Microsoft Dynamics Mobile Team blog : Dynamics Mobile 2008

How to enable barcode scanning on existing Microsoft Dynamics Mobile tasklets

Jan Zeman — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:07:40 GMT

This is an installment of Barcode Scanning With Microsoft Dynamics Mobile series.

… and concurrently it is the shortest blog article I have ever written :-)

Just follow the MSDN link: How to: Set Up Barcode Scanning for Mobile Sales. Use this approach for SimpleList or similarly for ItemList tasklet.

Where To Get Barcode Drivers

Jan Zeman — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:46:00 GMT

This is an installment of Barcode Scanning With Microsoft Dynamics Mobile series.

Barcode drivers are the most essential prerequisites for barcode scanning functionality on a particular device. Out of the box, Microsoft Dynamics Mobile supports two barcode enabled device manufacturers: Motorola (formerly Symbol) and Intermec. To achieve any barcode related functionality you need to acquire appropriate barcode drivers. These are usually wrapped in some .NET Compact Framework assembly which is shipped as a part of a particular SDK of the given manufacturer. Third parties (in this case Microsoft) are not allowed to redistribute manufacturers’ drivers so you have to get them by your own. To make your life easier I prepared the following mini-tutorials describing where to download appropriate SDK and how to extract barcode driver out of them.

Please notice! The description below is very precise and all links are currently working (January 2009). However it can change as time goes by. Feel free to add your comment to the blog article, we will update the description.

Motorola (formerly Symbol): You need two assemblies called Symbol and Symbol.Barcode

Go to Motorola EMDK for .NET v2.0 (EMDK stands for Enterprise Mobility Developer Kit formerly known as SMDK - Symbol Mobility Developer Kit) and download EMDK-M-020005-Up2.zip.
Unzip and locate the following CAB file: symbol.all.arm.cab (typically in .\SDK\Smart Devices\wce500\armv4i folder).
Install the CAB file on any Windows Mobile device or emulator, and locate Symbol.dll and Symbol.Barcode.dll on that device under \Windows
Copy Symbol.dll and Symbol.Barcode.dll to your PC for future use.

Intermec: You need one assembly called Intermec.DataCollection.CF2 a

Notice that you must be a registered user to be able to perform any download from the Intermec web site. If you are not, go to the Intermec downloads login page, click on the “create a new account” link, provide all required information and click on the “Register” button.
Having your Intermec account you can download the Intermec Development Toolkit. You must enter your Intermec account credentials and go through a short wizard to reach the download link.
Install the toolkit (00002344_IDLDCRK_Setup.exe).
Locate Intermec.DataCollection.CF2.dll assembly under the following path: %PROGRAMFILES%\Intermec\Developer Library\Dot NET Assemblies\CF 2.0
Copy Intermec.DataCollection.CF2.dll to your PC for future use.

Barcode Scanning With Microsoft Dynamics Mobile

Jan Zeman — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:40:00 GMT

My plan is to post a short series of articles related to barcode scanning experience with Microsoft Dynamics Mobile. Today’s post should act as an overview of posted and will-be-posted articles touching the barcode functionality.

Here is the plan:

Barcode scanning prerequisites: Where to get barcode drivers
How to enable barcode scanning on existing Microsoft Dynamics Mobile tasklets
How to code your own barcode enabled tasklets (Motorola and Intermec devices)

Bullets above will be transformed to http links after the corresponding article has been issued.

Dynamics Mobile takes out the trash at Europe’s largest music festival

davworth — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:25:00 GMT

From July 3rd to 6th, the quiet fairgrounds outside the provincial town of Roskilde, about a 30 minute drive from Copenhagen, were transformed into a cacophony of music, people, tent camps, and general abandon. Over 67,000 people attended this year’s...(read more)

Using SSIS with Microsoft Dynamics Mobile

Jan Zeman — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 12:54:00 GMT

Let me start with a small announcement I am happy to announce that we have upgraded our SSIS ( SQL Server Integration Services ) solution for Mobile Sales from the 2005 to the 2008 version of Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services. So from now on we...(read more)

How to send a requestdocument from a service

Tim Skauge — Tue, 27 May 2008 10:00:00 GMT

Yesterday I was sitting with a potential partner here at MDCC (Microsoft Development Center Copenhagen) to get them introduced to Microsoft Dynamics Mobile. All in all I think we had a good and productive day where we covered most of the major topics...(read more)

Microsoft Dynamics Mobile - version 1.1 released today!

cbuhelt — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:02:00 GMT

It is with great pride that I can announce that we have released the next version of Microsoft Dynamics Mobile on PartnerSource . It is really exciting that we are now making this available for all our Microsoft Dynamics Partners. With this release we...(read more)

Getting Ready for Release!

cbuhelt — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:45:00 GMT

There are now 26 days until the release of Microsoft Dynamics Mobile 2008! The team is working really hard on completing the work and is looking forward to shipping this product. The main theme of the release is integration to Microsoft Dynamics NAV 4.0...(read more)

Meet us at Convergence 2008 Orlando

erikdib — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:55:00 GMT

Convergence 2008 Orlando will begin in just a little more than a week. You will be able to see our technology first hand in 9 unique session, and we'll also be present with 2 stands at the Microsoft Product Pavilion. Feel free to stop by and interact...(read more)

Pre-release of integration whitepaper available on PartnerSource

erikdib — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:20:00 GMT

For Microsoft Dynamics Mobile 2008 we've made it easier to connect a mobile application to an ERP system of your choice. Part of the work has been to implement out-of-the-box server connectors for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 4.0 and 5.0, on top of what we...(read more)

Pre-release of Microsoft Dynamics Mobile 2008

cbuhelt — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:01:00 GMT

Friday we released a pre-release version of Microsoft Dynamics Mobile 2008 on Partnersource . The release contains loads of new features and enhancements, the most important being integration with Microsoft Dynamics NAV. With the summer 2007 release we...(read more)