How to develop a Windows Mobiles Application using VB.Net 2008

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Hi everyone ....

I'm a new to VisualStudio.net 2008 , and I'd like to make programs

to Windows Mobile using Visual Basic NOT C#, but I don't really know

What I'm suppose to know or what NameSpaces or APIs I should use to

make pragrams that handle "Incoming Calls or Outgoing Calls or SMS ,etc"

I need a VB.Net book or Video series "2008" that teach me ; or at least

a site that provide source code using "VB.Net 2008" . I really need

your help to understand the fundamentals of making Windows Mobile

Apps "using VB.Ne 2008"

Many thanks in advance.

Posted 5-Jan-10 11:44am

MrAlshahawy

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Hi Christian ...

One day when the dinosaurs were living on earth , I was using VB6

language , and that's why I prefere to use VB.Net , and I got confused

especially I didn't use any .Net enviroment before and all codes all

over the Internet using C# , And I'd like to start with something I'm

familiar with .

So ... Is there any articles or WM Projects here in CodeProject based on

Visual Basic. or can you recommend me a site that fits my needs .

Many thanks in advance

Posted 5-Jan-10 12:02pm

MrAlshahawy

Solution 3

I've not done any mobile development. There's a number of tools and websites that convert between C# and VB.NET, if you're finding a lot of C# examples, perhaps that's a way to get started ?

Posted 5-Jan-10 12:25pm

Christian Graus

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You have two challenges to over come. One is the challenge of learning the VB.Net language. The other is the challenge of learning how to apply it to Windows Mobile development. You will need to address these challenges seperatly as most of the learning materia you will find on Windows Mobile makes the assumption that you already know the programming language that you are using.

There are a lot of books aon learning VB.Net. I would suggest that you pick up one of the books on getting a Microsoft Certification for VB.Net in addition to a language reference (even if you don't plan to get certified). It has a lot of good information that will transfer over.

Once you have a grasp on the language pick up the "Microsoft Windows Mobile Developer Handbook." That book will teach you how to apply your programming language of choice to Windows Mobile development.

As some one previously stated it should matter what language that the example source code you find is in. Back in the days of VB6 the VB language and the C++ language used entirely different sets of functions. In present time C# and VB.Net use the same classes with the same methods and the difference between the two is only notational. A vast majority of the examples you find will be in C#. So learning how to read the language will be a good idea.

Posted 29-Jan-10 14:02pm

Joel Ivory Johnson

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Christian Graus · Accepted Answer · 2010-01-05T11:51:00

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Visual Basic NOT C#,

Well, that's kind of irrelevant. VB exists for people who don't like programming syntax, C# for people who are used to using programming languages. The end result is the same.

wrote:
I need a VB.Net book or Video series "2008" that teach me ; or at least

a site that provide source code using "VB.Net 2008" . I really need

your help to understand the fundamentals of making Windows Mobile

Apps "using VB.Ne 2008"

As you say, your best bet is to search Amazon for a book. It sounds like you need help with the basics, and a book is the best place to start.