Roozbeh's Programming blog

What does DTM_BROWSERDISPATCH gives you?

2008-08-29T21:15:00.002+04:30

Well,as some documentations state it gives you IBrowser,IBrowser2,IBrowser3 interfaces.Remember they are different from IWebBrowser and IWebBrowser2 interfaces.But where are the definitions of these interfaces?Well actually from win ce 4.2,there are no such interfaces found in your SDK.So you have to use older SDKs found in for example PocketPC 2000/2002,and copy/paste them into your header

Why there is no information on....?

2008-08-20T17:37:00.000+04:30

Why there is no information anywhere on BI_FOURCC ?Why there is no information anywhere on BI_ALPHABITS ?Why there is no information on 32 bit Bitmaps?Why there is no information anywhere on How to embed OLE Browser on your application?Why there is no information on How to use Memory bitmaps inside your OLE Browser?Why there is no information on RIL interfaces?Why there is no information on How

PocketPC Threaded Messaging (SMS) for everyone!

2008-08-07T13:03:00.005+04:30

Microsoft added threaded messaging in WM6.1 but there is no way to use threaded messaging on earlier versions of windows mobile like wm5 and wm6.But things have changed now!SmileySMS can bring threaded messaging to wm5,wm6 devices and also to wm6.1 devices with support for smileys!Here is the nice and sexy screenshot of newer versions of SmileySMS.

How do you know SMS belong to which folder in MAPI?

2008-08-07T12:53:00.004+04:30

Well,somethimes you might want to know that this SMS is in which folder,for example in Drafts folder,in Inbox folder or...?A quick not is that never rely on results from PR_DISPLAY_NAME because names like "Inbox","Drafts Folder" can be localized.Here is the code snippet i use.You have to use it like this.if (isFolderTypeSame(pSession,pFolder,PR_CE_IPM_INBOX_ENTRYID))You can use these values for

How to create and send SMS using MAPI?

2008-08-07T12:37:00.004+04:30

Here is a code snippet i use to create and send my SMS in SmileySMS program.From my experience,using fewer properties for ModifyRecipients or SetProps will make it fail on some devices.IMsgStore *FindInboxSMSStore(IMAPISession *pSession){ const SizedSPropTagArray (2, spta) = { 2, PR_DISPLAY_NAME, PR_ENTRYID }; HRESULT hr; SRowSet *prowset = NULL; CComPtr ptbl; CComPtr<

3D AltTab

2008-07-07T12:26:00.002+04:30

Well,here is another program of mine.This program rotates between current running applications.For using it,i recommend assigning a hardware key to it and use it to rotate your device.Here is a video clip posted on youtube,demonstrating program.You can download it from here.

VMware Project North Star Beta (Thinstall)

2008-04-23T02:13:00.000+04:30

I really liked this product.check it out!http://www.vmware.com/beta/northstar/

MAPI and SMS delivery reports?

2008-02-23T01:59:00.000+03:30

Well,Have you ever wanted to Send SMS using MAPI?Well it is not that hard,you simple call IMessage->SubmitMessage(0);But what about delivery reports?Just set these two properties using IMessage->SetProps to true!PR_ORIGINATOR_DELIVERY_REPORT_REQUESTEDPR_PROOF_OF_DELIVERY_REQUESTEDHere is code snippet ::props[0].ulPropTag = PR_ORIGINATOR_DELIVERY_REPORT_REQUESTED; props[0].Value.b = TRUE; props

SmileySMS and En2FaMail are now v1.53

2007-09-25T20:00:00.000+03:30

Well,Lots of changes happened during past month,and now both applications have plugins for Inbox,so you can also see smiles (and in case of En2FaMail,you Persian text + smilies) in you inbox too!Hope you enjoyed this program so far!Here i attached my updated Pictures of these programs.SmileySMSEn2FaMail

MAPI : how to delete a message(or move it into trash)?

2007-09-13T19:44:00.000+03:30

Well.I think deleting a message is rather easy,but i find moving a message instead to trash or wastebasket folder is not that easy.Here is a function i use to determine the wastebasket folder.So i can use IFolder,CopyMessages routine with MAPI_MOVE flag to move my message there!HRESULT GetWastebasketForFolder(IMAPISession *m_pSession,LPMAPIFOLDER pFolder, LPMAPIFOLDER* ppfldrWastebasket){

SmileySMS Program

2007-09-08T19:43:00.000+03:30

Well,i removed the Persian/fingilish translations materials from En2FaMail program,and released another program called SmileySMS in xda-developers today.Here are list of things that this program do:- Shows and displays smilies found in SMS texts.- Assign .mp3,.ogg,.wav,.mod and other popular music file formats as your SMS ring tones.- Remove phone number from the title of SMS notification,when

Vibrating your PocketPC device!

2007-09-08T10:56:00.000+03:30

How to vibrate a PocketPC WM5.0 or 2003 device?In smartphone platforms there is a Vibrate API which you can use.Although MSDN mentioned that it exist in WM5.0,it isn't.There was a mistake in MSDN documentations.Searching all over internet I find that there are 2 ways to achieve this.One way is to use Notify functions like CeSetUserNotificationEx,and setting trigger time to now.But unless you

How to debug your Control Panel Application(or applet) in Windows Mobile Devices?

