I am porting a mobile data aquisition application from eVB
to C#.Net HOW can I open and read the contents of an XLS
file (PXL once copied to PPC device). This is crucial,
there are hints that I can use a COM wrapper using pinvoke
and some DLL's but no examples anywhere. Any thoughts?
Also any idea when SP2 is out? I need colored buttons!
Thanks in advance

SP2 is currently in beta and is expected to be released before the end of
this year.

To use COM components from within the .NET CF it is worth taking a look at
CFCOM from Odyssey Software
(http://www.odysseysoftware.com/cfcom_main.html).

Peter Foot posted this link a while ago which might be of use to you to open
/ read PXL files:

There's no easy way but Pocket Excel is based on a format called Binary
Interchange File Format (BIFF) which is documented on the web - you'd need
to get down and dirty to read or write such a file from code.
http://chicago.sourceforge.net/devel/docs/excel/pkt/



--
Regards,

Maarten Struys, eMVP
PTS Software bv

"CottonTech" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:06b601c3b49c$b3fac5c0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I am porting a mobile data aquisition application from eVB
> to C#.Net HOW can I open and read the contents of an XLS
> file (PXL once copied to PPC device). This is crucial,
> there are hints that I can use a COM wrapper using pinvoke
> and some DLL's but no examples anywhere. Any thoughts?
> Also any idea when SP2 is out? I need colored buttons!
> Thanks in advance

"CottonTech" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:06b601c3b49c$b3fac5c0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I am porting a mobile data aquisition application from eVB
> to C#.Net HOW can I open and read the contents of an XLS
> file (PXL once copied to PPC device). This is crucial,
> there are hints that I can use a COM wrapper using pinvoke
> and some DLL's but no examples anywhere.

As far as I know Pocket Excel doesen't support COM. See MSDN for details.
You should better use CSV format.

> Also any idea when SP2 is out? I need colored buttons!

The example of custom buttons can be fined here
http://samples.gotdotnet.com/quickst...urebutton.aspx

> Thanks in advance
You are welcome

Note that COM is not a solution as Pocket Excel has no COM automation model
unlike its bigger desktop equivalent. The only solution is to read and write
the pxl files directly which is no piece of cake.

Peter

--
Peter Foot
Windows Embedded MVP
OpenNETCF.org Senior Advisor
www.inthehand.com | www.opennetcf.org

"Maarten Struys, eMVP" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> SP2 is currently in beta and is expected to be released before the end of
> this year.
>
> To use COM components from within the .NET CF it is worth taking a look at
> CFCOM from Odyssey Software
> (http://www.odysseysoftware.com/cfcom_main.html).
>
> Peter Foot posted this link a while ago which might be of use to you to
open
> / read PXL files:
>
> There's no easy way but Pocket Excel is based on a format called Binary
> Interchange File Format (BIFF) which is documented on the web - you'd need
> to get down and dirty to read or write such a file from code.
> http://chicago.sourceforge.net/devel/docs/excel/pkt/
>
>
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Maarten Struys, eMVP
> PTS Software bv
>
> "CottonTech" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:06b601c3b49c$b3fac5c0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I am porting a mobile data aquisition application from eVB
> > to C#.Net HOW can I open and read the contents of an XLS
> > file (PXL once copied to PPC device). This is crucial,
> > there are hints that I can use a COM wrapper using pinvoke
> > and some DLL's but no examples anywhere. Any thoughts?
> > Also any idea when SP2 is out? I need colored buttons!
> > Thanks in advance
>
>

Note that Chris Tacke is working on this problemette. See his blog at
http://blog.opennetcf.org/ctacke/Per...f-6631dc9a5721

--Neil

--
Neil Cowburn
Technologist
Microsoft Windows Embedded MVP
Content Master Ltd.

