A Pocket PC, abbreviated P/PC or PPC, is also known by Microsoft as a 'Windows Mobile Classic device'. It is a hardware specification for a handheld-sized computer (Personal digital assistant) that runs the Microsoft 'Windows Mobile Classic' operating system. It has some of the capabilities of modern desktop PCs.
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Porting Windows Mobile Pocket PC client to Windows CE Mobile Client
I have an Pocket PC application which is compiled with windows mobile 6 professional SDK.
Now i want the application to work with Windows CE.
What are the procedure to compile it on Windows CE and make it work on Windows CE?

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Pocket PC SQL Server connection error
I'm trying to connect to SQL Server 2005 via Pocket PC project in Visual Studio 2005. But I cannot.
When I try connecting via Windows Form application everything is ok. But in PocketPc application I am not able to connect. I think it is about…

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How to vendor and product id on WinCE device
I am new to USB HID on winCE. Could someone tell me how to get vendor and product onreport under windowCE environment. On window side there is function called SetupDiGetDeviceProperty, is there an equvient term on the windowCE side?

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Increasing text output speed wedge scanner
I have a Symbol MC-50 pocket PC and I'm trying to scan a QR-code with a lot data. To be precise: 256 characters.
The text has been compressed to the max, so I can't decrease the amount of data.
When I'm scanning the QR-code, the scanner takes up to…

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Unregister a DLL on a Pocket PC
I demoed a control (from MooseWorks) for my Pocket PC app. I used the demo control in my app to see if it would work.
It worked great and we have now purchased it. I took the old (demo) dll out of my project and added the new one in. I also deleted…

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Need help on how to reading from external text file
I'm writing a program in C# for a pocket pc that uses Compact Framework 1.0
I need to read in data from a text file but Im not sure where to place the file since the program doesnt seem to be able to locate the file. I placed it root of the project…

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How do I change the look of the Windows form window when developing for Pocket PC in Visual Studio?
I'm developing for Pocket PC in Visual Studio 2003. When I create a Windows form it has the look of a classic XP frame with the 'X' and underline in the right top corner. How do I change the look into the Pocket PC window with an 'Ok' button in the…

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Which of the following file formats are the easiest one to convert to an array?
I'm creating a program in a symbol ppt2800 PocketPC and we're gonna use it for doing a list of stuff in a store. The barcode reader in the symbol reader will be checked against a list in the PocketPC and if they match it will note it in a list. I'm…

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Windows mobile controlling scroll bar with finger
I have a question about the windows mobile development.
I created a mobile form on the windows mobile 6.0 test project. But that example form slightly larger than the vertically normal pocketpc forms. I now everybody said you can press the…

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PocketPC - Convert VT_DATE to an invariant VT_BSTR
I'm trying to convert a VARIANT from VT_DATE to an invariant VT_BSTR. The following code works on Windows XP:
VARIANT va;
::VariantInit(&va);
// set the variant to VT_DATE
SYSTEMTIME st;
memset(&st, 0, sizeof(SYSTEMTIME));
st.wYear =…

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how to remove horizontal scroll bar in listview in .net compact framework
i am using listview while developing windows mobile 5.0 application. When items are added at the end it shows vertical as well as horizontal scrollbar. How can remove horizontal scrollbar?
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How to find handle of unknown window in c++?
I want to find handle of a window whose title may be of type *.log where *.log could be temp.log, dummy.log etc.
I dont know the title but i know the extension of log type.
I know FindWindow API is used for finding the handle of the window but there…

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How to run windows Application Visual Studio 2012 to Pocket PC ?
When i try to copy the application to pocket pc . The pocket PC asking for .NET Frame work 4.0 . visual studio 2012 dont have setup deployment for cab files..
any suggestion to run my application in Pocket PC . Thank you

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How can I program the speakerphone on a pocketpc running Windows Mobile 6.5?
Thanks to Josef who put me onto the right track for coding Windows Mobile 6.5 phone support.
I have found some more tricks which I would like to share. Yes, I know it is old technology, but there are many devices being sold that still run mobile…

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Get last digit from a decimal
I have a question. In my case I want to retrieve the last digit of a decimal value in order to do rounding adjustment. Following is my code:
private void calculateADJ()
{
string result = Strings.Right(txtGTotal.Text, 1);
if…

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