March 5th, 2010
We have released a new tool SureRC, a remote control and support software for Windows Mobile devices. It lets administrators take remote control of mobile devices and interact with the device using PC mouse and keyboard. SureRC works over TCP/IP networks (WiFi, Wired, GPRS, 3G). You can download the trial version from the SureRC product page. SureRC is installed only of mobile device. You can use any freely available VNC compatible software on the desktop PC.
SureRC Features:
* Compatible with most VNC viewer programs such as RealVNC and TightVNC
* VNC Authentication support
SureRC Demo:
Let us know if you interested in a demo. We offer product online walk-through sessions.
Tags: Remote Control
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February 22nd, 2010
Windows Mobile Control Panel applets are normal dlls renamed with special extension .cpl. They are actually loaded by ctlpnl.exe process.
Following code snipped is what you need if you want to show a Control Panel applet from your program. This way you make it easy for your user to change desired settings, without any “complex” navigation.
BOOL ShowControlPanelApplet(int id)
{
TCHAR szParams[32];
SHELLEXECUTEINFO execinfo = {0};
memset(&execinfo, 0, sizeof(execinfo));
execinfo.cbSize=sizeof(execinfo);
execinfo.lpFile=TEXT(“\\windows\\ctlpnl.exe”);
execinfo.lpVerb=TEXT(“open”);
// Id value determines which control applet will be launched
// For e.g. 23 for bluetooth applet
wsprintf(szParams, L”cplmain.cpl,%d”, id);
execinfo.lpParameters = szParams;
BOOL bRet=ShellExecuteEx(&execinfo);
return bRet;
}
The parameter id refers to the control panel applet that you want to show. Below is the table of id values and the corresponding applet names.
Control Panel Applet Id Values
1 Password
2 Owner Information
3 Power
4 Memory
5 About
6 Brightness
7 Screen
8 Input
9 Sounds & Notifications
10 Remove Programs
11 Menus
12 Buttons
13 Today
14
15 Beam
16 Clocks & Alarms
17 Configure Network Adapters
18 Regional Settings
19 Connections
20
21
22 Manage Certificates
23 Bluetooth
24 Error Reporting
25 GPS Settings
26
27 USB to PC
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Tags: Windows CE, Windows Mobile
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February 7th, 2010
SureMDM is now the official name of our Mobile Device Management tool. It was earlier known as AirLink Mobile Device Manager.
Please visit http://www.42gears.com/suremdm/ to know more about SureMDM.
Tags: SureMDM
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January 18th, 2010
42Gears has joined Microsoft BizSpark Program which is great for early-stage startups like us. Biggest advantage is the availability of development tools licenses and production licenses of server products along with support and visibility. Read more about the program here.
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January 2nd, 2010
42Gears is developing a Software Asset Management (SAM) tool to help companies manage, allocate and audit software applications installed on their Windows Mobile handheld devices. More information about SureSAM is available here.
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December 25th, 2009
Exactly opposite to our expectations and projections, sales have gone up nicely in December. It actually is turning out as the “best” month ever. We expected decision makers (for purchases) to be out of office for long vacation at this time of the year, but the results tell a completely different story. Probably we have convinced the ones who are at work. It might be due to a few things that we have recently, especially the following:
1. Streamlined the online purchase process making it clearer and easier.
2. Released an updated version of SureLock Studio with new features and some important improvements, like better support for WM 6.5.
Hope the sales momentum continues next month and forever.
Happy Christmas and Happy New Year!
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December 24th, 2009
Latest version of AirLink now supports scheduled connections. With this feature the mobile devices won’t need to be connected with the server all the time. The device can be configured to connect to the server at a scheduled time everyday. Once the connection is established at the scheduled time, the AirLink MDM server will send any pending jobs to the device. If there are no pending jobs, the device will disconnect and will attempt the connection again at the same time next day.
Admin can apply jobs even if the device is not connected at the time. Jobs are queued on the server. They are applied on the devices when they connect to the server which can at mid-night 12:00 a.m. everyday.
Check out the latest version.
Tags: AirLink
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December 24th, 2009
Latest WM 6.5 user interface is remarkably different than the earlier versions. Especially the location of Start menu button and the Start menu (Honeycomb look) itself. Latest version of SureLock Studio handles these differences nicely. SureLock now fully supports WM 6.5 devices. Check out the latest release.
Tags: SureLock, WM 6.5
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December 16th, 2009
Too bad there is no straight-forward way in net CF for an application to determine its folder path from where it was launched. But following code works just fine.
string assembly = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().CodeBase;
string currentFolderPath = System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(assembly);
Enjoy…
Tags: .NET CF
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November 26th, 2009
Mobile Device Management (MDM) refers to the approaches or solutions used by companies to remotely manage their mobile devices (PDAs, Smartphones, Laptops, Netbooks). Variety of devices involved pose a big challenge for anyone who intends to implement a Mobile Device Management Solution. In fact, a single solution may never fully satisfy the all the requirements. Hybrid solutions (multiple solutions from different vendors doing complimentary tasks) is a common approach that is used to solve this problem.
Here is a checklist of features that a typical Mobile Device Management solution should have:
* Remotely initiated Software Installation
* Remotely initiated Software Un-installation
* Device Inventory tracking (Including Firmware versions and information about various hardware components)
* Software Inventory tracking (Including OS versions and versions of installed third-party applications)
* Backup and Restore of critical business data
* Control user access to certain approved applications and features only
* Physical Device Tracking with GPS (View the device location on a map)
* Remote locking in case of attempts for unauthorized access
* Remote Wipe in case of attempts for unauthorized access
* Remote Control for administrative purposes (Remotely view device screen and perform user actions like mouse clicks or stylus taps).
* Device Health Check (Alerts and manual detection of issues)
* Gather Device Data for Audit purposes (e.g. Call Log Information, Information regarding SMS and Network usage etc.)
* Capability to send Alerts and Messages to mobile users
* Generate Reports
All of the above features can be further classified into various sub-features. That makes it really hard for any one solution to solve the Mobile Device Management problem. 42Gears is also attempting to solve this problem by developing multiple tools such as SureLock Studio, AirLink and WipeMyDevice.
42Gears develops mobile device management tools for enterprises. Read more information about our products here.
Tags: AirLink, Windows Mobile
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