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Ubuntu OS Running on Xperia X1

2010-02-12T19:01:00.000-08:00

first of all. Sorry, I don't speak well. So please bear with me.

I'd like to thanks Fatsal from XDA Dev for his amazing effort!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=631437

Here are the videos!

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Running Google Android on top of Windows Mobile

2010-01-31T18:44:00.001-08:00

Now it’s possible to run Google Android on top of Windows Mobile! But you have to keep in mind on issue about “Device Compatibility” This Google Android if you noticed, is running on my Xperia X1. I’ll post a link where you can find a copy of Google Android for your device.

So How’s this possible? Thanks to fatsal in XDA for making this possible for X1’ers.

Check fatsal thread in XDA here

Here’s a video preview.

But am not sure why Wi-Fi is not working.

As I promised. The links for your device.

JWMD Picture Browser Control

2010-01-15T21:41:00.001-08:00

I made a simple picture browser control because of some reason that Microsoft.WindowsMobile.Forms.SelectPictureDialog did not include filenames at the bottom of the icon on the lists.

So again.. here’s the control

- Here’s the interface after loading the pictures	- after clicking the browse button just after the path box. NETCFFolderDialog control appears
- interface while loading.

ok. that’s pretty much it..

code snippet is very simple

JWMDPictureBrowserControl.PictureBrowser pb = new JWMDPictureBrowserControl.PictureBrowser();
pb.InitialDirectory = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Personal);
pb.Filter = ".png;.jpg;.bmp";
pb.ShowDialog();
MessageBox.Show("Selected file: " + pb.FileName);

DOWNLOAD HERE

Type: DLL Fle
Size: 11kb

January 23, 2010
- UPDATE:
Trapped Errors ..

Initial Release - January 16, 2010

Anagram (Word Finder) Mobile

2010-01-10T21:32:00.001-08:00

This is a ported version of my Anagram Desktop version found here.

Using Regular Expression, RE, or RegEx. Though not purely RegEx way .. it has some help of Hashtable and StringBuilder for counting characters (which is MY WAY of counting characters) and appending the words found.

Anyway, at the left .. is the screenshot of the application (click to view larger version). If you noticed, I used “regular expression” as my word..

You can use this app on your scrabble game!

look at the total result.
1,905 words found in 1 minute and 16 seconds and I have total of 192,719 English words in textfile. Am not sure if that’s fast enough .. am using Xperia X1 device. Here’s the specs of this device. Desktop version is much faster. Look here

Download it here

AnagramMobile.rar
18.3 KB

192,719 English Words
english.txt
2.25 MB

8,143 Tagalog Words
tagalog.txt
69 KB

How To Use
1. After downloading AnagramMobile.rar and extracting the .exe file in your device. Download english.txt or tagalog.txt.

2. Run the application and tap Open and select english.txt or tagalog.txt file in Open Window.

3. Wait for a few seconds or a minute to load the word list.

4. Enter word, a sentence, or a jumbled letters in “Enter word or sentence here” box

5. and click Find.

6. and wait for the results.

XDA Dev Thread Here
Link 1

Code Snippet for Finder Class 3.
Fast string concatenation using StringBuilder.
Duplicates problem solved using Hashtable.

Methods
OpenWordDatabaseTextFile(string filename)
Find(string word, string separator, int min)
CountCharacters(string str)
DoRegEx(string pattern, bool UseAllRegexOptionFlag)
string[] Split(string s, string delimeter)

Properties
string TimeDuration
int TotalFound
int TotalWordsFoundInDatabase

// Finder Class version 3
// Author: Jayson Ragasa, December 22, 2009
// Copyright© 2009 Jayson Ragasa, Baguio City, Philippines

namespace Anagram
{
    using System;
    using System.Collections;
    using System.Collections.Generic;
    using System.Text;
    using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

    public class Finder
    {
        string _time_duration = string.Empty;
        int _ttl_found = 0;
        int _ttl_words_in_database = 0;
        string new_line_separated_words = string.Empty;

        public Finder() { }

        public void OpenWordDatabaseTextFile(string filename)
        {
            using (System.IO.StreamReader reader = new System.IO.StreamReader(filename))
            {
                new_line_separated_words = reader.ReadToEnd();
            }

