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Started by PaulOBrien , Jul 19 2006 10:21 AM

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Poll: MoDaCo Developer Tutorial (162 member(s) have cast votes)

Would you be interested in a MoDaCo Developer Tutorial?

  1. Yes! (157 votes [96.91%])

    Percentage of vote: 96.91%

  2. No! (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  3. Maybe... (5 votes [3.09%])

    Percentage of vote: 3.09%

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Posted 19 July 2006 - 02:40 PM

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Home screen plugins are definitely outside the scope of this, and, MS themselves recommend they are written in Native (C++) rather than managed (.net) code!

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Posted 19 July 2006 - 03:14 PM

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Maybe an application to automate some tweak of the weeks as opposed to regediting etc. would be a simple one to start off with.
Like you could have a change the right softkey on the homescreen application with some preset options built into the app, like "New SMS" and "MoDaCo" and also you could allow the user to browse to a file they want to open on each click of the right softkey if they don't like the presets, and maybe give an option to type in a web address too.
Would be useful for learning basic registry editing in VB, browsing the smartphone's file structure, and it would need a clean UI too...the right level of complexity for a beginner application methinks. Let me know what you think, James

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Posted 19 July 2006 - 03:25 PM

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I would love this :)
I know a little VB (VB6 not .net ;) ) from College, but never knew where to really start for mobile apps

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Posted 19 July 2006 - 03:35 PM

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Yeah, a tweaker's not a bad idea... it could read the tweaks in from an XML file, so then there would be a little bit of XML learning in there too.

Failing that, SMS backup / restore seems to be popular, and I quite like Will's idea of forwarding unread SMS by email!

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Posted 19 July 2006 - 04:53 PM

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Oh yes............

from scratch would most definitely be welcome.
building an app, maybe using a db (like sqllite ?), and creating a today plugin.

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Posted 19 July 2006 - 06:35 PM

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I voted yes. Great idea. Something I was always interested in but never knew where to begin. Imaging...50 versions of a "Hello World" app! :) And I bet someone lists it on Handango! ;)

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Posted 19 July 2006 - 06:44 PM

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Great! sounds like a fantastic idea, I cant wait to get started.

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Posted 19 July 2006 - 07:06 PM

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I'd def be interested!  Having not done any programming since my college days it would be great to have a crack at creating something for Windows Mobile.  I can see many Hard Resets in the coming months! :)

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Posted 19 July 2006 - 07:51 PM

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This is something I have always wanted to see, it would be great to have this on site for those like myself who do not have the time to learn programming and development.

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Posted 19 July 2006 - 08:15 PM

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Sounds great.

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Posted 19 July 2006 - 08:56 PM

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How about a programme that changes extra screens (ie. Startup / Shutdown/ Error / Start Menu Background) ? :)

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Posted 19 July 2006 - 09:02 PM

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Looks like this idea is a go-er then!

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Posted 19 July 2006 - 09:04 PM

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View PostPaul (MVP), on Jul 19 2006, 22:02, said:

Looks like this idea is a go-er then!

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Posted 19 July 2006 - 09:11 PM

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Sounds like a great idea Paul, count me in

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Posted 20 July 2006 - 12:26 AM

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View PostPaul (MVP), on Jul 19 2006, 06:21, said:

Your opinion counts! :)

I am pondering the idea of running a small tutorial showing absolute beginners how to get up and running developing applications for Windows Mobile devices.

It is a good idea. A lot of people have been asking for it for a long time now. Last year I was going to offer some tutorials. I had planned out a dozen and completed a hand full but I was side tracked with work/school and eventually forgot about it... lol

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Posted 20 July 2006 - 03:49 AM

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Sounds great - what OS are you targetting? 5? 2003SE?

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Posted 20 July 2006 - 07:43 AM

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I would be, so i can try out software to link the home n office.

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Posted 20 July 2006 - 08:50 AM

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I would be up for this, would even consider contributing finanically for this :)

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Posted 20 July 2006 - 09:04 AM

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Surely MS have these already on their site? If they do then why bother reinventing the wheel - just link to them.

But if you do write them I'd be sure to read !!

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Posted 20 July 2006 - 11:48 AM

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definately interested! would love to write an app to better manage delivery reports....put a name to the number at least. maybe even look at the corresponding sent message...

maybe thats one for a little further up the learning curve...would definately be interested in getting started!

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