how can i create a random id
for example 'asdfsh7sdf9'
(not a sequentially numeric id)

I am developing apps for NEC MobilePro 770/780s which run CE 3.01 (core
2.11).  I have installed VBCE 6 and the SDK for HPC Pro.  These work fine
together and I have working apps.
I have also loaded eVB3 but am unable to have it recognize the HPC Pro SDK.

I am attempting to pass a control to a DLL so that I can access parts of the
control inside the DLL.
The Control is in a eVB 3.0 app, which makes things interesting, and I am
attempting to pass its "handle" to my DLL.

I am using a PDA manufactured by PSC and the model type is 4220.THe PDA
has a DotNet operating system.
I developed an application in VB.Net. It has one screen and on that I have
placed a text box. I ran this program on the PDA and when tried to cut or

I am developing an app using ebv on a pocket pc device. I need to have a
listview that populates with data by the user through a textbox. When the
user clicks "Done" then I need to loop through all data in the listview and
write the data to the databse.

I am a very experienced developer and have done PocketPC applications with
eVB and VB.Net.  However, I have a project now to develop a custom WinCE
platform and application.  I am planning on using WinCE.Net V4.2.
Unfortunately, I haven't been able to connect eVB 3.0 with the OS ...

I have made a COM EXE server wich exposes a dual interface om my CEPC platform.
Is it possible to write a VB or C# program in the CF that can connect to this COM server? And getting event notifications back from my COM server?
Please advice

I'm trying to display an image that is stored in a OLE Object field type of on an Access Database (myfile.cdb)
First I wrote the following code in VB 6.0 and works good:
Private Sub DisplayImage(ByVal oField As DAO.Field)
Const conChunkSize = 100

each time I have compiled a evb program within the development phase
the Application Install Wizard comes up with the same questions like
install directory, cpu type application name etc.
Is it possible to store the answers somewhere in an ini file so that

how can i delete a ppc file from my windows pc?
i use:
DECLARE LONG CeDeleteFile IN RAPI AS _CE_DELETEFILE;
STRING @ lpFileName