problem with SDK 2.1

ah , are you sure you want to do this in Symbian?

I must warn you that it is VERY difficult for people who are beginning programming. That is because symbian is very different, documentation is poor, examples are few, there are many bugs ,regarding incompatibility and others..

If so far you've used wizards and magic to write software then you should try something different in my opinion.

I am also quite new to symbian and I'm working on a program that I thought would take a max of 2 weeks but i't been a month and it's not done yet.

If you love a challenge then this is great but if you need to have work done soon then it is not.

I haven't worked with VS. net because support is poor. The best IDE for symbian development in my opinion is Borland C++ BuilderX Mobile Studio. You can download it from www.borland.com. It's called Mobile Studio Trial.

Also , if you want to make life easier you should read a book about beginning Symbian devleopment. You can find some at www.amazon.com. Choose what you believe is right for you. But first read the guides in the SDK. Those are a must for every Symbian devleoper.

If you want a basic app structure look at the HelloWorld basic example in Series60Ex or HelloWorldPlus.

However be prepared to dig into header files to get parameter lists, to setup remote debuging with gdb and gcc tools , to have compiler differences, bugs in the SDK and to live without the IDE.

It's difficult but a nice challenge. If you like it or not is up to you.

vinayakak wrote:hello friends
i am a student doing my project on symbian os
I downloaded series 60 2.1 SDK supporting microsoft Visual Studio 2003 .net .

I also installed the sdk according to the given instructions.

But when i want to develop new project for symbian i am not getting symbian application in new project menu of VC++.

Is there any modifications to be done after insatlling sdk ??

please help me in this matter

thanks in advance

vinayaka karjigi