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Detection of Half-Open (Dropped) TCP/IP Socket Connections

by Stephen Cleary

How to detect a dropped TCP/IP connection

Icon Menu for the .NET Compact Framework

by Fredrik Bornander

How to implement an iPhone style icon menu using the .NET Compact Framework.

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.

Full-Featured Task Manager for Windows Mobile

by Brian P. Adams

A full-featured Task Manager for Windows Mobile.

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6502 Cross Assembly using MacOS and Atom

by John Newcombe

6502 Cross Assembly using MacOS and Atom

6502 Cross Assembly for the Apple II using MacOS

by John Newcombe

6502 Cross Assembly for the Apple II using MacOS

Xamarin vs Ionic: A Mobile, Cross Platform, Shootout

by Lee P Richardson

Xamarin vs Ionic: A Mobile, Cross Platform, Shootout

Hello World Angular 2+ Data Sample Using JavaScriptServices .Net Core and PrimeNG

by defwebserver

You can create database driven .Net Core applications using JavaScriptServices, and PrimeNG.

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.NET CF

.NET Application Debugging Tips

18 Jul 2008 by Rob Caldecott

First post in this forum, so please be gentle. We have a product, written in C#, using .NET 2, running on a server. It is a normal process, not a service. Occasionally we are seeing a .NET 2.0.x 'Fatal Execution Engine Error', and I wanted...

.NET Application Debugging Tips

18 Jul 2008 by led mike

This Bugslayer article[^] should get you going led mike

.NET Becomes Open Source and Cross-Platform

22 Jan 2015 by Rion Williams

.NET Becomes Open Source and Cross-Platform

.NET Becomes Open Source and Cross-Platform

3 Feb 2015 by Rion Williams

.NET becomes Open Source and Cross-Platform

.Net CF 2.0 and gzip/deflate compression for web services

24 May 2012 by Alex-1978

Hi everybody,I'm developing an application for Windows CE 6.0 using .Net CF 2.0.I have an auto-generated client for an ASP.NET web service.Is it possible to set the client in such a way it would use gzip/deflate compression when communicating with the web-service ?Unfortunately, I...

.net cf About in ImageList the image resource release

31 Mar 2012 by chenandczh

The problem had solved.There were not the problem in ImageList.Because use the SmoothListBox control,and i had add the usecontrol in to the panel in SmoothListBox,but when SmoothListBox dispose,it did not dispose the element in the panel .So,when dispose the form ,i did all element in panel...

.NET CF and Google APIs

24 May 2004 by Mark Arteaga

Sample application to access Google APIs from a .NET Compact Framework application

.NET CF Custom DataGrid Formatting

29 Aug 2007 by hayles

This article shows you how to customize individual cells in a DataGrid - and it works on the Compact Framework.

.NET Collections Performance Test in WindowsXP and WindowsCE

26 Jul 2011 by Cloud Hsu

.NET Collections performance test in WindowsXP and WindowsCE

.net CompactFramework and Album Art

6 May 2011 by Dragon812

Good evening,I try to get the Album Art of a MP3 Song in .net Compact Framework (C#).I currently use WMPLib to play songs. Can I use it to get the Album Art, too?If yes, how?Do you have an idea?Thanks!!!Dragon812

.net CompactFramework and Album Art

6 May 2011 by Patrick Kalkman

If WMPLib supports the ID3v2.3 tags then it should be possible to extract the png or jpg images. If not, you could extract the image yourself, the IDv2.3 documentation is very good.

10 Steps to Creating a Windows Mobile Database Application Using .NET and SQL Anywhere 10

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#)

10 Steps to Creating a Windows Mobile Database Application Using .NET and UltraLite 10

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#).

5 Steps to Adding Data Replication to a Windows Mobile Application

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#).

