What a nightmare...
I first installed WM6 Dev DVD (like 5-6 hours of install time...why?). It
didn't seem to have WM5 support so I installed the WM 5 PPC SDK.
Most samples don't build without adding cmt.lib? to build libs and some

There is a problem re-installing a help file (HTML) that is part of a CAB
installation file.  The installation fails without comment if the old version of
the help file is "open" at the time of the re-install.  But that condition can
arise so easily.  If your help file is the last ...

Hi
One of our customers has an old school MDA Pocket PC 2003 version 4.20.1081
(build 13100) - believe this the have been purchased in the Germany and they
use this in Australia.

Using eMbedded VC 4:
I have a thread and a timer that I need to be able to repaint my main dialog
window.
I can't use Invalidate, so my code in the thread and the timer is written

Usually a device adresses some resource or service.
Is there any way to address a WM5 device from outside, not using SMS?
Thanx

I have a background image that I have drawn to my device using StretchBlt.
Now, I would like to be able to draw a box over the top of it.
How do I do this without erasing my background?
Is there a site somewhere that talks about this?

I just downloaded the latest Broadcom Bluetooth SDK and it seems
daunting to me that I will have to re-write my application using the
arcane API provided by Broadcom.
I know that device discovery for Broadcom-stack based devices is not

Hi, everyone
When reading the WINCE Programming(3rd Edition), I found that at the
last of Ch14(?), there is a method to communicate PC and PPC over
ActiveSync using Socket. I just tried it, and met some problem.

In one of our applications, we have a long process that can take up to 10
minutes.
During this time, I don't want the device to enter sleep mode.
The process is embedded in a command line application and I wrote this code

I am looking for a way to programmatically get the same behavior as if
someone were to click on the Master Volume Icon.

I can't use *.bat files on a PDA so i like to know, what can i do?
I like to get another program started with some parameters.
I can do this on a bat file "Start tomtom.exe %info"
But it can't run on PDA.

Is it technically possible to make an HTTP request over GPRS
1. As soon as I get a notification event about  an incoming call and before I
answer that call?
2. During the conversation?

I'm pretty new to programming in C#, so please excuse any questions that
may seem obvious.
I have a loop which updates a panel with a few shapes. Every time the
loop runs through once, the shapes get moved a few pixels.

I have been writing Java code for the past 9 years and am just starting to
write Windows Mobile code.  In Java there is a Properties class that allows
Java apps to read and write application settings / configuration to a file in
a key=value format.

We have an application that we're porting from Pocket PC 2003 to run on
Windows Mobile 5.0 (only on the HP iPAQ hx2495).  For our application, we
want to disable the user from being able to create an ActiveSync partnership
and always connect as Guest.  On Pocket PC 2003, we were ...