mobile application

[ranabis]

hi all.
i know VB6 and i want to do a simple application to be used on any mobile( symbian or windows).
the application is:
send my CV using bluetooth and to be read by any mobile.

please give me hint if it is feasible and how to start it.

thank you for your time.

[Shaggy Hiker]

You can't use VB6 for that. There was a horrid little VB6-like thing called eVB that was around a few OS generations back, but it died...fortunately. It wasn't really VB6, it was VBScript, which has loads of issues and limitations.

For mobile dev, you would need to use .NET, and it is my understanding that the free Express versions of VB.NET do not include support for mobile device programming. You would find the language similar to VB6, but not the same. The syntax is the same, the development environment is far better, but .NET is object oriented, which is a different organizational structure than VB6.

On the plus side, it was because of the need to do mobile dev programming that I moved to .NET, and I would never willingly go back, even though I really liked VB6 at the time.

[gep13]

Hey Shaggy,

You are correct, you cannot create Windows Mobile Applications using the Express Editions of Visual Studio.

Gary

[ranabis]

hi shaggy thank you for your concern.
for the windows based application now it is clear that i have to use the .NET and i already started learning it.
but not all the OS of the mobiles are window based , so what can i use?

thank you for your precious time.

[Shaggy Hiker]

C/C++ is your only really good cross-platform option.

[ranabis]

thanks for your help shaggy.

[gep13]

Hey,

If you are developing for symbian, then there is an implementation of the compact framework for symbian which would allow you to deploy .Net applications to Symbian OS. I am not at the office just now, so can't dig up the link for you, but I will post again tomorrow when I find it.

Gary

[ranabis]

ok gep, it is great.
i wil be waiting for your reply.
the thing is that i just want to put my CV with images in it in a way that can be seen by anyone on his phone.
any suggestoins?

thank you for you great understanding.

[petevick]

Hi,
RedFive Labs allows .Net developed applications to run on Symbian.

[gep13]

That's the one

Here is some more information on it:

http://www.danielmoth.com/Blog/2006/...n-symbian.html

Hope that helps!!

Gary