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by Mark Arteaga
Sample application to access Google APIs from a .NET Compact Framework application
by hayles
This article shows you how to customize individual cells in a DataGrid - and it works on the Compact Framework.
by Cloud Hsu
.NET Collections performance test in WindowsXP and WindowsCE
by Liam Cavanagh
The purpose of this article is to help get a user started in building a mobile database application using SQL Anywhere and Visual Studio .NET (C#)
by Liam Cavanagh
The purpose of this article is to help get a user started in building a mobile database application using Visual Studio .NET (C#).
by Liam Cavanagh
The purpose of this article is to show how to add data replication to a mobile application through the use of .NET (C#).
by Neri LLosa
An article on Pocket PC game development.
by George Mamaladze
A C# implementation of Reversi (Othello) Game for PocketPC and Windows.
by Amir Krifa
A C# wrapper for nearby Bluetooth devices discovery under Windows Mobile that uses a C++ DLL built based on the Winsock 2 API.
by Kai Sevelin
A color dialog using alpha blending for Pocket PC.
by Qwertie
Demonstrates a variety of Windows Forms data binding features through several simple examples.
by Don Kackman
A simple, fully functional flashlight to help you see in the dark.
by Sam Rahimi
Keeps the GPS active in Windows Mobile, allowing for instant, accurate location determination. Also a tutorial on how to access GPS data with almost no code.
by Ravenet
A gradient button for Windows Mobile and the .NET Compact Framework.
by James S.F. Hsieh
A non-well-formed HTML parser and CSS Resolver builded by pure .NET C#
by gregs
An implementation of a simple raytracer for the CF as an intro to graphics theory.
by Kai Sevelin
A simple screen capture tool for Pocket PC.
by saephoed
The following article demonstrates a C# implementation of a simple property system.
by bearvarine
An ArrayList container wrapper class that permits the table to be filled with data in an early phase of a program, but then made read-only (Immutable) for subsequent usage.
by Marc Clifton
A simple Serializer / Deserializer.
by Maze
A simple solution to see the inside of your code.
by Adrian Stanley
The SortListView control extends the existing ListView control in the .NET Compact Framework, so that it will sort items, and display the sort status in the column header.
by Ariadne
ShowArgs displays a MessageBox and reads the parameter from command line.
by marcel heeremans
This article demonstrates techniques on how to optimise the common programming task of recursively iterating through a container control using generics and yield return.
by Zeeshan Haneef
An article on drawing graphics on a hand-held device touch screen.
by Manas Bhardwaj
Accessing Active Directory
by paulyhop
A DynDNS updater for the Compact Framework.
by Mansoor Sarfraz
Internet Explorer does not always show the full contents of dropdown lists and list boxes. This means if the data in the list box is bigger thatn the control's witdth, the user will not be able to fully see it. We can show a tooltip of each content to solve the problem.
by nitewulf50
Learn how to add support for .config files in .NET CF.
by Lex Beekmans
Setting the member name property for a DataGridTableStyle for an IList object.
by rasheed1979
This article demonstrates administrating SQL Server 2000 from Pocket PC on the fly.
by Microsoft - Compact Framework
Explore advanced interoperability on the .NET Compact Framework.
by vridhichowdhry
How to print a Form in VB.NET using the Printform Component. Describes the various ways with examples on how to customize the printed output according to your need.
by Ana Carolina Zambon
Introduction for beginners on how to dynamically instantiate external types
by Colin Angus Mackay
As globalization increases internationalized applications become more important. This hangman game is a fun introduction to some of the internationalization features of the .NET Compact Framework.
by Lex Li
This article introduces #SNMP and how to use it to accomplish SNMP operations such as managing SNMP enabled devices.
by Logu Krishnan
The objective of this article is to provide the prelude to beginners of SmartPhone programming. This article provides introduction to SmartPhone, its features, and APIs. Also, the article discusses on creating a simple program using C# for the SmartPhone.
by Microsoft - Compact Framework
An introduction to P/Invoke and Marshaling on the Microsoft .NET Compact Framework.
by baretta2
XmlObject is the class to derive from when you need high-performant XML serializable objects.
by Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu
In this article, I’ll explain how you can easily store and retrieve your application settings with just a few lines of code
by Xinjie ZHANG
Some animated effects may make your application more attractive.
by Makesh Sanwal
You may have to give access or hide controls based on the user logged in. This article would help you write custom code to show/hide or enable/disable controls
by wduros1
A class to replace the appSettings() method in Compact Framework.
by pbrooks
Learn how to create a settings class that will make it easy to access and store your application settings.
by Hani Gamal Eldeen
.NET controls to be used for development of Arabic applications for smart devices.
by Ashish Kaila
An outlook style toolbar control in ASP.NET
by brochpirate
Audio player designed specifically for listening to audio books
by Bruce Waeyen
Desktop server and Pocket PC Smart Client for the PRISMIQ Media Player.
by andrewcates
Auto Increment Assembly Version in a Microsoft Build Task
by Maxim Alekseykin
Shows how to generate source code for a finite state automaton described by XML applying XSLT
by Joel Ivory Johnson
An article discussing the various methods that you can use to automatically start an application on Windows Mobile, either by schedule or in reaction to a system event.
by Girish Nurani Sankaranarayanan
An article on automating the installation of .NET Compact Framework on Pocket PC devices.
by P.J. van de Sande
Save bandwidth and get QoS with bandwidth throttling.
by VbGuru613
How to beam a file from your Pocket PC.
