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WPH303 Triskaidekaphobia - Session Code

Attached is the code from today's session. The Windows Mobile 6 project requires Visual Studio 2008 and the Windows Mobile 6 SDK. The Windows Phone 7 project requires the Windows Phone 7 Development tools Beta. I'll blog separately about some...

Published Tue, Aug 31 2010 3:25 PM by Peter Foot

DataContractSerializer and Internal types

Under Silverlight only public types may be serialized with the DataContractSerializer. If you want to make your data classes internal to your assembly and serialise them for use in a WCF service you will find that the service call will fail at runtime...

Published Mon, Aug 23 2010 6:21 AM by Peter Foot

Filed under: Windows Phone, Code

Review: .NET Compact Framework 3.5 Data Driven Applications

Like Peter Nowak I was asked to review this recent release. Unfortunately due to other commitments it has taken the best part of a month to finish it. To avoid repeating the same points I recommend you read Peter’s review . While the current focus at...

Published Mon, Jul 05 2010 2:01 PM by Peter Foot

Filed under: Books

Microsoft Surface Bluetooth Connect Code Sample

APPA Mundi recently worked with the Microsoft Surface team to put together a code sample showing the exchange of information from a Surface to a nearby Bluetooth enabled phone using standard protocols. This means that any phone which supports standard...

Published Tue, Jun 22 2010 7:45 AM by Peter Foot

Filed under: Code

New Book on .NETCF 3.5 Development

Despite Windows Phone 7 Development being all-the-rage at the moment I was recently informed of a new book on .NET Compact Framework development. I’ll be reviewing it shortly, in the mean time you can check out the details (including a free chapter download...

Published Thu, Jun 17 2010 1:07 AM by Peter Foot

Filed under: Books

DDD-Day Sydney 17th July

Following the format of the excellent Developer-Developer-Developer-Day events in the UK, Lewis Benge is organising an event on 17th July in Sydney. If you are in the Sydney area then I urge you to check out the website and register for this free event...

Published Wed, Jun 16 2010 1:00 AM by Peter Foot

Filed under: Events

070-580: Windows Mobile 6.5 Application Development

This may be a little late to the party but I thought I would share some information on this exam. Because you sign an NDA when you take the exam I cannot comment on specifics of the exam content, however I can offer some guidance on the study guide:-...

Published Mon, May 24 2010 1:05 AM by Peter Foot

Filed under: Windows Mobile

Microsoft English 1.0

More proof (if really needed) that Microsoft is abandoning English and making up its own language:- "We have noted your concern and we have given your feedback to our upstream." From Microsoft Subscriptions Support (TechNet/MSDN)

Published Fri, May 14 2010 2:06 AM by Peter Foot

Mobile In The Hand 4.2 Released

This latest update includes a number of performance enhancements and wider device compatibility. A new SystemEvents class is added in the InTheHand.Win32 namespace which allows you to monitor power changes on devices which do not support the State and...

Published Mon, May 10 2010 2:20 AM by Peter Foot

Filed under: Windows Mobile, Compact Framework, Mobile4

WP7: Versions in April CTP

I was surprised when I first wrote a hello world application on the MIX CTP that the Environment.OSVersion.Version property was returned as 7.0 when all the media speculation was that it would be based on CE 6. I tweeted about it at the time but some...

Published Tue, May 04 2010 7:18 PM by Peter Foot

Filed under: Windows Phone

Configuring Microsoft Exchange Server for Mobility

If you want to learn about configuring Exchange Server for mobile devices there is an interactive configuration guide which will work through the actions required depending on your platform and your specific requirements:- http://wmexchangesetup.com/launcher...

Published Mon, May 03 2010 8:40 PM by Peter Foot

Filed under: Windows Mobile

WP7: Writing a Well-Behaved Threaded Application

The latest CTP release of Windows Phone 7 introduces a new managed library which exposes events you can monitor to catch changes in state in your application. The assembly is Microsoft.Phone.Execution.dll . This contains a WindowsPhoneEvents class which...

Published Sat, May 01 2010 8:30 PM by Peter Foot

Filed under: Windows Phone

WP7: New Capabilities Security Model

Jamie Rodriguez has a post on the new capabilities security model in Windows Phone 7 which is introduced in the latest CTP release:- http://blogs.msdn.com/jaimer/archive/2010/04/30/windows-phone-capabilities-security-model.aspx It is interesting to read...

Published Sat, May 01 2010 7:09 AM by Peter Foot

Filed under: Windows Phone

WP7: New CTP and a quick tip

If you haven’t already heard there is a new release of the Windows Phone 7 Developer Tools available which is compatible with the RTM release of Visual Studio. Before you install you need to uninstall the previous version and this is where you might have...

Published Fri, Apr 30 2010 2:05 AM by Peter Foot

Filed under: Windows Phone

WP7: ApplicationBar CTP Issue

If you have read the UI Guidelines for Windows Phone 7 (If you haven’t, get it now ) you notice that in the discussion of the ApplicationBar it states that a maximum of four icons can be added. I noticed inadvertently that if you add five icons in your...

Published Tue, Apr 13 2010 9:21 PM by Peter Foot

Filed under: Windows Phone

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DataContractSerializer and Internal types

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Microsoft Surface Bluetooth Connect Code Sample

New Book on .NETCF 3.5 Development

DDD-Day Sydney 17th July

070-580: Windows Mobile 6.5 Application Development

Microsoft English 1.0

Mobile In The Hand 4.2 Released

WP7: Versions in April CTP

Configuring Microsoft Exchange Server for Mobility

WP7: Writing a Well-Behaved Threaded Application

WP7: New Capabilities Security Model

WP7: New CTP and a quick tip

WP7: ApplicationBar CTP Issue