            //_ttl_words_in_database = new_line_separated_words.Split(new string[] { "\r\n" }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries).Length;
            _ttl_words_in_database = Split(new_line_separated_words, "\r\n").Length;
        }

        public string Find(string word, string separator, int min)
        {
            string ret = string.Empty;

            StringBuilder list = new StringBuilder();

            string regex = "^[" + word + " ]+\\r\\n";

            DateTime startTime = DateTime.Now;

            Hashtable words = new Hashtable();
            IDictionaryEnumerator ide;

            #region start
            {
                Regex r = DoRegEx(regex, false);

                if (r.IsMatch(new_line_separated_words))
                {
                    Hashtable ht_x;
                    Hashtable ht_y;

                    bool notValid = false;

                    MatchCollection mc = r.Matches(new_line_separated_words);

                    foreach (Match m in mc)
                    {
                        string w = m.Value.Trim();

                        if (w.Length >= min)
                        {
                            ht_x = CountCharacters(m.Value.Trim());
                            ht_y = CountCharacters(word.Trim());

                            notValid = false;

                            ide = ht_x.GetEnumerator();
                            while (ide.MoveNext())
                            {
                                if (Convert.ToInt32(ht_x[ide.Key]) > Convert.ToInt32(ht_y[ide.Key]))
                                {
                                    notValid = true;
                                }
                            }

                            if (notValid) { continue; }

                            string thisWord = m.Value.Replace("\r\n", string.Empty);
                            thisWord = thisWord.Trim();

                            // don't add the word if the word already exists
                            // in hashtable
                            if (!words.ContainsKey(thisWord))
                            {
                                words.Add(thisWord, thisWord);
                            }
                        }
                    }

                    ht_x = null; ht_y = null;
                }
            }
            #endregion

            #region build result
            {
                ide = words.GetEnumerator();
                while (ide.MoveNext())
                {
                    list.AppendFormat("{0}" + separator, ide.Value);
                }
            }
            #endregion

            DateTime endTime = DateTime.Now;

            TimeSpan _duration = endTime - startTime;
            ret = list.ToString();
            if (ret != string.Empty) ret = ret.Substring(0, ret.Length - separator.Length);
            this._time_duration = _duration.ToString();
            this._ttl_found = words.Count;

            return ret;
        }

        // Count instance of a character in a string
        protected Hashtable CountCharacters(string str)
        {
            Hashtable ht = new Hashtable();

            char[] a_chars = str.ToCharArray();

            foreach (char c in a_chars)
            {
                if (ht.ContainsKey(c))
                {
                    ht[c] = (Convert.ToInt32(ht[c]) + 1).ToString();
                }
                else
                {
                    ht.Add(c, 1);
                }
            }

            return ht;
        }

        protected Regex DoRegEx(string pattern, bool UseAllRegexOptionFlag)
        {
            string regex = pattern;

            RegexOptions options;

            if (UseAllRegexOptionFlag)
            {
                options = (((System.Text.RegularExpressions.RegexOptions.IgnorePatternWhitespace | System.Text.RegularExpressions.RegexOptions.Singleline) | System.Text.RegularExpressions.RegexOptions.Multiline) | System.Text.RegularExpressions.RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);
            }
            else
            {
                options = ((RegexOptions.IgnorePatternWhitespace | RegexOptions.Multiline) | RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);
            }

            return new Regex(regex, options);
        }

        protected string[] Split(string s, string delimeter)
        {
            if (s == null)
                throw new ArgumentNullException("stringToBeSplitted is null.");
            if (delimeter == null)
                throw new ArgumentNullException("delimeter is null.");

