Windows Mobile 2003 Development & Quicklaunch Interface

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Windows Mobile 2003 Development & Quicklaunch Interface

I am developing a PocketPC App and have successfully installed it and am in the testing phase etc.

On my device there is a "Today" embedded app called "Quicklaunch" that I can configure (add applications to display and run). My application displays as a possible application yet when I choose it as a "Quicklaunch" app, it does not appear on the Mobile Desktop (Today Screen). There is no Icon...

Actually, when I select the application it in the settings/Today/Items area of my mobile device it does not show the small icon either (like other apps). This I think is my problem. I have defined an Icon in the properties of my project before compilation, compiled it, and installed the app... I seem to be able to get an icon to appear on the start menu but the icon does not appear for quicklaunch.

I am using VSDN 2005 Pro for project creation.

Any help would be appreciated...

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Windows Mobile 2003 Development & Quicklaunch Interface

  • Alessandro Camargo

    There are two different Icons associated with your program. One is the Icon property on your application's main form. The other is a "Win32" Icon, contained as a Win32 resource in your application. It sounds like you don't have this set. You can access it from the properties page for your project "(not your form). Right-Click on your C#/VB project file and select "properties". It should be at the bottom of the "Application" tab in a section called "Resources".

  • Lug Vélez Schmitz

    Like windows xp / 2000 etc. - the quicklaunch is a means of bringing icons (applications) into faster hands of the user. The WinXP/2000 QuickLaunch is located on the taskbar (usually allowing the user to access IE, Outlook[Express], Show Desktop etc.). The Windows Mobile 2003 Se / 2005 Premium OS's have a similar function called Quicklaunch that displays up to 6 icons in a single row. Those icons are associated with apps that are installed on the PDA etc.

  • Thunder2002

    Not knowing what Quicklaunch does, I would guess either a 16x16 or 32x32 16color icon.

  • Will Riley

    If it is the WindowsMobile quicklaunch, you will probably find someone who knows more about it on one of their forums:

    Windows Mobile API:

    microsoft.public.pocketpc.developer

    microsoft.public.smartphone.developer

    Windows CE API:

    microsoft.public.windowsce.embedded

    General programming (not VisualStudio related):

    microsoft.public.windowsce.app.development

    Native compilers:

    microsoft.public.windowsce.embedded.vc

    ActiveSync:

    microsoft.public.pocketpc.activesync

    If its is the quicklaunch of a third party, they may have some sort of support channel or documentation to which you can refer.



  • ILWerne

    Thanks,

    I have the icon specified (associated with the project) yet it still does not show. What type of icon should it be (16x16 256, 32 x 32 256 etc )

    Rob
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