ceappmgr (ActiveSync). So, how am I supposed
to specify command line parameters to wceload? ActiveSync starts the

I'm working on a Windows Mobile project where I am attempting to start
a File Watcher in a C++ DLL and then notify a C# application when a
file arrives in the \My Documents folder.  I started with the C:
\Program Files\Windows CE Tools\wce500\Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC SDK

I'm getting the following error when I attempt to open an .SDF file on my
PocketPC with Query Analyser.  
Error: 0x80004005 E_FAIL
Native Error: (25039)

Does anyone know if it's possible to use CeAppMgr.exe to install a
program using a CAB file, but *not* have the program listed in 'Remove
Programs' on the device after installation?
I've tried removing the 'Uninstall' line from the CEAppMgr ini file,

I am interested to invoke "custom Account settings" application (for
custom transport/inbox
already done) if I follow following use case: MS Inbox ->Menu->Options-

hi,
does anybody know if its possible to open up the system settings dialog on
windows mobile 5 from within my programm, since its not an executable
i have seen that another program can open some system settings screens by

I would like to know whether FtpGetFile is Synchronous or Asyncfronous
call? By the explanation given in MSDN it does seems to be a
synchronous, but what happens if a large file needs to be downloaded,
it blocks all the resources till then. If its asynchronous does it

I've used OMA Client Provisioning as _setup.xml in cab files, as string to
DMProcessConfigXML() function.
But what is OMA DM? The Microsoft documentation gives 2 schemes for OMA DM
and OMA Client Provisioning, which are pretty much the same.. though some

I'm writing in C++, using Visual Basic and Win32, targeting a Windows
Mobile 5 iPaq.  I had the following call, found on the web, to keep
the backlight on while my application was running.
backLightHandle = SetPowerRequirement

I am working on a project that will be implementing MSMQ on a Symbol MC70
with built-in Cingular data services. This being my first time using MSMQ on
a mobile device, I am wondering if anyone can point me to somewhere that has
some decent documentation on this. I have the book ...

We want our App to install on the CF Storage Media.
Our installer will go out to some Techs that don't always follow directions.
Is there a way to tell wceload or ezSetup that the default storage location
should be the Compact Flash media?

i'm using visual studio 2005 with the "windows mobile 5 pocket pc
sdk".
i repeatedly get a "storage memory is critically low" message.
I can change the size of the RAM in the emulator settings, but that