In The Hand Ltd

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  • 5 Things

    Daniel tagged me a couple of days ago and finally I’ve got round to posting. I’ve been enjoying some quality offline time over the Christmas break. I’m in the process of writing a .NET book with Daniel and fellow MVP… Continue reading

  • Pastie McCode

    Is Pastie McCode the next Barry Scott? Well probably not, but if you are a UK business who is interested in getting up to speed with Vista and Office 2007 then you may want to find out more. http://ukvistaofficelaunchtour.spaces.live.com/ Continue reading

  • Make Individual TreeView Nodes Bold

    The full framework TreeView control supports setting a Font on a per-node basis, the Compact Framework control doesn’t support this, however with a little interop magic you can mark individual nodes as Bold. Because the .NETCF v2.0 TreeView control exposes… Continue reading

  • Bluetooth DUN Profile Removed from WM5.0 AKU3

    While there have been some improvements to Bluetooth support through the version – like the addition of A2DP (Wireless Stereo) and most recently PAN in AKU3, at the same time the Dial Up Networking profile has been removed. This is… Continue reading

  • Using MessageInterceptor to launch an application on SMS

    First things first a disclaimer, the following code is written for Mobile In The Hand (Professional Edition), it does apply equally to a Windows Mobile 5.0 project with the Microsoft.WindowsMobile managed APIs, you’ll just need to change the namespaces and… Continue reading

  • .NET Framework 3.0 Released

    I’m still not a huge fan of the naming system used – v3.0 is the v2.0 framework with what was previously known as WinFX added – Windows Communication Foundation, Windows Presentation Foundation and Windows Workflow. You can download the redistributable here:-… Continue reading

  • Bluetooth Audio in Vista

    The Bluetooth functionality (and related APIs) are fundamentally unchanged between XP and Vista, however additional profile support has been added for Audio devices. Based on testing with the RC2 build Vista now supports:-     Handsfree Headset A2DP (Wireless Stereo)… Continue reading

  • Bug in GAC Installation from VS2005 Device CAB Projects

    I recently ran into a problem with a Smart Device CAB Project in Visual Studio 2005, which as it turns out is a known issue. You can build a CAB file which will register your .NETCF dlls into the GAC… Continue reading

  • Hacking the Parrot 3000 Evolution Car Kit

    Recently I tried a different form of Bluetooth hacking, I purchased a simple car kit and wanted to install it myself. Alongside the kit itself I also purchased the required vehicle specific cable to sit between the vehicle wiring and… Continue reading

  • SelectPictureDialog.LockDirectory property

    If you refer to the original Windows Mobile 5.0 documentation (or the Intellisense) when using this component you’ll notice it has a property called LockDirectory which is supposed to prevent the user from browsing outside of the folder you specified in… Continue reading