www.contentmaster.com | www.opennetcf.org


"Peter Foot [MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Note that COM is not a solution as Pocket Excel has no COM automation
model
> unlike its bigger desktop equivalent. The only solution is to read and
write
> the pxl files directly which is no piece of cake.
>
> Peter
>
> --
> Peter Foot
> Windows Embedded MVP
> OpenNETCF.org Senior Advisor
> www.inthehand.com | www.opennetcf.org
>
> "Maarten Struys, eMVP" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > SP2 is currently in beta and is expected to be released before the end
of
> > this year.
> >
> > To use COM components from within the .NET CF it is worth taking a look
at
> > CFCOM from Odyssey Software
> > (http://www.odysseysoftware.com/cfcom_main.html).
> >
> > Peter Foot posted this link a while ago which might be of use to you to
> open
> > / read PXL files:
> >
> > There's no easy way but Pocket Excel is based on a format called Binary
> > Interchange File Format (BIFF) which is documented on the web - you'd
need
> > to get down and dirty to read or write such a file from code.
> > http://chicago.sourceforge.net/devel/docs/excel/pkt/
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> >
> > Maarten Struys, eMVP
> > PTS Software bv
> >
> > "CottonTech" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:06b601c3b49c$b3fac5c0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > I am porting a mobile data aquisition application from eVB
> > > to C#.Net HOW can I open and read the contents of an XLS
> > > file (PXL once copied to PPC device). This is crucial,
> > > there are hints that I can use a COM wrapper using pinvoke
> > > and some DLL's but no examples anywhere. Any thoughts?
> > > Also any idea when SP2 is out? I need colored buttons!
> > > Thanks in advance
> >
> >
>
>

Excellent insight, I will be stalking Chris's postings
forthwith. I have handled byte offset file structures
before but time is of the essence
Thanks for your comments.
>-----Original Message-----
>Note that Chris Tacke is working on this problemette. See
his blog at
>http://blog.opennetcf.org/ctacke/Per...aspx/2c52ddbb-
2d3c-40d9-aa0f-6631dc9a5721
>
>--Neil
>
>--
> Neil Cowburn
> Technologist
> Microsoft Windows Embedded MVP
> Content Master Ltd.
>
> www.contentmaster.com | www.opennetcf.org
>
>
>"Peter Foot [MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
in message
>news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Note that COM is not a solution as Pocket Excel has no
COM automation
>model
>> unlike its bigger desktop equivalent. The only solution
is to read and
>write
>> the pxl files directly which is no piece of cake.
>>
>> Peter
>>
>> --
>> Peter Foot
>> Windows Embedded MVP
>> OpenNETCF.org Senior Advisor
>> www.inthehand.com | www.opennetcf.org
>>
>> "Maarten Struys, eMVP" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > SP2 is currently in beta and is expected to be
released before the end
>of
>> > this year.
>> >
>> > To use COM components from within the .NET CF it is
worth taking a look
>at
>> > CFCOM from Odyssey Software
>> > (http://www.odysseysoftware.com/cfcom_main.html).
>> >
>> > Peter Foot posted this link a while ago which might
be of use to you to
>> open
>> > / read PXL files:
>> >
>> > There's no easy way but Pocket Excel is based on a
format called Binary
>> > Interchange File Format (BIFF) which is documented on
the web - you'd
>need
>> > to get down and dirty to read or write such a file
from code.
>> > http://chicago.sourceforge.net/devel/docs/excel/pkt/
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Regards,
>> >
>> > Maarten Struys, eMVP
>> > PTS Software bv
>> >
>> > "CottonTech" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote in message
>> > news:06b601c3b49c$b3fac5c0$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > > I am porting a mobile data aquisition application
from eVB
>> > > to C#.Net HOW can I open and read the contents of
an XLS
>> > > file (PXL once copied to PPC device). This is
crucial,
>> > > there are hints that I can use a COM wrapper using
pinvoke
>> > > and some DLL's but no examples anywhere. Any
thoughts?
>> > > Also any idea when SP2 is out? I need colored
buttons!
>> > > Thanks in advance
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>
>.
>

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