
Taking pictures with mobile devices is common . The quality of the pictures might not be as good and it might not be always as easy to zoom, control the flash, or properly focus, but it does its job well enough in most…
In the last post, it discussed how to create a simple Hello World example using WinForms. The example displays the words “Hello World” in the client area of the window and it calculates how big to make the text based…
Not long ago, a member of the team thought it would be a good idea to show the simplest program possible using the Mobile SDK for Windows Apps. This was an excellent idea since “Hello World” is commonly used to…
One of the problems with running Windows programs on a mobile device is that unless the program is aware of the higher DPI, it will show the text in a very small font. If it goes too far, the font…
Last week I wrote a few different posts about converting an existing WinForms app into a mobile application. What I forgot to do was show what my example application looked like before it was converted. This blog will make up…
In recent posts, I have been talking about the Mobile SDK for Windows Apps and how to change Windows programs to use it. The problem is that I have not recently covered what is included in the SDK and where…
Everything needs to be updated eventually. What I hope to share is how to update a WinForms application to support mobile devices. This post will cover the basics of the things to be concerned about. Size and position of forms…