Mobile

11-Apr-10 9:14

Dr. William J. Blanke wrote:
Some ISVs have
already thrown in the towel:

http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=5654[^]

I wouldn't read to much into that. While I expect some developers to leave the Windows Phone platform at the same time the move Microsoft has made brings a much larger body of developers to the platform (or rather it brings the platform to the developers). There was already a number of XNA developers and an even greater number of Silverlight developers. Both will be able to use their existing skillset to target Windows Phone.

So developers supporting the platform will be plentiful.

Joel Ivory Johnson

Re: Future of Windows Mobile

Dr. William J. Blanke11-Apr-10 9:36

Dr. William J. Blanke

11-Apr-10 9:36

True, there will be a bigger pool of developers.

But no matter how many developers you have, you can't write a VPN for Windows
Phone 7 in Silverlight or XNA. And it looks like large, existing projects that
could run on Windows Mobile (like Firefox) can't be ported to Windows Phone 7.
Rather they will need to be rewritten from scratch. Firefox says that won't
happen in their case.

It will be interesting to see how it plays out. I hope Microsoft doesn't bury
Windows Mobile just yet.

Re: Future of Windows Mobile

Joel Ivory Johnson11-Apr-10 12:27

Windows phone 7 developer training kit now available

11-Apr-10 12:27

Dr. William J. Blanke wrote:
But no matter how many developers you have, you can't write a VPN for Windows
Phone 7 in Silverlight or XNA.

true. Microsoft acknowledges that there are scenarios (Especially business scenarios) that will not be possible for third party developers to implement on Windows Phone 7 with the access that they are giving us to the system today. But Miocrosoft has also repeatedly expressed that satisfying enterprise and business needs isn't first priority in the initial release of Windows Phone 7. ( see the Focus, Focus, Focus [^] blog post).

I thought that Ginny Caughey expressed the same concept so eloquently in the MSDN forums not long ago. In this post [^] she says "...for most folks, the measure of a phone isn't whether it has multitasking or a SQL database or removable storage, but how the thing works in their lives." The iPhone started to erode away at the Windows Mobile marketshare at release even without the ability to add applications. But it provided a great experience out of the box.

Needs for databases, network access, and other needs will be addressed later on. Right now Microsoft is concentrating on making a phone that provides a good user experience. For now note that Microsoft is still directing enterprises to Windows Mobile 6.5 for their mobile needs.

Joel Ivory Johnson

J2i.net | @J2iNet | Mobile Device Development MVP

brucedkyle16-Mar-10 10:04

brucedkyle

16-Mar-10 10:04

Developer training kits are now available for Windows phone 7 Series.

This training kit is geared for beginners who want to get started with developing applications for the latest Windows Phone operating system. Even if you don’t know Silverlight or XNA Framework, you’ll find this Training Kit useful. More seasoned Silverlight developers should also find this kit useful, as it explains some of the differences between Silverlight and Silverlight for the phone.

Get the course on Channel 9 at Windows Phone 7 Series Developer Training Kit[^].

For more information, see Download Windows phone 7 Developer Training Kits [^]and Free End-to-end Developer Platform Shown for Windows phone 7[^].

Learn more about Microsoft emerging techologies[^] on the Microsoft blog for independent software vendors (ISVs) in the United States.

Need help,compile the sqlite3.dll

happy5217715-Mar-10 23:07

happy52177

15-Mar-10 23:07

when i was compiling the sqlite3.dll,one error has happended,"undefine localtime_s",Why？

Re: Need help,compile the sqlite3.dll

Migounette19-Apr-10 7:28

Migounette

19-Apr-10 7:28

Give us more details, it seems to be a problem with an external compilation and not a C# problem.

Free Development Tools for Windows Phone 7 Now Available

brucedkyle15-Mar-10 9:34

brucedkyle

15-Mar-10 9:34

Windows Phone Developer Tools Preview [^] is available now as a free single download at Windows Phone Developer Tools. It includes:

Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone
Windows Phone Emulator
XNA Game Studio 4.0

The preview available for free. The final version will be free too.

If you already have another version of Visual Studio 2010 RC installed this will act as an add-on to that.

