Ron Liechty's Forum Nokia Blog
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<p>I am extremely customer focused and I like to tilt at windmills on occasion. I manage the Forum Nokia Discussion boards and will fight for Nokia Developers to be productive.</p>
Nokia Ron2009-11-23T23:22:39ZForum Nokia Provided Code Snippets
http://blogs.forum.nokia.com/blog/ron-liechtys-forum-nokia-blog/2008/02/13/forum-nokia-provided-code-snippets
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt"><span style="font-family: Arial">Forum Nokia has started production of Code Snippets in the Knowledge Base<span style="color: #0000ff"> </span><span style="color: #000000">in</span> <span style="color: #000000">the</span><span style="color: #0000ff"> </span>FN Wiki. Code snippets are well-written code blocks that demonstrate how to use APIs and methods to perform a certain task or use case, providing easy-to-use code for faster application development. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt"><span style="font-family: Arial">Forum Nokia developed snippets use interfaces from the public SDKs and have been tested on real devices. A code snippet also typically contains a simple application that uses the code, or information on how to apply the code in an application.</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt"><span style="font-family: Arial">Code snippets are provided for various technology areas and specifically address current themes of interest. For example, the first published code snippets concentrate on use cases related to the Symbian Signed test criteria.</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt"><span style="font-family: Arial">Forum Nokia provided code snippets complement the existing offering of hundreds of code examples created by the developer community at FN Wiki. Besides being a separate category in the Knowledge Base, the code snippets are also listed in the </span><a href="http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.php/Category:Code_Examples"><span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial">Code examples section</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial"> among other examples. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt"><span style="font-family: Arial">The Forum Nokia published code snippets can be easily distinguished by a specific banner and the CS prefix in the title.</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt"><span style="font-family: Arial">Check them out at: </span><a href="http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.php/Portal:KB_Code_Snippets" title="http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.php/Portal:KB_Code_Snippets"><span style="font-family: Arial">http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.php/Portal:KB_Code_Snippets</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> </span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt"><span style="font-family: Arial">If you have any specific topics that should be addressed, send your suggestions to </span><a href="mailto:forum.feedback@nokia.com"><span style="font-family: Arial">forum.feedback@nokia.com</span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt"></span></p><span style="font-size: 10pt">Ron</span>GeneralJavaOpen CS60Series 40Symbian C++2008-02-13T22:34:29ZNokia RonAsk the Experts: Carbide.c++
http://blogs.forum.nokia.com/blog/ron-liechtys-forum-nokia-blog/2008/01/28/ask-the-experts-carbide.c
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt"><a href="http://discussion.forum.nokia.com/forum/showthread.php?t=125659" target="_blank">This weeks ask the experts</a> is on Carbide.c++ Nokia’s tool for Symbian C++ developers. Our experts this week are Matt Salmo (msalmo) and Matt Pinsonneault (Mpinsonneault) from the Carbide support team. If you have questions for them please ask in this thread.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt"></span></span><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt">Please keep the questions related to Carbide.c++</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt"></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt"></span></span><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt">Ron</span></span>GeneralS60Symbian C++2008-01-28T12:05:32ZNokia RonThree N95 Winners in the November Contribution Contest
http://blogs.forum.nokia.com/blog/ron-liechtys-forum-nokia-blog/2007/12/07/three-n95-winners-in-the-november-contribution-contest
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman">The winners of the November Contribution contest are SergioEstevao,| Kavitaobhan and Arunjyothiskp. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman">SergioEstevao had some amazing Java articles and one full series on creating a mobile game from start to finish <a href="http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.php/How_to_develop_an_game_-_Part_1" title="How To Develop A Game - Part 1">How to develop a game</a>.</span></span><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman">Kavitaobhan had several outstanding How To articles including the <a href="http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.php/How_to_make_a_custom_scrollbar_in_symbian">How to make a custom scrollbar in Symbian</a>.<span> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman">Arunjyothiskp contributed several articles for Java (and non Java) developers including an excellent article on <a href="http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.php/Record_Management_System">Record Management Systems</a>.</span></span><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman"> </span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman">The Wiki administrators and myself want to thank all that contributed to the Wiki in November and feel everyone is a winner by helping others by sharing your knowledge. Remember you can still win a new Nokia S60 multimedia device as the contributor of the month so please keep the contributions coming.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman"></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman">Ron<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial"> </span>EventJavaSymbian C++2007-12-07T19:42:10ZNokia RonCongratulations to Wizard_hu_ and Beover1984
