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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How to Enum.GetValues in .Net 3.5?
In .Net 4.0, I use System.Enum.GetValues(typeof(Gender)) to get the list of enum item.
In a complete example, I use to look for enum value in this way:
Gender retVal = Gender.Male;
foreach (Gender enumType in…

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GPS Windows Mobile 6 (using Microsoft.WindowsMobile.Samples.Location;)
well guys, i am part of one team. (I dont have the project yet, i am new).
They did a application using gps, problem is it fail sometimes...
why? they think gps fails because users has the device in "energy saving" mode; then the device…

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How do I debug a Pocket PC app running over a wireless network?
How do I debug an app running on a remote device, Pocket PC 4.2 (2003), over a wireless network (802.11)? I can remote debug with ActiveSync when the device is cradled (57K baud). I'm using Visual Studio 2008.
I am familiar with wireless debugging…

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Getting a specific Time Zone in .net CF 3.5?
I'd like to have a World Clock on my PocketPC. Getting the Local Time is no problem, and getting the UTC Time is even less a Problem. But I seem unable to get a specific Time Zone? Say I want the current Time Zone for New York, not knowing if it's…

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Pocket PC 2003 C# Performance Issues...Should I Thread It?
Environment
Windows XP SP3 x32
Visual Studio 2005 Standard Edition
Honeywell Dolphin 9500 Pocket PC/Windows Mobile 2003 Platform
Using the provided Honeywell Dolphin 9500 VS2005 SDK
.NET Framework 1.1 and .NET Compact Framework 1.0 SP3
Using…

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How do I retrieve IPIEHTMLDocument2 interface on IE Mobile
I wrote an Active X plugin for IE7 which implements IObjectWithSite besides some other necessary interfaces (note no IOleClient). This interface is queried and called by IE7. During the SetSite() call I retrieve a pointer to IE7's site interface…

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How to play a .wav file subsequently without overlapping in Windows Mobile 6.0?
I am developing an app which requires to play .wav sound file one after the other.To play a sound, this is what I am doing.
Sound sound = new Sound(path);
sound.Play();

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CaptureCameraDialog returns OK but does not save (Motorola ES400)
Ok it seems like everyone in the world has issues with CaptureCameraDialog.
In my case the result is OK, but when taking the photo there is a MessageBox that says "Error" that appears and disappears in the blink of an eye, then returns to my app (so…

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How can I access the SMS messages in a Windows Mobile device
I'm searching for a code that will alow access to the SMS messages stored in a Pocket PC device with Windows Mobile so I can download/backup them to a Windows PC.
Anyone knows how to do this?

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What is the best 2D graphics library for Windows Mobile?
The title speaks for itself... I've tried to find another question like it but must have missed it if it exists. I'm looking for anything, from a core library replacing GAPI to a .net wrapper... It's for building a nice UI so no 3D needed...

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module machine type 'THUMB' conflicts with target machine type 'ARM'
I had a windows mobile application running for ARMV4 (Pocket PC 2003)
We got a new device XXXCE6 (ARMV4I), we need to compile the application for it, we followed these steps:
install the Device SDK
Build-> configurartion manager
choose NEW from…

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Unable to compile arm assembly file with armasm
I'm using libmpeg2 for showing video in my pocket pc project. Last release of this lib has acceleration for ARM processor, some of the functions are rewritten in arm assembly (in separate file motion_comp_arm_s.S).
The problem is armasm from Visual…

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Screen Rotation on Pocket PC
I am developing an application for pocket PC which should run in landscape mode.
I wrote the function SetScreenOrientation(int angle), which rotates the screen. This function is called on application start and on application close. I want to change…

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Why would VS2005 be looking for a file it's supposed to be generating?
I'm working on a PocketPC app in Visual Studio 2005. The solution was building fine, then suddenly broke. The first error is this (assume the project is FooPDA):
"Unable to find source file 'C:\FooPDA\obj\Release\FooPDA.exe' for file 'FooPDA.exe',…

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Event Handler for Minimize and Maximize Window
I am developing an application for PocketPC. When the application starts the custom function SetScreenOrientation(270) is called which rotates the screen. When the application closes the function SetScreenOrientation(0) is called which restores the…

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