Peter Foot

August 2006 - Posts

• 32feet.NET Reaches v2.0 Milestone

  Although it took a lot longer than I originally anticipated I've finally put the finishing touches to v2.0 of the 32feet.NET library. v2.0 is a major re-write of the code so that the single codebase can be built into separate dlls for desktop or device... Posted Aug 28 2006, 04:56 PM by Peter Foot Filed under: Bluetooth, NETCF

• Windows Mobile Context Menu Behaviour On Windows CE

  Although many Windows CE devices include the aygshell.dll component which offers some functionality available in the Pocket PC shell, it's not directly taken advantage of by .NETCF. For example, when you add a ContextMenu to a control in a Pocket PC project... Posted Aug 25 2006, 08:40 AM by Peter Foot Filed under: NETCF

• Fixing the Windows Mobile 5.0 GPS Sample Code

  The Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC SDK includes a C# sample application to P/Invoke into the new GPS API in Windows Mobile 5.0. However there are a couple of bugs in the code which make it awkward to work with. One is a simple divide-by-zero which is easily... Posted Aug 11 2006, 03:08 PM by Peter Foot Filed under: Windows Mobile

• Broadcom Bluetooth Stack SDK Now Free

  In an amazing about-face, Broadcom have released their Bluetooth SDK (Both the desktop and Windows CE versions) for free on their website , all you need to do is provide some basic information to register and you'll receive a download link via email.... Posted Aug 07 2006, 10:40 AM by Peter Foot Filed under: Bluetooth