Professional Visual Studio® 2008

34.7. Windows Mobile APIs

The most recent versions of Windows Mobile have given mobile developers access to the next generation of APIs for accessing device information. The improvements include managed APIs for existing functionality as well as a Notification Broker that enables developers to tap into system events. This section shows you how you can get started with these APIs.

To access the Windows Mobile managed APIs, you need to add references to the WindowsMobile assemblies. You can do this using the Add Reference item from the project's right-click context menu off the Solution Explorer. Seven assemblies are listed with the prefix Microsoft.WindowsMobile in the .NET tab of the Add Reference dialog. The functionality can be broken down according to the namespaces that are included (with the exception of the DirectX library, which for the sake of brevity is not included here).

34.7.1. Configuration

The configuration namespace includes a single class, the ConfigurationManager, which is used to test and process an XML configuration file that can be used to configure a device. For example, the following code adds the Microsoft web site to the list of favorites:

Imports Microsoft.WindowsMobile Imports System.Xml Public Class Form1 Private Sub configurationExample(ByVal sender As System.Object, _ ByVal e As System.EventArgs) _ Handles SampleButton.Click Dim configDoc As XmlDocument = New XmlDocument() configDoc.LoadXml( _ "<wap-provisioningdoc>" + _ "<characteristic type=""BrowserFavorite"">" ...