http://blogs.forum.nokia.com/blog/ron-liechtys-forum-nokia-blog/2007/12/05/congratulations-to-wizard_hu_-and-beover1984
<span><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Arial">I am pleased to be able to announce our co-poster of the month for November are the multi-talented Forum Nokia Champions wizard_hu_ and <span> </span>beover1984 both have done an exceptional job of helping their peers not only for the month of November but for the entire year of 2007.<span> </span>These experts in Symbian C++ both show a great deal of camaraderie when dealing with other members.<span> </span>I hope you all can <a href="http://discussion.forum.nokia.com/forum/showthread.php?p=367990#post367990">join me in thanking both of these individuals </a>for their contribution to the Nokia developer’s community. </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial"> </span><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Arial"><span>The Forum Nokia Discussion Boards Poster of the Month is based on the quality and quantity of responses as judged by the Forum Nokia Experts.<span> </span>Along with the respect and gratitude of your peers, the Poster of the Month receives a free shirt and may receive an S60 cell phone. Being </span><span>POM</span><span> is a very good item to have in your resume if you wish to be a FN Champion. </span></span></span><span><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial"> </span></span><span><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Arial">Congratulations again to wizard_hu_ and beover1984 our Posters of the Month.</span></span></span><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial"> </span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial">Ron</span></p>EventGeneralSymbian C++2007-12-05T23:18:32ZNokia RonNew Discussion Board Feature, Ask the Expert
http://blogs.forum.nokia.com/blog/ron-liechtys-forum-nokia-blog/2007/12/03/new-discussion-board-feature-ask-the-expert
<span style="font-size: 7pt; color: #4d528c; font-family: Verdana">This week we introduce a new Interview method, <a href="http://discussion.forum.nokia.com/forum/showthread.php?p=366874#post366874" title="Ask The Expert">Ask the Expert</a>. Unlike the interviews that took several weeks for answers our expert will answer these questions during the week that they are asked, hopefully the day they are asked.<br /><br />This week our expert is ltomuta a senior engineer that specializes in Symbian C++. <br /><br />If you have any question about Symbian C++, the SDK, </span><span style="font-size: 7pt; color: #4d528c; font-family: Verdana">API</span><span style="font-size: 7pt; color: #4d528c; font-family: Verdana"> or anything at all please take advantage this week to "ask the expert".<br /><br />Ron</span> <p> </p>EventOpen CSymbian C++2007-12-03T03:42:08ZNokia RonHelp Nokia to Help You
http://blogs.forum.nokia.com/blog/ron-liechtys-forum-nokia-blog/2007/10/11/help-nokia-to-help-you
<p><a href="http://discussion.forum.nokia.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=165"><font color="#800080">How Can Forum Nokia Help You Shorten Your Development Time?</font></a> Nokia wants your feedback a special forum was created for one month to gather your input. Please take advantage of this opportunity to improve your time to market. </p>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">Ron</div>EnterpriseJavaSymbian C++2007-10-11T17:10:28ZNokia RonS60 3rd Ed. FP 2 , SDK Beta Includes Web Runtime Engine
http://blogs.forum.nokia.com/blog/ron-liechtys-forum-nokia-blog/2007/10/09/s60-3rd-ed.-fp-2-sdk-beta-includes-web-runtime-engine
<p>Today the S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 2 for C++ SDK Beta went live on Forum Nokia and with that a WRT testing environment. Note, this is a beta version, but the included WRT engine is close to final and developers are encouraged to use it. <a target="undefined" href="http://www.forum.nokia.com/info/sw.nokia.com/id/4a7149a5-95a5-4726-913a-3c6f21eb65a5/S60-SDK-0616-3.0-mr.html">See the Tools and SDK’s: Nokia Tools web page</a><br />
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Additionally, a number of docs went up including <br />
- Introducing Web Run-Time <br />
- Getting Started with Nokia web Widget development<br />
- Web Run-Time API Reference<br />
- Porting Apple Dashboard widgets to S60<br />
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The getting started and the Porting guides include example widgets. <br />
See <a href="http://www.forum.nokia.com/main/resources/documentation/index.html">http://www.forum.nokia.com/main/resources/documentation/index.html</a></p>BrowsingS60Symbian C++2007-10-09T22:59:52ZNokia RonAnd Now For Something Entirely Different
http://blogs.forum.nokia.com/blog/ron-liechtys-forum-nokia-blog/2007/08/30/and-now-for-something-entirely-different
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">Ah the words I loved to hear right after the giant foot smashes the nude lady as the band plays Sousa’s Liberty Bell march. What, you only know <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/m/montypythonsflyi_1299002137.shtml"><font color="#800080">Monty Python’s Flying Circus</font></a> from movies and the dead parrot bit? The 45 episodes that began in 1969 have lasted 40 years and still stand up today. Something else began development in 1969 and was released in 1972 even before Monty Python made it to the American shore. That is the programming language called C, truly this was something entirely different.</div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">C is a modular (structured) programming language that was designed to be a portable assembly language. John McEnerney one of the original authors of Think Pascal once wrote an e-mail saying he had finally found pure eloquence and it was pointers in the C language. Programming languages have come and programming languages have gone but C has endured and spread in dozens of variants and the basis for Java. All POSIX compatible operating systems come with a C Compiler built into the system. With just 30 words a language that is so powerful that it changed the world. It is not UNIX or Linux that made open source acceptable it was the portable language of C that allowed everyone on a wide variety of platforms to write something that they can share with the world.</div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">So lets all raise a toast to something entirely different C, the eloquent programming language. Thirty-five years young and still it endures.</div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">Ron</div>EntertainmentOpen CSymbian C++2007-08-30T03:24:06ZNokia RonWhen to Start Fresh with New Equipment
