Windows Mobile Team Blog
Maximizing flash throughput in your apps
Ariane in our file system team wrote a great blog entry that describes what an application developer...
Author: MikeCal Date: 03/16/2006
Powershell trick #2 - creating CertificateStore XML
A few weeks ago I wrote about constructing CertificateStore XML by hand. You have to open up the...
Author: scyost Date: 03/11/2006
Workaround for LAP: Windows Mobile 5.0
Here's an issue for LAP writers, and the associated workaround. Issue: When a 3rd-party LAP is...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 03/06/2006
Powershell trick #1 - checking binary signatures
I love Monad Powershell. I have been using Powershell lately and it has really made my job easier....
Author: scyost Date: 03/02/2006
Adding SSL Certificates 201
Advanced issues you might run into when trying to add your own SSL certificates to the device for...
Author: scyost Date: 02/27/2006
Gift giving blues? Get some clues...
I had an interesting experience with a cool Windows Mobile app last night. I was invited for dinner...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/19/2006
Windows Mobile Documentation Blog
We've created a new blog, the Windows Mobile Doc blog, purely to provide updates on the latest and...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 02/17/2006
Where did 240 come from?
You may have noticed a number of Windows Mobile devices coming out with 240x240 screens. And you're...
Author: MikeCal Date: 02/14/2006
Required update to Virtual Earth Mobile
If you use Virtual Earth Mobile, you will need to update your app to version 1.50 before February...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 02/07/2006
TypeLoadException thrown whenever Microsoft.WindowsMobile.Telephony is used in Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphones.
Hello, the following bug exists today in Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone. I wrote a KB article that...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 02/07/2006
MEDC 2006 registration now open
The MEDC 2006 site is now live! This year's MEDC will be held from May 8-11 at the Venetian in Las...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 02/03/2006
Injecting Provisioning XML into a cab using VS 2005
VS 2005 allows you to create your own custom device cab files. It does many of the basic things that...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 02/03/2006
App Verifier for WM5
I just got word that we released a version of App Verifier that works on Windows Mobile 5 devices....
Author: MikeCal Date: 02/03/2006
Whither Voice Command Over BTh?
I had a request to do a blog entry explaining why Voice Command doesn't work over Bluetooth (BTh)...
Author: MikeCal Date: 02/03/2006
How to add your own root cert via CAB file
This post will explain how to install a root cert on a one tier device via a CAB file. For...
Author: scyost Date: 01/28/2006
Where did the name aygshell come from anyway?
Once upon a time, Microsoft had a product called the Palm-sized PC, and the internal code-name for...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 01/19/2006
I Know What You Did Last Vacation...
Okay, I have no idea what you did on your last vacation. But I hope you had fun. If you're a regular...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 01/11/2006
GetDeviceUniqueID
There is a new API available for retrieving a device id in Windows Mobile 5.0 for both Pocket PC and...
Author: marcpe Date: 01/09/2006
MEDC 2006 Call for Papers Live
Here's a exciting opportunity for exposure at the MEDC 2006 event. Microsoft MEDC 2006 (Mobile and...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 01/03/2006
Using Microsoft.WindowsMobile.Telephony
One of our MVPs pointed out today that using Phone.Talk was adding invalid characters at the end of...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 01/03/2006
Windows Mobile 5.0 Security Model FAQ
Certificates (SSL) Q: What is required to install a new certificate to the ROOT store?A: Adding ROOT...
Author: scyost Date: 12/17/2005
DPI-aware NetCF v1 apps
.NetCF 2.0 has great support for hi-dpi devices, but v1 does not have anything built in. Luckily,...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 12/15/2005
JavaScript and C#
I was wondering if there would be any demand for a product that allowed you to call managed code...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 12/09/2005
Windows Mobile Application Execution Security Policies
There's a good description of the trust levels in Windows CE at this MSDN page, so for this post...
Author: scyost Date: 12/03/2005
Diagnosing Installation Failures
When a CAB file fails to install, we pop up an ambiguous error message. We could put more detailed...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 11/29/2005
Start & Stop ActiveSync
Windows Mobile 5 is so jam packed with cool new APIs that some of the smaller (but still very...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 11/28/2005
Application Execution Security 101
This post will be a quick reference to the application security model in WM 2005. I'll gloss over...
Author: scyost Date: 11/10/2005
Community Chat Alert: UI Programming for Windows Mobile Devices
Topic: UI Programming for Windows Mobile Devices Abstract: This chat will cover various topics...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 11/08/2005
Getting your unprivileged drivers and services to work
Currently, you need a privileged cerificate to get your driver or service to load at boot-time, even...
Author: scyost Date: 11/03/2005
Adding Root Certificates for Exchange Activesync
How can I add root certs to my Windows Mobile 5.0 device? In WM 5.0, the certchk tool no longer...
Author: scyost Date: 11/03/2005
What requires trust?
Sometimes it's not clear when an application requires a privileged certificate or not. Here's a high...
Author: scyost Date: 10/29/2005
Introducing Scott
Hi, I'm Scott Yost. I'm a SDE/T on Windows Mobile, and I test several of our security features. My...
Author: scyost Date: 10/28/2005
Reminder: Tool Support Matrix
Now that VS 2005 has RTM'd, people are starting to ask what devices it can be used to build killer...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 10/27/2005
Two state icons in Windows Mobile 5.0
If you're one of the lucky people who already have a Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone you might have...
Author: Soyale Date: 10/24/2005
Virtual Earth Mobile
When MSN’s Virtual Earth website came online a few months ago, naturally the first thing I did was...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 10/24/2005
Microsoft.WindowsMobile.PocketOutlook
Don's latest article on developer.com gives a tour of the Microsoft.WindowsMobile.PocketOutlook...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 10/15/2005
Windows Mobile Wiki
After coming back from vacation I found an eMail referring to a new Windows Mobile Wiki. This is...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 10/13/2005
Bluetooth
Anil Dhawan has written a managed Bluetooth library for Windows Mobile that makes it painfully easy...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 10/07/2005
September Docs Update for Windows Mobile
You know how magazine cover dates are always months into the future? You can probably buy the...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 10/07/2005
CEDB, EDB and dynamic properties
While we're on the subject of EDB.... there is one thing EDB does not allow that CEDB did: creating...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 10/01/2005
CeGetDatabaseProps
Now that CEDB is deprecated in Windows Mobile 5.0, you may be running across one gotcha in the EDB...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 09/29/2005