6502 Cross Assembly for the Apple II using MacOS

7 Aug 2017 by John Newcombe

6502 Cross Assembly for the Apple II using MacOS

6502 Cross Assembly using MacOS and Atom

7 Aug 2017 by John Newcombe

6502 Cross Assembly using MacOS and Atom

[C#] sqlite - how setting WAL mode in sqlite

10 May 2017 by Member 12753057

Windows CE, .NET compact framework 3.5 Using SQlite Dll File : sqlite-netFx35-binary-PocketPC-ARM-2008-1.0.105.0.zip "http://system.data.sqlite.org/index.html/doc/trunk/www/downloads.wiki" I want to use wal mode. so, I written the below code. string sql = "PRAGMA journal_mode = WAL;"; ...

[C#] sqlite - how setting WAL mode in sqlite

10 May 2017 by Maciej Los

As SQLite documentation[^] states, a database in WAL journaling mode can only be accessed by SQLite version 3.7.0 (2010-07-21) or later. Conclusion: you have to use newer version of SQLite[^] database. [EDIT] To be able to open SQLite database in WAL mode, you have to open it using special...

A C# .NET PacMan game

13 Jul 2004 by Neri LLosa

An article on Pocket PC game development.

artificial-intelligence

A C# implementation of Reversi (Othello) Game for PocketPC and Windows

4 Aug 2004 by George Mamaladze

A C# implementation of Reversi (Othello) Game for PocketPC and Windows.

A C# wrapper for nearby Bluetooth devices discovery under Windows Mobile

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.

A closer look at XML Data Binding, including a product appraisal

18 Aug 2004 by Sprotty

An introduction to XML Data Binding, and a review of a number of leading products.

A Color Dialog for Windows Mobile 5

27 Nov 2008 by Kai Sevelin

A color dialog using alpha blending for Pocket PC.

A Detailed Data Binding Tutorial

25 Mar 2008 by Qwertie

Demonstrates a variety of Windows Forms data binding features through several simple examples.

A Flashlight App for Your SmartPhone or Pocket PC

2 Aug 2008 by Don Kackman

A simple, fully functional flashlight to help you see in the dark.

A GPS Keep-alive Utility and Tester for Windows Mobile

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.

A Gradient Button for Windows Mobile

5 Jul 2008 by Ravenet

A gradient button for Windows Mobile and the .NET Compact Framework.

A non-well-formed HTML Parser and CSS Resolver

20 Jul 2007 by James S.F. Hsieh

A non-well-formed HTML parser and CSS Resolver builded by pure .NET C#

A Raytracer for the Compact Framework

22 Jun 2004 by gregs

An implementation of a simple raytracer for the CF as an intro to graphics theory.

A Screen Capture Tool for Windows Mobile 5

13 Jun 2008 by Kai Sevelin

A simple screen capture tool for Pocket PC.

A Simple C# Property System

31 Jan 2013 by zaphoed

The following article demonstrates a C# implementation of a simple property system.

A Simple Immutable ArrayList for C#

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.

A Simple Serializer / Deserializer

22 Sep 2004 by Marc Clifton

A simple Serializer / Deserializer.

A simple solution to see the inside of your code

25 May 2006 by Maze

A simple solution to see the inside of your code.

A sortable list view control

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.

A standalone messagebox (good for user interaction during the install process of your application)

10 Nov 2005 by Ariadne

ShowArgs displays a MessageBox and reads the parameter from command line.

A Very Efficient Generic Recursive Iterator using Yield Return

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.

Accepting Signatures from Hand-Held Devices

26 Dec 2007 by Zeeshan Haneef

An article on drawing graphics on a hand-held device touch screen.

Access Active Directory - The .NET Way

7 Jun 2007 by Manas Bhardwaj

Accessing Active Directory

Access Your Pocket PC Over the Internet

8 Jan 2009 by paulyhop

A DynDNS updater for the Compact Framework.

Accessing Motorola MC9500 motion sensor programmatically?

