Custom Today item not showing up in Today settings (very weird)

Hi all,
I've developed a WM5+ custom Today screen item, using Visual Studio 2005 and
the WM6 SDK.
The problem is that some people report of being unable to find my custom
item in their Today settings. It simply doesn't show up in the list at all.
They have already checked the registry references put there by the CAB
installer (which I also made) and these are correct.

To debug that, i've made another tester app that tries to load the DLL file
(using LoadLibrary, so no static reference) but EVEN this tester app fails to
load altogether, with a generic "untrusted app or component not found" error.
The two files (tester exe and dll) were started as simple projects, no MFC,
ATL or other dependencies.

The joke is that other people report that my custom item is working
flawlessly!
Please help me, I don't know what to do!

thanks

GaryCrean
Mon Nov 26 00:50:01 PST 2007

If you have build it with the WM6 SDK. it will not work on WM5

"thenext1" wrote:

> Hi all,
> I've developed a WM5+ custom Today screen item, using Visual Studio 2005 and
> the WM6 SDK.
> The problem is that some people report of being unable to find my custom
> item in their Today settings. It simply doesn't show up in the list at all.
> They have already checked the registry references put there by the CAB
> installer (which I also made) and these are correct.
>
> To debug that, i've made another tester app that tries to load the DLL file
> (using LoadLibrary, so no static reference) but EVEN this tester app fails to
> load altogether, with a generic "untrusted app or component not found" error.
> The two files (tester exe and dll) were started as simple projects, no MFC,
> ATL or other dependencies.
>
> The joke is that other people report that my custom item is working
> flawlessly!
> Please help me, I don't know what to do!
>
> thanks

thenext1
Mon Nov 26 01:40:00 PST 2007

I don't know on WM5, but my app is not working properly even in WM6. (same
error)

"Gary Crean" wrote:

> If you have build it with the WM6 SDK. it will not work on WM5
>
> "thenext1" wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> > I've developed a WM5+ custom Today screen item, using Visual Studio 2005 and
> > the WM6 SDK.
> > The problem is that some people report of being unable to find my custom
> > item in their Today settings. It simply doesn't show up in the list at all.
> > They have already checked the registry references put there by the CAB
> > installer (which I also made) and these are correct.
> >
> > To debug that, i've made another tester app that tries to load the DLL file
> > (using LoadLibrary, so no static reference) but EVEN this tester app fails to
> > load altogether, with a generic "untrusted app or component not found" error.
> > The two files (tester exe and dll) were started as simple projects, no MFC,
> > ATL or other dependencies.
> >
> > The joke is that other people report that my custom item is working
> > flawlessly!
> > Please help me, I don't know what to do!
> >
> > thanks

Peter
Mon Nov 26 07:37:22 PST 2007

Your dll has to be signed to work on most devices. It is up to the OEM /
Operator how they configure the security policy on the device. You'll need
to investigate Mobile2Market code signing from Verisign or Geotrust for
example.

Peter

--
Peter Foot
Microsoft Device Application Development MVP
www.peterfoot.net | www.inthehand.com
In The Hand Ltd - .NET Solutions for Mobility

"thenext1" <thenext1@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B17F77D6-1B6E-439B-B1E6-AFFC64B83358@microsoft.com...
>I don't know on WM5, but my app is not working properly even in WM6. (same
> error)
>
> "Gary Crean" wrote:
>
>> If you have build it with the WM6 SDK. it will not work on WM5
>>
>> "thenext1" wrote:
>>
>> > Hi all,
>> > I've developed a WM5+ custom Today screen item, using Visual Studio
>> > 2005 and
>> > the WM6 SDK.
>> > The problem is that some people report of being unable to find my
>> > custom
>> > item in their Today settings. It simply doesn't show up in the list at
>> > all.
>> > They have already checked the registry references put there by the CAB
>> > installer (which I also made) and these are correct.
>> >
>> > To debug that, i've made another tester app that tries to load the DLL
>> > file
>> > (using LoadLibrary, so no static reference) but EVEN this tester app
>> > fails to
>> > load altogether, with a generic "untrusted app or component not found"
>> > error.
>> > The two files (tester exe and dll) were started as simple projects, no
>> > MFC,
>> > ATL or other dependencies.
>> >
>> > The joke is that other people report that my custom item is working
>> > flawlessly!
>> > Please help me, I don't know what to do!
>> >
>> > thanks