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WebException: Unable to read data from the transport connection

A bug has been found on NETCF v2 and v35 that affects HTTPS web requests from Windows Mobile 6...

Author: Anthony Wong2 Date: 11/21/2007

How do I determine the application's root directory?

This is a popular question in the forum. The answer used be part of NETCF FAQ but cannot be easily...

Author: Anthony Wong2 Date: 01/22/2007

Terminating a GPRS connection

Earlier I have posted an article on establishing a GPRS/EVDO/EDGE connection with TcpClient in...

Author: Anthony Wong2 Date: 10/27/2006

SerialPort issue transmitting Unicode characters

The managed implementation in .NET Framework 2.0 and .NET Compact Framework 2.0 supports the...

Author: Anthony Wong2 Date: 04/25/2006

MessageBox issue

On NETCF V2, a message box is automatically closed if MessageBox.Show() is called after a form is...

Author: Anthony Wong2 Date: 04/12/2006

Establish a GPRS connection with TcpClient

NETCF's HttpWebRequest automatically sets up a GPRS connection for web requests/web services when a...

Author: Anthony Wong2 Date: 03/13/2006

Deadlock issue on closing SerialPort

NETCF V2's SerialPort implementation provides four public events for developers. They can add custom...

Author: Anthony Wong2 Date: 03/02/2006

Directory.Exists() Issue

On Windows CE 4.X based devices, Directory.Exists() treats path names ending with a slash ""...

Author: Anthony Wong2 Date: 01/31/2006

Unhandled exception with serial port issue

When an exception is unhandled in an application, an unhandled exception dialog is shown to inform...

Author: Anthony Wong2 Date: 01/16/2006

Bitmap.Save() Method

On pre-Windows Mobile 5.0 devices, because the image encoders are not available in the OS, NETCF V2...

Author: Anthony Wong2 Date: 11/30/2005

Multicast Sockets Sharing a Port

Because multicasting is a one to many communication, there maybe some occasions when you would like...

Author: Anthony Wong2 Date: 09/30/2005

Splash Screen on Pocket PC

Sometimes it would be nice to add a splash screen to your Pocket PC application. You can show your...

Author: Anthony Wong2 Date: 07/28/2005

Power Notifications and Serial Port

NETCF V2 adds the support of a managed SerialPort class to allow developers to directly access the...

Author: Anthony Wong2 Date: 06/07/2005

Scrolling with Dial Pad on SmartPhone

NETCF V2 adds the AutoScroll feature, showing scrollbars on a form when one of its controls is...

Author: Anthony Wong2 Date: 05/12/2005

HttpWebRequest: Timeout and ReadWriteTimeout

In NETCF V1, when a HttpWebRequest fails due to a timeout, a WebException is thrown with this...

Author: Anthony Wong2 Date: 05/05/2005