            int dsum = 0;
            int ssum = 0;
            int dl = delimeter.Length;
            int sl = s.Length;

            if (dl == 0 || sl == 0 || sl < dl)
                return new string[] { s };

            char[] cd = delimeter.ToCharArray();
            char[] cs = s.ToCharArray();
            List<string> retlist = new List<string>();

            for (int i = 0; i < dl; i++)
            {
                dsum += cd[i];
                ssum += cs[i];
            }

            int start = 0;
            for (int i = start; i < sl - dl; i++)
            {
                if (i >= start && dsum == ssum && s.Substring(i, dl) == delimeter)
                {
                    retlist.Add(s.Substring(start, i - start));
                    start = i + dl;
                }

                ssum += cs[i + dl] - cs[i];
            }

            if (dsum == ssum && s.Substring(sl - dl, dl) == delimeter)
            {
                retlist.Add(s.Substring(start, sl - dl - start));
                retlist.Add("");
            }
            else
            {
                retlist.Add(s.Substring(start, sl - start));
            }

            return retlist.ToArray();
        }

        public string TimeDuration
        {
            get { return _time_duration; }
        }

        public int TotalFound
        {
            get { return _ttl_found; }
        }

        public int TotalWordsFoundInDatabase
        {
            get { return this._ttl_words_in_database; }
        }
    }
}

JWMD ExceptionBox

2009-10-06T18:41:00.001-07:00

I have made my own ExceptionBox (window) for my applications in case something went wrong. I hate the default exception window in Windows Mobile ..

Anyway, here are some screenshots

		Supports InnerException
	Exception Icons

Code Snippet

try
{
	int x = 0;
	int y = 1;
	int z = y / x;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
	using (ExceptionBox.Window frm = new ExceptionBox.Window("Error Occured", ExceptionBox.ExceptionIcons.Exception, ex.Message, ex))
	{
		frm.ShowDialog();
	}
}

	Download the binaries here
Initial Release October 7, 2009

JWMD Icon Changer v2.6b for Windows Mobile 6.5

2009-10-03T01:13:00.001-07:00

JWMD Icon Changer is a Start Menu customization tool designed for Windows Mobile 6.5

Features:

Changing/Removing the Icon
Can create New Folder
Saving/Loading Themes
Sorting Start Menu Programs
Register shortcut files
Changing the Animated Bootup Screen (the 2nd bootup screen)
Chaging Microsoft Bootup Screen (the 3rd bootup screen)

System Requirements:

Must have .NET 3.5 Compact Framework Installed
Windows Mobile 6.5

Custom Controls Used:

Here’s a short demo

Changing the Icons

Saving and Loading Theme

And some screen shots.

Here’s the download file

Update Information

Download Here

January 23, 2010 - Version 2.6b
FIXED:
- Names in Control Panel/Settings
UPDATE:
- Faster NETCFFolderBrowser
- Trapping errors in JWMDPictureBrowser

January 16, 2010 – Version 2.5
FIXED:
- Registry NullReference on startup
ADDED:
- JWMDPictureBrowserControl
UPDATED:
- Replaced WindowsCE PictureBrowser to my control so you can see the filename at the bottom of the icons

January 13, 2010 – Version 2.2
FIXED
- Today item behavior

January 9, 2010 – Version 2.1
FIXED:
- Bug in scanning Folder not registered in registry.

October 17, 2009 – Version 1.9
FIXED:
- Bug in Changing Animated Bootscreen
- Bug in Changing Microsoft Bootscreen

October 16, 2009 – Version 1.8
UPDATE:
- Works for German, French, and Italian Platforms
ADDED:
- Bonus Features
-- Animated Bootscreen Changer
-- Microsoft Bootscreen Changer (the 3rd bootup screen)

October 7, 2009
FIXED:
- Sorting now works properly (2)
- Missing shortcuts fixed.
- Enlarge buttons for finger friendly buttons.

