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  • Take a Shortcut

    There are a number of ways you can make use of Shortcuts within your project. You may create a shortcut to your application during your CAB file installation – either on the Start Menu or perhaps in the WindowsStartup folder.… Continue reading

  • 32feet.NET v2.0 Beta 1 Available

    I’ve posted a Beta build of 32feet.NET to the Files section of the site. Please read the file description for a high-level list of changes. This release is the first to be built against .NET v2.0 and will resolve issues… Continue reading

  • Here in Las Vegas for MEDC2006

    I’m partly blogging to show I haven’t fallen off the face of the earth (yesterday was a near miss though), and partly to plug MEDC2006 which is starting today in Las Vegas. Being somewhat of a cheapskate I opted for… Continue reading

  • Bluetooth Profiles

    This is a post I’ve been meaning to do for a couple of years and just never got around to it. The table below is an attempt to document the Bluetooth profiles supported on various flavours of Windows. Because Windows… Continue reading

  • Writing Provisioning XML for Windows Mobile

    This recent article discussed one of the ways you can use XML provisioning data – through a cab file installation. You can also pass the XML to DMProcessConfigXML or ConfigurationManager.ProcessConfiguration in the managed world. But how about creating the XML?… Continue reading

  • Contact.WebPage

    The Managed APIs in Windows Mobile 5.0 expose the Contact.WebPage as a Uri. The problem with this approach is that the user forms are free text and you can enter anything into this field. Probably 9 times out of 10… Continue reading

  • OpenNETCF.Windows.Forms.Control2 in SDF 2.0

    In SDF v1 I wrote a class called ControlEx which would allow you to host a native windows control within a managed Control. This was the subject of an MSDN article (of which much of the concept applies here too).… Continue reading

  • MEDC 2006 Websites are Live

    The conference website is now live at www.medc2006.com. Registration is now open along with details of the pre-conference session. Full session details for the conference tracks are not up yet, but you can subscribe to the RSS feeds for Application Development,… Continue reading

  • Local Newspapers

    Reading a local newspaper is always a joy, I stumbled on this wonderful (and presumably accidental) headline which I thought I’d share:- (No school children were hurt during the making of this news article) Continue reading

  • OpenNETCF.IO in SDF 2.0

    As well as the revolutionary changes in the SDF v2.0, some of which are simply only made possible by improvements in .NETCF v2.0, we have used this opportunity to make a number of evolutionary changes too. For example I’m going… Continue reading