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Animeter Animeter is a fun way of showing common status indicators. You are notified of missed calls, unread messages, and unread e-mail by changing behaviour of animated creatures. There are also options to show the current time and upcoming appointments. Let this simple utility amuse you and impress you friends! Read more about our product. Silverlight on Devices We'll look at how the power of XAML can be brought to Windows Mobile device applications by using server-side rendering. This allows the creation of a better user experience by making use of the new user interface technologies (XAML, WPF, etc). Read more in our article. Claims Processing for Windows Mobile 6 This full-featured article on claims processing is the first to use the Microsoft Mobile Client Software Factory. As usual, architecture design, lots of screenshots, and full source code is included. Read more in our article on MSDN. Articles on Windows Mobile 6 Our first three articles on developing for Windows Mobile 6 is live on MSDN, and the first is focused on how to configure a Windows Mobile device from a PC or even a Web Service. The second is about handling authentication on Smart Devices, both when online and offline, and the third continue the security theme by explaining how to secure communication by using SSL. Read more in our articles on Remote Device Configuration, Application and Network Authentication, and Securing Communications with SSL. Visual Studio 2005 and Windows Mobile 5.0 Our first two articles on developing with the new tools are up on MSDN, and they are focused on multimedia and memory management. Most of the coming articles will focus on these technologies, and therefore it's time to get going with the new tools. Read more in our articles on Multimedia and Memory Management at MSDN. Analyze for Pocket PC and Smartphone The latest two articles in the series of articles for enterprise developers developing real-world .NET CF applications for Smartphone and Pocket PC is now available on MSDN. Implemented based on a decision support (analyze) business process, the articles is accompanied with the full source code both for device and server. Read more in our whitepapers on Pocket PC and Smartphone at MSDN. Transport for Pocket PC and Smartphone The latest two articles in the series of articles for enterprise developers developing real-world .NET CF applications for Smartphone and Pocket PC is now available on MSDN. Implemented based on a transportation (delivery) business process, the articles is accompanied with the full source code both for device and server. Read more in our whitepaper on Pocket PC and our whitepaper on Smartphone at MSDN. Marine sample for Pocket PC and Smartphone If you want a cool demo or get started on writing an application for monitoring information generated by marine equipment (maps, boat/wind speed, direction, depth, etc) you should check out this article on serial communication with .NET Compact Framework. A couple of other articles are also live on MSDN for doing inter-process communication and to work with barcode scanners in .NET Compact Framework. Read more in our articles on serial communication, inter-process communication, and barcode scanners at MSDN. Two-Way .NET CF Web Service Compression We'll look at how SOAP Extensions can be used with compressed XML Web Service calls to make Smart Device (Pocket PC and Smartphone) applications use less bandwidth, and thereby save communication costs. This is interesting as mobile devices tend to use bandwidth that is more expensive (like GPRS). Read more in our article. Logistics for Smartphone and Pocket PC The latest two articles in the series of articles for enterprise developers developing real-world .NET CF applications for Smartphone and Pocket PC is now available on MSDN. Implemented based on a logistics business process, the articles is accompanied with the full source code both for device and server. Read more in our whitepaper on Smartphone and our whitepaper on Pocket PC at MSDN. Smartphone Task Manager with .NET CF The Task Manager for Smartphone is a .NET CF application that is provided as open source written in C#. It provides the basic task management functionality that can be used on both the emulator and a physical device. Read more in our article. Field Sales for Pocket PC and Smartphone The latest two articles in the series of articles for enterprise developers developing real-world .NET CF applications for Pocket PC and Smartphone is now available on MSDN. Implemented based on a sales business process, the articles is accompanied with the full source code both for device and server. Read more in our whitepaper on Pocket PC and our whitepaper on Smartphone at MSDN. Smartphone File Manager with .NET CF The File Manager for Smartphone is a .NET CF application that is provided as open source written in C#. It provides the basic file management functionality that can be used on both the emulator and a physical device. Read more in our article. Data Access Application Block for .NET CF The Data Access Application Block is a .NET CF component that contains optimized data access code that will help you issue SQL text commands against a SQL CE database. It returns SqlDataReader and DataSet objects. You can use it as a building block in your own .NET CF-based application to reduce the amount of custom code you need to create, test, and maintain. The download provides full Visual C# source code. Read more in our article. Web Service Compression with .NET CF We'll look at how to use standard web server (HTTP 1.1) compression with XML Web Services to make Pocket PC applications written with .NET Compact Framework use less bandwidth, and thereby potentially save communication costs. This is extra interesting as mobile devices tend to use more expensive bandwidth (GPRS, etc). Read more in our article. Visual Customer Feedback with .NET CF In this article we focus on how a Pocket PC, a digital camera, the Camera Wrapper from Bistia, and state-of-the-art development tools can be used to increase quality in a common business scenario - capturing customer feedback at the point of origin. Read more in our article. Field Service for Pocket PC and Smartphone If you are an enterprise developer looking for a kick-start on developing real-world .NET CF applications for Pocket PC and Smartphone, then our two latest articles on MSDN might interest you. Not only are they showing how to implement an application that support a business process, but the source code for both the device and the server is also included. Read more in our whitepaper on Pocket PC and our whitepaper on Smartphone at MSDN. Dataset Server CE: RDA on Smartphone 2003 Is is possible to synchronize a Smartphone 2003 with SQL Server 2000 on a server? With the