October 6, 2009
ADDED:
- Saving / Loading Themes
- Sorting
- Automatically register missing shortcut entries in Registry
UPDATE:
- Changed FileIO logics to Registry.

October 3, 2009
Initial Release

Click the green box

XDA-Dev Thread Here
Link 1

Have fun!

Scan Negative Films using Show Me Positive + Web Camera (Video Inverted Effect)

2009-09-18T21:51:00.001-07:00

Lastnight,Me and Wife were looking at Negative Films that were never develop and they were taken way way back before she was baby, grade school to high school. It was fun, though you’re looking at the pictures in inverted colors so it was bit of ..

So after that, I thought of something doing what I have thought before, scanning the negative pictures on a flat bed scanner but sadly after scanning, and inverted the colors in Corel, all we can see is cyan and white colors and barely can see that picture. I tried putting the negative film in front of my LCD screen and I thought, “yeah, why not add a little backlight?” hehe, so I scanned the negative film again pressed with my HTC Touch ELFIN with backlight on and the brightness were set to maximum. After scanning, it was awesome! though am not sure why it turned in grayscale but that’s fine at least we saw something and the image were very clear! Though bit of worried in my Canon Pixma MP198 – Lamp!, because everytime she want to look at something, of course I have to do a re-scan.

So wife went to bed and me, thinking an alternative way, and something kicks and hah! why not use my very very awesome give-away web camera! (why awesome? read here..)

So I set it up, run the web cam window, runned File Explorer in my elfin Windows Mobile just to get that white background, inverted the colors in my web cam and hah! TOTALLY ROCKS! but that problem was my finger accidentally keeps on pressing something in File Explorer, so it’s bit of irritating.

And so I thought of creating a small tool that has white static background so I don’t have to worry on accidentally pressing something everytime I flatten the film.

The small tool called:

Show Me Positive
it’s basically a white form that automatically set the orientation to landscape and back to original when closed.

download the tool here
> binaries

And here’s a little video preview

How to? just look at this pictures :) all you need is a bit of creativity! :D

Just invert the colors of your web camera video. Lot of web cam software feature has that :) check the video!

The main idea here really is, you need a BACKLIGHT source at the back of your Negative Film and something that can invert the colors! :D that’s it!

Cost? PRICELESS! ^^

Please, a feedback is appreciated :)

Windows Mobile 6.5 – 5 Columns Start Menu in Portrait – Grid Scene

2009-09-15T18:05:00.001-07:00

<Form Width="240" Height="320">
  <StartMenu_GridScene ID="Scene">
    <GridView ID="Start Menu Items List" Top="0" Left="0"
    Width="240" Height="268" Columns="5" Scrollable="TRUE"
    HexagonGrid="TRUE" HorizontalWrapAround="TRUE"
    PaginatedScrolling="TRUE">
      <Image ID="Selection" Left="0" Top="0" Width="64" Height="64"
      Source=".\StartMenu_Selection.png" />
      <Layer ID="GridItem" Width="64" Height="64"
      OnAction="GridItemAction">
        <Layer ID="Normal">
          <Image ID="Image" Left="21" Top="3" Width="24"
          Height="24" ScaleStyle="Fit" />
          <Text ID="Text" Left="11" Top="36" Width="45" Height="29"
          FontFamily="Tahoma" FontSize="7"
          HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Top"
          Wrap="True" Trimming="EllipsisCharacter"
          ForeColor="#00FFFFFF" BackColor="#00000000" />
        </Layer>
      </Layer>
      <Layer ID="NoItems">
        <Text ID="Text" Width="240" Height="20" FontFamily="Tahoma"
        FontSize="10" ForeColor="#00FFFFFF" Wrap="False"
        HorizontalAlignment="Center" Trimming="Character"
        InnerTextType="Resource">shellres.dll,22596</Text>
      </Layer>
    </GridView>
  </StartMenu_GridScene>
</Form>