by Jared Bienz
A .NET library with several controls that work in both Windows and on Pocket PC
by dawright, ProtoBytes
A heurisitc graphing tool to help discover 'Big O Notation' function thru infinite asymptotic's and instrumentation.
by Pawel idzikowski
How to serialize binary data to IsolatedStorage in a Silverlight client when there is no BinaryFormatter in Silverlight? Why not with sharpSerializer? - An open source XML and binary serializer for .NET and Silverlight
by Pascal Ganaye
This helper add a ReadLine method to the BinaryReader. This allows programs to read both binary and text from the same stream.
by rb01usa
A cool puzzle game for the PocketPC.
by Dominik Reichl
A C# implementation of the BLAKE hash algorithm.
by S.Vinothkumar
Bluetooth connection in Windows Mobile 5.0
by Florin Badea
This article presents a mobile device application that uses serial ports to simulate a Bluetooth connection.
by Marcelo Ricardo de Oliveira
A .NET Compact Framework version of the Bricks game.
by Werner Willemsens
This article shows how to use DCOM on Windows CE 5.0. We will add full DCOM rich error information, and implement a DCOM interface between a Windows XP .NET 2.0 client and Windows CE DCOM server. With this code, it is possible to code .NET remoting alike functionality through DCOM interop.
by BenoitM
A Puzzle Bobble (aka Bust-A-Move) clone for Pocket PC using the .NET compact framework
by Resco Developer Tools
Would you believe that a functional mobile app can be built before you finish a cup of coffee? Probably not. But I would like to convince you that the reverse is true. Read on to find out the details.
by Saraf Talukder
An article on building a Pocket PC application using VS 2005 and C#.
by Pawel idzikowski
How to effectively build modular .NET applications of any size using messages, commands and components of MCM-Framework.Net?
by Jeffrey Vanneste
This article shows an example of a game that uses the GAPI and Hekkus libraries. It also shows a nice and free way of deploying your games/applications without requiring the .NET Framework installed on the end user machines.
by Alexander Turlov
This document demonstrates a simple way of business dates calculation using standard features of the .NET Framework Library.
by Michael Wolski
This article describes the development of C# code that allows you to send consumer IR codes from your mobile device using the audio port.
by Asya Alshaikh
show how to call a web services inside ASP.NET web project. using a test published web services; Extentrix Web Services 2.0 Application Edition
by Dimitri Witkowski
SQLite lacks case-insensitive sort of UTF8 data. In this article, you will see how to get rid of this limitation in .NET.
by Anne Saouter
Application useful to archive your CD
by João Paulo Figueira
Implementing a managed wrapper to the CEDB database engine with some C++ help.
by Peter Tewkesbury
This is a new '.NET' version of my CHMReader program, with more features.
by James Poag
This is my submission for the .NET CF contest for May 2004. It is a game utilizing the .NET Compact Framework for the PocketPC that demonstrates the ease and power or .NET CF. The game allows singleplayer mode against the computer, or Multiplayer over a network or Internet connection.
by cjbarth
Tool for monitoring the Real Time Price for ComEd electricity.
by Alejandro Barrada
How to use an XML file to read and write aplication settings in a Window Mobile development
by Brian Nash
An example of using the Compact Framework with SQL Server CE.
by Frank Th. van de Ven
Terminate a process, or check if it is running, using the full file path. It also enumerates processes returning the full path to the running EXE file.
by rogerk
A real world example of storing and retrieving XML files and sending them across IR ports.
by Alex_1
Generic serializer for full and Compact Framework
by Alexander Turlov
This document describes how to implement conditional or cyclic invoking of methods using such features of C# and the .NET Framework as delegates and Reflection. The document contains a number of C# code examples with comments.
by jeremy jones
A venture into the art of screen scraping, XML data sources, and a splash of Web Services.
by Velarasu Sekkilar
This utility helps you in configuring .NET Compact Framework applications.
by Bishoy Labib
MiniMax algorithm can be used in game AI.
by Bishoy Labib
An update for the MiniMax algorithm. Faster search with the same results.
by Gopal Panda
An article on Consuming web Service on PocketPC
by Mick Doherty
Controlling hardware buttons, the easy way...
by blue_arc
This class will help developers to convert their data table into a ready to use JSON string on the client end JavaScript.
by Rei Miyasaka
Ever wondered how to do wildcards in C#?
by mshoukry_alkhwarazmi
a class to convert from VC++.NET String* data type to leagcy LPCTSTR
by ingvar8
Counter based c8051
by Rei Miyasaka
Make better use of time by calculating CRCs on-the-fly.
by dev2dev
This article is based on Manster's article and extension is given to his/her code in VB.NET version.
by aleksisa
Create an Open File Dialog for a Windows Mobile 6 (SmartPhone) devices.
by Soroush Falahati
Introducing a class for generating 3D images (Stereoscopic and Anaglyph) from DepthMaps.
by BillLange1968
This article shows how to create a casual (easy, simple, and fun) puzzle game in managed code for Windows Mobile devices.
by Microsoft - Compact Framework
Learn how to build a .NET Compact Framework-based animation control.
by Microsoft - Compact Framework
Creating a splash screen form on a separate thread.
by Angel Kafazov
This article explains how to write your custom DirectShow SampleGrabber filter for Windows Mobile.
by CJCraft.com
This article lays down the basic groundwork for creating desktop application remote controls with the .NET Compact Framework.
by Girish Nurani Sankaranarayanan
An article describing the implementing of Custom actions in Pocket PC application Setup packages.
