Help in getting my homescreen plugin to work o homscreen

[ppcinfo]

I've compiled a homescreen plugin example from the SmartPhone 2002 SDK, and I can't seem to get it to work with my sample test.home.xml file. I did the following:

1) copied the test.home.xml file over to the /Application Data/Home folder on my phone
2) copied the homeplug.dll plugin file to the /Windows Folder
3) Selected my new xml homescreen file under the Home Screen settings.
The test homescreen file appears, but I don't see any evidence that the plugin is working.

Is there anything special I need to do? Register the DLL somehow?

Your help is much appreciated!

ppcinfo

[Pony99CA]

Originally Posted by ppcinfo

I've compiled a homescreen plugin example from the SmartPhone 2002 SDK, and I can't seem to get it to work with my sample test.home.xml file. I did the following:

1) copied the test.home.xml file over to the /Application Data/Home folder on my phone
2) copied the homeplug.dll plugin file to the /Windows Folder
3) Selected my new xml homescreen file under the Home Screen settings.
The test homescreen file appears, but I don't see any evidence that the plugin is working.

Is there anything special I need to do? Register the DLL somehow?

Yes, you need to register the DLL. Check out the Need to put 2 plugins on one line thread and search for WM5_REGSVRCE.EXE.

So what does your (or the sample) plug-in do?

Steve

[ppcinfo]

Originally Posted by Pony99CA

Yes, you need to register the DLL. Check out the Need to put 2 plugins on one line thread and search for WM5_REGSVRCE.EXE.

So what does your (or the sample) plug-in do?

Steve

Thanks for your advice. I actually figure out how to register the plugin shortly after I posted this message (of course...). I'm a Pocket PC developer, and I just got a Moto-Q phone as my new phone replacement (yea!). So, I'm looking into writing some software and homescreen plugins for my new device. I'm currently trying to learn how to create a plugin, after which, I'm sure I'll come up with a few ideas.

If you have any good ideas for a plugin, please let me know!

ppcinfo

[Pony99CA]

Originally Posted by ppcinfo

If you have any good ideas for a plugin, please let me know!

I suppose it depends if you're doing freeware or commercial software. Some of my recommendations would be redundant if you're doing commercial software because the plug-ins already exist.

Check out the "Plug-In Requests" thread that I just started for some ideas.

Steve

[ppcinfo]

Originally Posted by Pony99CA

I suppose it depends if you're doing freeware or commercial software. Some of my recommendations would be redundant if you're doing commercial software because the plug-ins already exist.

Check out the "Plug-In Requests" thread that I just started for some ideas.

Steve

Thanks, I'll check out that thread from time to time to see what pops up.

I was thinking of writing both freeware (for simple, basic plugins) and shareware (for the more complex stuff). So depending on the idea, it could fall into either category.

ppcinfo