March 2006 - Posts
It's finally here! What you've all been waiting for! OK, so no one has been waiting for it...but if you are interested I created a short (3 pictures), simple version of PhotoHunt for the Pocket PC. It should run on any Pocket PC running Windows Mobile 5.0 and .NET CF 2.0. Download the zip
here. Then just use ActiveSync to put the unzipped files (there are 2) on your PPC. Click Photohunt.exe to start and your playing. Enjoy.
Recently I've been playing with creating an application for a Pocket PC. Visual Studio 2005 (with Pocket PC SDK) and ActiveSync 4.1 make this a relatively simple project. Simple means that VS2005 provides a form designer and emulator for all your design and debugging needs. Once you've connected your actual device with ActiveSync you can deploy to it with just a quick change of menu option (If you want more details on this process I can write up a quick guide).
So, what could possibly go wrong? Well, you your device should have the latest version of the .NET Compact Framework. Fortunately VS2005 offers this nifty little option in the solution properties, devices tab: "Deploy the latest version of the .NET Compact Framework". Just make sure that option is checked, right? Except it just wasn't that simple. After a few attempts failed and I was beginning to get frustrated I decided to forego the built-in option and update the framework myself. I uninstalled the framework and reinstalled it on the device. And, surprise! now it works!...no more deployment errors, just fun fun fun!
I don't know why the VS2005 option resulted in error after error, but I am glad that Microsoft's installer packet worked.
Wikipedia announced their one millionth English article, and claims to have 3.3 million articles in more than 125 languages. While I am an avid user of the site (as well as everyone else I know) sometimes I wonder just how accurate all the facts are. Sure, articles are labeled with "Under Review" and other disclaimers when they are caught, but how many can they catch? Assuming 5% of articles are "tainted" and only 5% of those slip through we are still talking about over 8,000 erroneous articles. Are we putting too much faith in the masses here? Are we assuming that the informed minority will be able to control the overwhelming majority who either don't know what they are talking about, or intentionally post misinformation? I'll continue to use the site and others like it, and I assume you will too, but be aware...that's all I'm saying.
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