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When a CAB file fails to install, we pop up an ambiguous error message. We could put more detailed info there (and there is a bug sitting in our database saying we should investigate doing so) but the reality is that when a CAB fail, there's really nothing
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Windows Mobile 5 is so jam packed with cool new APIs that some of the smaller (but still very useful!) ones fall through the PR cracks. Here are two that I just got remineded of by a post in the smartphone.developer newsgroup: ActiveSyncStart & ActiveSyncStop
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Now that VS 2005 has RTM'd, people are starting to ask what devices it can be used to build killer apps for. Here's a link to the tool support matrix I posted a while back which answers that question: http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsmobile/archive/2005/06/02/424382.aspx
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Don's latest article on developer.com gives a tour of the Microsoft.WindowsMobile.PocketOutlook namespace and includes some demos showing how easy it now is to access PIM information from .NET CF. -Robert
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We did a great job of adding support for 2-state icons in Windows Mobile 5 so you can have an icon that changes when the user highlights it in the Start menu. But we did a lousy job of documenting how ISVs can define their own "selected" state icons.
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Not sure when it was published, but I just stumbled across this excellent article from Don that explains the new managed State & Notification Broker APIs (my baby) and everything you need to know to start taking advantage of them. -Robert
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This came up in the newsgroup yesterday but I think it's worth noting here as well... For performance reasons, the system registry is loaded into memory and changes are flushed back to persistent storage periodically. This is great for perf but it also
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Mike Hall has a teaser <sarcasm> I bet you'll never guess what it's for </sarcasm> Meanwhile, unable to wait for Slashdot to start a thread on the topic, a member of the J2ME team at Sun gets the F.U.D. ball rolling . -Robert
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Saw the keynote this morning? I did! Like the demo that included hosting the Windows Media Player ActiveX control inside of a .NET Compact Framework app? I did! Wonder how they did that considering that CFv2 doesn't include some of the classes you'd use
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Jim just announced that the HTC Universal is being sold at the event at a mind boggling price of $149. And for an extra $10, attendees can get a bluetooth headset to go wth it. Attendees can log in to commnet and reserve theirs now kudos to James for
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There's a new article on MSDN . It's a good read when you're trying to decide between static vs. dynamic linking but here's what I think is the most important part for people to keep in mind: For Windows Mobile platforms, MFC 3.0 is in read-only memory
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A few days ago, I had a discussion on the pocketpc.developer newgroup with Tristan of PocketTV about how there are still some fundamental differences between Pocket PC an Smartphone APIs. The examples that came up were MessageBox (fullscreen on Smartphone,
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Speaking of new API's in Windows Mobile 5.0, the most common piece of feeback I got during the MEDC tour is that people are disappointed that these are specific to Windows Mobile 5.0 (actually, the most common feedback was "we want more live demos" but
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Clearly, somebody isn't giving Marcus enough real work to do so he's decided to figure out how the new Device Emulator's configuration files work and post his notes . He makes a good point that by modifying these files, you can simultaneously run two
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As a long time Smartphone user, I'm really excited about the quality of Windows Mobile 5.0 and most of the feature changes that have happened over the years. But I'll be honest and say that I personally find a couple of the changes we had to make a bit...
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