Developers can take advantage of the following features on Windows phone 7:

Accelerometer, an intuitive control that responds to motion
A Microsoft Location Service to provide developers with a single point of reference to acquire location information
Microsoft Notification Service for pushing information to the phone, regardless of whether or not an application is running
Hardware-accelerated video with digital rights management (DRM)
Internet Information Services Smooth Streaming for the industry’s highest quality content viewing experience
Multitouch
Camera and microphone support

Also, The Marketplace features a panoramic design and active merchandising to increase the discoverability of games and applications, and supports one-time credit card purchases, mobile operator billing and advertising-funded applications. The Marketplace will also enable customers to try applications before buying them and allow developers to cross-promote their applications through deep linking.

Learn more about Microsoft emerging techologies[^] on the Microsoft blog for independent software vendors (ISVs) in the United States.

WindowsMobile - MFC - SDI without DOC/VIEW support, how to using a ListView as MainView?

GDA.Hans14-Mar-10 3:33

GDA.Hans

14-Mar-10 3:33

I created a SDI without DOC/VIEW, and changed "CChildView : public CWnd" to "CChildView : public CListView",but this not works. list data added to CChildView does not displayed in view.

any idea or sample program? thanks.

Finding problem in connecting the SQL Server CE database with my smart device application

anuhoho13-Mar-10 2:00

Love or hate your mobile platform?

13-Mar-10 2:00

Hi
I am making a simple smart device project in C# where I have a login screen and I want to store the data using SQL Server CE. I have followed this link to connect my smart device project with the database, but I am finding problem

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/mobile/loginsmartdevicedatabase.aspx

In this link in the last section it says that after we build our project we will be able to see the data table adapter frame in the toolbox which we can drag into the project and can work but after building the project I am not able to see that frame anywhere in the tollbox. Can anyone help me as to why this is happening

Thanks in advance!!!!

Matos Kapetanakis11-Mar-10 2:32

Matos Kapetanakis

11-Mar-10 2:32

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How can I run a exe in the start up of a windows mobile device

anuhoho9-Mar-10 22:05

Re: How can I run a exe in the start up of a windows mobile device

9-Mar-10 22:05

Hi
Is it possible to start an exe whenever the system reboots.

rickyjos10-Mar-10 13:05

rickyjos

10-Mar-10 13:05

You can use the Windows\StartUp folder for this.
Put a shortcut/loader exe in here and it will automatically start them on boot.

Re: How can I run a exe in the start up of a windows mobile device

hairy_hats24-Mar-10 4:06

hairy_hats

24-Mar-10 4:06

Under WinCE if you put an EXE into an AutoRun folder then it will run at startup.

Re: How can I run a exe in the start up of a windows mobile device

Joel Ivory Johnson10-Apr-10 6:35

10-Apr-10 6:35

There's an entire article here on CodeProject discussion all the ways you can trigger a program to startup. Automatically Starting Your Application on Windows Mobile[^]

Joel Ivory Johnson

Re: How can I run a exe in the start up of a windows mobile device

JUNEYT11-Apr-10 0:27

JUNEYT

11-Apr-10 0:27

There is a folder named Start programs under windows directory. You should place the executable under it.

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Finding certification error

anuhoho9-Mar-10 20:46

Re: Finding certification error

9-Mar-10 20:46

Hi I have an exe and I want to start it when the device reboots so I created a short cut of it in the StartUp folder with SHCreateShortCut API .... but when my device reboots the exe doen't start its gives a certification error dialog box stating that

"The file cannot be opened .Either it is not signed with a trusted certificate or one of the components cannot be found"

Actually I have an application and in the cab file of that application I have included that exe( in the Program Files folder) and i have tried to put that exe in teh wiindows startup.

Can anyone help me in t his regard as to how tackle this prob

Joel Ivory Johnson10-Mar-10 7:31

10-Mar-10 7:31

I think I just answered your question in the MSDN forums. For others looking for the answer you need to change your device security settins so that it will run unsigned executables.