This is QVGA, I don’t really need big icons, I have Asian fingers :P :)

Windows Mobile Logos

2009-09-12T21:46:00.001-07:00

Just want to replicate the logo I stolen from someone :D

Here’s different Windows Mobile Logos (PNG).. free for download :D

Just click the images to view the larger version

Created in

Get Application Startup Path – for NETCF

2009-09-10T01:34:00.001-07:00

Why Application.StartupPath is missing in NETCF? I don’t know why either.. so most of you will try looking for some answer .. and the answer is this.

string startup = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().CodeBase;
string directory = System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(startup);
string file = System.IO.Path.GetFileName(startup);

Upgrade/Downgrade C# Project Target Framework.

2009-09-05T20:24:00.001-07:00

I don’t know if this will help anyone, but I’ve been doing this for a long time.
Actually you can manually change the Target Framework in .csproj file.

Here’s how:

Open .csproj in any text editor, I prefer Notepad++. This file contains XML tags.
Now in PropertyGroup node, look for child node named TargetFrameworkVersion
and if your project version is 3.5, and want to target 2.0, just change the value to 2.0, vice versa.

But if you want to upgrade your 2.0 cs project in Visual Studio IDE, just right click on the project, and click Upgrade Project.

That’s all.

Note: This doesn’t work all the time. Reason was, some 3.5 methods and properties doesn’t exist in 2.0. duh..

cheers :)

IMAG to Date

2009-09-03T01:09:00.001-07:00

Again, another utility for you. It’s called

IMAG to Date - Version 2.5
IMAG to Date is a simple utility that can rename your Image/Videos into customizable date formatted file!

Background
You’ll probably hate the way Camera application saves the image file, which was “IMAG####.jpg”. This kind of naming will cause a problem when backing up the image files in your PC/MAC specially when the file already exists in your backup drive but different picture, the only thing you could do is to rename the file in your mobile device. For example, you have “IMAG0050.jpg” in your mobile phone and you want to move that in your PC/MAC but a file “IMAG0050.jpg” already exists but has different picture? Probably the first thing you’ll do is to rename “IMAG0050.jpg” in your mobile device into something different.

Now to make things easier, IMAG to Date is created to help from that problem.

More screen shots
You noticed the year 2006? My sister forgot to setup the Dates on her Canon Digital Camera.

here’s a short demo video.

Download the utility here

Version 2.5
Sep. 13, 2009
ADDED
- Can customize supported extension
- File list sorted
- Enable/Disable Notifications
UPDATE
- Checked items, shown first in file list.
FIXED
- error occuring on a file with no extension

Version 2.0
Sept. 5, 2009
FIXED
- "Default path" issue when launching the NETCFFolderDialog (not a NETCFFolderDialog bug).
ADDED
- Adding custom text in Date Format by adding arguments.
- Double-tapping on file list item will launch your default Picture Viewer.
UPDATE
- Removed texts on top of the file list.

Version 1.5
Sept. 4, 2009
FIXED
-DCIM Path
ADDED
-User custom date format.

First binary release
Sept. 3, 2009
234 Downloads!
366 in Freewarepocketpc
7 in Softpedia

Thank you so much!

For .NET 2.0 Compact Framework
no support for 2.0. Sorry, you should update your device NETCF version.

Get it here.
.NET Compact Framework 3.5 Redistributable

For .NET 3.5 Compact Framework

Important Note!

Guys who previously installed Version 2.0.

It's very important to delete the folder IMAG to Date in your “Program Files” folder after uninstalling the IMAG to Date 2.0. This will clean up the left over file “settings.dat” (old version settings)

Happy Centennial Celebration Baguio City!

2009-08-31T20:29:00.001-07:00

Please keep our Baguio City clean, peaceful, friendly, and happy people!

