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

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