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  • SDF v1.3 for Visual Studio 2005

    So, I’ve heard a few requests for VS2005 support for the SDF. The reason we don’t have this fully integrated into VS2005 yet is because the extensibility model is significantly changed from VS2003, and since it’s a Beta product is… Continue reading

  • Windows Mobile Managed APIs Diagram

    During his session at MEDC, Robert Levy handed out copies of a cool class library diagram for the new Windows Mobile 5.0 managed APIs, thanks to Robert for allowing me to post the diagram here – simply print to a… Continue reading

  • Windows Mobile 5.0 Managed APIs

    The much anticipated update to Windows Mobile has been announced by Bill Gates this morning. This new platform will be the first platform from Microsoft to include device specific managed APIs in ROM (separate from the .NET Compact Framework itself).… Continue reading

  • Blog updates during MEDC

    MEDC 2005 is nearly upon us. Like many other mobile (and embedded) developers I’m looking forward to this years event which promises to cover the whole range of topics: devices, tools, managed code, native code etc I’ll be acting as… Continue reading

  • Emulate Screen Taps

    You can simulate user activity on your touch-screen device by using the mouse_event API to send the system screen taps. There are a number of reasons you might want to do this from testing your application through to automating some… Continue reading

  • MEDC 2005 UK Registration now open

    Following the main MEDC 2005 which I’m sure you’ve all heard about, there are a number of smaller events happening worldwide to bring the highlights to the wider audience. One of these is happening in the UK at Microsoft’s campus… Continue reading

  • .NETCF v2.0 Beta 2 Redistribuable Package

    I’m sure I don’t need to mention that Microsoft recently released Beta 2 of their Visual Studio 2005 tools. Alongside this release a redistributable version of the .NETCF v2.0 runtime is available so that you can download to your devices… Continue reading

  • The great Media Player 10 Automation Challenge!

    Media Player 10 is the first device version to have an automation model. Previous versions could be controlled via some undocumented windows messages but that was about it. The Media Player 10 Mobile object model is COM based, so you… Continue reading

  • Time to turn out the lights…

    Time to provide a little balance to the previous piece on SetPowerRequirement for Smartphone which looked at the scenario of ensuring the backlight remained on. You might also want to manually turn off the backlight (or another peripherial) to save power.… Continue reading

  • SPB Clone Review

    I’ve briefly mentioned SPB Clone here before as a method of deploying software across the enterprise. Fellow MVP Darryl Burling has completed a review of the product over at GeekZone which I recommend you read if you are facing the… Continue reading