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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Compact Framework - Is there an MVC framework/library available?

I've found an article on this subject by a Microsoft employee, but has anyone implemented a more robust framework for this? Is there a lightweight framework for WinForms that could be ported easily? I'd like to get up to speed fairly quickly and…
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Windows Mobile 6.5 vs Windows Embedded Handheld 6.5 - what's the difference?

I need to develop an app for a Windows Embedded Handheld 6.5. I start looking for some tutorials or documentation for a "Getting Started". After all I think I got the main facts but something still wonders me. I look everywhere for an SDK or DTK but…
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Deploy a Desktop Shortcut to a Device running Windows CE 4.2 (VS2005)

I have an application written using VS2005 in C# targeting the Compact Framework 2.0 SP2. As part of the solution, I have CAB deploy project which deploys to the device without a problem. What I can't do is create a shortcut to my application on the…
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Iframe support on mobile

Is there are any ambiguity while using iFrame on the mobile devices? Does all mobile devices support iFrame.
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An error message cannot be displayed because an optional resource assembly containing it cannot be found

I am working on windows mobile 6, i created one application in VS 2005 using Sqlserver compact sp1.This application running on emulator fine.But when i deply my cab file on real device.i am getting this type of error:- An error message cannot be…
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How to get the path of app(without app.exe)?

I want to get the path of my app like: "\\ProgramFiles\\myApp", I try to use the following code: string path = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().CodeBase; But it returns a path which has "\\myapp.exe" at the end. I also…
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How to Auto-Update Windows Mobile application

I have a .net cf 3.5 Windows Mobile application that my client wants to have autoupdate features. Here is what I have so far: create a CAB using the Smart Device CAB Project (is this good enough, or should I be doing something else here) 2.Get the…
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C++ or C# to program mobile barcode device?

I will be developing some applications using mobile barcode scanners and need to choose between C++ and C# for coding on the scanners. I am considering Intermec's CK31 or similar for the combination of wifi, scanning choices, programmability and…
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Building Compact Framework applications with VS2010 (without VS2005)

I want to perform a .NET CF 2.0 build using VS2010. I know it's not supported "normnally," but I've seen this answer: ( .NET Compact Framework with Visual Studio 2010? ) ...and I want to use that approach. The blog post cited there says I need…
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What's the best way to write JavaScript/Ruby applications on Windows Mobile device?

I recently bought a Windows Mobile device and since I'm a developer I want to use it as a development platform. Yes, it's not supposed to be used like that but it's always with me and my laptop isn't. I know cke is a good editor for code but how can…
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JVM choices on Windows Mobile

What are the JVM implementations available on Windows Mobile? Esmertec JBed is the one on my WinMo phone. Wondering how many other JVM vendors are in this zone. Are there any comparison or benchmarking data available?
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Passing a C# string to an unmanaged C DLL in Windows Mobile

I've got an unmanaged c++ DLL that I need to call from a Windows Mobile C# app. I've got the C# wrapper and it works nicely in desktop. I can call the DLL functions from a C# desktop program and pass strings around with no problem. However, when I…
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HTML select tag rendering issue

Currently, I am facing the rendering problem in html select tag. I have few select tag, in that one select tag's option is static but another select tag's option is dynamic, which populate using jQuery. I am using the internet explorer 6 mobile…
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Windows Mobile 6 Development, alternatives to visual studio?

I am looking to start writing apps for my Windows Mobile 6.1 professional device (Sprint Mogul/HTC Titan). I use the copy of Visual Studio 2003 that I bought in college for all of my current contracting work, (all of my day job work is done on a…
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Update/Insert to a table using SQLCeResultSet

I have a SQL Compact Edition Database that I update periodically (via web services). The part where I write to the database is taking way too long. I am currently doing it with Linq to Datasets (as seen in this question). I have heard that if I do…
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