The standard Windows functions for INI files are not in the Windows Mobile SDKs so I doubt there's a way to call them from the Framework. You have to implement your own INI file interface (or maybe there's a class available somewhere!?). Otherwise, I suggest using the registry instead...

add a setup.dll to your CAB and there you can show a dialog in install_exit() or whenever you need it.

The agent is supposed to be a background process? So you should create a win32 smart device project here. For interprocess communication the easiest sollution should be the message queue interface. Look up CreateMsgQueue in MSDN.

Smartphones don't have touch screens, so you need a Pocket PC. For Pocket PCs you also need to install the Windows Mobile 6 Professional SDK. The WM6 Classic SDK is for Smartphones. Developping such application with Microsoft Studio in C# shouldn't be very hard if you're alrready familar with C++/C# programming. Yes, C# Smart Device is alright. Probably you're doing the kitchen console as Windows Desktop application, right? Gonna be a nice restaurant. I'll come along for a lunch break!

Try to use StringBuilder to convert from character arrays.

maybe you have a memory leak! Change this line to free up the whole array!

delete [] pBitData