If I have a user control that can be used by other developers with the aid
of the toolbox in Visual Studio, how do I have the designer show the control
at the bottom of the Form instead of actually being in it visually?  I guess
the best example is the Timer control.  If you drag ...

I was hoping to be able to use application settings
<http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/a65txexh(VS.80).aspx> in a WM5
 PPC Smart Device CF2 C# project, however I just noticed that the
Settings tab in the project settings is missing.  On a full desktop .Net

Does any of you know how to close a msgbox in .NET compact framework a few
seconds after it has been displayed programmatically?
Any help or guidance would be highly appreciated.
Thanks.

It seems that the #4993 is a new item for Windows Mobile Update Test in LTK.
There is no idea about dealing w/ this failed item. Has anybody ever met same
issue before? Many thanks.

I need to export the data in SQL mobile to Excel.
Is there any way to do this ?
Please post any related links regarding this.

Can some one tell me if there is native support for uncompressing zip files
on WM 5.0?
What about compressed folders?
I am trying to deliver in a zip files like  exes, dlls, cabs. Will the user

Hi! I have been searching the web for the past 2 days and not found an
answer.
I am using Visual Studio and C++ and I have a list of items in a owner-drawn
listview control whose content changes either by the item or when an item is

I'm getting a Windows Mobile 6 based phone (HTC 3600i). What are your
thoughts on what development approach to use if I wanted to knock together
some applications for myself. I have some Java background. From what I see:
Windows ME based development:

I'm trying to capture the packets. Like Netlog. for that purpose i
tried with NDISUIO. but when ever i try to open the device it is
returning 0x57 error, (bad parameter). I'm using mobile 6 emulator.
and using Virtual Ethernet adapter.

When I build my Pocket PC 2003 application in VisualStudio 2005 for WM6 it
tells me that
GXBeginDraw() - identifier not found
and GXEndDraw() - identifier not found.

How can I simply send a string from an application on my device
(connected with active sync) to an application running on my pc?
(I'm working with CF2 in C#)
Can I use sockets? Which is the IP?

Notes:
- evbruntime is ALREADY INSTALLED
- Pocket PC 2003 (Version 4.20.0 Build 14053)
- This application runs fine on 29 other handhelds with similar/identical

I am writing a client server socket application for Windows Mobile 5.0.
In my client application, I am creating a socket and trying to connect as
follows (have removed debugging code):
hSocket = WSASocket ( AF_INET,  SOCK_STREAM,  0, NULL, 0,

I have found following problem: throw instruction from catch block crashes
application on WM5 PPC device with error message: Unhandled exception at
0x8c108808 in testExcept.exe: 0xC0000005: Access violation reading location
0x8c108808.

Probably this question has been asked before, but i did not find an
answer :=)
I would like to develop an SMS send/receive application on Windows
Mobile 5.0 under C#/.Net. I can Send and be notified of SMS arrival