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 Writing a plugin in c# for the Home screen
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post Mar 27 2006, 15:57
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I'm interested in writing a plugin to add functionalities to the home screen of my imate sp5m.
After a little search i've seen that these plugins r written only in c++. Also installing VS2005 under C:\Program files\Windows CE Tools\wce500\Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone SDK\Samples\CPP\Win32\Homescreen there is a sample how to do that (always in c++). I've read that these plugins r mainly COM objects, but i've found only examples in c++. Now i ask if it is possible to write a such plugin in c# or vb under VS2005 and if there a sample somewhere on the net. Thank u.
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post Aug 2 2006, 23:02
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QUOTE(othoca @ Mar 27 2006, 08:57) *
I'm interested in writing a plugin to add functionalities to the home screen of my imate sp5m.
After a little search i've seen that these plugins r written only in c++. Also installing VS2005 under C:\Program files\Windows CE Tools\wce500\Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone SDK\Samples\CPP\Win32\Homescreen there is a sample how to do that (always in c++). I've read that these plugins r mainly COM objects, but i've found only examples in c++. Now i ask if it is possible to write a such plugin in c# or vb under VS2005 and if there a sample somewhere on the net. Thank u.


yes, it appears to be possible:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default....ayScrn.asp?_r=1
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Any examples for smartphone homescreens?


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QUOTE(othoca @ Mar 27 2006, 15:57) *
I'm interested in writing a plugin to add functionalities to the home screen of my imate sp5m.
After a little search i've seen that these plugins r written only in c++. Also installing VS2005 under C:\Program files\Windows CE Tools\wce500\Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone SDK\Samples\CPP\Win32\Homescreen there is a sample how to do that (always in c++). I've read that these plugins r mainly COM objects, but i've found only examples in c++. Now i ask if it is possible to write a such plugin in c# or vb under VS2005 and if there a sample somewhere on the net. Thank u.



you can look this
http://www.codeplex.com/ManagedTodayScreen
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No transparency = ugly tho!

You can't write true complete plugins in managed code, they need at least an unmanaged wrapper.

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No transparency = ugly tho!

You can't write true complete plugins in managed code, they need at least an unmanaged wrapper.

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I recently wrote a full screen managed Home Screen plugin for Smartphone. More information/tips/tricks here: http://www.koushikdutta.com/2008/07/dirty-...obile-home.html
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Awesome, I hope you can release some code!

I'd love to see it being PPC compatible too!

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