Re: Mozilla Windows CE Development

Hi every one ...

Could I a ask a "dumb" question : Does the Minimo's code for UNIX (cvs) is
the same for WinCE ?! Is Its GUI built using GTK !?

Thanks ...

Antonio Gomes

> First- wonderful! Thanks! I've been looking forward to this day for
> quite a while.  A couple quick issues:
>
> 1. On a VGA Pocket PC in real-VGA mode, the minimo window only takes up
> ~240x320, not the full screen.  I imagine this would be a problem for
> folks even with QVGA PPCs, running it in landscape mode.
> 2. Minimo doesn't seem to quit. In the end, I had to reboot.
> 3. Can't wait til we have tabs- then I can think about retiring
> NetFront and ftxBrowser. :)
>
> Doug Turner wrote:
>
>> If you try the build now you will find there is alot of windows
>> integration work that needs to happen.  For example, we need to be
> able
>> to get our app into the start menu.  I don't have a clue on how to do
>
>> this yet and am hoping that one of you do.
>
> Putting an app in the Start Menu is easy. You just put a shortcut to
> the executable (or the executable itself, but that is poor practice) in
> the "\Windows\Start Menu" folder.
>
> On Pocket PC/Windows Mobile, it is more appropriate to put the app not
> into the Start Menu, but into the "Programs" launcher.  This is very
> similar- just place a shortcut or executable in "\Windows\Start
> Menu\Programs". On Pocket PC, the Start Menu is something the user
> maintains, picking which apps to put there out of what they have in the
> Programs launcher.
>
> On vanilla WinCE, the practice is that you do put it in "\Windows\Start
> Menu", not the .\Programs folder.   One thing to keep in mind.
>
> There are programmatic ways to do this, naturally. One is by just
> creating the shortcut file, which is pretty easy. There is also a
> Windows API call IIRC that will do this, but this piece I do not have.
>
> It would probably be easy to use a CAB Maker, tutorial here:
> http://www.codeproject.com/ce/pocketpc_deploy.asp
>
>
> Thanks!!
>
> Regards,
> Aaron
>
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