eVC++ 4.0 compiles projects that use time()/localtime(), but the linker does
not find their implementation. So which replacements exist under Windows CE
that I can use?

What does CloseHandle do? Is it necessary or proper to set the handle NULL
after CloseHandle? Just like:
--------------------------------------------------
   //    some thing done

I have a PocketPC application that is layered as so:
GUI <--> Core <--> HardwareInterface
I am want to put the application on the Tablet PC with a new GUI and
Hardware Interface, but leave the Core intact.  The new GUI (which

Does anyone have already developed or know where I can find
a function that encode/decode a base64 to simple text?
I am implementing a MIME_TEXT parser and the message
encoding is base64.

I have an application that is running on PPC 2003. From time to time the
application needs to be able to open various types of files into their
appropriate viewers (i.e. a Word Doc, Excel Sprd Sheet, maybe PDF). My
question basically is what is the best approach to tackle this ...

Hello there I am trying to convert the cstring data into a char ptr as I need
to send the data collected in a message box which is of CString type.When i
try to put it in the sockets send function it complains that Cannot convert
class CString to char *.I could not find any help ...

Writing a driver for WinCE, but when i compile my driver under platform
builder, it cannot find VirtualCopy
Have i forgot to include something?
- Joe

How can I use CreateFile to read a datafile that I have loaded as a
resource?
I have succesfully read this file and processed it, but my datafile is
unchanging, and I would like to have one executable, rather then an

I have a problem when i install evc, this message is displayed :
"Impossible to find VBSCRIPT" for script "c:\Program files\ Embededd C++ 4.0\Common\EVC Bin\rg.vbs".
The install is for a PC with Windows XP Home SP2.
   Can someone please help me in get this problem resolved? I ...

I have created an application that embeds the IE component for displaying
HTML.  In the container program I trap BeforeNavigate2 to check for special
URLs.  On most Windows CE devices it works just fine.  On this particular
device (it's a CE.NET 4.2 Arm Processor device) it will ...

Hello sir,
I am  looking for a  graphics  library like (directx ) for pocket pc 2003
emulator.
At present i am working in evc++4.0 and pocket pc emulator on my XP device

I have a class, one private method is a thread routine.
In publics declarations I expose one function to createThread and run the
upwrite routine.
Compiler say: "error C2664: 'CreateThread' : cannot convert parameter 3 from

Does anybody can tell me how to set the file descriptor to open the RS232
COM1 port on a device?
I have used the following code:
hComPort = CreateFile(lpFileName,

I'm getting a "Datatype misalignment" exception on a call to LocalAlloc
using EVC 4.  My target CPU  is Win32 (WCE ARMV4) Debug.  There is only one
LocalAlloc call (among many other successful ones) which gets this
exception.  Any ideas about what's going on and how to stop it?  Is ...

I used LoadLibrary() and GetProcAddress() in my application to call a
exported function in dll. But GetProcAddress() failed: GetLastError=87.
What kind of problem caused this error?
Thanks.