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eating some dog food and posting on my smart phone :-)[Author: Dave Stewart]
Author: windowsmobile Date: 07/07/2004
Shell Notification API: does it remove dismissed notifications even without a sink window?
A question on ShNAPI (the Shell Notification API - it's fun to say the acronym!): Will the OS remove...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 07/06/2004
Using SHGetSpecialFolderPath() to get the localized name of the "Program Files" folder
Someone asked this: What is the proper way to find the localised name of the "Program Files"...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 07/06/2004
Introducing... James D.!
Hi - my name is James Drage. I work on the Windows Mobile Shell Dev team. I've been working on...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 07/06/2004
Betas
I've been getting a bunch of mail asking about this lately so here's a quick summary of what's going...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 07/05/2004
You Can Take It With You
The first three articles in Jim Wilson's new “You Can Take It With You” column went live...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 07/04/2004
Smartphone Development Tips and Tricks
Riki, the dev behind Sprite Backup, posted an interesting document on his website which could save...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 07/04/2004
An unscientific poll
In my "free time," I'm putting together a .NET service to do quick surveys. This means: Weekly...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 07/02/2004
Detecting hardware keyboards on Pocket PC 2003 Second Edition devices
While I was at TechEd someone asked me how you detect a hardware keyboard on Pocket PC 2003 Second...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 07/02/2004
Speed up development using... disassembly!
For a programmer, there's a time when you're trying to finish a feature and need to flush out the...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 06/30/2004
Automated UI regression testing
Over the past year year or so I've been pretty passionate about trying to make automated UI...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 06/30/2004
Two sessions down, one to go
This morning at the lovely hour of 8:30am I did my first TechEd session, which was all about UI...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 06/30/2004
Please welcome...(drum roll)...Ammon Larson!
I am excited to start blogging and be able to communicate with all of our users and developers out...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 06/30/2004
My TechEd Blog
I am blogging from Europaplein 22 NL 1078 GZ Amsterdam
Author: windowsmobile Date: 06/29/2004
I'm a mentor: Kinda like Yoda only taller and less green
One of the really positive things we do here is "mentor" other folks in our same area of discipline....
Author: windowsmobile Date: 06/28/2004
Recovering desktop-aholic
As I mentioned before, I used to work on Windows Media Player and other multimedia stuff like Deluxe...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 06/28/2004
Globalization
Another MDC presentation I did, this time on globalization. If you've ever wondered what...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 06/28/2004
Working with Messaging
I've uploaded a copy of the slides for the talk about Messaging that I did at this year's Mobile...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 06/28/2004
Hello From Amsterdam!
I've made it to Amsterdam and have some level of network connectivity, so it's time to start posting...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 06/28/2004
Hello World!
If you were expecting some Hello World sample, you'll be deeply disappointed because it's just...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 06/25/2004
another introduction!
Okay, the lure of the shirt has pulled me in too... :) Actually, I think I just feel bad for Dave...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 06/25/2004
BLOG STAR shirts!
Not that this is the ONLY reason that I started blogging today, but Robert Levy was kind enough to...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 06/25/2004
What makes the Messaging team run? FOOD
Or more accurately, a free lunch. Very often we go through periods of intense bug fixing, trying to...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 06/24/2004
Send me a message
Hi! I'm the development lead for Messaging User Interface on the PocketPC and Smartphone. In a...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 06/24/2004
Chat Cancelled
Today's ActiveSync chat has been cancelled due to some network problems with the Expert Zone system....
Author: windowsmobile Date: 06/24/2004
What's New in VS 2005 for Devices
Check out this new doc on MSDN. New ARM based emulator, tons of new controls, a much improved form...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 06/23/2004
ActiveSync Web Chat Tomorrow - 3:00 PST
https://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/expertzone/chats/default.mspx Got a Pocket PC or Smartphone? Got...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 06/23/2004
James in wrong blog site blogging frenzy
I don't know what happened this Saturday morning but I went on a blogging frenzy. The net result is...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 06/21/2004
Calling eVB Developers!
Are you or someone you love actively writing/maintaining an application written in eVB? Is the lack...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 06/21/2004
Finding Pocket Outlook Object Model (POOM) documentation
Today I was once again reminded how hard it is to find POOM documentation in MSDN. For those who...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 06/17/2004
New Articles on MSDN
Pocket PC...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 06/17/2004
.NET CF Resources @ Code Project
Wow... there are a ton of great .NET Compact Framework articles and samples over on Code Project....
Author: windowsmobile Date: 06/09/2004
Books to ease the eVB/VB6 --> .NET Migration
I just noticed an awesome thread in the .NET Compact Framework newsgroup where people are posting...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 06/05/2004
Moving From eVB to .NET CF
It shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone that eVB has reached the end of its life. You have to...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 05/27/2004
Databases
Susan Loh posted a FAQ on Windows CE databases to her blog. I want to emphasize one of the things...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 05/27/2004
Tech Ed 2004
It looks like Seth had a blast in San Diego talking about the Compact Framework. We have a handful...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 05/27/2004
First device to take advantage of Windows Mobile 2003 SE's hi-res capabilities
So it looks like Toshiba has made a new ROM freely available to e800 owners which will upgrade your...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 05/26/2004
Class Designer
One of the many Visual Studio 2005 features announced at Tech Ed today is the Class Designer. See...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 05/24/2004
Playing with .NET CF v2
Neil Cowburn (an MVP and OpenNETCF.org contributor) is using the latest community tech preview of...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 05/24/2004
Reply to this thread with things you would like to hear from Test
Trying to get ideas for what it is that people are interested in that pertains to testing. Was...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 05/20/2004
Presentation at Ohio State
I'm working with recruiting and giving a presentation about interviewing at Microsoft at The Ohio...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 05/20/2004
Windows Mobile at TechEd San Diego, 5/23/04
This year's TechEd is going to be in San Diego. It is already SOLD OUT! That means, over 10,000...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 05/14/2004
My first Channel 9 segment is up!
Yay! The first part of my interview with Channel 9 is now available for your viewing pleasure. It's...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 05/14/2004
SHGetUIMetrics
If you are getting a compile error trying to use SHGetUIMetrics() after installing the...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 05/14/2004
Managing lo-dpi and hi-dpi resources in one app
When you are writing one application that can run at either lo-dpi or hi-dpi (as I hope you all are...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 05/14/2004
Steven Clarke's API usability blog
Since several people seemed interested in the older posts on inbox API usability I thought I'd point...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 05/11/2004
Looking for the POOM type library?
One of our MVPs was having some trouble recently with POOM and traced the problem back to our device...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 05/11/2004