If you are reading this..you can answer my question.

[mega Kluge]

I posted a question some days ago about getting started in wireless/ moblie development.

I'm going to be a more specific this time and hopefully someone will be able provide the information I need.

I have a PDA. I don't know exactly what kind of OS is on it, but it has Pocket Word, and Pocket Excel. I assume its Microsoft. (It's not my PDA by the way..I'm just using it as an example. )

I want to develop a little application for this PDA. I want to put an icon on the PDA desktop and when I click on it, I want a message box to go 'Hello World!'.

I also want a message box to appear on the monitor of whatever computer I am wirelessly networked to.

What software development tool would I use to make this application ? Windows CE? Pocket PC 2002? Something else?

Also: Does it HAVE to be this software tool, could it be another ( possibly cheaper ) software development tool ?

Thanks for all the help! I hope these questions are specific enough to generate the answers I'm looking for.

Have a great day! :p

[kandukondein]

Hi Mega Kluge

posted a question some days ago about getting started in wireless/ moblie development.

I'm going to be a more specific this time and hopefully someone be able provide the information I need.

Answer: Dont worry!kandukondein to the rescue..


I have a PDA. I don't know exactly what kind of OS is on it, but it has Pocket Word, and Pocket Excel. I assume its Microsoft. (It's not my PDA by the way..I'm just using it as an example. )

Answer:Yes u have the Pocket PC2002 which is a subset of Win CE 3.0 and ofcourse it is from Microsoft.

I want to develop a little application for this PDA. I want to put an icon on the PDA desktop and when I click on it, I want a message box to go 'Hello World!'.

Answer: Yes u can go ahead and do it very easily..U have a tool called Embedded visual C++ 3.0. Download it here and install it
(http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=f663bf48-31ee-4cbe-aac5-0affd5fb27dd&DisplayLang=en)


I also want a message box to appear on the monitor of whatever computer I am wirelessly networked to.

Answer:Good!!!for this u got to use Windows CE socket Programming. U can use DCOM for this too but it could be attained with maximum difficulty and u need to have some third party tools for that. I got that with much difficulty nearly 6 mths of search for implementing DCOM. u can go ahead with SOcket programming the easy approach.

What software development tool would I use to make this application ? Windows CE? Pocket PC 2002? Something else?
Answer:Already said..

Also: Does it HAVE to be this software tool, could it be another ( possibly cheaper ) software development tool ?
Answer:Absolutely Free!!!!!

Thanks for all the help! I hope these questions are specific enough to generate the answers I'm looking for.
Answer:Hmmmmmm...................

Have a great day!
Answer:U tooo...

[mega Kluge]

Thank you for taking the time to post such an informative and detailed reply. It is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you again!


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