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  • Great Installation advice on the Smartphone Developer newsgroup

    Lars Peter recently posted this excellent post on the microsoft.public.smartphone.developer newsgroup. In the post Lars describes using Nullsoft Installer (NSIS) to build a desktop installation package to include multiple cab file installations. This is ideal for those scenarios when you… Continue reading

  • Orange SPV C500 ROM Update – Go get it!

    Spotted over at MoDaCo, Orange have released an updated ROM which fixes the GAPI issues on the device and a few other fixes:- Videos can be sent via MMS Flickering issue in games has now been fixed Packet video full… Continue reading

  • Need a GUID in a hurry?

    There may be times in your application you need to generate a new unique Guid. The System.Guid class in .NETCF v1.0 doesn’t have the NewGuid method which is what you would normally use on the desktop. There are a couple of… Continue reading

  • Create a Top-Most form

    The following code can be used to force your form to the top of the z-order. Use this functionality with care since it’s bad practice to hog the topmost position which could obscure other important functionality. private void Form1_Load(object sender,… Continue reading

  • .NETCF Chat Tomorrow

    As part of a regular series of .NETCF technical chats there will be an MVP hosted chat tomorrow (14th October) on any aspect of .NET Compact Framework and Smart Device programming. 10-11am PDT, 17-18 GMT Add a reminder to your calendar… Continue reading

  • Bring a .NETCF Form to the foreground

    Sometimes calling BringToFront for your form is not enough to bring your app to the foreground. You can P/Invoke SetForegroundWindow which will activate your app and bring the window to the front of the Z-Order:- C#public void SetForegroundWindow(){    this.Capture =… Continue reading

  • Fixing ComboBox bugs…

    The standard ComboBox in NETCF has a couple of “issues”, however it’s possible to workaround them with a bit of tweaking. I rolled together a number of these fixes into a ComboBoxEx class. Heres the code (C#), I hope this… Continue reading

  • Are you a UK Smartphone User or Developer?

    If so then you’ll be interested to know that MoDaCo will be hosting a Smartphone event in Birmingham on Saturday 6th November. This will have both developer and non-developer content running in parallel. Full details with venue and sign-up details… Continue reading

  • Blogging from beside the seaside!

    Thanks to an administrative blunder in a European Union statistics report, I’ve found out that I actually live nearer the seaside than I thought, it seems Wales has disappeared 🙂   More details on the BBC News site Continue reading

  • Some new OpenNETCF code

    I’ve uploaded to our online source browser some of the new code which will feature in the next Smart Device Framework release. This includes a new library for WindowsCE specific functionality, designed to match the new functionality available in the… Continue reading