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Windows Mobile 6.1 compatibility problem? - 8/26/2008 3:20:40 PM

Bart

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Hi,
Recently some users have complaints about not being able to run my software. All of them are using Windows Mobile 6.1, but others with the same version seem to be doing fine. I didn't find anything on this forum or in any other place about such an issue.
Anybody know what's going on? There is one hint that it might be connected to SQLCE, I'm using version 2.0 in my software. Any issue there?

Thanks so much for any clue

Bart

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RE: Windows Mobile 6.1 compatibility problem? - 8/26/2008 4:28:36 PM

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How do you mean 'not being able to run my software'??

Does it refuse to start? Do you get an error message? What language is it written in?

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RE: Windows Mobile 6.1 compatibility problem? - 8/31/2008 3:46:10 PM

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Hi Pete,
Thanks for asking and sorry for the delay.
The error reported is a 'WinCE501bException' and I'm not sure what that could be.
The program is written in VB.NET, running fine on a lot of devices but we get a few complaints. Latest one was on a HTC Touch Pro running Windows mobile 6.1.

Thanks for any hint

Bart

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RE: Windows Mobile 6.1 compatibility problem? - 9/1/2008 2:24:30 AM

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Hi,
are there no more details associated with the error, like a dll name etc?

If not, there is a great new FREE trace app, which you can run against your app, and deploy with no code changes.

This is from those nice people at Eqatec

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RE: Windows Mobile 6.1 compatibility problem? - 9/7/2008 4:22:42 PM

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Thanks, I'll give that a try and come back to that later

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RE: Windows Mobile 6.1 compatibility problem? - 9/9/2008 5:18:01 AM

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Hi!
I have the same problem with HTP Touch Pro. On HTC Touch Diamond and WM 6.1 emulator the application just don´t start (no error at all).

My app runs on .NET CF 1.0 and SQL CE (not sure about the version at the moment, I think it is 2.0, cab-file is from oct 2002).

/Johan

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RE: Windows Mobile 6.1 compatibility problem? - 9/10/2008 2:48:08 AM

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Have you tried stepping through the code?

Have you installed SqlCe on the device/emulator?

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RE: Windows Mobile 6.1 compatibility problem? - 9/10/2008 3:33:24 AM

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The application stops before my code runs. Tried to put "MessageBox.Show" on the first line in my Main-method, but the messagebox never shows up.

Yes, SqlCe is installed. The same installation works on every PocketPC/Windows Mobile device I have tried before.

/Johan

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RE: Windows Mobile 6.1 compatibility problem? - 9/10/2008 5:08:25 AM

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Have you tried stepping through the code in the emulator?

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RE: Windows Mobile 6.1 compatibility problem? - 9/10/2008 5:14:37 AM

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No, not yet, I haven´t installed the emulator on the same computer I run VS on at the moment. I´am trying to convert the project to .NET CF 3.5 right now. I will install the emulator on my computer if that doesn´t work.

/Johan

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RE: Windows Mobile 6.1 compatibility problem? - 9/11/2008 7:46:48 AM

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Got it running by converting my project to .NET CF 2.0 and SQL Server 3.5. But now I have some trouble with the screen size on HTC Touch PRO and HTC Touch Diamond...

/Johan

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RE: Windows Mobile 6.1 compatibility problem? - 9/22/2008 1:39:51 PM

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I have the same problem like yours.
I have a application of my company. The application runs on windows mobile 6.0 ,but doesn't run on windows mobile 6.1 !!! Does anybody have a solution? I know one of the issue might be with SQL CE ...just for the hint..
But I need proper solution.
My application is developed in C#.net 2005 and SQL server 2005 .
The url that has given is not proper solution.

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RE: Windows Mobile 6.1 compatibility problem? - 9/22/2008 1:56:38 PM

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quote:

I have the same problem like yours.

You say you need a proper solution - but don't give any DETAILS about your problem.

What is the error message you are getting.

What do you mean by 'the url that has given is not proper solution'?

Help us to help you

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RE: Windows Mobile 6.1 compatibility problem? - 10/29/2008 3:13:44 PM

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Hi Pete and everybody,

I still have the problem that started this thread, but can give some more details now. It's good to hear that I'm not the only one, but strange that it's so hard to trace.

What we get upon starting the app is the wait cursor and then the nice screen 'We are sorry...' from which I can click to an error report. That error report specifies the 'WinCE50lbException' and specifies my .exe as the AppName, as the ModName and as the OwnName. AppVer is 3.0.0.0, AppStamp is 48175e89.
OS version listed is 5.2.19965.3. We're testing on an HTC Touch Dual. SQLCE 2.0 installed.

That's about all I get. I haven't run an emulator yet, but I believe the program code indeed never starts, the problem seems to happen before starting the code, when loading DLL's.

Anybody got a clue?

Bart

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RE: Windows Mobile 6.1 compatibility problem? - 10/29/2008 3:26:07 PM

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As I wrote before, I got it running by converting my project to .NET 2.0 and SQL 3.5. So I suggest that you try that (if it´s possible).

/Johan

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RE: Windows Mobile 6.1 compatibility problem? - 10/29/2008 3:32:32 PM

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Hi Johand,
Thanks, that's really fast. Uh, let me phrase my problem as a question: how much time did it take you to convert your app?

Thanks

Bart

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RE: Windows Mobile 6.1 compatibility problem? - 10/29/2008 3:51:20 PM

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I had to install VS2008 first and that took about one hour.

I opened my project in VS2008, changed SQL-referencen and hit Run. Maximum 5 minutes!

/Johan

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RE: Windows Mobile 6.1 compatibility problem? - 10/29/2008 3:53:42 PM

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Oh and Pete, I tried the free trace app, but it hung my system, sorry

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RE: Windows Mobile 6.1 compatibility problem? - 10/29/2008 5:25:29 PM

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Thanks Johand, that sounds really easy indeed!
I think I will try the demo version to see if it works for me too

Bart

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RE: Windows Mobile 6.1 compatibility problem? - 11/17/2008 10:10:22 AM

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Hi everybody,

I still have the problem that started this thread, with the description provided by Bart.
My configuration :

WM Pro 6.1.4 Emulator
SQLCE not installed
.NET Compact Framework 1.0 SP3 installed

If I uninstall the Compact Framework 1, then my application starts correctly (using the .Net Framework 2.0 provided by default by WM 6.1). So, it seems that the problem comes from the compatibility between WM Pro 6.1 and CF1.0...

Unfortunately, parts of my applications need CF1.0 to run correctly so I cannot use CF2.0. Has anyone any other information about the compatibility between WM Pro 6.1 and CF1.0 ?

Cyril

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