I am working on application that access secure web server that uses
user and password.  Application will  send user/pass then download  
a files via Https.
Can I do this with C++ or C# on windows mobile device ?

How can I programmatically detect wether my software is running on Windows
Mobile Standard (Smart Phone) or Professional (Pocket PC) ?
And how can get I detect screen resolution? GetDeviceCaps and
GetSystemMetrics are returning the same values for VGA and QVGA screens,

How do I go about running an application through the control panel?
I modified the menu so that there is an option for the application I want to
run, but I do not know how to run the application when the user clicks on
that menu item.  

Is it possible to get the last modified time of the contacts database
on a WinMo 5 device through either EDB or POOM API's?
EDB's CEDBASEINFOEX.ftLastModified is reported as not used in the
docs, and I can't find anything appropriate in POOM either.

I have created an application in Win32.
I am using Windows Mobile Smartphone SDK 2005. I want to download data from
server around 10k in single hit.
please help me to create a socket connection in windows mobile.

I have been trying to embed third party software into a Windows Mobile 5
DotNet (C#) application by building it as a C++ DLL and calling the DLL
funtions using InteropServices.
The problem seems to be that the third party software requires a huge stack

I am trying to:
1) Get a list of the connections
2) ideally to GPRS
3) Request disconnect from GPRS

I would like to automate the addition of a Work URL Exception on a
Smartphone.  I've looked at the Connection Manager APIs but have not found an
obvious way to do this?
Can someone please advise me on where to start?

While making the oma dm session with windows mobile device, the information
(value as well as sub-node names) from the device comes in the encrypted
form.
For example:

in the OMA-WAP-ProvCont-v1_1-20050428-C specification, 4 different
security methods are listed:
0 = NETWPIN
1 = USERPIN

I'm trying to configure my Nokia 8525 running Windows Mobile 5 to
communicate with an OMA DM server however I can find now where to
configure the URL and credentials for the OMA DM server.
I'm I missing something?  If there are any good books on this process

How can I simulate the event of pressing VK_TSOFT1 or VK_TSOFT1? I have
tried SendMessage(hwnd,WM_HOTKEY,0,HIWORD(VK_TSOFT1)); But it didn't
work. Any suggestion?
Thanks,

I have a special application where I am essentially using a smartphone
as an appliance dedicated to my app and thus need to prevent my app
from loosing focus due to hot key button presses.
After a call to GXOpenInput(), the user can't switch from my app,

I am writing a WM5 app.
I have set up a MessageInterceptor and can ...
... send a response, retain the message and notify the user
... send a response, delete the message and not notify the user

Anyone have links to sites that expand on enhancements to VS2008 for
mobile development?  I'm looking for info on arm assembler upgrades/
support and possible support for inline assembly.
Thanks,