Is it possible to do the following when a .cab is installed on a
smartphone? Please let me know how these can be done.
- Run a program once after installation (not every time it starts up)
- Run a program with command line parameters

I'd like to know what steps I should follow to work with GPSID.
In the sdk of WM5 there are the C++ files gpsapi.exp, gpsapi.h and
gpsapi.lib. My objective is work with C#, so I cannot use those files.
Does anybody know where can I get the GPSID.dll library, that will let

I've just got a new HTC 710 WM6 and am just starting to look at the new SDK.
I'm brand new to mobile development and thought as a first trail task I'd
try and change the Home screen 'recently used list to a set of static links.
Firstly is this a reasonable task for a newbie and if ...

.. It is a known issue or my bad usage? On real device with WM5 it
works, but Emulator 2.0 hard resets itself, no matter what image
(smartphone/pocketpc) is inside..
I know three different methods to reseting,

I develop my service and I have a problem. Service at the beginning
loads data from file and saves data at the end of service's lifetime.
However, if I reboot smartphone, service does not save the data. Loading
data on phone startup is ok. If I unload while the phone is running

I try to read email body text:
        hr =
pPop3Store->OpenEntry(iRowSet->aRow[0].lpProps[0].Value.bin.cb,
                 (LPENTRYID)iRowSet->aRow[0].lpProps[0].Value.bin.lpb,

I am going to write a small and simple app to stream MP3's from the
network and play them.  I see in the SDK information about how to feed
data directly to the audio device.  That is straightforward enough.
However I am wondering if there is any way to have mediaPlayer play

I was used to show messages via SHNotificationAdd on WM for PPCs. But,
even this function is declared for Smartphone, it doesn't work, resp.
i'm not able to get it work. Somewhere i have read bubble notification
are not supported on Smartphone.

This is my first query.
Apologies in advance for any fault in description.
I am trying to make an FTP utility for windows mobile. The
.NetCompactFramework does not seem to have support for it. So I am using

Is it possible to detect the presence of the cable? For example I
connect usb cable to my smartphone and application will be notified.
When I connect charger cable, application will be notified too.
Any ideas?

Hi I would like to add some data processing routines with GSM calls
under SmartPhone/WIndows Mobile. Processing could be simple recording,
encryption, ..... . I am looking for the correct API to do that under
Windows Mobile. I have found a lot of API, e.g. Phone, ExTAPI,

I'd like to send command to sim card via RIL_SendRestrictedSimCmd
function.
How construct parameters for example for select MF command, if it
looks like:

I wish to access the inbuild camera on my Smartphone (Windows Mobile 2003 SE
based device) in my application build using .NET compact framework.
Any pointers of how I can do this would be of great help.
Thanking in advance.

I`m working on a FDRM app. for which I need to chnage the default Icons
display (add lock/unlock for exiting mime/app icons).
Iv tried to catch a hook from the file system for icon display - but this
method is problematic - I`m overriding the exiting display.

I want  to make the C# console app which always keeps running on
Windows Mobile 5.0 device. My console app is started by vc++ dll by
using CreateProcess() API.
The issue is I want to start this exe only once and it keeps running