Diarist for Windows Mobile 5 Smartphone (smartphone blogging) | The Sandbox

Kevin Daly
Of course it *looks* like my nick is just my name, but actually, well, it's just my name.

Download:Link for Diarist for Windows Mobile 5 Smartphone ((0 Bytes)

This program works with blog sites that support a standard implementation of the MetaWeblogAPI, and also as an accident of history BlogX.

If the blog site supports the newMediaObject method you can insert images from local files (for reasons relating to the smartphone UI and insertion points the links are always added to the end of whatever text is currently in the blog post, although you can rearrange things later).
Because it involves uploading a file to the site and receiving back a url to insert into the post, this particular feature won't work in offline mode (this is also true of categories).

Since I don't actually own a smartphone myself I've only been able to test this in emulation (on the Motorola Q emulator), so I strongly suggest you try it that way first.

This application does not (directly) lead to insanity, moral turpitude or hair loss. Nor on the other hand does it cure any of these conditions.

PS. If the link to the zip file doesn't appear...um, I don't know why.

UPDATE: OK, using my incredible powers of detectoringhoodness to find the right location, I've now added the link manually.
Get it here
OTHER UPDATE: I forgot to mention that this only works with .NET CF 2.

Configuration files are written to \Application Data\PhoneDiarist2 (assuming it works).

VERY IMPORTANT UPDATE: OK, well, um, er, bear in mind that I converted this project from an application designed to run on Pocket PCs running with either Windows Mobile 2003 or Windows Mobile 5...so essentially constrainted by the limitations of the former.
Unfortunately when I performed the conversion I completely overlooked the possibility of using the managed image picker that comes with Windows Mobile 5, until Jason Barile reminded me.
I'm so embarrassed (and thanks Jason, also for bravely testing and debugging on his actual phone).
So anyway, the solution has now been updated to use the snazzy visual picker instead of my original crappy form.

Fairly Important Update (5.5.2007): Changing blog selection was not working if the user did not expand the combobox before selecting.
Fixed.
Another one (6.5.2007): I inadvertently omitted the "Generic MetaWeblogAPI" menu option for adding new blogs. I've now added it (this version of the zip file is also smaller than the previous one, since I remembered to scrub debug builds first)

Kevin Daly
Of course it *looks* like my nick is just my name, but actually, well, it's just my name.

Eek. When I initially uploaded it I previewed the post, which turned out to be a bad idea because then it seemed to lose the photo and file upload selections.
It looks like the download link still isn't appearing...I hope that's something to do with moderation or something and it will be showing up soon, otherwise try here

Sven Groot
You can't have everything; after all, where would you put it?

It's a known bug. If you preview, you lose the download link.

Kevin Daly
Of course it *looks* like my nick is just my name, but actually, well, it's just my name.

Aaargh.

Oh well.

Kevin Daly
Of course it *looks* like my nick is just my name, but actually, well, it's just my name.

Please see the last addition to the original post for an important update that makes this in my view a notably less crappy tool. Smiley

Kevin Daly
Of course it *looks* like my nick is just my name, but actually, well, it's just my name.

More talking to myself: Firstly I'd like to apologise to anyone who downloaded this when I first posted it, because it was a bit of a rush job and has, as you can see, required a fair number of updates.

But anyway, if your patience has held then I suggest you try the latest incarnation, it's quite a bit less crappy. Expressionless

DuNuNuBatman

Sorry for the off topic question, but... where did you get the Q emulator??? I have a Q and am writing an app for it, but I didn't know they made an emulator for it.

JoeFuture

Just grab the landscape smartphone emulator (free MSFT download). It uses the same screen orientation and resolution as the Q. I'm using it for the BlackJack too.

Kevin Daly
Of course it *looks* like my nick is just my name, but actually, well, it's just my name.

You can download the QVGA landscape emulator image here.
I'm also using the Q plug-in from Motorola, which identifies itself as "Motorola Q" in the Device Emulator Manager.
You should be fine with the smartphone landscape emulator image by itself though:for whatever reason, I've noticed that the "Q" version seems to be very resource-hungry.