i'm trying to change the brightness or contrast of my windows CE 4.2 device.
After some search on the net i found some methods to change the contrast,
all based on ExtEscape() function. Unfortunately ExtEscape always returns 0
on my device, no matter what escape code i pass to it ...

How can I redirect SMS to a virtual COM port? The same way like redirect
bluetooth msg to a virtual com port. I know how bluetooth work? However, I
cannot find any way(document) to do that using SMS.
any help is appreciate.

I am trying to register with a SIP server, RTC send a register request and
the SIP server response a 401 Unauthorized, but RTC dosen't send a
authorization, and Timeout at last. (WinCE5.0 Windows Messenger is the same
with this probrem)

Hi, all
I am using eVC++4.
Is there any way to compute difference between SYSTEMTIMEs
like difftime() in VisualC++ 6.0.

I have reinstalled the EVC4, then I have created a new 'WCE
Application' project. When I compile and try to run the application it
loads the 'Hello World' string, but the menu bar is not located in the
usual way (at the bottom of the screen), the menu bar is at the top and

I have a project that compiles to Windows CE 4.2.  I just installed an SDK
that allows me to target Windows CE 4.1.  The SDK adds support for the
ARMV4T cpu, but I can't get at it in my current project.  The only way to
get at it is to generate a completely new project using project ...

  when I launched setup.exe it crashed (exception unhandled):
0013cd68 0041703c 003f0000 00000000 000000f1 ntdll!RtlReAllocateHeap+0x8f
0013cd8c 00412966 000000f1 00000000 0000004e setup+0x1703c
0013cd90 00000000 00000000 0000004e 0013d5fc setup+0x12966

for my newsreader, I need to write an owner drawn listview control in order
to achieve maximul use of the available space. Can anyone please direct me
to a good tutorial how do that using WinAPI? I am also thinking about
implementing a semi-tree function (collapse/expand the topmost ...

Since there is no support for MDI, I need some advice on how to
implement my application. I would like a main dialog window which
allows the user to toggle between several dialog windows, each of which
displays a unique feature of the hardware device. Is there any way to

Opinions Please.
I am writing an MFC App for a particular platform (WinCE 4.2).  The App will
not be installed on other platforms without modification.
Should the MFC be statically linked or dynamically linked?

BOOL initialize=InitCommonControlsEx(&icex);
DWORD lastError=0;
SetLastError(0);
lastError=GetLastError();

I am using Embedded VC++ 4,
Is there any way to verify the exact processor
installed on the PDA
I mean VC  show e.g.  ARMV4, ARMV4I, ARMV4T

Appologies to all for trying to contact Chris like this.
Dear Chris
Sorry for contacting you like this.  IF you would rather email me
directly regarding the folowing matter please do so on

Hi to all,
I would you like to try the "IP Telephony User Interface TUI Application but
I don't know how to find the sample code. Someone can help me? I have to
find it in WCE installation or I can find it on the net?

I posted this before but had no reply:
hi, the query below will create a database on my pocket pc, but the code
does not work,
is there something wrong? i dont get a error message or something