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CoreCon API - Part V
Last post we looked at how to write a device side agent. I am uploading the source for file viewer written using CoreCon API's. How to use You need to have visual studio 2008 installed in your machine. Extract the zip file. It has 2 solutions and 2 xsl Read More...

Posted Thursday, December 06, 2007 5:00 AM by MobileDevGroup | 4 Comments

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CoreCon API - Part IV
In the last post we saw how to create a package and use that for downloading set of files. Writing Device Agent What do I get if I write an my own agent? You can reliably start your agent. When the start call is completed you are guaranteed that your Read More...

Posted Monday, December 03, 2007 11:18 AM by MobileDevGroup | 2 Comments

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CoreCon API – Part III
Package More than often we would like to deploy multiple files as part of our application. Also these files might vary depending on the architecture of the device. To handle these CoreCon provides something called packages. Packages files are present Read More...

Posted Wednesday, November 21, 2007 1:32 AM by MobileDevGroup | 2 Comments

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CoreCon API – Part II
Let’s see some ways to do send/receive files to device and some process related functions. CoreCon provides a class called FileDeployer using which we can do file transfers across device and desktop. You should have established connection (Device.Connect()) Read More...

Posted Tuesday, November 20, 2007 6:09 AM by MobileDevGroup | 2 Comments

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CoreCon API – Part 1
VSD is shipping Set of connectivity API which could be used to write remote tools (Remote file viewer etc) kind of Apps. This series of blog is aimed at giving an introduction about the connectivity APIs. Datastore is a set of XML files on your desktop Read More...

Posted Tuesday, November 20, 2007 2:01 AM by MobileDevGroup | 7 Comments

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Orcas Feedback on Device Features
A few days ago Visual Studio "Orcas" Beta 1 was made available for download. We also handed out DVDs at MEDC 2007 Las Vegas Last week. I hope you were able to install these bits and try out some of the new features we enabled. If you have not downloaded Read More...

Posted Monday, May 07, 2007 11:41 AM by MobileDevGroup | 1 Comments

Testing non-public methods in Orcas Beta1
Unless you've been living under a rock, you're probably aware that we shipped Visual Studio Orcas Beta1 last week. Here's Soma's blog post on the release which also has a link to the download. This is a huge milestone for us as the product that we've Read More...

Posted Wednesday, April 25, 2007 11:39 AM by MobileDevGroup | 1 Comments

Breakpoints not getting bound/hit sometimes when debugging on Windows Mobile 6
If you're using the new Windows Mobile 6 SDK, you might find that your breakpoints don't get hit anymore when you're debugging a managed application. In this case, check the NetCF version you have installed on the desktop - ensure that it is NetCF V2 Read More...

Posted Saturday, March 24, 2007 1:07 PM by MobileDevGroup | 1 Comments

Device Emulator V2 is Live
For those of you developing on Windows Vista, the much awaited for Device Emulator V2 is now live. Check out: http://blogs.msdn.com/anandba/archive/2007/03/13/device-emulator-v2-is-live.aspx for details. Anand Balachandran Read More...

Posted Monday, March 12, 2007 5:12 PM by MobileDevGroup | 1 Comments

Connectivity issues after installing Visual Studio SP1
Issue: Developers who upgraded to VS 2005 SP1 from VS 2005 RTM may have noticed issues in their connectivity. When they try to connect to device they will be getting one of the following error messages depending on whether you have ActiveSync installed Read More...

Posted Thursday, January 18, 2007 10:18 PM by MobileDevGroup | 2 Comments

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VS 2005 SP1 is now available !
Yes VS 2005 SP1 is now available for download. Here are some useful links I wanted to share. VSTS patches download http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=bb4a75ab-e2d4-4c96-b39d-37baf6b5b1dc&DisplayLang=en Express patches download Read More...

Posted Monday, December 18, 2006 3:14 PM by MobileDevGroup | 2 Comments

Unit Testing for .Net Compact Framework
This blog post should have happened some time ago and the only reason it has taken so long is due to my laziness :-) With the recent Visual Studio Orcas CTPs, we are shipping preview bits of one of the biggest features Visual Studio for Devices has to Read More...

Posted Sunday, November 12, 2006 8:36 AM by MobileDevGroup | 9 Comments

Platform Verification Task
What is Platform Verification Task? Smart Device development involves writing applications that target a particular device platform. Toolbox filtering, the unsupported control designer and IntelliSense provide design time aid to the developer to add only Read More...

Posted Friday, September 15, 2006 12:20 PM by MobileDevGroup | 6 Comments

Rory Blyth's demos on Windows Mobile Development
Rory Blyth, an MSDN Events Presenter, plans to give a series of screencasts on the subject of Windows Mobile Development. You can access the link here . In his own words: " I've decided, humble as I am, to try and create the greatest series of screencasts Read More...

Posted Tuesday, July 18, 2006 6:46 PM by MobileDevGroup | 5 Comments

Shared Source Microsoft Device Emulator 1.0 Release
Barry has just posted details on this here . For all you geeks out there, this is an incredible opportunity to peek into the innards of the device emulator [Sriram] Read More...

Posted Monday, July 17, 2006 10:43 AM by MobileDevGroup | 1 Comments

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