Latests articles in String and Descriptors
Using Symbian OS String Descriptors
Tutorial posted March 3rd, 2005 by deepakkumargupta in
When I was new to Symbian, The first thing that I encountered is Symbian OS String handling and Manipulations. It was then day(s) of nightmare that struck me :). What I found that its bit tricky to remember the descriptor stuffs, but once you get the trick it's easy. No I am not kidding...
How to view all descriptor types (and others) in VC6 debugger
Tutorial posted February 2nd, 2005 by didster in
How to view non-concreate descriptor types (i.e. TDes) in the VC 6 debugger. Plus how to get more info on other types.
Localization
Tutorial posted July 19th, 2004 by ariel in
Symbian has the capability of supporting resources in multiple languages, and letting the user decide which language to use at installation time. This article shows how to support this in your code.
How to display Symbian strings and descriptors in Visual C++ debugger
Tutorial posted January 20th, 2004 by eric in
Currently, using Visual Studio is a little bit painful when you deal with descriptor since you cannot directly display their content (you have to use the memory window). Here is a little trick that will allow you to display clear content of Symbian descriptors.
Multilingual Application Development
Tutorial posted January 28th, 2005 by eric in
Developing a multilingual application is rather simple with Symbian OS and this tutorial will show you to achieve this. Of course, it is always tempting to hardcode your strings. But with only a little effort you can have your application working in English and your native language...
NewLC announce french Symbian training course
News posted February 21st, 2004 by ericNewLC is proud to announce the availability of a french Symbian C++ training session. This training - available as 2 days and 3 days course - covers all the basic requirements that a Symbian C++ developer must know.
How to convert between TDes8 and TDes16
Tutorial posted October 6th, 2003 by eric in
Conversion between TDes8 and TDes16 is a common headache in Symbian development. At least for developpers used to work with 8 bits character coding.The CnvUtfConverter class brings a very simple solution to this.





