create custom app beginners help

[eagle00789]

i'm trying to create an app for my WM6 Standard samsung i200. for hat app, i got several questions

1. how do i add a custom button to the outlook contacts menu that launches my app WITH a special form open?
2. how do i connect to a DB (the db must be on the device itself)

The app (when finished) should be able to do the follwing:

1. find a contact through the outlook contacts menu
2. display, add, edit or delete extra data for that contact (computers)
3. the extra data should contain the following items
   
   • computername
   • processor (selectable through dropdown list)
   • processor speed (selectable through dropdown list)
   • ram (selectable through dropdown list)
   • videocard (selectable through dropdown list)
   • videocard ram (selectable through dropdown list)
   • add several harddiscs to the computer (must be more then 1, virtually unlimited)
   • list installed software on the computer (addable by seperate list)
   • Problems that the computer had
   • Solutions for those problems
   • Extra hardware (Must be more then 1, virtually unlimited)
   • memobox for extra information not handled in the above list
   • it should be possible to add more then 1 computer to a contact

i have experience programming, but unfortunatly in Delphi (pascal) i have done vb in the past, but it was only VBA and that was years ago.

[petevick]

Hi,
for option 1, I think you would have to develop a plug-in for pocket outlook to add a new menu item to pocket outlook.

Option 2 - you need to look at SQL Server Compact Edition it is a full relational database for Windows Mobile. There are numerous samples on this site, and generally on how to use it.

Pete

[eagle00789]

Do you have any examples for option 1 in vb.net?? i'm searching for sollutions foroption 2 so that is ok...

[petevick]

Hi,
going to have to be C++ I think for a plug-in - sorry

Pete

[eagle00789]

so any example in c++ then form me?? (if possible including comments to how and what??)

[petevick]

Not from me I'm afraid - Try this

[eagle00789]

thanks for that, but it isn't going to help, as i want only a dll with the code to add the menu and a seperate app (written in vb.net with CF ofcourse) wich should respond to that menu...
it contains way to much clutter to figure out what is what...

[petevick]

That app seems to do everything you want, you just have to adapt it and remove some code - if not, then google is your friend

[eagle00789]

as i said, the app contains way to much clutter to start scraping in that code.... and besides google isn't my friend, as he couldn't find a single example without clutter...

[petevick]

Adding to outlook isn't a beginners task.

You could design your app to list the contacts from pocket outlook, and go about it that way instead.