by DotNetIdeas
This article explains how to create transparent controls in .NET Compact Framework
by Muhammad Adeel Malik
Cryptography Techniques(HASH,Asymmetric Cryptography,Symmetric Cryptography)
by Stefan Repas
Learn how to write a useful smart currency converter tool with Visual Studio .NET 2003 for the Pocket PC 2002/2003, which works both in offline and online modes.
by Jaime Olivares
Modify the behaviour of any enumerator to make it circular, constrained or stepped. Also reversible enumerator.
by Fredrik Bornander
An article on creating a better looking ProgressBar for Windows Mobile 5
by Ming_Lu
A custom VScrollbar to make DataGrid finger flickable.
by Ravenet
Disable/enable task bar in a handheld device using a flag
by Nigel-Findlater
This demonstrates how to program a SQL CE application. It also shows a design pattern that can be easily modified and extended to create other database applications
by vijimvv1
This Concept is used to, just click on header checkbox then the all checkbox are checked with out postback operation by using javascript. For example in yahoo mail u just click the header checkbox all grid checkbox will be selected
by RameshSengamalai
DataGrid in WPF using SQL Server Compact 3.5 Sp1
by S Sansanwal
This control is used for decimal up-down operation in the Compact Framework.
by SinghalMegha
Steps in CLR Profiling an ASP.Net application
by Arindam Sinha
Ways to demonstarte any Windows Mobile Application through emulator with out Visual Studio
by Ted Ehrich
A simple DES/Triple DES implementation in VB.NET that doesn't have instantiation overhead.
by Anoop Pillai
This article is expected to (1) Introduce patterns to you in a simple, human readable way (2) Train you how to really identify and apply patterns (3) Demonstrate step by step methods to solve a design problem using patterns
by RescoDeveloper.Net
This article introduces a set of sophisticated and versatile Visual Studio controls for designing a user interface on a mobile device.
by Resco Developer Tools
The article contains the sample and the guide for creating a user interface of Windows Mobile application for booking flights and renting cars with Resco MobileForms Toolkit.
by Paulo Morgado
Introducing the concept
by Zenab_Zenab
This article focuses on developing a workflow client device application for Pocket PC in C# 2003.
by Microsoft - Compact Framework
Learn how to create a single .msi file that is run from the desktop to install an application on different Pocket PC devices. The development process is automated so it's easy to build and package all of the necessary components into the .msi file. Sample code is provided for C# and VB.NET.
by DotNetIdeas
This article will show you how to create an Orientation-Aware and DPI-Aware Smart Device application.
by Ravenet
P/Invoke with Compact Framework to get the memory status and storage card information.
by aleksisa
A Web Method to display a server's logical disks remotely on a mobile device.
by Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu
Whether you are new to development, or coming from Visual Basic, C++, Java, or Delphi, managing forms in WinForms can be initially confusing. This is an article targeted at beginners in WinForms programming to demonstrate how to easily manage and work with forms in a WinForms application.
by FernandoVM
Discuss the prevalence concept and as it can be an ideal alternative to the use of database in some situations. We will know the XPrevail, a open source prevalence layer and as your features can make possible a simple and modern programming.
by ediazc
Shows a simple class for digital signature generation and verificacion.
by Bad Programmer
Implementing Menustrip dynamically from database, the menu names and order will be through backend.
by Derek Bartram
An article presenting a basic dynamic formula processor (including an infix to prefix convertor)
by Antonio Nakić Alfirević
Creating a library for persisting the application state data between work sessions
by Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu
Any user who works with database updates uses transactions. Transactions in ADO.NET are done using a transaction object, and a try..catch, but there is an easier, one might even say a more C# way to handle database transactions.
by Jonathan Nethercott
A component to enable performance testing and timing of code in .NET.
by pbrooks
Demonstrates how to easily simulate an editable combobox that can persist previous entries (Like Internet Explorer).
by Manish K Gupta
Encryption & Decryption of Connection Strings inside the Web.config in ASP.NET 2.0
by Eugene Sadovoi
Implements delayed or disabled INotifyCollectionChanged.
by M Palmér
Scroll horizontally in a ListView to ensure visibility of a subitem
by Rakheesh
Various ways of handling exceptions in ASP.NET applications.
by Pavel Torgashov
Custom text editor with syntax highlighting
by Fredrik Bornander
An article describing how to do fast image rotation on the .NET Compact Framework
by ediazc
Describes the summed area table algorithm of Franklin Crow.
by VbGuru613
An article on finger gesture support for a Pocket PC app.
by Member 96
A complete form designer and data capturing application for the Pocket PC.
by Arik Poznanski
Flashcards.Show – Planning a Cross-Platform Solution
by RescoDeveloper.Net
Resco CustomKeyboard for .NET CF is a Visual Studio control which serves as a fully functional and customizable keyboard. The developer can design as many keyboard layouts as he needs and then switch among them during run-time. Custom bitmap images can also be used for the layout design.
by Nicolas Gaillet
Log Book for Flight Planner.
by Jacob Senecal
An entertaining exploration of .NET Compact Framework graphics and XML features.
by Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu
Just moved to C#? Do you miss the for i = 1 to 50 syntax? Look no further, C# can do it too by extending it in a unique way.
by timothy_russell
Three applications: PocketPC, Windows Desktop, and a Web Service collaborate to syncronize your textual information
by hooshang Karami
Mixed Mode Of Windows authentication And Forms authentication
by Oleg Levin
Making a full screen application for Windows CE and Pocket PC devices.
