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How to detect a dropped TCP/IP connection
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How to implement an iPhone style icon menu using the .NET Compact Framework.
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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.
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A full-featured Task Manager for Windows Mobile.

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24 May 2004 by Mark Arteaga
Sample application to access Google APIs from a .NET Compact Framework application
29 Aug 2007 by hayles
This article shows you how to customize individual cells in a DataGrid - and it works on the Compact Framework.
26 Jul 2011 by Cloud Hsu
.NET Collections performance test in WindowsXP and WindowsCE
24 May 2007 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#)
18 May 2007 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#).
18 Apr 2007 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#).
13 Jul 2004 by Neri LLosa
4 Aug 2004 by George Mamaladze
A C# implementation of Reversi (Othello) Game for PocketPC and Windows.
24 Mar 2010 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.
18 Aug 2004 by Sprotty
An introduction to XML Data Binding, and a review of a number of leading products.
27 Nov 2008 by Kai Sevelin
A color dialog using alpha blending for Pocket PC.
25 Mar 2008 by Qwertie
Demonstrates a variety of Windows Forms data binding features through several simple examples.
2 Aug 2008 by Don Kackman
A simple, fully functional flashlight to help you see in the dark.
18 Jul 2008 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.
5 Jul 2008 by Ravenet
A gradient button for Windows Mobile and the .NET Compact Framework.
20 Jul 2007 by James S.F. Hsieh
A non-well-formed HTML parser and CSS Resolver builded by pure .NET C#
22 Jun 2004 by gregs
An implementation of a simple raytracer for the CF as an intro to graphics theory.
13 Jun 2008 by Kai Sevelin
A simple screen capture tool for Pocket PC.
31 Jan 2013 by zaphoed
The following article demonstrates a C# implementation of a simple property system.
21 Nov 2007 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.
22 Sep 2004 by Marc Clifton
A simple Serializer / Deserializer.
27 Mar 2004 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.
1 Jun 2007 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.
26 Dec 2007 by Zeeshan Haneef
An article on drawing graphics on a hand-held device touch screen.
8 Jan 2009 by paulyhop
A DynDNS updater for the Compact Framework.
1 Jun 2007 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.
11 Aug 2016 by nitewulf50
Learn how to add support for .config files in .NET CF.
20 Mar 2009 by Lex Beekmans
Setting the member name property for a DataGridTableStyle for an IList object.
18 Feb 2005 by rasheed1979
This article demonstrates administrating SQL Server 2000 from Pocket PC on the fly.
19 Jan 2004 by Microsoft - Compact Framework
Explore advanced interoperability on the .NET Compact Framework.
30 Jun 2007 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.
11 Jun 2006 by Sandip Dalvi Tung
This code is very useful when you want to auto increment number using A-Z and 1-9 with possible combinationYou can pass any string and system will return next possible number e.g. You can Pass number "PRO01A9" then You will get "PRO01B1"
1 May 2012 by Ana Carolina Zambon
Introduction for beginners on how to dynamically instantiate external types
29 May 2004 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.
9 Jun 2013 by Lex Li
This article introduces #SNMP and how to use it to accomplish SNMP operations such as managing SNMP enabled devices.
3 Oct 2004 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.
19 Jan 2004 by Microsoft - Compact Framework
An introduction to P/Invoke and Marshaling on the Microsoft .NET Compact Framework.
25 Feb 2009 by baretta2
XmlObject is the class to derive from when you need high-performant XML serializable objects.
27 Oct 2004 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
7 May 2004 by Xinjie ZHANG
Some animated effects may make your application more attractive.
11 Jan 2008 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
25 Jun 2005 by wduros1
A class to replace the appSettings() method in Compact Framework.
23 Mar 2004 by pbrooks
Learn how to create a settings class that will make it easy to access and store your application settings.
11 May 2009 by Hani Gamal Eldeen
.NET controls to be used for development of Arabic applications for smart devices.
10 Nov 2004 by Ashish Kaila
An outlook style toolbar control in ASP.NET
11 Jun 2009 by brochpirate
Audio player designed specifically for listening to audio books
2 Jun 2004 by Bruce Waeyen
Desktop server and Pocket PC Smart Client for the PRISMIQ Media Player.
