Mobile Development - 'Support Side Story'
Broadcasting technical support to Windows Mobile\CE Application Developers to help realizing their potential
Footprint on the Mobile Developer Community
"Hello world!" It's been a really long time I don't post anything on this blog... for multiple...
Date: 10/11/2011
#WP7: “The importance of being…” SUPPORTED!
Another non-technical one, but really proud of… From https://live.visitmix.com/Resources, under...
Date: 03/16/2010
Windows Mobile 6.5 Certifications
Certifications for Windows Mobile 6.5 are finishing their beta-phase… so I can now share my current...
Date: 03/09/2010
Fix released for WM6.x devices with HTC and Samsung drivers about UI slowdown
A very quick post: if you’re using devices powered with HTC or Samsung drivers (such as also the...
Date: 02/12/2010
Silverlight for Windows Embedded CE 6.0: First sample codes (stress and multiple instances of a control in separate DLL)
Intro about SWE (Silverlight for Windows Embedded) Sample code for simple starting stress-test...
Date: 02/08/2010
Windows Mobile: programmatically intercepting phone calls
Supported?? Expectations about cprog.exe How Communicator Mobile works with “Work Phone calls”...
Date: 02/01/2010
Windows Mobile 6 SDK TEST-ONLY Certificates: new CAB and XML Provisioning
SDK Test Certificates expired last December 31 and the Product Group provided a new set of Test...
Date: 01/15/2010
Get help now! A Vademecum about requesting Technical Support from Microsoft
Get Help Now Contact a Support Professional by E-mail, Online, or Phone I often...
Date: 01/11/2010
Basics on Windows CEMobile: an alternative way to approach the Memory Monster
Introduction on Windows CE\Mobile Virtual Memory on Windows CE 5.0\Mobile (a visual...
Date: 11/16/2009
Microsoft released a HotFix for NETCF v3.5 on Windows Mobile 6.1.4 onwards, to address basic functionalities of WebBrowser control
Yet another demonstration of the added value provided by the Technical Support A very impressive...
Date: 09/29/2009
GPS.NET 3.0: thanks Jon!!
Unfortunately I had to put GPS-Programming in stand-by mode… but finally some days ago I was reading...
Date: 09/14/2009
New opening: Italian Dev Support blog
Yesterday my Italian colleagues in Developer Support and I officially inaugurated our new team blog:...
Date: 09/11/2009
Remote Desktop Mobile (RDP Client) disconnects after 10 minutes of inactivity
[UPDATE 10/9/2009: Source-Code and CAB are now available at https://mobilerdpnotimeout.codeplex.com/]...
Date: 09/11/2009
SIP Button Icon disappears after closing dialogs in NETCF v2 applications
I thought this was something well known by the Mobile Dev Community, but maybe this is not true,...
Date: 07/27/2009
Resolution-Aware CAB on Windows Mobile
GetSystemMetrics or GetDeviceCaps inside a CAB’s Setup.dll wceload.exe is not resolution- and...
Date: 06/17/2009
The right approach to get a Contact’s last communication (IItem’s PIMPR_SMARTPROP)
I've discussed about the “wrong” approach in a previous post of mine, where I also talked about why...
Date: 05/28/2009
MAPI on Windows Mobile: Backup and Restore Mails
Backup\Restore: is there a standard way? How to programmatically mark messages so that they are...
Date: 05/26/2009
Microsoft released a HotFix for NETCF v3.5 on Windows Mobile: now you can use Web Services over SSL (without worrying about empty packets)
System.Net.WebException: Unable to read data from the transport connection...
Date: 05/20/2009
O Service Request (about NETCF Memory Leak…), where art thoU?
I’m losing my expertise on this!! After blogging about it to spread out the usual suggestions I was...
Date: 05/20/2009
Yet Another Technical Support’s added value: Engagement of Dev Teams
Some bloggers within Technical Support Example of added value given by Technical Support: Devs’...
Date: 05/18/2009
MAPI GetOutgoingQueue not supported on Windows Mobile (so the Outbox?)
Recently I had to work on a sample code based on my previous post around MAPI that shows a possible...
Date: 05/11/2009
The wrong approach to get a Contact’s last communication (EDB)
Have you ever played with EDB? I hadn’t… till the moment when I thought that what I needed was not...
