Coming up tomorrow, the latest MSDN web chat with the .NETCF and Visual Studio for Devices team. Below are the details from MSDN:- Smart Device Programming with Visual Studio .NET 2003So what’s that ‘Smart Device Application’ project type is all about? Please join the members of the .NET Compact Framework and Visual Studio product groups in […]
1. The simplest method is to deploy the entire Smart Device Framework using the CAB files provided. When you deploy a project including a reference to an OpenNETCF dll this will occur automatically. The device gets the whole framework installed into the Global Assembly Cache (GAC) and an entry in the remove programs applet in […]
The site at http://www.pinvoke.net is a rapidly expanding Wiki solely devoted to P/Invoke definitions for .NET. This now includes Compact Framework P/Invokes for coredll, aygshell, rapi etc. To accompany this resource there is a Visual Studio plugin which gives you a right click option while editing code to insert a ready-made P/Invoke definition. If the […]
Chris has setup a Wiki for OpenNETCF, I’ve added a few topics to sample how P/Invokes may be presented. There will be a lot more work to do to get the template just right but I wanted to ensure the following was included for each entry by default:- C# definition VB definition Equivalent managed functionality. […]
Bill Ryan from KnowDotNet and Devbuzz has posted an article clearly describing the issues around DataSets which arise commonly on the newsgroups and discussion forums. http://msmvps.com/williamryan/posts/5679.aspx These include “Why does calling AcceptChanges followed by DataAdaptor.Update do nothing to the database” and “why doesn’t calling Remove on a row doesn’t remove the row from the database”. […]
Recently released with little fanfare is a minor update to MSN Messenger. One of the first changes I noticed which I find useful is if you sort your contacts by Online/Offline status there are now three states. Green – Online Amber – Available in on a mobile device Red – Offline It makes it easier to […]
This article on the Economist provides the opinion of how mobile phone handsets are replacing souped up cars as the young poser’s object of choice. http://www.economist.com/opinion/displayStory.cfm?story_id=2628969 It cites car style poster adverts for the XDAII as proof, however I think this is a little of a red herring as the XDAII is definately not aimed […]
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Strongly-typed DataSets
Chris Craft has written how to get around the lack of support for Strongly-typed DataSet’s in the IDE for Smart Device projects. http://www.cjcraft.com/Blog/PermaLink.aspx?guid=23fc2044-c854-4358-a0b8-8460f2c56d49 It requires some tweaking of code but is an interesting proposal. Chris plans a full article on the topic, to be released as and when he has time to complete it.
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Windows Mobile Developer Chat later today
James Pratt (Mobile Devices team) will be hosting a developer chat later today covering all aspects of development for Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition. Full description below:- Mobile Devices Developer web chat Are you developing applications for Pocket PCs or Smartphones? Have questions about how to code for mobile devices? Come get the answers from […]
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P/Invoke Wiki
Heres an interesting concept:- http://www.pinvoke.net It’s a Wiki solely devoted to collecting P/Invoke declarations for API functions. It’s desktop windows specific of course. I’ve been thinking about something like this that we could host at OpenNETCF.org to provide a searchable reference to Windows CE P/Invokes – should we start a P/Invoke Wiki?
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