Programming Microsoft Windows CE .NET - Softcover

Boling, Douglas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0735618844 ISBN 13: 9780735618848

Publisher: Microsoft Press, 2003

Synopsis

Design sleek, high-performance applications for the newest smart mobile devices with the industry’s most respected reference to Windows CE .NET. Now in its third edition, this essential guide has been updated for Windows CE .NET 4.2 and the .NET Compact Framework. Author Douglas Boling expertly demonstrates how to apply your Windows or embedded programming experience to the Windows CE .NET environment to build fast, small-footprint applications for the Windows Powered Pocket PC, Smartphone, and other next-generation devices. Accelerate your expertise—and get to market faster—with Doug’s professional-level instruction and source code, including source code and tools on the CD and the Web.

Learn how to:

• Use specialized techniques for handling memory, storage, and power constraints
• Enable communications to networks, PCs, or other devices—including using infrared and Bluetooth technologies
• NEW—Use the .NET Compact Framework to build CPU-independent applications
• Develop applications for the Pocket PC and create custom extensions
• NEW—Program for the unique requirements of the Smartphone, including security
• NEW—Use Short Message Service (SMS) to write connected applications on the Pocket PC Phone Edition and Smartphone
• NEW—Write your own device drivers, services, and super services
• Configure user and event notifications
• Program the Game API (GAPI)CD inside
• Includes source code and compiler plus links to SDKs and toolsCD features
• Source code for all the examples inside the book
• Embedded C++ Compiler
• Links to Windows CE .NET SDK, evaluation software, and other resources
• Fully searchable eBook

For customers who purchase an ebook version of this title, instructions for downloading the CD files can be found in the ebook.

About this title

About the Author

Douglas Boling, author, trainer, and consultant, is widely recognized for his expertise in Windows CE. He speaks at leading professional developer conferences, such as VSLive! and the Microsoft Windows Embedded Developers Conference.

Edition details

• Publisher: Microsoft Press
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0735618844
• ISBN 13: 9780735618848
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 1264