Hello World. The First Windows Mobile Application.

Now we are going to start develop our first windows mobile application :D.
Follow the step:

1. Open your visual studio.
2. Press project from create section.

3. New Project wizard will open. Please rename the app as HelloWorld. Note the Location for farther use.Then press OK.

4. For viewing Solution Explorer Select View->Solution Explorer.
5. For viewing Properties Window Select View->Properties Window.
6. From the Solution Explorer Select the Form1.  And double click on it if you are not seeing from window on the project window.
7. For viewing Toolbox Select View->Toolbox .
8. From the Toolbox please select a Lable control and double click on it. It will appear on the Form1.

9. Position the Label Control in center by drag and drop.

10. Now open the Properties Window.

11. On the Text Property there is a text label1. Select this text and remove it by pressing delete key. Type here the HELLO WORLD Text. And Save the Application.

Believe it or not we have just finished to develop our first windows mobile application without write a single line of code  :D.

Executing The HELLO WORLD:

For executing this application please select The Start Debugging From the Debug menu. Or press F5 key.

 After doing that there is the Deploy Wizard Window appeared. Please select the Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone Emulator the press the Deploy button.

Please wait some time Visual Studio will deploy the application before run.
When it finished the deployment you will see the result.

This is the very basic level of tutorial. But it might be helpful for those who are not yet familiar with the windows mobile device application development.

I am using the Windows mobile 5.0 Smartphone SDK for this tutorial. But you can use other version of sdk as well.

Starting...

Hello every one. How are you? I am not very old in the windows mobile application development.When I was starting windows mobile application development I faced lots of problems.Some times I found the solution by goggling some times i have to solve by my own.I am going to share some critical technique in this blog. But at first I will discuss some basic things of windows mobile application development.

Terminology:
wm = windows mobile.
app = application.

What you need to start:

1. I am discussing here how can you develop wm app using c#. So you have some knowledge in c# application development.

2. You need to have VS2005 installed on your pc with c#.
3. You need to install the .net compact framework 2.0. Y can download it from here
4. You need to install the .NET Compact Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 Redistributable. You can download it from here .
4. You have to install the wm sdk.
5. You can download wm 5.0 sdk for Pocket PC form here [If you are planing to develop app for wm 5.0 pocket pc] .
5. You can download wm 5.0 sdk for Smartphone form here [If you are planing to develop app for wm 5.0 pocket pc].
6. You can download wm 6.0 sdk for both Pocket PC & Smartphone form here [If you are planing to develop app for wm 6.0 ].
6. You can download wm 6.5 sdk for both Pocket PC & Smartphone form here [If you are planing to develop app for wm 6.5 ].

What is the difference between Smartphone and Pocket PC:

Smartphone:
Smartphone is usually called those device which have a hardware keyboard. from 6.0 they are called windows mobile classic.

Pocket PC:
Pocket pc is usually called those device which dose not have any hardwared keybord. from 6.0 they are called windows mobile professional.