Get default icon on file/folder

2009-08-30T21:27:00.001-07:00

I have found this very neat class which you can extract the default icon of File / Folder. Just to make clear, the class is not for extracting the Icon”s” inside the DLL/EXE file.

So for instance on a DLL file, you’ll get the DLL file type icon.
if EXE, you’ll get the default company program icon.

This class by the way is already modified so you can have an option to extract which icon size you like, Large or Small so we don’t have to worry about the platforms which means if the device is QVGA, it’ll extract the 32x32 and 16x16 icons, and if VGA, it’ll extract the 64x64 and 32x32 icons.

so, here’s the class

using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace Coredll.API
{
    // Implements a cache for shell icons that represent specific
    // directories or files within the file system.
    internal class ShellIconCache
    {
        public enum IconSize
        {
            Details, LargeIcon, List, SmallIcon
        }

        public bool AllowThumbnails = false;
        public ImageList ImageList;
        private Dictionary<int, int> shellIndexToOurIndex = new Dictionary<int, int>();
        private IconSize Size;

        /// <summary>
        /// Creates a shell icon cache and associates it with a given managed image list.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="imageList">The image list to cache the shell icons in</param>
        public ShellIconCache(IconSize iconsize)
        {
            int sm_x = 0;
            int sm_y = 0;

            this.Size = iconsize;

            if (iconsize == IconSize.LargeIcon)
            {
                sm_x = SM_CXICON;
                sm_y = SM_CYICON;
            }
            else
            {
                sm_x = SM_CXSMICON;
                sm_y = SM_CYSMICON;
            }

            // Determine the correct icon size based upon
            // the current screen DPI and resolution settings
            int cx = GetSystemMetrics(sm_x);
            int cy = GetSystemMetrics(sm_y);

            // Store the image list and set
            // it's size to suit the shell icons
            this.ImageList = new ImageList();
            this.ImageList.ImageSize = new Size(cx, cy);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Returns an icon that should be utilised to represent the specified path
        /// within a directory listing.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="path">The path (directory or file name) to fetch an icon for</param>
        /// <returns>The index into the image list for the icon associated with the path</returns>
        public int this[string path]
        {
            get
            {
                // Determine the index of the icon in the system image list
                SHFILEINFO shinfo = new SHFILEINFO();
                IntPtr hImageList = IntPtr.Zero;

                int key = 0;

                if (this.Size == IconSize.LargeIcon)
                {
                    hImageList = SHGetFileInfo(path, 0, ref shinfo, (uint)Marshal.SizeOf(shinfo), SHGFI_SYSICONINDEX | SHGFI_LARGEICON);
                }
                else
                {
                    hImageList = SHGetFileInfo(path, 0, ref shinfo, (uint)Marshal.SizeOf(shinfo), SHGFI_SYSICONINDEX | SHGFI_SMALLICON);
                }

                // If we haven't fetched this icon yet
                if (!shellIndexToOurIndex.ContainsKey(shinfo.iIcon))
                {
                    // Fetch the icon
                    IntPtr hIcon = ImageList_GetIcon(hImageList, shinfo.iIcon, ILD_NORMAL);
                    Icon myIcon = Icon.FromHandle(hIcon);
                    DestroyIcon(hIcon);

                    // And add it to our managed image list
                    shellIndexToOurIndex.Add(shinfo.iIcon, ImageList.Images.Count);
                    ImageList.Images.Add(myIcon);
                }

                key = shinfo.iIcon;

                // Return the index of the icon to use for this path.
                return shellIndexToOurIndex[key];
            }
        }

        public void AddIcon(Icon ico)
        {
            ImageList.Images.Add(ico);
        }

        public void AddIcon(Image ico)
        {
            ImageList.Images.Add(ico);
        }

        #region Platform Invoke
        private const uint SHGFI_SYSICONINDEX = 0x000004000;   // get system icon index
        private const uint SHGFI_SMALLICON = 0x1; // Small icon
        private const uint SHGFI_LARGEICON = 0x0; // Small icon

