|
|
 Mobile Windows News |  Podcasts |  Videos | Search | Forums | Site News |
|
New article for developers: Working with files on Smartphone devices with the .NET Compact Framework March 21, 2004 [MS Smartphone] | By anonymous 1. This article will examine some of the considerations when building file based applications for the Smartphone platform with managed code. This will include some code examples you can use to build in file browsing to your .NET Compact Framework applications. While the Smartphone platform shares many features with its bigger brother the Pocket PC, it differs somewhat in its file management functionality. By default a Smartphone does not include a File Explorer application and there are no common file dialog boxes available to the developer. If your application involves opening data files you will need some method of browsing and selecting data files. Another consideration for Smartphone developers is that these devices generally have less on-board storage memory than a basic Pocket PC. Depending on your application you can use either removable storage cards or retrieve data via the mobile network. While the Smartphone platform doesn't provide the same range of common dialogs available on other platforms for file operations it is relatively easy to make use of the functionality in the System.IO namespace to build this functionality into your application. The sample code included with this article has shown how it is possible to integrate these file system concepts into reusable dialogs for the Smartphone platform. To read the article click here.  Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later)
   |
| ||||||
| Mobile Windows News | Podcasts | Videos | Search | Forums | Site News |
