In The Hand Ltd

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  • No KnownColors In NETCF

    A requested feature for NETCF is to retrieve a list of named colors. Fortunately this is easily done using reflection to read all the public statis properties of the Color class:- System.Reflection.PropertyInfo[] colors = typeof(Color).GetProperties(System.Reflection.BindingFlags.Public | System.Reflection.BindingFlags.Static);Color[] allcolors = new… Continue reading

  • Compiled Documentation for OpenNETCF Libraries

    With the release of the Smart Device Framework v1.3 the compiled help documentation was no longer included in the installer. I’ve built a standalone installer to install the full collection of documentation into your Visual Studio help. This release includes:-… Continue reading

  • Using the Clipboard

    This is a very basic sample app to assist a thread in the newsgroup. Basically it shows a couple of approaches to working with the Clipboard, both using SDF v1.3. The first is the TextBoxEx class onto which I’ve added… Continue reading

  • Bluetooth v1.3

    Today I’ve completed the v1.3 release of Bluetooth. This pulls together the latest binaries, source code, samples and help documentation into a single package. There are few differences in the public interface from previous releases, notably the BluetoothSerialPort class has been fixed… Continue reading

  • Change Device Assigned to Outbound COM Port

    With the Microsoft Bluetooth stack a single outbound virtual COM port is supported, to set this up you have to bond with the device. If you want to switch between several devices at different times this is awkward. You can however… Continue reading

  • SDF 1.3 Known Issues

    Firstly an apology to recent visitors to our website, we’ve just moved to a new server and are experiencing teething problems, so currently OpenNETCF forums and blogs are not working. This post is designed to highlight a few issues found with… Continue reading

  • Bluetooth Comparison

    Now that the dust has settled on MEDC, I’m thinking about how to move forward with the Bluetooth library. I had essentially put development on hold when I first heard that Microsoft were preparing their own source package prior to MEDC.… Continue reading

  • ADOCE In The Hand v1.7 Completed

    The ADOCE wrapper is the first of our libraries to be updated with full support for Visual Studio 2005 Beta, integrating both the libraries and the help content. The main update is the v1.7 version of the COM Interop library… Continue reading

  • OpenNETCF.Configuration v1.3 Workaround

    As I suspect many of you will be doing too, I’m recompiling one of our apps against the latest v1.3 release of the SDF. There is a minor bug in this release when using the OpenNETCF.Configuration classes due to the machine.config… Continue reading

  • Windows Mobile 5.0 “Old Skool” Start Menu

    Personally I like the new icons based start menu in Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone, however some people have asked if it’s possible to revert to the old list view. The answer is yes, via a simple registry tweak. For this… Continue reading