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Introducing the Windows Mobile API Usage Tool!

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I'm really excited to announce the release of the Windows Mobile API Usage Tool, available here: https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=fc803c7b-e855-475a-b8f3-38c19a007d36&displaylang=en

 The API Usage Tool scans your Windows Mobile applications (in cab, msi, or binary formats), performs static analysis, and reports on the usage of APIs and other system resources. Our application compatibility team has been using the tool for several months now to ensure that we have good coverage of our public SDK when we do testing with 3rd party applications, as well as to help guide resource allocation and investments toward the most frequently used APIs.

 The tool includes a file-- deprecated.txt-- that has the current list of deprecated APIs for Windows Mobile, and will report on your application's usage of these APIs. It's a really effective way to evaluate how your application will be affected once these deprecated APIs are removed from Windows Mobile.

 The tool is command-line based, and its output is a SQL Compact Edition database (.sdf file). When used with the /deprecated option, the tool will also generate a collection of useful reports.

 We're hoping that developers find the tool and reports useful, and we're encouraging developers to send us a copy of their database (or a link to a copy for larger files) at wmaut@microsoft.com. We'll aggregate the data and incorporate it into our application compatibility planning, and we'll also share findings with the community via this blog.

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  • Anonymous
    August 03, 2008
    I'd like to suggest that you guys also look more seriously at ways that you could expand (not just improve) the current APIs.  For example, it would be wonderful to have a standardized API for the accelerometer/G-sensors that are present in many of the newer devices these days, as this would make it MUCH easier to write software that works on a variety of devices. If this isn't the best place to post this suggestion, could you point me someplace else?

  • Anonymous
    August 03, 2008
    Good morning, First - thanks for your promising appliacation. But I have strange problem - after (repeating) downloads I got (when trying to install) only message "Cannot open install package..." (message is in Czech language on my computer). Regards Rene

  • Anonymous
    August 04, 2008
    Drops with exception on XP x64 =( C:Program Files (x86)Windows Mobile API Usage Tool>wmaut test.sdf C:TestBuildBinaryPPC2005 Windows Mobile API Usage Tool Version 1.0.0 ConnectDB(): Error: An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect form at. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007000B) ConnectDB(): Error: An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect form at. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007000B)

  • Anonymous
    August 04, 2008
    Rene and Andre-- Thanks for the reports.  We'll investigate these issues.

  • Anonymous
    August 04, 2008
    bmsaffitz: Thanks for the response. My configuration is Windows XP SP2, VS.NET 2008, WM 5 and 6 SDK.

  • Anonymous
    August 04, 2008
    Whatever happened to good old text file output?  What reads sdf?  A spreadsheet would be better than this sdf.  A database file seems sort of funny.

  • Anonymous
    August 17, 2008
    looks good. Is there a way to export the sdf file to another more common format? I´m not a WM developer and installing SQL Server seams an overkill solution although I´m eager to use the tool. As ER said, it would useful for people like me to have a text file output too. Thanks

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    August 22, 2008
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    September 11, 2008
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  • Anonymous
    October 12, 2008
    Hello, Is there an API to be able to redirect all the sound going to the rear speaker into the internal speaker? I need to implement this feature. In all forums that I looked it seems that nobody has been able to implement it due to a limitation in the API of Windows Mobile 6 until..... I found this VOIP company (http://www.ageet.com/us/news/2008.06.19-agephone-mobile-2.5-speakerphone-edition.htm ) that claim to be able to do this speaker switching , how is it possible? Any suggestions?

  • Anonymous
    December 31, 2008
    Very interesting Tool... I'll download and use it... Nice job

  • Anonymous
    January 04, 2009
    Does it support API functions which contained in DLLs loaded by LoadLibrary or LoadLibraryEx function.

  • Anonymous
    January 07, 2009
    Try Excel Query to get into an sdf, you may need an odbc connection in data sources to connect to it?

  • Anonymous
    February 15, 2009
    How to use it?... wmaut.exe some.sdf myapp.exe It just prints error msg.

  • Anonymous
    February 23, 2009
    could the author list the step by step on how to install this and track the windows mobile device? i really do not know. Pls help.