Articles

March, 2004

• WTL Extension library for Smartphone
  March 18, 2004. Smartphone UI concepts are different from desktop Windows UI concepts. For example, all topmost windows must be in full screen mode and many dialogs must have a menu bar at bottom of screen. It may take much effort to implement these Smartphone-specific elements in a WTL project. To simplify this task we have developed WtlEx library. For now it includes classes to work with dialogs and property sheets. We expect to add more useful classes in the fufure.

February, 2003

• Drawing images and other graphics with GAPI
  February 25, 2003. The STGapiBuffer class provides a powerful interface to the display buffer and hides hardware specifics. This class provides a high-performance version of GDI primitives - the most important thing for a game developer. The interface is transparent for a developer and does not hide any key GAPI calls. This fact, together with open source code, makes this class easy to use and leave full control of application logic for a developer. STGapiBuffer does not use MFC; therefore, it can be also used on Smartphone 2002 platform. STGapiBuffer is developed by Spb Software House and is free for commercial use.

September, 2002

• STLogFile - easy way to trace debug info
  September 02, 2002. There are several problems connected with Smartphone 2002 applications debugging. First of all, there is a class of programs that cannot be debugged at all since you cannot attach to a process under Windows CE. For example, consider a today plug-in or a device driver. Another problem is that debugging through a serial or USB cable is really slow. An application log solves those problems. Also it helps to diagnose customer side problems. This article explains using log files and gives a powerful free log file library for Windows CE.

July, 2002

• Creating list view a-la "Programs" list on Smartphone 2002
  July 05, 2002. There is a standard list view on Smartphone 2002 that is used in several standard applications. For example, you will see it if you press the "Programs" soft key on the Home screen. CSPListViewCtrl is a control that looks like "Programs" list. This article describes this control and shows how to use it.

June, 2002

• Modifying Smartphone menu bars in runtime
  June 03, 2002. Often you need to modify an existing menu bar in runtime. The documentation doesn't provide any details on how to do. This article shows some code examples illustrating how to change different aspects of menu bars.

May, 2002

• Introduction to WTL for Smartphone 2002
  May 27, 2002. The article outlines key aspects of WTL for Smartphone 2002 and explains why you should use WTL in your Smartphone 2002 applications.

April, 2002

• Introduction to Smartphone 2002 for Pocket PC developers.
  April 17, 2002. We have got a new mobile phone platform, MS Smartphone 2002 that is Windows CE-based. Will it be easy to migrate to the Smartphone 2002 platform from other Windows CE-based platforms?