Hey boys and gals!
My country (Faroe Islands) is very small, we are only 48.000 people. But we have our own language, how cool is that? :highfive:
I would like to get a Surface RT, but is it even posiable to develop a proof reading language for Office RT?
You can see a video of the Faroe Islands below if you where woundering:
http://youtu.be/dTj26z1KYV8
Office RT is near-identical to Office 2013 Home & Student... I would expect that a language usable on the latter would work on the former, but I haven't tried.
Pretty! :fingers-crossed:
From the travelogue--sheep lovers, unite! --one wonders if the place even have electricity, let alone the Internet. But of course, Intienet is inter-where. Shipping must be killer, though at least you have an airport! How long does it take to walk across the isle? No skinny dipping this time of year, I take it.
I assume you're talking about adding a custom dictionary to Office, which you can create yourself (or find one).
http://www.wikihow.com/Create-a-Custom-Dictionary-in-Microsoft-Word-2007
If you mean language packs,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Office_2013
"Office RT modifies or excludes other various features for compatibility reasons or resource reduction. To save disk space; templates, clip art, and language packs are downloaded online rather than stored locally. Other excluded features include the removal of support for third-party code such as macros/VBA/ActiveX controls, the removal of support for older media formats and narration in PowerPoint, editing of equations generated with the legacy Equation Editor, data models in Excel (PivotCharts, PivotTables, and QueryTables are unaffected), and searching embedded media files in OneNote."
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I am looking at developing an application that will be used to conduct on-site installation surveys. It will be designed to be browser based, and will be targeted at a pocket pc platform.
The user will start a new installation survey, and will be able to add a series of 'checkpoints' throughout the survey. The best way to describe it is to say for example that the engineer is adding proposed locations for light-switches all around the site, and needs to add the location, type of light switch, some notes, and perhaps a digital image taken from the camera of the pocket pc. Each 'light switch' will be an individual record in a database.
When the survey is complete the engineer will have a collection of light switch locations,along with notes etc. These could potentially be large in file size, so I was planning on having the 'survey' stored on the pocket pc and upload it to the web server DB when it is finished.
My question is, does anyone know of an application that has already been developed, as I don't want to re-invent the wheel.
Obviously, I think the use of the word "Series" tells me that Microsoft isn't done with the many "options" they will offer with WP7S. I think a nice enterprise/business UI is on the way as well, if not coming a bit after the holiday 2010 release.
Any predictions? I'm looking forward to this update in the Series just because my life really doesn't revolve around what my friends ate for breakfast and what movie they just went to see.
Personally, I need to make sure that I have a professional messaging/mail layout, Office, file management, VNC capabilities, and the ability to customize the UI based on limitations necessary per business needs.
1. Office Communicator Mobile with PUSH capabilities
2. Remote Device Management
3. Remote Desktop
Well, I guess Microsoft already put a lot for Business users in there: multiple Mail-Push-Systems, Sharepoint Integration and so on.
One could perhaps integrate Status messages on corporate progress from time management systems to the people screeen (and i'm pretty sure this already integrates with MS Exchange).
It comes down to what information u need and u are able to have that on the Start Screen via Live Tiles. What will be interesting is how company's will be able to deploy their custom software to the devices - as Marketplace is not the way to deploy these.
All the Social Networking Systems are just a means of adding additional information - u don't need it, u don't use it. Guess there'll be a RDP Client in there (although i hope it's more usable now, than the version in WinMo 6.5).
Remote Management - well, do you really think MS would release a phone that supports all the features of MS Exchange Active Sync but omit the manageability (disable storage card, disable camera, wipe device are not that hard to implement).
Touring Machine is an innovative platform developed to offer a complete sightseeing experience to adults and children. It is currently available in three editions: Mobile edition, Web edition and Augmented Reality edition.
The Mobile Edition targets Windows Phone 7.
The system supports:
Dynamically generated descriptions. There are no predefined texts. Our natural language generation engine is fully customizable, as it determines the description language, the amount of information included, and the phraseology used in the descriptions. It also takes into account the visitor’s history creating comparisons between the exhibits, as well as spatial expressions according to the user’s position. Immediate translation is also supported. The engine is called NaturalOWL and was developed by the Natural Language Processing Group(Department of Informatics, Athens University of Economics and Business).
Question / Answering: The user may ask questions in natural language and the Artificial Intelligence will try to create the proper answer.
Text-to-speech: The users may listen to the descriptions.
Maps: The user may search for the available tours using Bing Maps.
Mobile edition
Touring Machine Mobile edition is made for those visiting the actual place of the tour. The user selects one of the available tours and the application displays a list of all the nearby exhibits sorted from the closest (shown at the top) to the most far (shown at the bottom of the list). As the user moves among the exhibits, this list is automatically rearranged (taking account of the device’s orientation). The application is location – aware. Furthermore, in case an exhibit is approached which has not been previously visited, the mobile phone vibrates and reads out its name. After an exhibit is chosen, its description is generated.
The phone’s camera can be used for exhibit recognition. Given that the GPS is inactive indoors, the user may take a picture of an exhibit and a specialized image recognition algorithm will attempt to match the photo taken to one of the exhibits of the collection.
Web edition
The web edition virtually recreates the location by placing photos of it in their appropriate relative position and orientation. As a result, the user can navigate through a 3D model of virtual space using a mouse, a keyboard or a touch screen. Selecting an exhibit, a detailed description is presented.
