Mike Francis' Weblog

Windows Mobile: Problem with Message Interception failing

I’ve had a couple of clients that ran into a problem where their SMS Message interceptor would fail...

Author: mswatcher99 Date: 11/11/2009

Windows Mobile 6.5 Start Screen PNG Icon Display problem

Some developers are reporting a problem with the PNG icon not displaying in the Start screen.The...

Author: mswatcher99 Date: 11/07/2009

Information about the Marketplace Client and Custom UI

I just posted on the Windows Mobile Developers team blog: The Windows Marketplace for Mobile Client...

Author: mswatcher99 Date: 11/01/2009

New Blog: https://blog.mjfnet.com

I’ve setup my own blog in order to have more control over the presentation and since I develop,...

Author: mswatcher99 Date: 10/29/2009

How To: Creating Icons for Windows Mobile 6.5

Need to create PNG files for your Windows Mobile 6.5 applications? Check out my blog post on the...

Author: mswatcher99 Date: 07/25/2009

Windows Mobile 6.5 Web Browser Control: Enabling Selection support

In my previous post (Windows Mobile 6.5 Web Browser Control: Enabling Gesture support), I discussed...

Author: mswatcher99 Date: 07/22/2009

Windows Mobile 6.5 Web Browser Control: Enabling Gesture support

One of the most powerful controls in the Windows Mobile developer toolbox is the Web Browser...

Author: mswatcher99 Date: 07/22/2009

Capture all Windows Mobile device keys using the AllKeys API

Norm Sohl points out in his post on the Windows Mobile Team blog that Microsoft is taking further...

Author: mswatcher99 Date: 03/28/2009

Top Developer Tips for Windows Mobile Webcast Follow Up – Q&A

Here a list of the questions and answers asked during Wednesday’s Webcast: WILLIAM Asked:: In the...

Author: mswatcher99 Date: 01/23/2009

Top Developer Tips Webcast Follow Up

Thanks for attending my MSDN Webcast today “Top Developer Tips for Windows Mobile”. As promised,...

Author: mswatcher99 Date: 01/15/2009

Don't mess with Unlock Code sites - if you don't have to...

Want to use your Mobile Operator branded phone on a different network? You might not be able to....

Author: mswatcher99 Date: 10/17/2008

Microsoft Press - Visual Studio 2008 Free E-Book Offer

Free book on LINQ, and teaser chapters on ASP.NET AJAX and Silverlight ... Click Here: Microsoft...

Author: mswatcher99 Date: 01/23/2008

How to Override the 'Back' Key in your Web Browser Control Application

I just helped a customer with a problem he was having with this web application : when correcting an...

Author: mswatcher99 Date: 01/22/2008

How Innovative! InnovateOn for Windows Mobile Development

This is a great deal for Windows Mobile Developers: Free Certification Testing and Code Signing...

Author: mswatcher99 Date: 12/13/2007

PowerShell and Quick UI Check for WM Applications

Thanks to those of you that attended Reed and my presentation at the Windows Mobile Partner Summit....

Author: mswatcher99 Date: 12/11/2007

Hello World Wide Mobile Web

Hi there! My name is Mike Francis. I've worked at Microsoft for twelve years in various roles...

Author: mswatcher99 Date: 10/09/2007