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March 2004 - Posts

Wednesday, March 31, 2004 12:03 AM

The case of the missing Blog comment...

So I get e-mail notification of any comments posted to the Blog - someone posted a question about programatically rebooting a Pocket PC device from a .NET Compact Framework application - there isn't an exposed class/function to do this directly, but you
posted by mikehall | 7 Comments
Tuesday, March 30, 2004 9:32 AM

Mars Rover...

ESC West/Electronica hands on labs are up and running - we're running four labs, eMbedded Visual C++, Windows CE Platform Builder, Windows XP Embedded and C# The Windriver booth has a Mars Rover, I can't decide whether this is a model or the real thing,
posted by mikehall | 1 Comments
Monday, March 29, 2004 10:20 PM

Platform Builder - Missing workspace folders and source...

We're setting up for Electronica/ESC West, and have been configuring/Ghosting the hands on labs PC's ready for tomorrows labs (or todays if you are reading this tomorrow - you get what I mean)... So, for the Platform Builder Lab we open File Systems
posted by mikehall | 0 Comments
Wednesday, March 24, 2004 10:10 PM

Getting Started with Windows CE or Windows XP Embedded ?

You're probably aware that we've been running a series of Windows Embedded Summits, covering the US, Europe, parts of Asia and India (last week). One of the most common questions was how to get started with the Windows CE or Windows XP Embedded development
posted by mikehall | 1 Comments
Wednesday, March 24, 2004 2:30 PM

Shock, Horror, Probe... Problems with the Windows Embedded Home Page...

What's going on ?!?!? - it looks like there's a problem with the Windows Embedded Home page, someone has posted the incorrect photo - the page should look like this.... Thanks to various members of my team for pointing this oot (for the Canadian readers)...
posted by mikehall | 2 Comments
Wednesday, March 24, 2004 2:00 PM

MSDN Embedded Web Page Updated....

The MSDN Embedded home page got a refresh today... The home page now displays updated information about Electronica/ESC West, and a pointer to some guys Embedded Blog... I wonder who that could be... Go check out the home page updates here - http://msdn.microsoft.com/embedded
posted by mikehall | 0 Comments
Tuesday, March 23, 2004 4:03 PM

Bangalore and Redmond - so very similar...

Bangalore, what a hoot (from what I saw of it) - out of an entire week I had just two hours spare to look around, I guess that's what web sites are for, right ? - I can sit in the comfort of my somewhat untidy office and take a virtual tour of Bangalore,
posted by mikehall | 1 Comments
Thursday, March 18, 2004 7:59 PM

Get Embedded - Live...

ok chaps, this months “Get Embedded” article is live, this month we're covering SPOT watches, and Windows CE stream drivers - go check it out - http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnembedded/html/spotwincerambl.asp
posted by mikehall | 0 Comments
Tuesday, March 16, 2004 1:24 AM

CECGen...

It looks like some people are struggling to get their applications integrated into Platform Builder. In my previous posting I mentioned that you could modify the source for CEWSDLGen (shipped with PB) to create a very simple C# application to create
posted by mikehall | 0 Comments
Tuesday, March 16, 2004 12:54 AM

Rami - Adding applicaitons to the o/s image...

Hey Rami, Thanks for the comment... There are a number of ways for you to get this working. 1. Assuming you have a built application, copy the application to your Platform Builder Build Release Folder - to find out where this is, in Platform Builder
posted by mikehall | 0 Comments
Monday, March 15, 2004 9:30 PM

Visual Studio .NET 2003 - Emulation - Cannot Deploy applications...

I've had a ton of flights over the last few days, about 30 hours worth of flights to get from Seattle to Bangalore - thankfully that means there's plenty of coding time - actually, about 4 hours coding time since that's about all I can manage on two batteries
posted by mikehall | 0 Comments
Monday, March 15, 2004 9:19 PM

Script, what script ?

First the link to ScriptIt, in case you just want to download and get cracking with scripts - http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winntas/downloads/scriptit.mspx Tomorrow is the Windows Embedded Essentials event in Bangalore, India - the folks
posted by mikehall | 7 Comments
Sunday, March 14, 2004 8:17 PM

Including applications in the o/s image, and Bangalore...

I’ve just flown from Seattle to Amsterdam to get a connecting flight to Mumbai, India, then on to Bangalore ready to present at the Windows Embedded Essentials events – Today Amsterdam is very much like Seattle, a little cold and cloudy –
posted by mikehall | 1 Comments
Thursday, March 11, 2004 9:57 PM

ESC West - Macallan...

Ok, so you were already thinking about coming to Electronica/ESC West for the Geek Fest (http://www.esconline.com/electronicaUSA/special/geekfest.htm), right ? - Great !! - Here's another reason you should come along to the event, and visit the Microsoft booth,
posted by mikehall | 0 Comments
Wednesday, March 10, 2004 9:08 PM

GEEKFEST 2004 !!!

GeekFest 2004 is running at Electronica (ESC West) 2004 - doors open at 7:00pm Tuesday March 30th at the Thirsty Bear - plenty of free beer, food, and cool geek gear up for grabs... if you're going to ESC West make sure you hang around for the Geek Fest
posted by mikehall | 0 Comments
Wednesday, March 10, 2004 8:55 PM

Lights, Camera, VoIP !!

We have a camera crew coming to MSFT Campus tomorrow to film various VoIP devices running on Windows CE .NET - The last couple of days have been spent setting up networks of VoIP devices - I think we need a larger Embedded Devices Lab, there are more
posted by mikehall | 0 Comments
Monday, March 08, 2004 8:47 PM

University Challenge... missed one...

Ok, so I missed one of the universities off my list of projects for the Windows ChallengE (notice the clever use of “CE” in Challange) - Them thar Marketing folks at Microsoft are pretty smart you know... <g> ... whoops, nearly forgot
posted by mikehall | 1 Comments
Monday, March 08, 2004 12:41 PM

Windows Embedded ChallengE - Project Descriptions...

Time is ticking on, the various universities working on their projects for the Windows Embedded ChallengE have about two weeks to go before the competition at the Microsoft Redmond Campus - this should be a very interesting competition, I've copied some
posted by mikehall | 0 Comments
Saturday, March 06, 2004 8:58 PM

ESC West Hands on Labs - ASP .NET 1.1 not working...

It's time to work on the hands on labs for ESC West (now called Electronica) - one of the labs we're building for this year is the .NET Compact Framework lab - I plan to include XML Web Services in the lab, so decided to create an XML Web Service on my
posted by mikehall | 0 Comments