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Year: 2010

Blackberry 

Blackberry and phone numbers with text

July 3, 2010April 4, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment

Recently I received an advertisement SMS from Standard Chartered Bank having “StanChart” as the Sender ID. I accidentally pressed the

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.NET Compact Framework Software Development Windows Mobile 

.NET CF MessageInterceptor class fails to intercept incoming messages

June 29, 2010April 4, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment

If you’re writing an SMS application that intercepts incoming text messages using the MessageInterceptor class and observe that your application

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Wikipedia 

Wikipedia in MobiPocket ebook (PRC) format

June 24, 2010April 4, 2023 ToughDev 2 Comments

Following my previous post on a version of Wikipedia for Windows Mobile improved from the original  Pocket Wikipedia 1.0 version

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.NET Compact Framework .NET Framework Software Development 

SerializableDictionary and System.InvalidOperationException

June 19, 2010May 7, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment

I recently attempted to use Paul Welter’s SerializableDictionary in one of my Windows Mobile projects, Everything seems to work well

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.NET Framework CodeProject Software Development VB.NET 

Extension method and VB.NET With construct

June 13, 2010April 4, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment

Recently I came across a codeproject article about extension methods in VB.NET, where one reader complained that he could not

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CodeProject Microsoft Visual Studio Software Development 

Error accessing VC80.idb during compilation of VC++ project

June 3, 2010April 4, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment

If you’re getting the following error Could not delete file ‘c:projectobjreleasevc80.idb Make sure that the file is not open by

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Blogger CodeProject 

Full RSS feed for blogger posts/comments

May 31, 2010April 4, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment

The official RSS feeds given by Google (http://www.google.com/support/blogger/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=97933) only retrieve the latest 50 posts and 20 comments, even if the

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.NET Framework CodeProject Microsoft Visual Studio Software Development 

Identifying used and unused resources in a Visual Studio’s project Resources.resx file

May 3, 2010April 4, 2023 ToughDev 9 Comments

If you often use project resources in a Visual Studio project, be it VB or C#, eventually you will end

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Windows Tips 

1440×900 resolution on Intel 945GM Express Chipset

May 1, 2010May 4, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment

My laptop is using a Intel 945GM Express Chipset graphics card. Recently I purchased a 19″ LCD with 1440×900 naive

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VoIP Windows Mobile 

Native SIP on Windows Mobile 6.1 and 6.5

April 28, 2010May 4, 2023 ToughDev 1 Comment

Although Windows Mobile 6.1 and above supports SIP natively, the user does not always have the ability to configure SIP

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.NET Framework CodeProject Software Development 

“csc.exe – Application Error” when shutting Windows with a .running NET application

April 16, 2010April 4, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment

Recently a friend reported to me that my application written in .NET prevents his computer from shutting down. If the

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Blackberry SMS Migration Useful Projects Windows Mobile 

Transferring SMS messages from Windows Mobile to Blackberry devices

March 15, 2010May 4, 2023 ToughDev 15 Comments

UPDATE (12 Aug 2017): Due to some outstanding issues with the SMS2IPD tool such as Unicode support and message extraction

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Microsoft Virtual PC Windows Tips 

Windows Virtual PC vs. Microsoft Virtual PC 2007

February 24, 2010May 4, 2023 ToughDev 2 Comments

In an attempt to run Windows XP applications on Windows 7 via Windows XP Mode, I recently tried out Windows

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.NET Framework CodeProject Microsoft Visual Studio Software Development Windows Tips 

.NET forms on Windows 7 at 125% zoom level

February 4, 2010April 4, 2023 ToughDev 9 Comments

If you have ever tried to personalize your Windows 7 desktop and chose to zoom to 125%, as per the

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.NET Compact Framework Software Development 

ArgumentOutOfRangeException when calling DateTime.ToString()

January 17, 2010May 7, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment

Recently I encountered a strange problem with one of my .NET applications when running on phones having the language set

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About ToughDev

Since 2008, ToughDev has explored embedded systems, software development, reverse engineering, and retro computing, bridging legacy hardware with modern software. We work on mobile applications, VoIP, microcontroller firmware, and hands-on development with vintage and undocumented systems.

Recent projects includes the Super 8086 Box PC XT emulator, the dsMP3 embedded radio, and detailed teardowns of vintage PCs such as the Tandy 2500RSX.

If you’re interested in technical consulting, custom development, or engaging us on a project, please visit our home page to learn more about our work or request a quotation.

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