Questions tagged [windows-mobile]

Windows Mobile is a discontinued family of mobile operating systems developed by Microsoft for smartphones and Pocket PCs. Based on the Windows CE kernel and designed to look and operate similar to desktop versions of Microsoft Windows.

Windows Mobile has largely been supplanted by Windows Phone 7.

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How can I expose only a fragment of IList<>?

I have a class property exposing an internal IList<> through System.Collections.ObjectModel.ReadOnlyCollection<> How can I pass a part of this ReadOnlyCollection<> without copying elements into a new array (I need a live view, and the target device…
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VS 2008 Professional, Smart Device .NET C# project - slow build

I have VS 2008 Professional and a Smart Device .NET C# project. I have ~100 cs files in total. The build takes a very long time, I have to wait for linker approx. 1min (60s) every time I compile the project. I have Core i3, 4GB RAM, 7200rpm disk.…
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Magnetc Stripe Reader Issue in Motorola MC65 device

I have an issue with Magnet Stripe Reader in Motorola MC 65 ( OS : Windows Mobile ). If I try to open the Reader, I'm getting an exception of MSR_Open MSR_Err_OpenFailure. Code: Symbol.MagStripe.Device MyDevice = new…
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Can't find PInvoke DLL error in Windows Mobile

I am having a lot of trouble getting a basic scenario to work on windows mobile 5.0 emulator. I have a winforms app that eventually calls into native code. Deployment works fine and all the native DLLs are copied in the same folder as the winforms…
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Windows Mobile - Attach on call starting and recording a call

I need to implement a small feature in my project for windows mobile 6.0+ platform. I want to attach to an event when a phone call is answered and to record the 2 way call. I saw this question: Windows Mobile - 2 Way Call Recording (C#) But it…
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Honeywell Dolphin 9500 (Pocket PC 2003) C# Event Handling Conflicts?

Environment Windows XP x32 Visual Studio 2005 Standard Edition Honeywell Dolphin 9500 running Windows Mobile 2003 (Pocket PC 2003) With built in Barcode scanner and B&W camera Using their SDK located here. .NET Compact Framework 1.0 SP3 and .NET…
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How do I force a serial port write method to wait for the line to clear before sending its data?

Here's some background on what I'm trying to do: Open a serial port from a mobile device to a Bluetooth printer. Send an EPL/2 form to the Bluetooth printer, so that it understands how to treat the data it is about to receive. Once the form has…
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User Control Property Designer Properties

For a C# UserControl on Windows Mobile (though please answer if you know it for full Windows...it might work) how do you change what shows up in the Designer Properties window for one of the Control's public Properties. For example: private Color…
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Zip library options for the Compact Framework?

My requirements: Support .NET Compact Framework 2.0 and Windows Mobile 6.0 devices. Only need to unzip the contents to a directory on a storage card. Creation of zip files is not required. Must be able to use in corporate/commercial software. Can…
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GPS library for .NET compact framework

I'm thinking of writing simple application for Windows Mobile devices, where user could simply enter destination coordinates, and the app would calculate distance and show direction to the destination. But I haven't found any Free, preferably Open…
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Memory mapped file std::allocator implementation freezes WM6 device

I have a Visual Studio 2008 C++ project for Windows Mobile 6.x where I need more memory than is available to me in the 32MB process slot. So, I'm looking at using memory mapped files. I've created a standard allocator implementation that replaces…
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Adding WCF service to existing application?

I have an existing application which now has the requirement to be interacted with from a mobile device. The mobile device has a wifi connection, and would be connecting to the PC hosting the main application on a LAN. The mobile device simply needs…
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To close or not to close connection in database

I work with Windows-Mobile and Windows-CE using SqlCE and I dont know what better to do. To open connection when the program open, run any query's... update...delete database and close the connection after the program close? Or open connection run…
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How to rebuild .net CF application and deploy in windows mobile emulator using command-line

Is there a ways to rebuild a c# .net CF application and deploy it in windows mobile emulator from the command-line? This is required to create a bat file for automation. I have taken a look at…
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Windows CE vs Windows Mobile

I often see these terms: Windows CE Windows Mobile Pocket PC Windows Mobile Smart Phone I know the difference between the second 2, but I am confused on the first. I thought it was the name of the Mobile OS prior to Windows Mobile 5. But I am…
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