Windows CE/Windows Mobile

[Download] PocketMaps 2.0 - with GPS support!

Gaurav Khanna — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 04:26:05 GMT

Last week I updated PocketMaps to support GPS. Once the GPS receiver is connected to your Windows Mobile device, PocketMaps can:

Map your current location on the map
Auto-refresh the map as you move to plot your move
Display details regarding your current location, like altitude, wind speed, etc.

You can download it from http://www.wintoolzone.com/ListDotNET.aspx?Listtype=1. Below are some screenshots:

Displaying current location's details

Support for GPS - mapping current location, autorefresh to plot your move, etc.

Technorati tags: PocketMaps, Windows Mobile 5.0, GPS, .NET Compact Framework, Address Mapping, Yahoo! Maps

[Download] Pocket Maps - mapping addresses on the Pocket PC

Gaurav Khanna — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 04:28:21 GMT

I just finished authoring PocketMaps, a .NET CF 2.0 based application for Windows Mobile 5.0 based Pocket PC devices that does address mapping on the device using the Yahoo! Map Image API. You can enter the address as free text, or with city/state/zipcode details or as latitude/longitude combination and PocketMaps will map it for you. Particularly useful when you are on the move and want to know the location of an address. It also lets you save the map image that you can send via email/bluetooth, etc.

Below are some screenshots of the application:

PocketMaps in the Programs Folder

An address mapped by PocketMaps

Support for zooming in/out on the map.

It's free for download and use - download it from http://www.wintoolzone.com/ListDotNET.aspx?Listtype=1.

Technorati tags: PocketMaps, Windows Mobile 5.0, Address Mapping, Yahoo! Maps

DesktopSMS - Send, Receive and Reply to SMS from the desktop

Gaurav Khanna [gaurav@wintoolzone.com] — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 21:24:00 GMT

[Originally posted on 31st July 2006]

Ever wanted to compose SMS from the ease of desktop instead of the phone? Wanted to be notified on the desktop, while you are working, when a SMS is received and reply to it from there itself?

DesktopSMS, for Windows Mobile 5.0 based SmartPhone and PocketPC devices, will let you do just that! Based upon .NET Framework 2.0, .NET Compact Framework 2.0 and Windows Mobile 5.0, it allows you to compose, receive and reply to SMS while the phone is connected to your machine via ActiveSync. Below are some screenshots of the same:

Likewise, when a SMS is received, a popup comes on your screen that will allow you to reply as well:

You can even select recepients from Microsoft Outlook's Contact folder as message receipient, provided they have mobile phone number specified. It comes with complete documentation and installer.

Download DesktopSMS from http://www.wintoolzone.com/showpage.aspx?url=listdotnet.aspx?Listtype=1

[Download] CSLMail - SMTP/POP3 email component for .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework

Gaurav Khanna — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 06:03:00 GMT

CSLMail is my pet project on which I have been working for past few years. I have recently worked towards updating, feature enhancing and bug-fixing it, resulting in v2.0.

CSLMail 2.0 is a free and feature rich .NET based email component, which supports the SMTP and POP3 protocols, completing the need to design a complete email client. Its comes with complete documentation and features include:

SMTP
- Complete SMTP support for sending emails
- SMTP Authentication supported
- Attachments supported using BASE64 encoding
- Return/Delivery Receipts, Email Priority, Plain-Text/Rich-Text emails supported
- Custom email headers can be inserted
POP3
- Support for automatic email parsing an presenting you with the various email sections
- Support for getting the partial email content for showing the header information only (TOP command)
- Allows you to automatically decode and save BASE64 encoded attachments

CSLMail also supports variety of platforms for desktop and compact device development:

.NET Framework 2.0
.NET Compact Framework 1.0 and 2.0
Windows CE 5.0
Pocket PC 2003 and SmartPhone 2003
Windows Mobile 5.0 based Pocket PC and SmartPhone

Best of all: Its free!

Download it today from http://www.wintoolzone.com/showpage.aspx?url=ListDotnet.aspx?ListType=3

AutoReply for PocketPC 5.0

Gaurav Khanna — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 18:09:00 GMT

[Original Post Date: 6th December 2005]

AutoReply for PocketPC 5.0 is a Windows Mobile 5.0 based application that will automatically send a SMS to the caller when you are unable to answer their phone call for some reason.

This saves you from manually sending a SMS when you get a missed call. Instead, simply set a pre-defined message and activate the application. Any calls that you miss (or not answer) from that point on will be automatically sent a SMS with the message that you set.

