Windows CE Programming

Unfortunately ITC don’t provide a VB example on how to use there RFID resource kit. So I started to migrate the existing example “CF_IP4ReaderSampleFor700” to VB. It is still basic but shows all you need to program a mobile RFID reader.

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Some time ago MS announced an extended Mobile Internet Explorer (sorry, it has to be called Internet Explorer Mobile now, nor Pocket Internet Explorer. Thanks to all these new terms for the same thing to MS. PIE, MIE, IEM is all the same) with the release of Windows Mobile 6.1.4: Internet Explorer Mobile.

I did a short test and will still recommend Access Netfront for professional use. IEM runs slow and I can not see the ((un-)documented) enhancements for web programmers.

Josef

Updated 7. june 2010: added source code and binaries for KeyTest3AK with prechecked WM_KEYDOWN, WM_KEY_UP, WM_CHAR and option to save a log.

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I just finished my KeyTest3AK. You can take alook at what keycodes produced by the keys on your handheld. Additionally there are options to test what happens, if you use GXOpenInput(), RegisterHotKeys(), UnregisterFunc1 and AllKeys().

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Started a poll: Is Windows Mobile the right OS choice for an commercial used handheld?

Do you think windows mobile is the right choice for a commercial used handheld?

Having windows mobile OS on a barcode scanner data retrieval system has a lots of disadvantages. There may be unwanted popups and it is hard to lock the user in the application. Windows CE is shrinked down, but no one will miss outlook and other PIM of windows mobile on a data retrieval system.

When I am talking about industrial/commercial used handhelds, I am talking about such devices.

Windows Mobile offers a rich set of functions, but from a support and developing view, it is harder to lock down the user in the application they have to use to enter data. There is an strange function key mapping and every time a popup may appear, where the user can get out of the main app back to the OS.

Windows CE is much easier to support and it is easier to lock down the user. It also has a smaller footprint and the application has more memory: no outlook and other mostly unused apps in the background. For browser type applications, the browser is more compatible to desktop browser than the Mobile Internet Explorer.

What do you think?

Some companies for ruggedized handhelds offer both OS types for there devices, some not.

Please vote at right sidebar.