Dataset Server CE component it works almost identical to SQL Server CE RDA (Remote Data Access), and in this article you will learn how to use a sample project to reach and use remote databases from Smartphones and Pocket PCs running Windows Mobile 2003 software. Read more in our whitepaper at MSDN. Develop for Smartphone 2003 Using .NET CF Learn how to develop and distribute applications for Smartphone 2003 using Visual Studio .NET, the .NET Compact Framework, and the Smartphone 2003 SDK. Developers knowledgeable in the .NET Framework and Microsoft® Visual Studio .NET can now start building applications for phones. Read more in our whitepaper at MSDN. Efficient List and Detail Forms in .NET CF We'll look at how to work with lists that can expand and collapse items, that can contain text, images and links, and that has great database support. We will also look at input forms that can hold many fields in various formats, and still be very efficient. Read more in our article. COM/ActiveX support in .NET CF using CFCOM Learn how to add COM and ActiveX support to .NET Compact Framework applications in Visual C#. Also, see how the Macromedia Flash Player 6 for a Microsoft Windows Mobile–based Pocket PC can be used in .NET Compact Framework applications. Read more in our article at MSDN. Moving from eVB to VB.NET Learn how to move Microsoft Windows Pocket PC 2002 software development from Microsoft eMbedded Visual Basic to the Microsoft .NET Framework and Visual Basic .NET. The release of the .NET Compact Framework enables mobile application development to make use of the same tools and languages used in server and desktop application development. Read more in our whitepaper at MSDN. What's New for Developers in Pocket PC 2003 Learn about major changes and news for Pocket PC developers familiar with the Software Development Kit for Windows Mobile 2003-based Pocket PCs and learn how to transition to Pocket PC 2003 devices and the Pocket PC 2003 SDK. Read more in our whitepaper at MSDN. Inking Rich with .NET CF We'll look at how to enable input of drawings, handwriting, and even voice recording with the RichInk custom control for the Pocket PC .NET developer. The control includes most of the features of the native Pocket PC RichInk control and even supports events triggered by the control. Read more in our article. Play Media with .NET CF using CFCOM Learn how you can use media content in your applications by using the state-of-the-art CFCOM component from Odyssey Software to access the Windows Media Player Control from a .NET CF sample. The sample show important features of the CFCOM component like setting properties, calling methods, and even capture events from a COM (or ActiveX) component. Read more in our article. Feedback Anyplace Source Code This sample was used in our recent WebCast and show how a quality inspector can use a Pocket PC to capture and report defects in a manufacturing scenario. The sample requires the Windows .NET Compact Framework and the RichInk control from IntelliProg to work. Read more about the RichInk control... Picking Date and Time in .NET CF Let's have a look at a how data entry can be made more efficient with a state-of-the-art DateTimePicker custom control from IntelliProg for the Pocket PC .NET developer. The control includes most of the features of the native Pocket PC DateTimePicker and even support events triggered by the control. Read more in our article. Responsive Apps with Multiple Threads You can design your application to perform multiple tasks simultaneously and make it appear faster and more responsive. The Pocket PC operating system, Microsoft Windows CE, can handle multiple so called threads at the same time and the .NET Compact Framework makes it easier than ever to develop multithreaded applications. Read on to learn how to make those threads work for you! Read more in our article. Get .NET CF Source Code If you are looking for reusable source code, you have come to the right place! We have updated our page for eMbedded Visual Basic with all sample code from our book. We have also created a new page with our sample code for .NET Compact Framework. If you're a developer, this is our Christmas gift to you! Read Newsgroups with IP*Works .NET See how a connected Pocket PC (Phone Edition) can be charged with extra Internet technology. Use the NNTP component in IP*Works .NET Compact Framework Edition with Smart Device Programmability and .NET Compact Framework to create a newsreader. Read more in our article. Downloads and Source Code See our new download page where we have gathered all our downloads in one place, and for sample source code, see the new source code page. If you have been looking for a way to determine if there is a live connection in your application, see the new baPing utility available for free from the download page. Enterprise .NET for Smart Devices See how .NET Compact Framework can be used to develop Enterprise applications for Pocket PC and other Smart Devices. Read more in our article in the .NET Developer Journal. Get Directions with Pocket PC Phone Edition Reap the full benefits of XML Web Services using .NET Compact Framework and a connected Pocket PC Phone Edition, and make sure you never get lost again! Find out how, by reading our article. Chart Shipping Rates using XML Web Services Take advantage of the native Internet connectivity of Pocket PC Phone Edition and the native support for XML Web Services in the .NET tools to create an application that compares shipping rates and present the result in a chart. Read more in our article. ActiveSync Pass-through Connection Article PocketPC.com recently published Andy's article "Take Advantage of the ActiveSync Pass-through Connection"! The article exaplains how to make use of a Pocket PC 2002's ability to share a desktop PC’s Internet or network connection. In the article, our showcase application Trip Anyplace illustrates the advantage of the passthrough connection by using SQL Server CE Remote Data Access to connect to our server. You can download and use Trip Anyplace here, as well as discuss Trip Anyplace in the forum. Forums Visit and participate in the forums! Have an opinion or questions about Pocket PC development, our book or any of the showroom applications? We're happy to meet you right here! Articles Our published articles are now available as direct links from the articles page. Read about the best developer controls and coolest tips for Pocket PC development but also some interesting commercial products and their use in the enterprise. Book Quotes Read some quotes from our book! We will soon add some screen shots and sample code, as well. You can even read the complete foreword by Ted Clark Vice President, iPAQ Mobile Solutions Compaq Computer Corporation. |
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