        [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
        private struct SHFILEINFO
        {
            public IntPtr hIcon;
            public Int32 iIcon;
            public uint dwAttributes;
            [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValTStr, SizeConst = 260)]
            public string szDisplayName;
            [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValTStr, SizeConst = 80)]
            public string szTypeName;
        };

        [DllImport("coredll.dll")]
        private static extern IntPtr SHGetFileInfo(string pszPath, uint dwFileAttributes, ref SHFILEINFO psfi, uint cbSizeFileInfo, uint uFlags);

        private const uint ILD_NORMAL = 0x00;

        [DllImport("coredll.dll")]
        private static extern IntPtr ImageList_GetIcon(IntPtr himl, int i, uint flags);

        [DllImport("coredll.dll")]
        private static extern int DestroyIcon(IntPtr hIcon);

        private const int SM_CXICON = 11;
        private const int SM_CYICON = 12;
        private const int SM_CXSMICON = 49;
        private const int SM_CYSMICON = 50;


        [DllImport("coredll.dll")]
        private static extern int GetSystemMetrics(int nIndex);
        #endregion
    }
}

And here’s how to use this class.

Don’t bother adding ImageList on your Listview or Treeview control, you have to use the built-in Imagelist of this class.

// Initialize all the default values and setup of controls here
void InitializeControls()
{
    ShellIconCache iconcache16 = new ShellIconCache(ShellIconCache.IconSize.SmallIcon);
    ListView1.SmallImageList = iconcache16.ImageList;
    
    // do other important control initialization here
}

// get files from path
void GetFilesFromPath()
{
    foreach (string f in Directory.GetFiles(@"\Windows"))
    {
        thisItem = new ListViewItem();
        thisItem.ImageIndex = iconcache16[f];
        thisItem.Text = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(f);
        thisItem.SubItems.Add(Path.GetExtension(f));
        thisItem.Tag = f;
        ListView1.Items.Add(thisItem);
    }
}

.NET CF Screen Orientation Awareness

2009-08-22T02:32:00.001-07:00

There’s always an easy way making your mobile application aware of screen orientation changes without coding some hard math’s to update your control locations and sizes. A good example is setting the Control Anchor Property.

What does Anchor Property do?
Gets or sets the edges of the container to which a control is bound and determines how a control is resized with its parent.

Anchor does the job for you for updating the control location and size! But one little problem for Windows Mobile. The Form doesn’t resize correctly when the screen orientation has changed.

Now how are we going to fix it? With just 2 simple codes, the problem will be solved.
Form.Hide() and Form.Show() follows.

Here’s a little video demonstrating how the problem and how will the 2 simple code can fix it.

Now why Hide() and Show() method? These can be use to refresh the form layout. I was also trying to find some simplest way to do it, but looks like this methods is the simplest.

Download the sample code here

Download count:

Cheers!

Upcoming Mobile Applications

2009-08-21T02:16:00.001-07:00

Hmm… already enjoying my mobile applications development. Anyway, I have some applications which are under constructions and for sure I will be releasing it ASAP.

Here’s a sneak preview. I you find the UI ugly, please bear with me, these are all under construction.

JSPA Start Menu Cleaner .NET CF

Start Menu Cleaner .NET meets mobile!
You probably used my JSPA Program Manager or any shortcut organizer for your start menu. You’ll probably notice something or a thought of, what if you uninstall an application? Will it remove the shortcut I just move into the other folder? Tell you the answer, NO! You’ll have to delete it manually.
This Start Menu Cleaner will do the job for you!
Here are some screen shot

Wallpaper Today

Bored of your wallpaper? You might have hundreds of wallpapers and changing it every hour or every day makes you sick..
Wallpaper Today will do the job for you!
No available screen shots yet

Touch Note

Well, combining touch and note, here’s an interesting replacement for your WM Note application.
Here are some screen shots

JSPA Program Manager 3 for WM6 & 6.5 – Supports all Resolution.