Connect your phone to your computer then in Visual Studio select Tools->Device Security Manager. From there you can change the device's security model to "Security Off"

Joel Ivory Johnson

[iphone question] how can i use double pointer like *[10]

buffering838-Mar-10 13:16

buffering83

8-Mar-10 13:16

@interface testTable2ViewController : UIViewController
{
NSMutableArray **indexStore;
}

@property(nonatomic , retain) NSMutableArray **indexStore;

@end

@implementation testTable2ViewController
@synthesize indexStore;

- (void)viewDidLoad
{

for (NSInteger i = 0; i <10; i++)
{
indexStore[i] = [[NSMutableArray alloc]init];
}//for
}

@end

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////

but indexStore[i] = [[NSMutableArray alloc]init]; can't work
Error Message is EXC_BAD_ACCESS...

why it is not working?

hi

My english is a little.
anyway, nice to meet you~~
and give me your advice anytime~

Re: [iphone question] how can i use double pointer like *[10]

Stuart Dootson7-Apr-10 23:38

Stuart Dootson

7-Apr-10 23:38

You never allocate space for indexStore. If you know it'll always have 10 elements, declare it as

NSMutableArray *indexStore[10];

and

@property(nonatomic , retain) NSMutableArray *indexStore[10];

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Fastest drawing with WinMo 6

Matt Cavanagh8-Mar-10 4:40

Matt Cavanagh

8-Mar-10 4:40

Hi, i want to develop a small game for windows mobile with C#.
What is the fastest 2D drawing API? Im very used to XNA, so is there anything that I can use that's similar? I heard GDI is pretty slow.

Thanks

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Re: Fastest drawing with WinMo 6

Joel Ivory Johnson10-Mar-10 7:32

10-Mar-10 7:32

If you are drawing sprites then you should use DirectDraw. Unfortunatly DirectDraw isn't directly exposed to .Net developers. But there's another CodeProject article where some one declared all of the imports necessary to begin using DirectDraw from the .Net Compact Framework.

Joel Ivory Johnson

How can I use CeRunAppAtTime for a thread

anuhoho8-Mar-10 0:03

Re: How can I use CeRunAppAtTime for a thread

8-Mar-10 0:03

Hi

I want a thread to start after 15/20 min For that can I use CeRunAppAtTime() .If yes can anyone provide me ways to do that.

Suppose this is my thread

void main()
{
..
..
g_handle= ::CreateThread( NULL, 0,MyThread, NULL, 0, 0);
....

}

Now I want This MyThread to start after 15/20 min can I do that

Thanks in advance

Joel Ivory Johnson10-Mar-10 7:35

10-Mar-10 7:35

Start your thread immediatly. When the thread starts have it to create an unnamed event. After creating the event the thread can call CeRunAppAtTime and pass the event handle. Then call the Wait function using the even't handle as athe parameter. The thread will be blocked from running until the event gets triggered.

For information on using CeRunAppAtTime with an event handle please see my comment at the bottom of This MSDN Documentation page[^]

Joel Ivory Johnson

pocket pc datagrid in vb.net

ejaz_pk7-Mar-10 22:44

ejaz_pk

7-Mar-10 22:44

I am using datagrid in my vb.net (pocket pc) application.

I am using the following code to set the tablestyle to the datagrid to adjust the column width

<pre>

Dim ts As DataGridTableStyle = New DataGridTableStyle

ts.MappingName = "Products"

Dim Product As DataGridTextBoxColumn = New DataGridTextBoxColumn
Product.MappingName = "Product"
Product.HeaderText = "Product"
Product.Width = 130
ts.GridColumnStyles.Add(Product)

Dim Qty As DataGridTextBoxColumn = New DataGridTextBoxColumn
Qty.MappingName = "Quantity"
Qty.HeaderText = "Quantity"

Qty.Width = 75
ts.GridColumnStyles.Add(Qty)

Me.DataGrid1.TableStyles.Add(ts)

Me.DataGrid1.TableStyles(0).GridColumnStyles(0).Width = 100

</pre>

After binding the datagrid I use this code to set the datagridtablestyle but it only show my one column me nothing even it does not return the values in the datagrid with original tablestyle. It show only row header in the grid but does not show the columns.

Any idea how I can solve this problem????

Thanks In advance

How to use a timer in a dll

anuhoho7-Mar-10 18:11