by CT CHANG
Enable full screen mode in .NET compact framework applications.
by Brian P. Adams
A full-featured Task Manager for Windows Mobile.
by Dev Geek Raj
Functions VS Subroutines and By Val Vs by Ref in VB.NET
by User 2261474
For games on Pocket PC, you shouldn't use GDI+. One solution: Gapidraw!
by MRSumra
This article shows how to create a .pdb file to use as database on Palm devices.
by Microsoft - Compact Framework
Generating GUIDs on the Pocket PC
by RexNebular
A generic implementation of the WeakReference class
by Suni1111
Easy Access to Control Properties in .NET
by User 1043264
Demonstrates the use of MapPoint Web Service with .NET Compact Framework.
by User 1043264
Demonstrates the use of MapPoint Web Service with .NET Compact Framework
by ASP.NET Community
While professional developers are waiting for the Visual Studio Tools and Designers for SQL Server Compact 4.0, I will show how impatient developers
by Microsoft - Compact Framework
Getting started with Visual Studio .NET and the Microsoft .NET Compact Framework.
by Syed Rafey Husain
A Visual Studio Add In that quickly takes you to your desired file with few keyboard hits. Alt + G to list files in solution.
by Joel Ivory Johnson
Use a Windows Mobile Professional phone with a GPS receiver to create a simple SMS based location tracking program.
by guidebee
Code example on how to draw enhanced graphics 2D pictures on Windows Mobile
by RescoDeveloper.Net
The article points out several key differences between desktop and mobile application development. The differences are compared on an example of standard Visual Studio DataGrid and Resco SmartGrid for .NET CF.
by Resco Developer Tools
The ability to control a mobile device using touchless technology is becoming very popular in fun and game utilities as well. Can the G-sensor make a break-through in business solutions too?
by Anil_gupta
This article describes how to get notification when a Windows CE based device is connected or disconnected from a desktop machine.
by Qwertie
How fast is C++ compared to C#? Let's compare code ported directly between the two languages.
by defwebserver
You can create database driven .Net Core applications using JavaScriptServices, and PrimeNG.
by PavanPareta
Help file integration with Windows Mobile applications programmatically.
by Rajesh Naik Ponda Goa
ASP.Net has introduced one neat feature called themes by virtue of which we can assign different themes to page at design time. Unfortunately there is not built in support to change page themes at runtime. Here is a simple code which can be used to change page themes at runtime.
by mjmeans
Automaticaly create Windows installer patches.
by Silviu Gologan
Learn how to deploy an application on a Smartphone
by vbCoder21
List and Uninstall ALL Programs installed in the Client's Computer.
by Ach1lles
A simple technique for selecting random records from a table.
by T.Ashraf
How to pass value from Ajax Enabled Base User Control to Client User Control and to the Parent aspx page
by Alireza Naghizadeh
This is an algorithm formula to calculate round time...
by Nigel-Findlater
How to save Bitmaps from Pocket PC applications using VB.
by Pawel idzikowski
Is it better to serialize types without default constructor with Custom Serializer or a Substitute Pattern? Example of serialization of FontFamily into isolated storage in WP7.
by becker666
Snippets show the steps and workarounds of issues while implementing it
by Ron Beyer
Developing a component licensing system in .NET.
by Adrian Stanley
This article describes how to combine managed and unmanaged projects into a single Visual Studio .NET solution.
by Matjaž Prtenjak
A simple HTML Label, with knowledge of some basic HTML.
by Fredrik Bornander
How to implement an iPhone style icon menu using the .NET Compact Framework.
by Stephen Cleary
Implementing the Disposable Design Principle on the .NET Compact Framework.
by Stephen Cleary
One difficulty of the IDisposable interface overcome with the Disposable Design Principle.
by Mubi | www.mrmubi.com
Creating a slide show program for Smartphone using .NET technology
by Henry Tan Setiawan
An article on writing an ImageList-based animation control with designer support.
by Alon Ronen
A combobox holding pictures as the items themselves and not just drawing them on run-time.
by Iven Xu
Implement an explorer using .NET Compact Framework in Pocket PC.
by Iven Xu
MD5CryptoServiceProvider for .NET CF.
by Fredrik Bornander
An article on creating an iPhone style ListBox.
by Scott Dorman
Explains how to properly implement the IDisposable interface, the Dispose Pattern, and deterministic finalization.
by User 1895297
Explains how to properly implement the IEquatable interface.
by mightyCoCo
A theoretical and practical implementation of the XOR encryption technology in C# which is extended from the Vernam cipher
by Ariadne
Little quick and dirty program (60 lines) which updates the version build number each time a release is built.
by Qwertie
In the netherworld between T[] and List
by AndrewSmith
A plunge into creating a fast, full text index, with advanced searching capabilites.
by Jaroslaw Kowalski
Introduction to managing diagnostic traces with NLog.
by eagleboost
Demonstrates an innovative way to invoke hidden commands to show modal dialogs such as "Add To Favorite" dialog, "Import/Export Wizard" dialog in your WebBrowser-based application.
by 8r13n
Simple example of how to build a finger controlled list that runs smoothly
by Dr.Luiji
It's a Media Player that works with transparency effects, plays MP3 and Wav files, displays the tag if present, and displays the album art image if present.
by Snews
A control that mimics the look-n-feel of iTunes and the iPod manager.
by John Guin
A simple app using the XML DOM to create and maintain an XML log file.
by John.Jiang
Keep PDA awake using C#
by Liam Cavanagh
The following article explains how to launch an executable from within your application on Windows Mobile using C#.
by Guenther Klenner
The DataPlotter is a .NET control for graphical display of 2D data. For both the X and Y axis, a linear or logarithmic (any base) scaling can be selected.
by Vladimir L.
