Working With Files on Smartphone Devices

[Mike Temporale]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnnetcomp/html/SPFiles.asp' target='_blank'>http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnnetcomp/html/SPFiles.asp</a><br /><br /></div>"While the Smartphone platform shares many features with its bigger brother the Pocket PC, it differs somewhat in its file management functionality. By default a Smartphone does not include a File Explorer application and there are no common file dialog boxes available to the developer. If your application involves opening data files you will need some method of browsing and selecting data files. Another consideration for Smartphone developers is that these devices generally have less on-board storage memory than a basic Pocket PC. Depending on your application you can use either removable storage cards or retrieve data via the mobile network.<br /><br />This article will examine some of the considerations when building file based applications for the Smartphone platform with managed code. This will include some code examples you can use to build in file system browsing to your .NET Compact Framework applications."