http://blogs.forum.nokia.com/blog/ron-liechtys-forum-nokia-blog/2007/08/08/when-to-start-fresh-with-new-equipment
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">I live in an old house and there is constant upkeep on the house as age and gravity take affect. This last weekend I had to do some plumbing, removing the old sewer pipe and replacing it with space age materials (also known as plastic). Because I was very careful and also have lots of deodorizers the job went fairly well and the house was inhabitable in a few hours after the job was completed. I could have just kept using the plunger every few months and lived with the occasional back up and I could have even just cut out and replaced the elbow that was giving me such problems. But those are just stop gap measures and at some time you need to fix it properly.</div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">Nokia has recently replaced CodeWarrior with <a href="http://www.forum.nokia.com/main/resources/tools_and_sdks/carbide_cpp/"><font color="#800080">Carbide.c++</font></a> being one of the original CodeWarrior people from the 1990’s I had a lot of reservation about this change. However, there were just so many patches one can do to something and then it is time to start new, it made sense and even if there was a hardship of learning a new tool or there were some flaws it was time to start fresh. A new patch was recently made available that while it seems insignificant in numbering, it is a major update to the Carbide.c++ tool fixing over 130 bugs.</div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">How to Upgrade:</div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">Check your current version (Click Help → About Carbide.c++)</div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">For Carbide 1.2 or v1.2.1 users, you will be loading a PATCH file</div>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in" type="disc">
<li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">Open Carbide v1.2 or v1.2.1</li>
<li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">Click Help → Download Updates in the Carbide tool.</li>
<li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">Select Find and Install…</li>
<li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">Select “Search for updates of the currently install features”</li>
<li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">Wait (then wait some more)</li>
<li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">Install features</li>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">For Carbide v1.1 users:</div>
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<li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">You will need to install v1.2 from Forum Nokia, get a new license file, then follow the steps above</li>
<li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">Details on upgrading from v1.1 to v1.2 may be found at <a href="http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.php/Carbide_Licenses_and_Estore#How_To_UPGRADE_Your_Product">Forum Nokia Carbide.c++  licensing.</a></li>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">Ron</div>Open CS60Symbian C++2007-08-08T21:29:10ZNokia RonA Simple Medical Procedure
http://blogs.forum.nokia.com/blog/ron-liechtys-forum-nokia-blog/2007/04/03/a-simple-medical-procedure
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Last week I had what was described as a minor medical procedure. A simple routine test, that most people over 40 have done, that detects colon cancer. Since I am a man, I of course did not read the instructions sent home with the doctor’s office until the day before, after all the nurse had told me what I needed to know, hadn’t she?  Also since I am a developer at heart, I clearly could analyze what I would encounter and was prepared. So noon the day before I thought I’d look and see what time I had to start “preparing” for the exam and then I read…”One Week before the exam”. What!!!</div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">As a developer we often prepare for our projects in the same way, not looking at the information available until it is too late. I don’t know if it is our ego, or what but preparing to do something which is not that different than what we would ordinarily do just does not seem necessary. Therefore we go ahead and start doing what we think is best and generally it works out and the program runs just fine. Perhaps, just perhaps if we had read the readme notes or checked out Forum Nokia’s Wiki or Discussion boards to see if anyone else had tried this we could have saved some time and had a more efficient application. A little preparation would have very useful if we had ran into problems. Knowing what to expect or how to avoid errors is worth more than trying to re-write your code after you hit them.</div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">For those of you that do prepare, read the readme’s and look at the code comments and examples before you start a simple task, my hats out for you. For those of you who do not prepare, one day you too will have to have that simple medical procedure and it may be when you least want it, if you know what I mean. </div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Ron</div>GeneralSymbian C++2007-04-03T00:11:24ZNokia Ron