The Lines.NET logical game for mobile devices.
by pinx
Put language-dependent column captions in the DataSet itself and use it in your code wherever you need it!
by Joel Ivory Johnson
An article on using the Microsoft Live Search API to make a location aware phone book
by Shail_Srivastav
A PocketPC app for location based competetive analysis.
by S Sansanwal
This article provides an overview for getting current and parent method name for logging purpose.
by Xinjie ZHANG
Send a personalized Flash e-card from your Pocket PC.
by Paul Brower
Using the OpenNetCF RAPI wrapper class to manage files on a Handheld Device running the Windows Mobile OS.
by Resco Developer Tools
There are many business applications where user needs to plan and create appointments with his clients. An example is a patient care application where a medical doctor visits regularly his patients at home. Let's create the application that combines both, business visits and private appointments.
by Zeeshan Ejaz Bhatti
A class to read and write PNM files from System.Drawing.Image class
by Naynesh Shah
This article explains how we can bypass the Connection Planner and establish a connection using the Connection Manager APIs on Windows Mobile devices.
by Malcolm Swaine
How to manually validate an ASP.NET Roles and Membership password using SHA1.
by Logu Krishnan
A simple application that illustrates how to use MapPoint SDK using C#, and render the Route maps and calculate the distance on a SmartPhone.
by Bishoy Labib
A strategy game that you must think twice before you move because you can't go back. Face 14 Levels of exciting.
by ihsanps
Merge Replication using SQL 2000 or 2005 using Compact Framework
by sebagomez
An article on how to configure a SQL Server 2000 and SQL CE on different PPC that syncronize their data with the SQL Server 2000
by Thomas Kurek
Unsatisfied with the accuracy of code online that assumes the Earth is a sphere, I have implemented the oblate spheroid model used in GPS.
by Bhupendra Sinha
Microsoft Message Queuing is Microsoft technology for asynchronous messaging. Whenever there is need for applications to send messages to each other, MSMQ can be used. MSMQ can communicate between remote machines, even over internet using http/https.
by George Mamaladze
Pocket PC .NET Compact Framework version of Minesweeper and MinsweeperFlags (multiplayer) game in one
by Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu
What if objects could move from machine to machine? Not just automated downloads, or remotely controlling objects as in remoting, but a system in which the object actually moves about. Mobile software agents do exactly that. In this article I will provide an introduction to this fascinating concept.
by gggustafson
This article discusses two lessons learned during the development of a mobile application.
by Resco Developer Tools
Resco’s brand new mobile business solution prototype for inventory management.
by Wild-Programmer
This code sends automatic SMS to birthday boys/girls :) from phone
by chiznatworth
A simple, re-usable, mobile numeric up/down control that supports decimal places, and min/max.
by Dr.Luiji
Mobile TouchPad lets you control your PC through your touch pad phones. You can easily connect to your desktop without configuration.
by RescoDeveloper.Net
Resco MobileForms Toolkit is a set of .NET controls designed specifically for mobile devices.
by EFEaglehouse
Windows CE/Mobile printing client for LPR, LPRng, and Socket API.
by pbrooks
Learn how to modify the dialing parameters for RAS connections using an unmanged Windows CE DLL as a thunking layer.
by phoaivu
Expanding .NET CF's 2.0 WebBrowser to handle mouse events.
by jinfrics
This code will help you in creating a customized form interface
by User-Rock
Thinking cap for starting WPF
by Ernest Laurentin
Multimedia PeakMeter control - .NET version
by Joel Ivory Johnson
My experience with the Windows Marketplace for Mobile for 6.x devices and the certification process.
by werner.keilholz
Giving full control over the communication with a GPS device in a limited environment.
by MichaelCoder
This is an article on how to make a flashlight out of your PocketPC
by Raphael Moll
A shoot'em up platform in C# for the .NET Compact Framework.
by gOODiDEA.NET
Create animated GIF images using C#.
by Tamus
A ReaderWriterLock that cannot deadlock, and thread-safe example collections
by Steve Killick
Illustrates a method of taking a multi-sentence string that is in all caps, and converting to to normal case.
by Member 4457245
A custom DateTimePicker control for the Compact Framework, which handles DBNull values.
by Balamurali Balaji
A mobile application for converting numbers from one base to another.
by Fredrik Bornander
This article describes a way to create a Panel that is aware of mouse gestures on the .NET Compact Framework.
by BrainThump
We'll build a call management application for Windows Mobile 5.x/6.x which can programatically ignore, send to voicemail, or SMS-respond to unwanted calls.
by Ernest Laurentin
The article describes the P/Invoke Library Visual Studio add-in.
by Simon Kittle
Step by step instructions for creating an MSI Windows Installer for Pocket PC applications.
by JacobEgholm
This article is about making a package containing a Pocket PC application and a SQL Server CE. The package will be of type MSI. When you click it, it will first install SQL Server CE 2.0 and then it will install the Pocket PC application.
by Sreejith Thathanattu
a customizable class that can be used for paging
by Jayson Ragasa
Passing Values Between Multiple Projects using Interface
by Jayakanthan
The Pass-Through authentication enables a user to sign-on to their intranet and access other web applications without being asked for login again.
by Jan Dolinay
An article on a simple password manager for the PDA.