Augmented Reality edition
The Augmented Reality edition transforms a room into a virtual museum. Having a collection of symbols drawn in pieces of paper, each symbol corresponds to a predefined exhibit. Viewing the symbols through a camera, the corresponding exhibit is displayed. The user can view the exhibit from various angles as it is a real one and read its description. This edition is ideal for educational purposes, as it has been proved that children consider it an easy and fun way to learn something.
Read more about the project at the Touring Machine website (touringmachine.cs.aueb.gr).
Some videos of our application can be found at
youtube.com/watch?v=ysfdUDxzDII
youtube.com/watch?v=IiupgWQCaL0
(Unfortunately I was not allowed to post any URLs, so I had to write them as above. Sorry for the inconvenience)
Looks great and useful too! You know its apps like this and the strength of developers taking this OS seriously, that makes me want a WP7 even more. Well done!
I have been coding on WM 6.x and the CE lineup for years. Done it on VB.NET. Now, with the iteration of WP7, I have migrated to the refreshing OS. But, I got the shock of my life when I opened VS2010 WP7 project...
XAML, Binding item, etc. I have never touched them before. Coding for the WM 6 was as easy as Windows Forms. If you get me. I gave up WPF because of the confusing stuff esp XAML. Borrowing a WP7 coding book frm the library didn't help. So now.. If there's any member who's willing to devote a small time to answer some of the coding difficulties (thru PM) as I code along, it will be great. Can't offer you much, though ...
Went through the same thing. I found the documentation on MSDN really useful. Also if you have a look on codeplex there are some samples and apps around that could be useful for you to look over. I would say don't be too scared by XAML its really good once you get used to it.
Also you might want to look at the new mango dev tools as they support developing in vb so you won't have to move to c sharp
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I have been coding on WM 6.x and the CE lineup for years. Done it on VB.NET. Now, with the iteration of WP7, I have migrated to the refreshing OS. But, I got the shock of my life when I opened VS2010 WP7 project...
XAML, Binding item, etc. I have never touched them before. Coding for the WM 6 was as easy as Windows Forms. If you get me. I gave up WPF because of the confusing stuff esp XAML. Borrowing a WP7 coding book frm the library didn't help. So now.. If there's any member who's willing to devote a small time to answer some of the coding difficulties (thru PM) as I code along, it will be great. Can't offer you much, though ...
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Same here, although i don't have any programming skills at all.
Any help/advice would be appreciated.
I can understand how going from WinForms to XAML/Silverlight would be a shock.
Strangely, my ASP.NET experience helped me to adapt to XAML - the concept of defining UI declaratively in the markup and having the code in a code-behind file is exactly the same in both.
If you've done any desktop WPF, it's the same concept as well.
In order to adapt from WinForms, think of it this way:
1) the design canvas - works similarly between either WinForms, WPF, Silverlight.
2) the declarative markup - similar in concept to HTML. In WinForms, the auto-generated InitializeComponent () in *.designer.cs is responsible for creating, initializing, and building the UI - in WPF/Silverlight the XAML serves this purpose, but is much easier to modify than the InitializeComponent method (which they tell you you shouldn't be doing).
3) the code behind - In WinForms, you have to open up your WinForms class in the code view, and you can code all the event handlers and whatnot. In WPF/Silverlight, this is in the *.xaml.cs, and is very similar to the WinForms codebehind.
I'd recommend going to create.msdn.com and start going through the tutorials.
Check this site Getting Started with Windows Phone.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/wp7trainingcourse_wp7gettingstarted_unit
Yes, MSDN, they have a on-line training to get your started, even your first "Hello World" app to try. I figure I will be going this route to get an idea of the tools then go deeper into reading coding just to get the fundamentals down.
It's the only way I could get started...
These videos are helpful
http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Phone-7-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners
is there a german version too??
i need German language
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is there a german version too??
i need German language
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Doesn't look like it, and besides nearly all programming is done in English.
Personally I can't stand using a Norwegian version of Windows, and others can't live without it.
Hi all,
browsing the web I read in the link below, a way to make RT to work like a Pro. Unfortunatly I'm not familiar with Windows Azure that seems to be the key of this solution.
What do you think about ?
Here you go: http://www.systemcentercentral.com/...e-a-prowith-a-little-help-from-windows-azure/
[email protected]
Meh, way too much effort for what you get, in my opinion. It's a bunch of shenanigans with remote desktop (remote apps, specifically), working around the limitations on using Windows Server. It'll work, after a fashion, but it's not fast to set up, it requires a good Internet connection at all times, you need to make sure to save locally instead of saving on the server (unless you don't mind leaving the files on the server), and Azure subscriptions cost money (not a lot, for the low-end instances the guy uses, but some).
Saying it makes RT "work like a Pro" is complete hyperbole. It makes RT work as a thin client. No more, no less. Whoop-de-do; welcome to the 1970s.
I agree with GDTD that it is a tremendous amount a work for a fairly small gain. I think that employing the jailbreak gives one a great deal of flexibility to do pro-like work on an RT.
There's a couple of great text editors (Notepoad++, SciTE, MicroEMACS, Vim), a couple of C# IDEs (QuickSharp, SharpDevelop), two source-control clients (Subversion, Fossil), Python, Perl, Lua and NodeJS, WinMerge.
There really are lots of options for doing real work on the RT without going nuts with Remote Desktopping. No, you're not going to have access to Visual Studio, and compiling C or C++ isn't available, but if that is the subset of development activities that is most important to you, you can always go Surface Pro.