Writing applications for WM5 smartphones. help/advice/guides please.

[Guest duke_stix]

Hey all

Theres a few very simple applications i would like for the WM5 SP5 i have.

namely, and perhaps most importantly is a SMS COUNTER! i cant believe there isnt one out there already!

what im wondering is (and this is really a question to those of you out there who like to code) is could you point me in the direction of a guide or if you could impart any advice whatsoever on writing simple software for a wm5 smartphone!

any help with this would be greatly appreciated!

it cant be that difficult to design an application which basically 'counts' the number of times a message is sent or perhaps even to count the number of times the 'message sent' screen is displayed on the phone

[Guest Bernhard Franek]

Hey all

Theres a few very simple applications i would like for the WM5 SP5 i have.

namely, and perhaps most importantly is a SMS COUNTER! i cant believe there isnt one out there already!

what im wondering is (and this is really a question to those of you out there who like to code) is could you point me in the direction of a guide or if you could impart any advice whatsoever on writing simple software for a wm5 smartphone!

any help with this would be greatly appreciated!

it cant be that difficult to design an application which basically 'counts' the number of times a message is sent or perhaps even to count the number of times the 'message sent' screen is displayed on the phone

Hello,

The following is needed to code programs for WM5 Smartphones:

• licensed copy of MS Visual Studio 2005 Standard or above (the free editions wouldn't do)
  
• MS WM5 SDK (available for free through Microsoft)
  

Above will give you the full benefit of managed coding with .net and various programming languages like VB .net, C# .net, C++ .net

For several tasks Embedded Visual C++ 4.0 (which is available for free) would also do the job. The advantage/disadvantage here is that you would need to program in more or less native C or C++ (for some tasks like programming HomeScreen Plugins this is a must).

There are several webcasts available through the Microsoft Web Page, which will serve as a good starting point (as well as some samples provided with the WM5 SDK).

Good luck,

Bernhard

[Guest Simon Olesen]

what im wondering is (and this is really a question to those of you out there who like to code) is could you point me in the direction of a guide or if you could impart any advice whatsoever on writing simple software for a wm5 smartphone!

any help with this would be greatly appreciated!

it cant be that difficult to design an application which basically 'counts' the number of times a message is sent or perhaps even to count the number of times the 'message sent' screen is displayed on the phone

HI

i allso want to try and make a small program for my smartphone, and just bought visual studio academic version to help get me coding, but it's hard to get started, and even harder to keep going.

my problems are:

1)i can code a little c++ and sml but only with the promt, not with a full blown gui or development environment.

2)i have borrowed books with gui theory, but ithey contain only very platform dependant information.

3) i dont know people that are seriously interested in this.

4) time: no more than 15 hours/week can be spent.

5) websites about coding seems to be a waste of time for anyone but professionals.

if your looking for basic programming theory i've found this site helpfull: http://www.cprogramming.com/tutorial.html

i havent found a really helpfull smartphone programming site yet :/

i hope to hear from you

regards Simon

Edited December 5, 2006 by Simon Olesen

[Guest rasncain]

Hello,

The following is needed to code programs for WM5 Smartphones:

• licensed copy of MS Visual Studio 2005 Standard or above (the free editions wouldn't do)
  
• MS WM5 SDK (available for free through Microsoft)
  

Would you be willing to elaborate on why the free editions wouldn't do? Just curious. Thanks!

[Guest DummyDumb]

According to Microsoft (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/aa700921.aspx), there is no Mobile Device Support for the Express Editions but only for the Standard Edition and upwards.

I can't really tell because I own a version of the Professional Edition - I assume that there are no tabs for developing Mobile Solutions in the Express Versions.