by Svante Seleborg, Alphons van der Heijden, Dave Shaw, katakana2
A Windows Mobile C# reader for the popular Password Safe archive files.
by wduros1
A sample PocketPC app to use pictures as passwords.
by Agha Zair Ali
A way to capture signature on Pocket PC and saving as BMP file
by Thomas Maierhofer (Tom)
How the .NET Framework Stopwatch class can be used to measure and compare algorithm runtime with a high accuracy
by Gurpreet111
Permanent Storage of a Mobile Device Application
by Jonas Follesø
An article on Pocket PC game development.
by Lewey Geselowitz
Pocket AniEd allows anybody to quickly and easily make beautiful and smooth animations without a background in computer animation or any unnecessary complexity.
by Andy Weston
The Pocket Fuzzy Quotient Calculator is a .NET Compact Framework sample application that calculates your FQ based on your mood.
by rwt33
A wrapper for using MAPI on the Pocket PC and SmartPhone, written 99% in .NET, resulting in a fast and easy-to-maintain library.
by latha vallinayagam
An article on Pocket PC connecting to a dynamic Web Service.
by jeremyzheng
Searching and sorting pocket PC flat text file.
by foobert
A submission for the CodeProject April 2004 contest.
by micahbowerbank
Windows Mobile application to search MP3 music catalogue
by Microsoft - Compact Framework
Pocket PC Signature Application Sample
by rasheed1979
This article demonstrates how to use SQL CE and SQL Server 2000 with the help of Remote Data Access (RDA)
by VbGuru613
Allows a Web Service to send a picture from SQL Server to the Pocket PC.
by rasheed1979
Personal Pocket Health Record (PPHR) application helps to store and track a user's personal details and visits information on Windows powered pocket PC.
by David Evans
Stream audio to your Pocket PC with Pocket Streamer.
by Chris Cavanagh
A bank balance prediction utility for the Pocket PC.
by Mike Ellison
Variation of the dice game Yacht for PocketPC.
by Simone Graudejus
This is a client for NatMonitor daemon
by Tamer Oz
PocketPcAgent is an application that can be installed on Windows Mobile devices that are running Windows Mobile 5.0 or higher. The application listens to events such as SMS Received, Call Missed, E-Mail Received, Battery Strength Changed, and much more on the Pocket PC.
by Chris Cavanagh
A 3D renderer for the Pocket PC.
by Doug Mair
A utility program to help poker players.
by Qwertie
A way to use LINQ to Objects in C# 2.0 with .NET Framework 2.0
by Pawel idzikowski
How to gain better control over the testing process reducing the amount of test methods in a unit test.
by MichaelCoder
An article that will give you something useful on you PPC. A game!
by SoulFurnace
A 3D-gradient looking button for PocketPC, using only the .NET Compact Framework.
by Simon Hart
Ever wanted to create a standard look and feel property header type control as seen in many Microsoft applications on Windows Mobile? Well, here is the code to do it.
by Jaime Olivares
A useful control that mimics most of the PropertyGrid functionality in the .NET Compact Framework.
by Qwertie
Protobuf-net is a fast and complete .NET library for serialization based on Google's Protocol Buffers. And this is a really short manual.
by V.GNANASEKARAN
This article provides a methodology to rate the available open source AOP frameworks in .NET
by Liam Cavanagh
The purpose of this article is to help developers who are looking to access and store images on Windows Mobile applications using C# and UltraLite.
by Brian Delahunty
A tool to quickly allow the creation and modification of .NET Regular Expression Libraries
by Matjaž Prtenjak
Implementing remote access to .NET enabled devices.
by Your Friend Manoj
Debug our ASP.Net web application Remotely
by RescoDeveloper.Net
The article describes the suite of Visual Studio controls, tools and samples designed for mobile business application development, targeting Microsoft .NET Compact Framework.
by pfeds
Resizing images in ASP.NET using GDI+.
by umuhk
Presenting the Resort Companion, a data-navigation application for vacation resorts
by tommykkk
How restart Windows Mobile device in application.
by Ali-DN
Restaurant and Waiter project! (WPF - Windows Mobile)
by Paul B.
Sample WCF clients for three different platforms with no code duplication and no generated proxies.
by Mähr Stefan
Retrieving delayed stock quotes on your Pocket PC.
by Bryan Sachdeva
This article describes how to create a wrapper class for the native Phone API, and then uses it to retrieve and store the call history.
by Ziad Elmalki
The game Reversi for Windows Mobile using the Compact Framework.
by sasikumarg1983
This article describes how to create a DataGrid at runtime according to the tables available in the DataSet.
by Jimmy Zhang
Agile, efficient XML data binding without schema.
by RajeshNayak
A way to capture signature or scribble on the Pocket PC.
by Iven Xu
Scroll the contents in windows and multi-undo and redo in controls.
by Stefan Repas
Learn how to use the Microsoft Enhanced Cryptographic Service Provider on a Pocket PC.
by Sushant Joshi
This article enables you to send mails from Windows application which is normally a tedious task
by Shakeel Mumtaz
This article will help you to send a picture + text as SMS from PC to mobile.........using C#
by SudeeshPattath
This is a sample code for sending SMS from .NET to any Mobile in the World. This will use SMSDriver Gateway. The Sample code will work only for Mobile in India.
by Günther M. FOIDL
Shadow copied applications aren't locked by the loader, so they can be updated/substituted at runtime.
by Vladimir Ralev
This is an implementation of a simple voice stress analysis tool for Pocket PC; it can be used on the road as a lie detector.
