Questions and Answers

August, 2004

• How to use GetFocus across process boundaries?
  August 27, 2004. GetFocus is a very useful API function used to find window which has keyboard focus. However, this function has a limitation - focused window must be created by the calling thread or GetFocus will return NULL. This article describes how to walkaround this limitation.
• How to add link to PIE Favorites?
  August 18, 2004. Sometimes it is necessary to add link(s) to PIE Favorites programmatically. This article shows how to do this.
• How enable IME in my own and common controls?
  August 12, 2004. This FAQ shows how to enable input method selection for custom and common controls and also how to switch input methods programmatically.

September, 2003

• Smartphone Developer Network forums FAQ
  September 26, 2003. This FAQ outlines top questions asked in Smarthone Developer Network forums and links to the corresponding threads.

June, 2003

• How can I get which platform my application is compiled for?
  June 20, 2003. I need to check OS version, platform and processor type at compile time. What preprocessor directives can I use?

May, 2003

• Why does not keyboard navigation work with the Tree View control?
  May 08, 2003. I have the tree view control in a dialog and it does not respond to keyboard events. On the Smartphone 2002 platform I don't have a touch screen and a keyboard is the only way to navigate and scroll. How can I enable keyboard navigation in the Tree View control?

April, 2003

• How can I soft reset Smartphone 2002 device from code?
  April 29, 2003. How can I soft reset Smartphone 2002 device from my program?
• How to set the title text in the navigation bar?
  April 15, 2003. I use SetWindowText to set the dialog caption text. It works in the WM_INITDIALOG handler, but does not work in other handlers. How can I change the title text in the navigation bar?

February, 2003

• Why does not keyboard navigation work with HTML control?
  February 05, 2003. HTML control does not respond to keyboard events in my Smartphone/Pocket PC 2002 application. On the Smartphone platform I don't have a touch screen and a keyboard is the only way to navigate and scroll. How can I enable keyboard navigation in the HTML control?

January, 2003

• How to modify a popup menu on MS Smartphone?
  January 30, 2003. I have noted that Windows CE does not support the ModifyMenu API function. How can I modify a popup menu item on MS Smartphone?
• How can I speed up communications with the Smartphone emulator?
  January 28, 2003. It takes more than 20 seconds on my fast computer to download the "Hello World" application. How can I speed up communications with the Smartphone emulator?

August, 2002

• How to change popup menu item text in runtime?
  August 21, 2002. I want to change popup menu item text. I have read the Modifying Smartphone menu bars in runtime article, but it does not work for me. What am I doing wrong?

July, 2002

• Why keyboard navigation starts working only from second keypress in my list view control?
  July 18, 2002. I have created a single-selection list view control inside the dialog, set the focus to this control and selected the second item. However, the list view control does not respond to the arrow keys except the <DOWN> arrow. But the <DOWN> arrow moves the selection from the second item to the first one! What am I doing wrong?

June, 2002

• How can I use ActiveSync with Smartphone 2002 emulator?
  June 26, 2002. I have read the article in Smartphone SDK documentation about connecting ActiveSync to emulator with null-modem cable. However, that does not work for me. How can I get it work?

May, 2002

• How can I launch the Smartphone 2002 emulator without eVT?
  May 30, 2002. I know that usually the emulator is used for development purposes therefore the most common way to start it is to use eMbedded Visual Tools. However, I need the emulator for a presentation. Can I launch the Smartphone 2002 emulator from the command prompt?
• Why does my application crash when I press the Back hardware key?
  May 29, 2002. I've created a very simple application. But I noticed that it crashes when I press the Back hardware key. This behaviour is detected only when the application is running under debugger. I don't handle Back key in my application. How can I fix this?
• How can I create labels with the same appearance as in the standard applications?
  May 13, 2002. I have noted that labels in the standard Smartphone 2002 applications (for example, Inbox) use font that differs from the standard dialog font. How to create the same labels in my application?
• Is there a template to start WTL-based application for Smartphone 2002 platform?
  May 5, 2002. Since MFC is not supported on Smartphone 2002 I am going to use WTL in my application. Is there a good template to start?

April, 2002

• How can I insert an expandable edit control in my dialog?
  April 11, 2002. I want to use an expandable edit control introduced in Smartphone. How can I do it?
• How to use date time picker in a Smartphone application?
  April 02, 2002. I have inserted a date time picker control in my dialog. But when I try to create my dialog it fails. What shall I do?
• How can I use STL with Smartphone 2002 SDK?
  April 01, 2002. I need STL collections support in my Smartphone 2002 application. How can I use STL?

March, 2002

• Why do I get "undefined keyword or key name: I_IMAGENONE" compile error?
  March 26, 2002. I have created a simple 'Hello, world' application for smart phone. It compiles and runs just fine. But when I try to open rc-file in resource editor I get the following error:
  error RC2104: undefined keyword or key name: I_IMAGENONE.
  How can I fix this?
• Where can I download Smartphone 2002 SDK?
  March 16, 2002. I am interested in development for Windows Powered Smartphone 2002. Where and how can I get Smartphone 2002 SDK?