Peter Foot

November 2007 - Posts

• doPDF - Great PDF Printer

  I needed to convert some files to PDF format today. While this is possible in Office 2007 products with a free add-in it isn't an option in other applications. I have an XPS printer and a OneNote writer but no way to produce a PDF. There are a number of solutions available and in the past I've had problems with ones which looked promising but that don't support Windows Vista. I stumbled across doPDF today and was very pleasantly surprised. It's freeware, supports Windows Vista and, like all software should, it just works. I rarely need to produce PDF files but now I know I have a solution I can rely upon. Posted Nov 28 2007, 06:13 AM by PeterFoot Filed under: Vista

• Determine Platform - .NETCF 3.5 and earlier

  One of the new features in v3.5 of the Compact Framework is the ability to easily detect the platform you are running on from Smartphone (Standard Edition), PocketPC (Classic or Professional Editions) or WinCEGeneric (Everything else). The code is very straight-forward:- using Microsoft.WindowsCE.Forms; if(SystemSettings.Platform == WinCEPlatform.Smartphone) {    //do something smartphone specific... }   In the latest (v3.0) version of Mobile In The Hand I've implemented a matching property, so for the above code sample you'd just change the using statement to use InTheHand.WindowsCE.Forms and the code would work the same way. This is available in both the .NETCF v1.0 and v2.0 builds of the library. Posted Nov 23 2007, 10:29 AM by PeterFoot Filed under: NETCF

• WirelessManager sample

  Mobile In The Hand 3.0 has just been released. This is the latest version of our .NET Compact Framework library for working with all aspects of Windows Mobile. This latest version is optimised for .NET Compact Framework 2.0 and 3.5 and introduces a number of new classes. One of these is the WirelessManager which allows you to toggle the radio mode of your Phone, WiFi and Bluetooth just like the built in Wireless Manager application. I have prepared this sample to demonstrate how to use the class. It exposes a single form with checkboxes for each of the radio types, toggling the checkbox changes the radio mode for the specific device. You will need to have Mobile In The Hand 3.0 installed to use this sample (The Evaluation Edition can be used). The sample can be downloaded here:- http://inthehand.com/files/folders/resources/entry4227.aspx   Posted Nov 13 2007, 02:44 PM by PeterFoot

• New RSS Feed Url

  I've changed the site to publish the RSS feed through feedburner. Please update your news reader with the following URL to avoid any loss of service:- http://feeds.feedburner.com/peterfoot/ Thanks! Posted Nov 12 2007, 04:10 PM by Peter Foot Filed under: Blogs

• TechEd Session Content

  I've begun uploading the content from the Networking session at Tech Ed. The rest of the example code will follow shortly. All the resources from the session can be found here:- http://inthehand.com/files/folders/resources/entry4195.aspx Posted Nov 07 2007, 03:24 AM by Peter Foot Filed under: Events