by Sudhanshu SP Gupta
A multilevel puzzle game to apply some arrangement through touch and click to destroy every target under given tap chances !!
by Dany McCarthy
Shopping is an application written in C# for the Pocket PC. It is a program which can be used to assist you in your daily shopping needs.
by Henry Tan Setiawan
SignalBar for PocketPC with Designer Support.
by litsonjose
In this article we are going to see the use of graphics in Smart Phones and PDA applications.
by Bert O Neill
Get updates to your browser immediately when a change has occurred within the database.
by Pascal Ganaye
This library allow serialization and deserialization of objects to CSV with very little code.
by pablojag
Generate a simple bar chart for Pocket PC.
by Vitaly Zayko
Explains how to get the latest currency exchange rates from the Internet.
by Julien Hoffmann
How to create a very simple MP3 player, using Firelight Technologies' FMOD sound system.
by Pawel Zarzycki
Simple class that helps accessing and managing SQL Connection Strings.
by David Esparza-Guerrero
Design pattern for simulating multiple inheritance in C#.
by JSaunders
Create single instances of forms using the Compact Framework.
by copmac
How to solve input panel overlapping problem
by Hermit Dave
An application for SmartPhones to create multiple alarms.
by Orkun GEDiK
Printing support for .NET Compact Framework.
by Bishoy Labib
Organize your tasks in a glance on your Pocket PC.
by Mehran Ghanizadeh
This lite calculator, written in VB.NET, not only can be useful for installing on your smartphone as a real powerful scientific calculator, but also, can be used for learning some good ideas which I've learnt while developing it.
by orouit
This article describes a framework to use the PCSC smartcard API with .NET on a PocketPC
by David Nissimoff
Covers the basics needed to get a Pocket PC and a Garmin GPS talk in their own language and to graphically display the calculated data.
by idreeskhan
SQL Script Executer or Reader executes the scripts which are already generated and you want to execute them. Just change the path where your scripts reside.
by r.ps
An application that starts your music app when you plug in the headphones and stops it when you unplug it!
by piers7
Describes a series of classes to handle reflected members in a polymorphic, instance-specific manner.
by Slava Khristich
How to deliver GPS data asynchronously to the server over the internet without queues.
by BobJanova
A symmetric stream-based encryption method in C# based on a rolling cipher and mod-257 multiplications
by kris_raj
How to trap a C# application window message in an eMbedded VC++ created DLL.
by imran afzal
Adding Click Event on a Textbox by Subclassing using Native Callbacks
by Arik Poznanski
This article will develop a Sudoku game based on a web service, while presenting useful development techniques of Smart Client applications.
by freedeveloper
A small guide to create localized resources with Compact Framework 2.0 and Visual Studio 2005.
by Doug Mair
An article describing the development and use of the Symmetry Drawing Tool.
by MalakieUSN
Code storage tool for any language but developed using Visual Basic .NET 2005. Includes syntax coloring for VB code and can load via the tools menu external option in Visual Studio 2005.
by volkan.ozcelik
To prevent concurrent access to a data structure, one way is to use thread-aware objects, the other is to make a thread-safe wrapper for the object.
by Tarek Najem
Safely calling a control's method from a different thread.
by Robin Jet
Upgrading to a new Visual Studio means installing on a few developer machines - upgrading to target a new framework (3.5) means ensuring that every client of the application has the new framework installed. With Visual Studio 2008, it's possible to target the older frameworks (2.0 and 3.0).
by Ravenet
Send messages, commands, tasks etc., to all employees from a central administration point.
by Bert O Neill
Create test project for client, server and GUI layers of a MVC application - so that they can then be incorporated into a continuous integration server build
by Thomas Kurek
With only two lines of code (no joking) keep your session alive as long as the user stays on your site.
by John Paul Walker
How to think like a programmer
by Bachowny
C++ code showing how to track memory usage to avoid memory leaks
by Gerald Naveen A
Thin client for Microsoft Visual SourceSafe on Pocket PC / SmartPhones targeting .NET Compact Framework.
by Ravenet
THis atricle so some useful infomation any type of files and basic file attributes also
by Stephen Cleary
Threadsafe events
by pbrooks
Learn how to secure sensitive data using TEA encryption.
by Kyle Tillman
A read only viewer of the ToDoList XML for the PocketPC.
by Andy Aspell-Clark
A ToDoList program for the Pocket PC.
by SierraMike
Leave traditional scrollbars for picture viewing on small screens.
by Perry Bruins
Track your geographical position using a Windows Mobile 6 device and some Google Map programming.
by christ_A
How to make your customized UI using transparent components?
by Raj Lal
A dynamic web application needs an admin section for CRUD actions on the records/tables in the database. Wouldn't it be nice to have a database admin, which can be plugged to any web application? Just give your SQL connection string and it dynamically manages all table operations in just five pages.
by Oleg Levin
Introduction to working with LINQ and DataSets in Compact Framework 3.5 Beta 1
by User-Rock
Optimize converters in WPF with MarkupExtension
by Babak Ansari
Work with the PtxRfidNet.dll SDKs to read/write RFID tags and Farsi language in hand-helds.
by Yang Yu
Useful Generic Array Functions used to append, resize, remove elements in an array
by Tony Selke
The Compact Framework does not allow for changing the Culture of your UI at runtime. This solution will allow you to switch cultures while still taking advantage of the majority of the features available in the full framework.
by hesicong
An article on how to turn off PDA screen on the .NET CF platform.
by RescoDeveloper.Net
This article describes how to use the built-in camera and microphone of a mobile device in business applications targeting .NET Compact Framework.