Date: 05/04/2009
FindWindowEx on Windows Mobile: not supported…
… so how can I grab the handle of a particular child window, considering that FindWindow retrieves...
Date: 04/29/2009
Programmatically Discriminate between Upgrade or Uninstall of a CAB on Windows Mobile
Recently I've worked with a developer on an interesting issue I’ve not found any clue on the web...
Date: 04/22/2009
Yet another post about Memory on Windows Mobile
Abhinaba’s blog What’s new in Windows Mobile 6.1 and 6.5 around memory Dynamic assembly unloading...
Date: 03/24/2009
Wireless Programming on Windows Mobile: supported or not supported?
I can’t take WZC for granted… but, at least, can I programmatically turn WiFi on and off?...
Date: 02/27/2009
Yet Another Technical Support’s added value: Architectural Guidelines
Advisory Services vs Problem\Resolution Architectures for dynamic forms in NETCF Many developers out...
Date: 02/10/2009
Disable WebBrowser's Context-Menu in NETCF applications
A possible approach valid on WM5\6\6.1, no longer using DTM_BROWSERDISPATCH Appendix: sample code to...
Date: 01/08/2009
Great tool to diagnose Memory on Windows Mobile
If you know my interest on troubleshooting memory issues on Windows Mobile applications (this was...
Date: 01/07/2009
NETCF: Improve Startup Performances
"My NETCF application takes long to start, on both devices and emulators... is there any way to...
Date: 01/05/2009
OutOfMemoryException when handling "large" pictures in NETCF
Nothing really unique in the blogosphere here, however worth mentioning anyway as it gives me the...
Date: 12/02/2008
GOTCHA 2: thanks Tess!!
WOW!!! Being linked by one of the most followed blogs about .NET Troubleshooting is really a...
Date: 11/26/2008
Troubleshooting Memory Issues on Windows Mobile
Really many mobile developers have often various issues related to memory. This is obviously mainly...
Date: 11/24/2008
Troubleshooting Crashes on Windows Mobile
Crashes happen when the application closes unexpectedly. On Desktops you can leverage on many tools,...
Date: 11/18/2008
Troubleshooting on Windows Mobile: Introduction
The principle you should follow is the one used by Dr House in his movies: explore all the paths in...
Date: 11/12/2008
Troubleshooting-Zen
Now come with me: follow the line of my thoughts and tell me if I’m correct. This is a blog...
Date: 11/10/2008
MAPI on Windows Mobile 6: Programmatically retrieve mail BODY (sample code)
Summary: this post contains a sample code showing a way to use MAPI to log and count the mails of a...
Date: 09/08/2008
Provisioning the UnInstall Configuration Service Provider fails if invoked through CAB or CPF
Imagine you want to uninstall an application on a Windows Mobile device, and you want to do that...
Date: 09/04/2008
TSANet Alliance (Is the problem OEM-specific?)
What if I have a problem on one device model only? I.e. the same code works like a charm on every...
Date: 08/22/2008
Power-Efficient applications on Windows Mobile
Sometimes it happens that a developer asks for suggestions about how to design an application from...
Date: 07/22/2008
Silently install multiple CABs on Windows Mobile
- How to modify MulticabInstall SDK Sample - Notes about Security Recently I've been involved in an...
Date: 07/22/2008
Pocket Outlook: Empty Deleted Items folder on SERVER's Mailbox
- MAPI: the wrong approach (yet interesting sample code) - WebDAV: DELETE command via HTTP -...
Date: 07/08/2008
[From Alberto] Socket-based application loses data when finishing communication
Subtitle -- How to implement graceful disconnection in a .NET (and .NET Compact Framework)...
Date: 05/30/2008
GPS Antenna on Windows Mobile: Internal or External?
- Do we really care? - GPS Hardware Port settings - Avoid end-user actions - A possible programmatic...
Date: 05/28/2008
SetWindowsHookEx on Windows Mobile
"supported"?? An interesting API: GetForegroundKeyboardTarget Sometimes cases arrive to my...
Date: 05/12/2008
Arabic Support on Windows Mobile
[- subtitle: languages natively supported on Windows Mobile] Sometimes colleagues and customers...
Date: 05/06/2008
Weird issue with NETCF v2 SP2? Test 0ut v3.5 then!
I think this comes with experience... when you're facing a very odd issue, chances are that you're...
Date: 04/22/2008