go2contact

"photo shortcut" to call/text people

I'm using claunch and wanted an easy way create a "photo shortcut" to call/text people. I wanted to click on a photo to jump to a contact's summary screen (the list with all the phone numbers, emails etc). Then from the summary screen I can decide which of the contact's numbers to call/text/IM.

There's some other great utilities if you want to jump straight to dialing a number or texting someone (VJPhoneTools), but I wanted to hit the contact's summary screen first since many of my contacts have multiple numbers.

This is my first WM5/6 app so if you're inclined to look at the source and comment, please feel free. VC++ 2008 source is in the zip, installer in the cab. Also, I'm using a fairly liberal OS license so you can feel free to use this code for your own projects provided you follow the terms.

From the readme file:

go2contact v 1.0

(c) Copyright 2008 _craig on forum.xda-developers.com
All Rights Reserved
Released under the Eclipse Public License, see license.htm

Download the go2contact .cab file to the WM5/WM6 device and open it using "File Explorer" to install.

Execute go2contact.exe and supply the name of the Pocket Outlook contact you want see the summary screen of as a single command-line parameter. The name should match the "File as" field in the Contact's information.

Example:
go2contact.exe "Doe, John"
Assuming John Doe is filed as "Doe, John"

Note: Executing go2contact.exe from the "File Explorer" will not work because you cannot enter command line arguments using "File Explorer". You will need to create a shortcut or use sort of 3rd party launcher application, such as cLaunch.

WM5/WM6 required.

_craig of XDA-Developers