by BertjeBier
An article on the application of MyXaml on the Compact Framework.
by bobleith
Using NTILE with Cross Reference Values to Create Dimensions
by Petro Protsyk
The library for working with PocketPC registry
by Tolga Birdal
This article is on communicating with a server through Remote Data Access objects.
by Hannes Foulds
This article shows how to create a simple AJAX enabled control using only the built-in features of .NET 2.0.
by David Veeneman
This series describes how to create modern desktop applications using the Microsoft Desktop Stack -- WPF, Entity Framework 4, and SQL Server Compact Edition 4. The series covers creating a WPF app designed around the MVVM pattern, integrating WPF with Entity Framework 4, using Entity Framework 4.
by David Veeneman
This series of articles explains how to use the Microsoft Stack and presents checklists for implementing it. This part explains using Entity Framework 4.0 with SQL Compact 4.0.
by David Veeneman
This article, shows how to integrate Entity Framework 4 into a WPF application using the MVVM pattern.
by Joel Ivory Johnson
Wrapper and sample programs demonstrating the use of the Skyhook Wireless XPS SDK (hybrid position system using GPS, WiFi Positioning, and Celltower positioning)
by Artem S. Dmitriev
This article will show you how to create a proxy client to the WCF web service from PDA device.
by Terence Wallace
A demonstration of what can be done using Windows CE.
by Joel Ivory Johnson
This article demonstrates how to use the Microsoft XNA Framework to read the state of an Xbox 360 controller
by Raman Tayal
Create a custom vertical label user control in VB.NET.
by Remon Zakaria
Very fast Split function that has the ability to treat a multi-character separator as a single separator or the regular multi separator characters.
by FlashMerlot
How to View Source of a window opened using ShowModalDialog
by VenkataRamana.Gali
An article about the new features introduced in Visual Studio 2008
by RescoDeveloper.Net
This article is about displaying data in mobile applications built on the .NET Compact Framework platform. It demonstrates several typical data structures and their visualization on the small display of a mobile device.
by Qwertie
A family of array-like list structures that let you take fast snapshots at any instant in time.
by Shane Church
Weather Info uses Web Services on the .NET Compact Framework to display weather information on the Pocket PC.
by aleksisa
Perform Backup SQL Server Database using Web Method/Web Service from Mobile Device
by Resco Developer Tools
There are hundreds of different applications being developed — simple consumer as well as complex enterprise mobile solutions that are able to replace desktop environment. Although, the postulates for a mobile app are more or less clear, the success of a mobile project is not always guaranteed.
by S. Senthil Kumar
A Windows Mobile app for location tracking in a route without GPS and internet.
by FrankNight
This article shows an example of how to build a software component according to best practices that is customizable through code generation techniques.
by Atanu Mandal
Windows Mobile - Attractive UI Part-II
by Atanu Mandal
Windows Mobile - attractive UI (description about AlphaMobilecontrols).
by Liam Cavanagh
How to use Windows Mobile 5 Network Notifications to initiate data replication.
by Joel Ivory Johnson
Program for displaying CallerID information on computer and muting computer sounds while on phone.
by Joel Ivory Johnson
A guide to get a Windows Mobile Professional dev environment up and running for those who cannot acquire Visual Studio.
by tbpub
Simple technique to support multiple languages in Compact Framework WinForms.
by hayes.adrian
A collection of pre-filled Country, Region, and City comboboxes for the .NET Compact Framework.
by Joel Ivory Johnson
An article introducting the native synchronization objects suppied by Windows Mobile and explanation of how to use them.
by Thomas Gerber
A password safe with a touch screen UI introducing Fluid Controls.
by Vladimir Gregor(Beemobile)
The article provides and describes some useful code snippets for Windows Mobile/CE developers.
by Vladimir Gregor(Beemobile)
The article provides and describes some useful code snippets for Windows Mobile/CE developers.
by Joel Ivory Johnson
Implementation of a Telnet client for Windows Mobile 5 devices.
by Suedois
Windows Mobile: Implement kiosk mode
by User 962578
Making the Pocket PC into a Media Remote.
by Sune Trudslev
Introduction to collections in the .NET Framework.
by Jon Person, A. Philip Smith
In part three of the series, the authors of the "GIS.NET" mapping component for .NET explain how to write a geographic mapping engine which can display geographic coordinates. Source code is provided which can pan and zoom a sample geographic object (the state of Nebraska), in C# and VB.NET.
by Jon Person
In part two of the series, the author of "GPS.NET" teaches developers how to write GPS applications suitable for the real world by mastering GPS precision concepts. Source code includes a working NMEA interpreter and sample high-precision application in C# and VB.NET.
by Jon Person
What is it that GPS applications need to be good enough to use for in-car navigation? Also, how does the process of interpreting GPS data actually work? In this three-part series, I will cover both topics and give you the skills you need to write a commercial-grade GPS application.
by Lee P Richardson
Xamarin vs Ionic: A Mobile, Cross Platform, Shootout
by Pawel idzikowski
How to serialize to XML, any generic, derived, or other complex type, which XMLSerializer cannot serialize
by Romain TAILLANDIER
This article shows how to use XmlSerializer to serialize types that usually cannot be XML Serialized
by 65Goat
This contest submission is for a home monitoring solution that reads temperature, humidity and states from various sensors around a home. The data is stored in Azure and can be accessed via mobile devices.
by Joel Ivory Johnson
A level program written for the Zune using the XNA framework.