hx4700 Compact Framework ImageList problems

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There's a thread on IPAQHQ about this -
http://www.ipaqhq.com/forums/showthread.php?p=44048
ctittanic has been doing a survey, and it looks like for roughly half the
hx4700/hx4705 machines out there (including mine), applications are failing
on initialisation of images in ImageList in InitializeComponents.
I've found that this can be avoided by adding an initialisation step that
explicitly loads the images from embedded resources (I posted an example
code snippet on the thread), but that shouldn't be necessary and this is
definitely not Standard Behaviour As Advertised, so it would be nice if
relevant parties at HP and Microsoft could look into this.

I wonder if it's connected with VGA in any way? Any of the other VGA
machines have this problem?
 
Yes, I discovered this a few months ago and made sure that MS know about
that.

Thanks... Alex
 
It's interesting that the equally annoying but not as immediately fatal
(i.e. the program will at least run) Disappearing Toolbar Icon bug (
http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsmobile/archive/2004/08/03/207311.aspx) was
described as being "due to a change in behavior in Windows Mobile 2003 SE".
It seems not unreasonable to wonder whether the same or a related change
might be implicated here.
At a guess I assume the change mentioned might have been made in order to
accommodate dynamic changes to screen orientation (hey, I *said* it was a
guess), but particularly when I add this to other glitches such as the fact
(unrelated to the CF so I won't expand on it here) that MS Reader 2.3
appears to be a dud on VGA systems (despite being the WM2003SE-friendly
release) I can't help feeling more than a little grumpy about the quality of
testing in the Windows Mobile area at the moment.
I very much hope Microsoft will take these issues seriously and do something
about them before Windows Mobile 2003 SE, with all its promise, gains a
regrettable reputation as the "DOS 4.0" of the Pocket PC world.
 
There's a thread on IPAQHQ about this -
http://www.ipaqhq.com/forums/showthread.php?p=44048
ctittanic has been doing a survey, and it looks like for roughly half the
hx4700/hx4705 machines out there (including mine), applications are failing
on initialisation of images in ImageList in InitializeComponents.
I've found that this can be avoided by adding an initialisation step that
explicitly loads the images from embedded resources (I posted an example
code snippet on the thread), but that shouldn't be necessary and this is
definitely not Standard Behaviour As Advertised, so it would be nice if
relevant parties at HP and Microsoft could look into this.

I wonder if it's connected with VGA in any way? Any of the other VGA
machines have this problem?
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strange! i've got a mail from a user reporting the same problem. i had
no idea until i've read this.
i've sent him the link to the forum where a fix is posted that seems to
help.

i don't have a 4700 so i cannot check it :(

i wonder if it's related to the 4700 or to WM2003 SE???

Boris
 
I got my hx4700 a week ago and can attest to having similar video
issues. No .NET program would work until I downloaded a patch from
http://www.pc-counselor.com/hx4700.htm. I also noticed that any .NET
program using a toolbar had invisible icons, even after applying the
patch above. I could click on them, but no image displayed. I compiled
a quick .NET program using a toolbar and the same thing happened.

Also, icons at the very bottom of the Today screen sometimes
disappear, especially the wireless manager.

Finally, I've been using the HP Protect Tools for security. Sometimes
when I soft reset it, the tools will fail to initialize. After three
tries, it usually kicks in, but it's a little irritating.

Overall, I like the hx4700 a lot, but would like a patch for these
bugs soon.
 
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