27 Jun 2007 by andrewcates
Auto Increment Assembly Version in a Microsoft Build Task
31 Aug 2005 by Maxim Alekseykin
Shows how to generate source code for a finite state automaton described by XML applying XSLT
31 Jul 2008 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.
31 Aug 2003 by Girish Nurani Sankaranarayanan
An article on automating the installation of .NET Compact Framework on Pocket PC devices.
2 Apr 2007 by P.J. van de Sande
Save bandwidth and get QoS with bandwidth throttling.
20 Apr 2005 by VbGuru613
How to beam a file from your Pocket PC.
15 Jun 2002 by Jared Bienz
A .NET library with several controls that work in both Windows and on Pocket PC
16 Feb 2010 by dawright, ProtoBytes
A heurisitc graphing tool to help discover 'Big O Notation' function thru infinite asymptotic's and instrumentation.
6 Oct 2010 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
31 May 2015 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.
10 Jun 2008 by Florin Badea
This article presents a mobile device application that uses serial ports to simulate a Bluetooth connection.
24 Apr 2008 by Marcelo Ricardo de Oliveira
A .NET Compact Framework version of the Bricks game.
17 Apr 2006 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.
14 Jun 2004 by BenoitM
A Puzzle Bobble (aka Bust-A-Move) clone for Pocket PC using the .NET compact framework
30 Jun 2010 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.
4 Jun 2007 by Saraf Talukder
An article on building a Pocket PC application using VS 2005 and C#.
4 Jan 2013 by Pawel idzikowski
How to effectively build modular .NET applications of any size using messages, commands and components of MCM-Framework.Net?
25 Apr 2004 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.
20 Apr 2005 by Alexander Turlov
This document demonstrates a simple way of business dates calculation using standard features of the .NET Framework Library.
10 Jun 2004 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.
27 Dec 2007 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
22 Nov 2009 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.
26 Apr 2004 by Anne Saouter
24 Apr 2005 by João Paulo Figueira
Implementing a managed wrapper to the CEDB database engine with some C++ help.
15 Aug 2004 by Peter Tewkesbury
This is a new '.NET' version of my CHMReader program, with more features.
28 May 2004 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.
23 Dec 2009 by cjbarth
Tool for monitoring the Real Time Price for ComEd electricity.
13 Jan 2010 by Alejandro Barrada
How to use an XML file to read and write aplication settings in a Window Mobile development
20 May 2004 by Brian Nash
An example of using the Compact Framework with SQL Server CE.
30 May 2009 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.
2 Jun 2004 by rogerk
A real world example of storing and retrieving XML files and sending them across IR ports.
25 Jan 2005 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.
27 May 2004 by jeremy jones
A venture into the art of screen scraping, XML data sources, and a splash of Web Services.
8 Apr 2004 by Velarasu Sekkilar
This utility helps you in configuring .NET Compact Framework applications.
15 May 2004 by Bishoy Labib
MiniMax algorithm can be used in game AI.
18 May 2004 by Bishoy Labib
An update for the MiniMax algorithm. Faster search with the same results.
7 Jun 2004 by Gopal Panda
An article on Consuming web Service on PocketPC
12 Feb 2006 by Mick Doherty
Controlling hardware buttons, the easy way...
28 Jun 2007 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.
15 Sep 2005 by Rei Miyasaka
Ever wondered how to do wildcards in C#?
6 Feb 2005 by mshoukry_alkhwarazmi
a class to convert from VC++.NET String* data type to leagcy LPCTSTR
22 Feb 2009 by ingvar8
8 Oct 2005 by Rei Miyasaka
Make better use of time by calculating CRCs on-the-fly.
29 Dec 2004 by dev2dev
This article is based on Manster's article and extension is given to his/her code in VB.NET version.
25 Jul 2007 by aleksisa
Create an Open File Dialog for a Windows Mobile 6 (SmartPhone) devices.
20 Sep 2011 by Soroush Falahati
Introducing a class for generating 3D images (Stereoscopic and Anaglyph) from DepthMaps.