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MOTODEV Summit
Following on from the developer contest I mentioned a while ago, Motorola are running a series of developer summits later this year. They will be covering development across their range of platforms and devices, including Windows Mobile. They will have… Continue reading
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System.Media.SoundPlayer versus the PlaySound API
In .NETCF v3.5 there is a new namespace – System.Media which brings audio support to the Compact Framework. Previously the common way to add sounds to your application was to use the PlaySound API (either P/Invoking yourself or using one… Continue reading
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Using the UnInstall Configuration Service Provider
Among the Configuration providers in Windows Mobile is one which allows you to programmatically uninstall package from the device. The UnInstall provider is documented here:- http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa455977.aspx To see if your package can be uninstalled you send the following XML –… Continue reading
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Desktop ActiveSync Registry Settings
In March I showed how to get the version of a connected device from the desktop. This post documents the rest of the registry settings used to store device information. There are two registry locations, the first at HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindows CE… Continue reading
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Skydriving
Windows Live Folders is now Windows Live Skydrive and the beta has been extended to locales outside the US. The service provides a free 500mb of online storage for you to use however you want. Beyond the new look and… Continue reading
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Multiline Button
On the newsgroup somebody asked how to have multiple lines of text on a .NETCF Button control. The native control supports this but the appropriate style is not set by default. The following code snippet shows how to enable this:-… Continue reading
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More POOM Anomalies
Every version of POOM (Pocket Outlook Object Model) brings great improvements, however there are always a few things which just have you screaming “Why!”. One of those examples is the implementation of IItem::Edit. This method is used to open an… Continue reading
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More Facebook Progress
I’m now a member of the CodePlex workspace for the Facebook Developer Toolkit. I’ve been working on porting across my modifications into the codebase. The .NETCF v2.0 version uses a project called Facebook.Compact but refers to the existing source files from the… Continue reading
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Facebook API and the Compact Framework
The Facebook API allows third-party web and desktop applications to interact with Facebook features. There is an excellent shared-source library for .NET to wrap the Facebook calls but currently it only supports the full framework. I did some work converting… Continue reading
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