Visual CE^® FAQ

V4-a) How do I delete a table from my Windows CE device?

Run Visual CE® on the desktop and select FILE | DELETE TABLE. Select the name of the table you want to delete and press OK.

This will only delete the table. You should also delete the forms that use the table. Read the answer to the following question to see how.

V4-b) How do I delete a form from my Windows CE device?

SYWARE provides a set of tools which you can download, at no charge, to do these sort of operations. To install them, attach your handhdeld to your desktop, download the Visual CE Add-on Tools, and install them. The EXPUNGE utility can be used to delete the form from the device.

V4-c) I deleted the form (the .VCE file) from my handheld, but there still is an entry for it on my START menu. How can I remove this?

Do the following:

(1) From the desktop, bring up ActiveSync
(2) Double click on the icon that represents your handheld
(3) Double click "My Handheld PC"
(4) Double click the "Windows" folder
(5) Double click the "Start Menu" folder
(6) Delete the shortcut for your application

V4-d) I deleted the form (the .VCE file) from my handheld, but there still is an entry for it on my PROGRAMS menu. How can I remove this?

Do the following:

(1) From the desktop, bring up ActiveSync
(2) Double click on the icon that represents your handheld
(3) Double click "My Handheld PC"
(4) Double click the "Windows" folder
(5) Double click the "Start Menu" folder
(6) Double click the "Programs" folder
(7) Delete the shortcut for your application

V4-e) While developing forms on the desktop, I get the message "[SYWARE, Inc.][Windows CE ODBC Driver][ISAM]Connection to Windows CE failed." What causes this? How do I resolve it?

When the Visual CE form designer is started on the desktop, it establishes a connection to the handheld using the current ActiveSync connection.

Most likely, you have disconnected and reconneted your handheld to the desktop. This terminated the original connection and established a new ActiveSync connection.

Unfortunately, Visual CE is still looking for the old (terminated) connection.

To resolve this, simply close the Visual CE form designer and open it up again. This will connect to the handheld using the new connection.

V4-f) I tried changing my screen size by modifying the VisualCE.ini file, but it still does not work. What could be wrong?

After you modify the VisualCE.ini file, make sure you copy it from the Visual CE installation folder to the Windows folder on your desktop machine.

V4-g) When I am developing on the handheld, some of my controls on the bottom of the screen are hidden by the scroll bar. Is there a way to make them visible?

Select FORM | SCROLL BARS. This will hide the scroll bars.

V4-h) When Jumping to another form and creating a new record, is there any way to carry more than just the key value to the new record?

On your destination form, add some lookup controls that retrieve values from the table you just jumped from. Set the key of the lookup to be the key you used to jump to this form.

V4-i) When I'm editing a macro, the macro editor window is too large for my screen. Is there a way to make it smaller?

Press down and hold the SHIFT key on your keyboard. With the SHIFT key still depressed, select EDIT | MACRO/EVENTS. The window will be smaller.