Mobile Computing

To get Internet connectivity on your .NET mobile device emulators, you'll need to install some additional code.

As you probably know, New I/O offers many advantages such as speed and the ability to maintain a large number of concurrent connections.

To manage form flow, the first thing you need to do is create a singleton class with static methods.

Learn all about how to handle events in BREW with this tip.

This tip describes how a MIDlet declares permissions using an example JAD file.

It is a common feature in an application to require the current date time to be displayed in a text field or something similar.

In Palm OS, the memory chunk size is 64K. This means that a single segment like a code segment cannot be greater then 64K. To make applications larger than this, you have to split the ...

Memory is precious in Palm OS, so you can't afford any memory leaks in programs. Therefore, it's very essential to detect any memory leaks. To do this put breakpoints in the program where you ...

Creating controls in Palm OS is very useful. It gives vital power to the programmer in creating applications. There are various controls in Palm OS like buttons, check boxes, radio buttons, ...

Memory is precious in Palm OS, since the total amount of memory available is very small. Dynamic memory allocation is often necessary while building applications in which memory at runtime is ...

If you're running the client or server with Java 2, then you'll need to specify a security policy file, to prevent SecurityExceptions being thrown. This policy file will allow your application to ...

Why do I get the error message "Could not create a new session because the file wasn't found" when I try to start a new emulator session?

Why do I have problems running some programs with Java 2?

My question involves SystemTray controls for WinCE 2.0. I am familiar with the ActiveX controls that can use the SystemTray in Win95. However, I am not sure how to do it in WinCE. Can you help?

Microsoft currently has a VB5 extension to allow programming of the WinCE handheld PCs, but not for the Palm PCs. Is Microsoft planning a version of WinCE VB for programming the Palm PC?

Can I use Delphi to create apps, including DB apps, for Windows CE?

I know that the multimedia API is limited in the Windows CE environment, but is there any other way to control the audio device? What I want is to record audio files and then play them back.

This might not be right on topic, but I'm hoping to receive an answer by e-mail. My daughter, eight, has cerebral palsy and can use only her left hand. She is learning to type using a left hand Dvorak keyboard layout (I just reconfigure Win95 and have switched her keyboard caps correspondingly). I am considering a palmtop running CE2 for her to use in school. Do you know whether CE2 can be configured to use a left-hand Dvorak keyboard layout? Thank you very much for your help.

Can you design an Access97 application to run on a Windows CE machine? Has this been done? By whom? And finally, do you need to create a runtime version of an Access97 app to run successfully on Windows CE? Is there a standard PS/2 keyboard port in the back of the CE unit that will allow you to hook up a scan gun (using a PS/2 adapter)?