This application is an exemplification of the new State Notification and Broker system that has been introduced in Windows Mobile 5.0.

To download, visit http://www.wintoolzone.com/showpage.aspx?url=dotnet.aspx

TechED Sri Lanka Presentations

Gaurav Khanna — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 18:00:00 GMT

[Original Post Date: 17th October 2005]

Below are the presentations for the sessions delivered at TechED Sri Lanka:

[Download] vCardCE10 - vCard generation library for .NET Compact Framework 1.0

Gaurav Khanna — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 17:51:00 GMT

[Original Post Date: 26th September 2005]

Few weeks back, I had written ShareContacts - an application for Windows Mobile 5.0 based PocketPC that could be used to share contacts, using the vCard format, with other devices.

Since it was done using .NET Compact Framework 2.0, and also used some APIs specific to Windows Mobile 5.0, I decided to work upon it and get the (almost) same functionality to Windows Mobile 2003 platform.

The result is vCardCE10 - class library that allows you to set few properties and generate a vCard that can be sent as a SMS to share contacts with other devices. All done as per RFC 2426. vCardCE10 is built using .NET Compact Framework 1.0 and is targeted for PocketPC 2003 and SmartPhone 2003 platforms. It comes with complete documentation and can be downloaded from http://www.wintoolzone.com/showpage.aspx?url=dotnet.aspx

Usage is as simple as the snippet shown below:

vCardCE objVCard = new vCardCE();

objVCard.Title = "Mr.";

objVCard.FirstName = "Gaurav";

objVCard.LastName = "Khanna";

objVCard.WorkPhone = "+911234567890";

string strVCard = objVCard.GenerateVCard(); // send this via SMS to share contact details

Technology Roadshow: September/October 2005

Gaurav Khanna — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 17:46:00 GMT

[Original Post Date: 18th September 2005]

Starting from 20th of September, Technology Roadshow starts in India. We are going to 6 different cities and doing two complete days of technical sessions across a breadth of technologies: for developers, IT professionals, Windows Mobile and Tablet PC developers and Architects. Below are the dates for the same:

City	Day 1	Day 2
Mumbai	20th Sep	21st Sep
Pune	22nd Sep	23rd Sep
Chennai	27th Sep	28th Sep
Hyderabad	30th Sep	1st Oct
New Delhi	4th Oct	5th Oct
Bangalore	18th Oct	19th Oct

I would be delivering session on Day 1 and Day 2. On Day 1, I am talking about How to build performant applications using .NET Framework, followed by the session on Debugging Techniques for .NET Framework 2.0.

On Day 2, we have sessions on SQL Mobile 2005 andIntroduction to development using Tablet PC.

For more details on developer sessions, visit http://www.microsoft.com/india/msdn/events/ and for MED/Tablet session, visit http://www.microsoft.com/india/msdn/events/med.aspx.

To register, visit http://www.microsoft.com/india/events/audience.aspx?filter=20001

Sharing Contacts from PocketPC - the vCard way

Gaurav Khanna — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 17:42:00 GMT

[Original Post Date: 28th August 2005]

One of the features I miss in PocketPC is that of sharing contact details with other people without requiring to beam them off Bluetooth - basically meaning sending the data as a message to the recipient in question. A lot of other devices support such a functionality and I have had more than one occasion when I wished that such a feature was present in PocketPC device.

This lead me to explore on how to implement such a functionality and that too, in a standardized manner. This resulted me in looking up RFC 2426 (the spec. can be read here) -the vCard specification that allows us to share such information.

Soon, I was implementing a class library, vCardCE, for Windows Mobile 5.0 based PocketPC that allowed you to create a RFC 2426 compliant vCard:

by setting few properties of the class, or
by generating it from POOM Contact object - based out of Windows Mobile 5.0.

vCardCE currently supports the following attributes of RFC 2426:

Firstname
Middlename
Lastname
Home Address
Work Address
Title
Email Address
Photo (pointed via URL)
Website Address

The generated vCard is v3.0 compliant.

Next, I wrote an application to share my contacts as vCard using vCardCE and came up with ShareContacts for PocketPC :

Tried and tested it with phones that understand vCard - and it works great to share contacts :)

You can download it from http://www.wintoolzone.com/showpage.aspx?url=dotnet.aspx. It requires Windows Mobile 5.0 based Pocket PC and .NET Compact Framework 2.0.