Creating application shortcuts.

Creating application shortcuts

In Windows Mobile you can create shortcuts to files and application just as like you do on desktop. Connect the device to the desktop over ActiveSync, explore the Mobile Device folder, right-click on the file you want to create shortcut for and then Click on Create Shortcut menu item.

But there are differences in formats of shortcut files between Windows Mobile and Windows Desktop. A typical shortcut on a Windows Mobile device will have the following format

xx#"\Location\application.exe"

where xx is number of characters in the above text excluding xx#, optionally it can also contain parameters.

For e.g. I created a shortcut to internet explorer, copied the shortcut file to desktop over activesync and opened it in notepad. This is what I see.

23#"\Windows\iexplore.exe"

where 23 is the count of characters after #.

Follow this format and you can manually or programmatically create shortcuts for Windows Mobile.

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add leds

Tools-
Variable temp soldering station or 15watt iron
Hot Glue Gun
Phillips #1
wire stripper
X-acto knife with #11 blade and old style aluminum handle
Drill with 17/64 bit
Plyers

Supplies-
.22 60/40 rosin core solder
Surface Mount LED's
Hot Glue
30 AWG wire
Resistor

Replacing the Surface Mount LED's With the circuit board exposed we can get down to the detail.  You will need to remove four LED's they  can be found around the upper center of the PCB.  So yeah they are pretty dang small.  If you have never wielded a soldering iron stop right now and put everything back how it was!  If you are a fearless soldering god continue on...

	To get our first one done it required two of us.  We setup with one of us on the tweezers and each with an iron.  Irons set to 550 F we went to work, get a good grip on the LED and a quick touch to the solder from each side simultaneously did the trick.  We then busted out the hot tweezers we have never had occasion to use before and found that a much easier option.
Video Clip 4.96MB	But if you are doing this alone we found the slickest way is to bathe the LED in solder and use the iron to wipe it away and then just deposit it on your sponge.  Its important to clean up after, you do not want much solder on the pads during reinstallation.  And of course, be careful not get any on the sensitive gray black pads in the area.
	Re-installing is much easier and a one man job, like any other tiny SMT component line it up, tack one side and then the other.  They do sort of have a tendency to float up and if there is too much solder left so don't be afraid to offer a little gentle down force while heating the solder.  Note the polarity marks for the led and make sure to put them on the right direction.
	Original Green
	Blue
	Red

  

Lighting the Dome- To get the dome illuminated we tried several variations, one LED, two LED's, but ended up going with four for full bling.  With blue LED's, 4 in parallel a 22 Ohm resistor is connected to all positive legs and the resistor is connected to the positive source.  All negative legs (short ones) are connected to ground.  When using 4 red LED's a 47 Ohm resistor was used (How to calculate the proper resistor for your LED's).

more soon.........