Il blog di Giulio Vian : SmartPhone

Quick-list for testing and demoing on a real device

giuliov — Tue, 12 Apr 2005 13:17:00 GMT

In the last days I set up a demo app running on a SmartPhone / PocketPC. I needed to wake-up an app on the SP by sending an SMS. This is well described in http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnnetcomp/html/ReceivingSMSMessages.asp. The hard part is setting the security right, because SMS is a privileged operation. For an in-depth description see http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnppcgen/html/smartphone_security.asp.

These are the steps for unmanaged code.

Reboot the phone
Connect the USB cable
Select Guest partnership
Launch the "Smartphone 2003 SDK" command prompt
Type spdps /create /device
This is needed just once. The next time
Open the embedded Visual C++ project
Verify that the binaries will be signed with the "Smartphone 2003 Privileged Test Signing Authority"
Deploy the application to the device

giuliov — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 11:49:00 GMT

The right installation sequence for using both managed and unmanaged:

Active Sync 3.8
eMbedded Visual C++® 4.0 with Service Pack 2
eMbedded Visual C++® 4.0 Service Pack 4
Visual Studio .NET 2003
- choose Mobile / CompactFramework
Pocket PC 2003 SDK
Smartphone 2003 SDK
Smartphone 2003 SDK SPDPS Update for eMbedded Visual C++ 4.0 SP4
Emulators for Pocket PC 2003 Second Edition
- different for eVC and VS
Emulators for Smartphone 2003 Second Edition
- different for eVC and VS
Developer Resources for Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition
Windows CE .NET Utilities v1.1 for Visual Studio .NET 2003
Windows Mobile Developer Power Toys
Windows Mobile Developer Samples - CallEvents
- to send SMS or simulate Incoming Calls
Connect Emulator with ActiveSync

giuliov — Fri, 22 Oct 2004 04:54:00 GMT

I did it! Last night I was able to install the development environment for my Motorola MPx200, i.e. SmartPhone 2002, and run my first HelloWorld!

I tried it some months ago, and it didn’t work. My suspect was the installation mess of the PC (betas and so on), but I were wrong.

Started from scratch, the installation went in this order:

· Windows XP RTM

· the Dell’s notebook drivers

· Windows XP SP2

· Visual SourceSafe 6.0d

· eMbedded Visual Tools 3.0 (complete)

· MS Loopback Adapter

The last were the crucial fact. Now I’ll start developing, in some sleepless hotel night, a couple of apps I’m thinking of.