About the S60 Platform: Socket Task Manager Example

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The Socket Task Manager Example is the Symbian client of the Sockets enterprise example. The

Socket Task Manager loads the user's tasks through Symbian secure sockets from the server. The

Socket Task Manager client can be used to mark downloaded tasks as completed. It also listens for

SMS messages sent by the server. The server sends an SMS message to the client when new tasks

are available in the server. When the client receives this SMS message, it automatically downloads

all tasks from the server.

This example uses the CSecureSocket class that is supported from Symbian OS v7.0 (S60 2nd

Edition) onwards.

Change History:

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July 26, 2005: S60 Platform: Socket Task Manager Example published

October 5, 2005: A bug corrected related to loading a task triggered by an SMS: the task

loading operation now waits for the view to be free.

May 10, 2006: Added support for S60 3rd Edition

February 21, 2007 The add_new_user.php file has been added to PHP.zip to improve the

previously incomplete PHP Web UI functionality.

Prerequisites

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- Symbian OS key concepts

- SMS & sockets basics

Important classes

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CTaskManagerEngine:

A class that handles socket and SMS communication.

Known issues

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DNS resolving may or may not work in the Feature Pack 1 emulator.

Socket communication may be erratic in the FP 1 emulator.

The example does not work with Symbian versions older than v7.0 because it uses the class

CSecureSocket that is implemented in Symbian OS v7.0.

Running the Socket Task Manager

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When the application is opened, it prompts the user for the server address, server port, username,

and password. Fill in these settings and press 'OK'. Next, the program will prompt for the IAP to be

used.

Select the proper IAP and press 'OK'. After this, the application will connect to the server and load

the user's tasks. Tasks can be loaded manually later on by selecting 'Load Tasks' from the 'Options'

menu.

The setting can be changed by selecting 'Settings' from the 'Options' menu.

A task is completed as follows: Select a task from the task list with the up and down arrow keys and then

press the Enter key. A confirmation dialog will appear. Confirm the completion by selecting 'Yes'.

Installation instructions

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MOBILE DEVICE (S60 3rd Edition)

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Go to /SocketTaskManager_S60/group

bldmake bldfiles

abld build gcce urel

Go to /SocketTaskManager_S60/sis

Edit the SocketTaskManager_s60_3rd_ed.pkg's paths to match those on your system.

makesis SocketTaskManager_s60_3rd_ed.pkg

Sign the SIS package:

Sign the .sis file (find out more about signing the .sis file and

developer certificate from www.symbiansigned.com):

signsis SocketTaskManager_s60_3rd_ed.sis SocketTaskManager3rdEd.sis YourCertificate.cer

YourKey.key YourPassword

Install the signed .sis file to a S60 3rd Edition device.

MOBILE DEVICE (S60 2nd Edition)

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Go to /SocketTaskManager_S60/group

bldmake bldfiles

abld build armi urel

Go to /SocketTaskManager_S60/sis

Edit the SocketTaskManager.pkg's paths to match those on your system.

makesis SocketTaskManager.pkg

Install the .sis file to your device

EMULATOR

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Go to /SocketTaskManager_S60/group

bldmake bldfiles

abld build wins udeb

Start the emulator

COMPATIBILITY

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S60 2nd Edition or newer.

TESTED WITH Nokia 6670, Nokia 6630, Nokia N90, Nokia E60

Created / tested with S60 2nd Edition SDK for Symbian OS Supporting Feature Pack 2 for C++

Supporting Metrowerks CodeWarrior

and S60 2nd Edition SDK for Symbian OS for C++ Supporting Visual Studio & .net

and S60 3rd Edition SDK for Symbian OS for C++ Supporting Metrowerks CodeWarrior

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