symbian

How to launch short codes on mobile device?

Nokia has a long list of short codes on Symbian that can be applied to on-device data, such as *#0000# - to check the phones software revision type, *#7780# - to restore factory settings, etc (the list is long) If given a short code, how can I launch it? The program should not be aware of the functionality of the short code, it sho...

Is it possible to run q Qt Symbian application in the background and interact with the homescreen?

I'm writing a Symbian application using Qt for Symbian that is supposed to run on S60 3rd edition FP1, FP2 and 5th edition phones. In my application, I will need to implement push notification functionality that will notify the user of changes on the server. Basically, it is a pending tasks application. When a new task is assigned to th...

How does iPhone development compare to Symbian development?

Having spent several years doing Symbian C++ development, I'd like to know how iPhone development compares to Symbian development. I am interested in answers from people who have spent some time working on both platforms. To clarify: Examples: How do the following compare: Symbian C++ vs Objective C - the former is yuck IMHO. Symbi...

Qt or Symbian C++?

I am planing to develop on Symbian systems but I am not familiar with it. I know (might be) the most popular way of developing on Symbian is Symbian C++, and I also heard of Qt. What's the difference between them? If I want my app run on most of the Symbian systems, which should I choose? Can someone give me some overall advices? Thank ...

The best way of developing on Symbian

Hi there, I am going to develop on Symbian (S60), and I know there are some ways to develop on this platfrom: Symbian C++, Java ME, Qt,OVI etc. I need an overall brief guide on all the ways and I have a few questions: What's the difference between Symbian C++ and Jave ME when developing? If Java ME can run on Symbian ,why we need Sy...

How to detect the current input language?

I am looking for a working code snippet for Symbian S60 5th edition in which: a) an application can detect the current input language (not the UI language); b) an application can receive notifications when current input language is changed. The function CurrentLanguage() from CPtiEngine always returns NULL, so that does not seem to...

How to receive power off events in console application?

I am looking for a working code example for Symbian S60 5th edition in which a console application can receive power off events (i.e. detect phone switch off). I know how to do this from UI application [AppUI, HandleSystemEventL(const TWsEvent& aEvent), etc], but Windows Server does not seem to send events if simple console application i...

Debug on symbian

hi all, i am using trk for phone debug it is working properly for Helloworld project but it is showing error for my project when i start project in phone debug mode 1)Load failed 2)TrkProtocolPlugin:failed to download specified file to target (please verify that target path is writable) if any body understand what problem i am faci...

"Automatically indent" in Carbide.c++ 2.4.0

After moving from Carbide.c++ 2.0.2 to Carbide.c++ 2.4.0 (it is 2.3.0 + update) and moving my Code Style profile, "Code style" preferences are not applied while typing in one particular case, and it is related to indent position after conditionals. My code style profile says the conditional should look like this: if (x > 3) { ...

How to display remote email message?

I have been using this code to display IMAP4 messages: void DisplayMessageL( const TMsvId &aId ) { // 1. construct the client MTM TMsvEntry indexEntry; TMsvId serviceId; User::LeaveIfError( iMsvSession->GetEntry(aId, serviceId, indexEntry)); CBaseMtm* mtm = iClientReg->NewMtmL(indexEntry....

New to QT help needed.

Hi, i am new to QT, i don't have any knowledge about it. from scratch i need to learn, if you people have some tutorials or some technical blogs please feel free to share with me.. i have seen some stuffs in troltech, tell me any thing else apart from it. Thanks ...

Which language should i go for when developing mobile device apps

Hello I see quite some variety of languages/technologies available to develop for the mobile devices/ palms, PDAs, etc such as JavaME, Windows Mobile etc. And now we see Android emerging up. Question: Which language/technology would you suggest for development for these devices, something that should could be emerging and future compa...

Insert Images to list

Hi.. i am new to QT, i am facing some problems in inserting images to list view. can you please figure what is the problem in code snippet int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { QApplication a(argc, argv); QListWidget* list=new QListWidget(); QListWidgetItem *item1=new QListWidgetItem(QIcon(":\temp\boat.png"),"BlueHills",list); ...

How to Customize ListView in QT

HI.. i am new to QT,i want to know how to customize the listview in QT i.e i want to add multiple icon in single row.. etc.. i tried lot i am not getting how to do that.. i tried with Qlistwidget, in tat i can only insert single row with one image.. i am not able to place multiple icon with desired locations.. please assist me, which...

How to get the paint event for Buttons in QT

Hi.. i am new to QT, i tried lot searching samples of how to get the button paint event in QT.. i am not getting the way to do it.. how to set the delegates for pushbutton in QT?. how to get the paint event for pushbutton? i read so many articles, it says we can get the paint event of button we can customize too. but i didnt get the ...

Picture control in QT

Hi, i am learning QT, i am not getting how to get the picture control in QT?. in .net we have picture control right same way i need in QT. i know text edit support pictures but is there any alternatives. please tell if so. Thanks ...

Transparent image in QT

Hi.. i am new to QT, i got to know how to load a simple image on a window. i want to know how to make transparent?. please tell me the way to achieve it. Thanks ...

Problem with selection rectange

Hi.. i m trying to make Customized listview in QT for symbian OS. i am facing some problem, i am able to draw everything like icon,text etc.. where ever i wish but the problem is, it is not getting selected by default.. i hope u got it. to do selection i need to draw the rectangle manually.. it could be a problem if them get changed o...

Trouble with progressbar in QT

Hi.. i m facing problem in giving animation to progressbar in QT. where is the mistake in the following code, i am getting continues progress bar, but its not animating QApplication a(argc, argv); QProgressDialog *dialog = new QProgressDialog(); QProgressBar *pbar = new QProgressBar(dialog); pbar->setMinimum(0); pbar->setMaximu...

What is the mistake in my code. please help

Hi..i am new to QT the sample code mentioned below is not compiling ..please tell me the reason. #include "QprogressBar.h" #include <QtGui> #include <QApplication> #include<qprogressbar.h> #include <qobject.h> lass myTimer: public QTimer { public: myTimer(QWidget *parent=0):QTimer(parent) {} public slots: void recivetime(); };...