2009-08-19T22:31:00.002-07:00

JSPA Program Manager allows you to manage your programs(shortcut links) in start menu on Windows Mobile 6.0 and 6.5 Smartphone. It allows you to Navigate, Move, Copy, Rename, Delete, and Create New Folder, Create New Shortcut on an easy steps.

First, I want to show you the screen shots of this friendly user interface program then I’ll going to take you to an actual demonstration (in video) using my HTC Touch Elf connected in MyMobilzer and recorded using Camtasia Studio so you can see where my mouse clicks.

From a cluttered shortcuts	To an organized shortcuts

And here’s the 17 minutes and 45 seconds Video. Took that long because as I’ve said, an actual demonstration in my HTC Touch Elf QVGA so while recording, I was also thinking what folder naming to use, what shortcut files to put in, etc. Heheh :D but so far so good :)

Here’s Part 1	and Part 2

Latest Release – Version 3

August 17, 2009
FIXED: - Supports VGA devices - screen orientation awareness - NETCFOpenFileDialog screen orientation awareness - added Application Update check	Click the image below. Download Stat:
August 15, 2009
FIXED: - some IO scenarios - path references	Link disabled. Download the latest release CAB Format Download Stat: 66 ZIP Format Download Stat: 3
August 14, 2009
FIXED: - copying folder ADDED: - can create new shortcut	Link disabled. Download the latest release. Download Stat: 140
August 13, 2009
Initial Release	Link disabled. Download the latest release. Download Stat: 45

And PLEASE! If you encountered some bugs, please report it here! I'll appreciate it so much and fix it immediately!

.NET CF Open File Dialog and Folder Dialog

2009-08-19T22:31:00.001-07:00

ah, probably the first annoying Windows Mobile control. As a first time developer for Windows Mobile, I found this control, very very very inconvenient to use. I was actually developing something in Windows Mobile and I haven’t gone far on it and I have to use OpenFileDialog and that control crashes my plans.

would you like to say hello?

iiiiiyuuccck!
Who in Microsoft Windows Mobile team make some stupid control like that? I can’t browse for subfolders!! What a lazy developer! So I made up my mind and decided to make my own. I actually made 2 controls.

NETCFOpenFileDialog and NETCFFolderDialog

Here are the screen shots and Code Snippets.

I made a test form so I can see the result after calling the forms

NETCFOpenFileDialog + NETCFFolderDialog Control



	the file extension automatically adds to File Type dropdown.	Doesn’t look like the control familiar to you? :)

Code Snippet

NETCFOpenFileDialog.OpenFileDialog ofd = new NETCFOpenFileDialog.OpenFileDialog();
ofd.DefaultPath = @"\Windows\Start Menu\Programs";
ofd.Title = "Open File Test";
ofd.Filter = "JPG|*jpg;PNG|*.png;ALL FILES|*.*";
ofd.OpenDialog();

if (ofd.Filename != string.Empty)
{
	txPath.Text = ofd.Filename;
}

NETCFFolderDialog

Code Snippet

NETCFFolderDialog.FolderDialog ofd = new NETCFFolderDialog.FolderDialog();
ofd.DefaultFolder = @"\Windows\Start Menu\Programs";
ofd.OpenDialog();

if (ofd.Folder != string.Empty)
{
	txFolder.Text = ofd.Folder;
}

Download the binaries here
NETCFOpenFileDialog.zip

About Me

2009-08-19T21:38:00.001-07:00

Jayson Ragasa, 26, currently working as a full time Applications Developer in Anomalist Design LLC. Been on this company for 2 years and a half or so, and It’s always been fun and challenging working with my boss Matthew Raymer (@matthew_raymer)

Am happily married to my beautiful wife Irish Mangilit Ragasa and we have 1 handsome baby boy Chevi Chrysler Ragasa ^^

Hope you enjoy your stay here.