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Building a Sync Services for ADO.NET Solution for Mobile Devices

In my recent webcast '24 Hours of Mobile Development: Networking', I showed a sample that used Microsoft Synchronization Services for ADO.NET to synchronize a local cache database on a Windows Mobile device with backend SQL Server via a WCF service...

Posted to Andy Wigley by Andy Wigley on 12-08-2008

Filed under: TechEd, Webcast, MSDN, Networking, Microsoft Synchronization Services for ADO.NET, Sync Services

Connect to devices over USB in Virtual PC using 'USB Over Network'

I recently moved all my development work into Virtual PCs - I got fed up with trying to keep my main PC up to date with the latest tools, and more and more I run projects that require different versions of the tools. So now, my main PC just has Office...

Posted to Andy Wigley by Andy Wigley on 11-28-2008

Filed under: USB, Visual Studio, Virtual PC

Accessing RESTful 'Astoria' Data Services in .NET Compact Framework

In my recent presentation at Microsoft Tech Ed EMEA 2008 in Barcelona (session MBL304), I talked about how to access RESTful web services from the .NET Compact Framework. I promised that I would post the sample code on my blog, so this post is to fulfil...

Posted to Andy Wigley by Andy Wigley on 11-24-2008

Filed under: TechEd, Webcast, MSDN, Networking, Astoria, REST

Interesting email from HTC support

I was quite surprised at an email I got from HTC Support today in regards to a specific device update:- "Hello, There will be no Windows Mobile 6.1 upgrade for any HTC Touch device. Please do not reply to this email as this email address is not monitored...

Posted to Peter Foot by Peter Foot on 11-21-2008

MSDN Webcast: 24 Hours of Windows Mobile Application Development: Windows Mobile Networking (Level 300)

I am giving a webcast for MSDN on Wednesday November 19, 2008 at 10:00am Pacific Time/3:00pm EST/6:00pm UK/19:00 Western Europe. From the event overview: "In this webcast, you learn how to create a network connection in code and how to discover if...

Posted to Andy Wigley by Andy Wigley on 11-17-2008

Filed under: Webcast, MSDN, Networking

Sample code for WM6 SDK Tools session

Here is the sample code for the session Andrej and I just gave on the Windows Mobile 6 SDK Tools here at Barcelona. The sample illustrates SMS interception, Pockket Outlook Object Model programming, WCF programming, camera capture and State and Notification...

Posted to Andy Wigley by Andy Wigley on 11-11-2008

Filed under: TechEd

Tech Ed EMEA 2008

I am in sunny Barcelona, giving five sessions this year. MBL01-IS Windows Mobile 6 SDK Tools November 11 09:00 - 10:15 Room 134 Visual Studio 2008 brings lot of improvements for mobile developers, and Windows Mobile 6 SDKs tools that allow developers...

Posted to Andy Wigley by Andy Wigley on 11-11-2008

Filed under: TechEd

Live Mesh for Windows Mobile

The Windows Mobile client for Live Mesh is now available. You can download it from your device from http://m.mesh.com I've just installed it onto my phone and have been taking a look. On the desktop the Mesh client is quite tightly integrated into...

Posted to Peter Foot by Peter Foot on 10-31-2008

Get the name of your executing .exe

The Compact Framework doesn't support Assembly.GetEntryAssembly to determine the launching .exe. You can instead P/Invoke the native GetModuleFileName function like so:- byte[] buffer = new byte[MAX_PATH * 2]; int chars = GetModuleFileName(IntPtr...

Posted to Peter Foot by Peter Foot on 08-24-2008

Filed under: Compact Framework

Home and Visiting Clocks in Professional Edition

In Professional Edition (Pocket PC) devices the Clock control panel allows you to set a home timezone and a visiting zone and lets you toggle between them. If you need to retrieve the current settings they are stored in the registry in a key called HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE...

Posted to Peter Foot by Peter Foot on 08-13-2008

Filed under: Windows Mobile

SQL Compact 3.5 SP1 RTM

To coincide with the RTM release of SQL Server 2008 the SQL Compact Team have delivered Service Pack 1 for v3.5. This includes Entity Framework support and a native 64bit version. Steve Lasker has the details:- http://blogs.msdn.com/stevelasker/archive...

Posted to Peter Foot by Peter Foot on 08-07-2008

Filed under: Data

APPA Mundi Awarded Microsoft Certified Partner Status

APPA Mundi has received Certified Partner status within the Microsoft Partner Program along with the Mobility Solutions competency. This achievement showcases APPA Mundi’s expertise in creating mobile solutions based on Microsoft technologies. Read Full...

Posted to Peter Foot by Peter Foot on 08-01-2008

Implement FindString for a ComboBox

The .NETCF ComboBox control doesn't have the FindStrind method which is present on the desktop however this is just a wrapper for a windows message supported by the native control so it is possible to wrap it quite easily in .NETCF 2.0 and above....

Posted to Peter Foot by Peter Foot on 07-10-2008

Filed under: Compact Framework

Using RemoteWipe

With Windows Mobile 5.0 AKU2.0 (Messaging & Security Feature Pack) a new feature was implemented called RemoteWipe. This allowed an administrator to remotely wipe a device if it may have got lost and was designed to remove all sensitive data from...

Posted to Peter Foot by Peter Foot on 06-20-2008

Filed under: Windows Mobile

Session Materials from Tech-Ed

I've posted a number of links relevant to the session I gave last week on our Tech-Ed page here . This includes the sample code which is an additional selection of samples than those which appear in the 32feet.NET package itself. The session covered...

Posted to Peter Foot by Peter Foot on 06-10-2008

Filed under: Events

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