Here is the C# code to soft reset a Windows Mobile device (using P/Invoke) For more details on our products, click here If you need further assistance, please submit a ticket here

The best method is to ask the configuration service provider (CSP). Step 1: Add Reference to Microsoft.WindowsMobile.ConfigurationStep 2: Add the following statements at the top of the c# code file. Step 3: Prepare a csp string (.xml format) and pass it to the ProcessConfiguration method of ConfigurationManager. The return value is…

If you are using Google Website Optimizer Control Script to test and improve your website, be careful about where you place the control script on your HTML page. IE won’t like it if the script is placed before the Document Type Declaration. IE might render the content in a distorted form severely…

Too bad there is no straight-forward way in .net CF for an application to determine its folder path from where it was launched. But following code works just fine. For more details on our products, click here If you need further assistance, please submit a ticket here

Remote Manager has features to access the Windows Mobile device from the desktop. You can use Remote Manager to access window properties, reset the device, or capture device screenshots. The above features cannot be accessed if RAPI (Remote API) security is enabled on the device. Attempting to perform any remote operation…

If you have used the Remote Window option in the Remote Manager tool in SureLock Studio, you would have noticed that windowspoutlook.exe is the executable that is responsible for showing calendar, tasks, and contacts windows. There are no 3 different applications. How is this achieved? Well…all the magic occurs by way of the command-line parameter. The…

Lots of sounds that we hear when using Windows Mobile and Windows CE devices are generated by the OS by playing .wav files. They are located in the Windows folder. You can use them in your program with a call to PlaySound API. But the sound played when the screen…

USSD (Unstructured Supplementary Service Data) protocol is used by the GSM network to send data to a phone over a real-time connection. One of the most common usages is the network provider sending back prepaid account balance notifications after every call, SMS, and data connection. On windows mobile phones, this…

Many times I find myself in discussions on the history of Windows CE and Windows Mobile operating systems. Besides, if you have just started to work with Windows Mobile or Windows CE, it’s good to be aware of the origins and basics of these operating systems. Following is an attempt…

Shortcuts make it easy for users to launch applications. Shortcut files have .lnk extension and they take up very little storage space. Shortcuts contain information about the application to launch along with any parameter information. They are really handy if predetermined values need to be passed to the application as…