Programming Microsoft® Windows® CE .NET, Third Edition (Core Reference) [Paperback]

Douglas Boling (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 25, 2003 | ISBN-10: 0735618844 | ISBN-13: 978-0735618848 | Edition: 3rd

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

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Key Book Benefits:

-Shows developers how to design sleek, high-performance applications for the latest smart small devices such as the Pocket PC--with advice from one of the world's leading experts. -Readers learn the basics of event-driven development and discover how to tackle the intricacies of the modular, compact Windows CE .NET architecture. -This practical, authoritative, popular reference title from Microsoft Press--now in its third edition--includes new chapters on XML Web services and debugging.

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.

Product Details

• Paperback: 1264 pages
• Publisher: Microsoft Press; 3rd edition (June 25, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735618844
• ISBN-13: 978-0735618848
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.3 x 2.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,080,979 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book about Windows CE 4.x (CE.NET), September 29, 2003

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Peter Koch (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Programming Microsoft® Windows® CE .NET, Third Edition (Core Reference) (Paperback)

The previous reviewer is confused between CE.NET and .NET (which is understandable). This book is about CE.NET the operating system (aka Windows CE 4.x), and not .NET or the .NET Compact Framework, the later which is available on CE.NET.

This is another excellent book from Boling, and is an essential reference for anyone working on CE.NET.

Blame Microsoft, not the author for the very poor marketing terminology used for Windows CE 4.x.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The foundation to any CE programmer's library, September 29, 2003

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Christopher Tacke (Frederick, MD United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Programming Microsoft® Windows® CE .NET, Third Edition (Core Reference) (Paperback)

Don't be confused by the ".NET" in the title - this book is not for .NET programming (C# and VB.NET), but is for writing C applications for Windows CE.NET (version 4.x).

Boling wastes no time on MFC or C++, but instead provides clear examples of the fundamentals of coding for Windows CE platforms. I'm an experienced CE programmer and I still find myself referring to this book.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect Resource, November 1, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Programming Microsoft® Windows® CE .NET, Third Edition (Core Reference) (Paperback)

This book is the absolute perfect resource for programming Windows CE Devices using C++ and Windows API calls. I started developing software for the Pocket PC using the .NET Compact Framework and found I couldn't do the things I needed to with C# and the Framework. C++ and Windows API calls, as explained by Boling in "Programming Microsoft Windows Ce .Net" has taught me how to program anything I want for a handheld device. The example code is wonderful. Thank you so much for this awesome resource.