2007-08-30T12:55:00.001+03:30

How to debug Control Panel Applets in Pocket PC 2003 and Pocket PC 5.0 devices?Recently while developing my En2FaMail control panel program i came into this problem.Reading MSDN documentations and searching Internet,you will find you have to use ctlpnl.exe as your host program.But this doesn't seem to work.Anyway before beginning,a short introduction to Control Panel Applets!Control Panel Applets

Uniscribe and Delphi!

2007-08-25T13:36:00.000+03:30

Microsoft has an extremely powerful API called Uniscribe that allows applications to do typography of scripts.Things that are mostly in interest of those who wants to make their programs multilanguage.ut, one big problem with Uniscribe is the lack of samples and documentations over internet.Problem :I have a routine in my En2Fa library that gives me a widestring.If this WideString is displayed in

Intresting Site.

2007-08-22T16:07:00.000+03:30

Well,i was just wondering how could i play midi files on PocketPcs.So far it seems to be a complicated process,Or i didn't quite get it.I am using FMODCE for my application,but unfortunately it doesn't support midi files.Long ago i used SDL + timidity for my Duke Nukem game to play midi files.But well i really don't like the idea of shipping 30mg instrument files with my application.Seems the

Blogger filtered?

2007-08-22T12:34:00.001+03:30

Well,but why only first page of it,and login page is censored?Also comments are censored too.It is really a pain to post in blogger.You have to use tor and login,then you can normally do the rest.I think maybe Iranian weblog providers prefer to use theirs instead of Google,i see no other reason for blocking main page of blogger!

Have you ever used Lazarus for Pocket PC development?

2007-08-20T16:33:00.000+03:30

Well,i really don't know why still people are not -that much- using Lazarus + FPC for Pocket PC development.I think the main problem is,it is not well advertised,and lots of people don't know about it yet.Another factor could be that it is an open source software,and well people sometimes have some wrong ideas about open source software in general,like being unstable,not good looking and so

Y!En2FaMsngr Program or (Yahoo Messenger + En2Fa) or How not use fingilish in Yahoo Messenger program

2007-08-20T15:48:00.000+03:30

Sometimes i wonder,when all this En2Fa*s will end.I guess NEVER.Anyway,this is again my En2Fa program for your Yahoo Messenger.This program convert/translate all your incoming messages(which are mostly in fingilish - pinglish) into Persian.Very easy to use.Also no problem if your messages are too in Persian,program simple ignores them and displays them OK.You can grab the program from here.From

En2Fa

2007-08-19T15:31:00.000+03:30

Well,i know it might be old.The program i mean.But becouse i lost my site,maybe putting it againg here in my blog will help peaple using google search to find a software that translate/convert fingilish/pingilish/pengilish words or sentences into very good and readable persian/farsi.You can find always find out more with some googling.I bet you wont find anything better than this software,besides

my En2FaMail program.

2007-08-18T15:01:00.000+03:30

This is my En2Fa program for Pocket PC Phones.You can grab it from here.I think it is mostly for use of people living in Iran,But other Persian talking people can also benefit from this program.As my main program,En2Fa this program Converts fingilish/pingilish typing into readable Persian language.Pingilish or fingilish is kind of language,simply invented because of problems with no available

How to promote this weblog?

2007-08-16T14:58:00.001+03:30

I am relatively new in writing weblogs.I was just imagining how can i get more visitors and peaple to come and read my weblog?First i thought i have to be so good that just google search result will bring peaple here.But i really feel the need of other peaple comments and support.So i guess to go places and advertise.Anyway,..

Lazarus made it easy!

2007-08-14T01:50:00.000+03:30

After only spending 1 hour with lazarus to modify my very old delphi code,which was more than 20 forms and about 30 units,I finally ported this program into my Pocket PC.Just 1 hour!!I myself couldn't imagine how easy it was to port a Delphi program into Lazarus.Can you believe it?Amazingly,it runs without any problems and also functioned so well.Only some bugs in repainting.Menus were having

Do you want to use Windows CE SDK 5.0 headers but compile for 2003 or previous versions?

2007-08-13T00:00:00.000+03:30

Do you want to use Windows CE SDK 5.0 headers but compile for 2003 or previous versions?Beside the answer,you might ask why would anybody want to do this?Well,i ran into this case.Compatibility and single binary file for different versions of pocketpcs.If you want to run your .exe file in both PocketPc 5.0 and 2003 versions,the simplest solution is to compile it as Pocket PC 2003(ARMV4) in your

Windows Mobile - How to call inbox's compose form.

2007-08-12T22:46:00.000+03:30

Well,i recently ran into this problem.How can i show inbox's compose form with some fields filled?It seems to be fairly easy enough in .net cf but i am not interested at all in .net so i wanted to do this from c/c++.Here is the answer :You have 2 choices,if you want to target windows mobile or Windows CE 5 or 5.01 or higher you can use MailComposeMessage.For older devices like 2003 edition,you

First post

2007-08-10T22:10:00.000+03:30

Well,i think first post is always the hardest post.I haven't been around blogs and posting stuff for a while.But recently i find out that there are lots of information i can share with,or at least before having hard time myself finding them, i hoped somebody had posted it.So that's the reason i will be having this blog.Well if i have to summarize my blog will mostly cover following areas.-