21 Jun 2013 by hemendrasharma

I am currently working on a windows mobile application for Motorola MC9500 which has Windows Mobile 6.5. I have tried Symbol's EMDK library to access inbuilt motion sensor of the device without any luck.The EMDK for .NET v2.7 has Symbol.Sensor class library in it which is supposed to be...

Adding a tool tip to dropdown list and list box controls in Internet Explorer

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.

Adding Configuration File Support in Windows Mobile 6.x

11 Aug 2016 by nitewulf50

Learn how to add support for .config files in .NET CF.

Adjusting DataGridTableStyle for IList objects

20 Mar 2009 by Lex Beekmans

Setting the member name property for a DataGridTableStyle for an IList object.

Administrate SQL Server2000 from Pocket PC

18 Feb 2005 by rasheed1979

This article demonstrates administrating SQL Server 2000 from Pocket PC on the fly.

SQL-server-2000

Advanced P/Invoke on the Microsoft .NET Compact Framework

19 Jan 2004 by Microsoft - Compact Framework

Explore advanced interoperability on the .NET Compact Framework.

All about PrintForm component 1.0

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.

Alphanumeric increment in C#

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"

Alternative ways to instantiate objects

1 May 2012 by Ana Carolina Zambon

Introduction for beginners on how to dynamically instantiate external types

am i a programmer or not

9 Apr 2009 by rilm

hi, i have a question about my way of programmingif i want to make a program i start with a skeleton and start withnothing, if i dont know something lets say winsock i go look for sample programs, i start look what each line of code does and what...

am i a programmer or not

12 Apr 2009 by je_gonzalez

May I give my two cents?You are clearly not enjoying coding, otherwise you would not contradict yourself in almost every statement. You see a potential way out of your current life situation in technology, and believe that coding is the way to...

am i a programmer or not

9 Apr 2009 by led mike

rilm wrote:i start with a skeleton and start withnothingApparently you start with a contradiction. That's enough for me, I'm not reading any more of it. Good luck.

An International Hangman Game for the Pocket PC

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.

An introduction to #SNMP, an Open Source SNMP implementation

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.

An Introduction to Microsoft SmartPhone, and Programming SmartPhone using C#

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.

An Introduction to P/Invoke and Marshaling on the Microsoft .NET Compact Framework

19 Jan 2004 by Microsoft - Compact Framework

An introduction to P/Invoke and Marshaling on the Microsoft .NET Compact Framework.

An XML Serializable Base Class

25 Feb 2009 by baretta2

XmlObject is the class to derive from when you need high-performant XML serializable objects.

Application Settings the .NET way. INI, Registry, or XML

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

Apply Animated Effects to .NET Controls

7 May 2004 by Xinjie ZHANG

Some animated effects may make your application more attractive.

Applying Security to Server controls

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

AppSetting Replacement for the Compact Framework

25 Jun 2005 by wduros1

A class to replace the appSettings() method in Compact Framework.

AppSettings Implementation for 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.

Arabization Controls for Smart Devices

11 May 2009 by Hani Gamal Eldeen

.NET controls to be used for development of Arabic applications for smart devices.

ASP.NET Outlook Style Toolbar Control

10 Nov 2004 by Ashish Kaila

An outlook style toolbar control in ASP.NET

6 Dec 2009 by Lee Humphries

I've just recently ported a sockets client from .Net 2.0 to .Net 3.5 ...and now it runs into reoccurring problems, of which I'm a little suspicious may be related to subtle differences between the frameworks that I'm not allowing for.*Update* I've made significant changes following Suggestion 1...

19 Jul 2009 by Nicholas Butler

It sounds like your Socket object is being disposed! I would expect that putting a reference to it in your AsyncState would stop the GC collecting it, so are you disposing of it somewhere else?I don't have a simple answer, but you could try this:...

4 Dec 2009 by AndyP1965

Look closer to the socket error code! The number 10038 means: No socket discriptor. That means the Object you are using is possibly no socket and when you look to your code you see:Socket socket = (Socket)ar.AsyncState;But the AsyncState is no Socket but a SocketStateObject. So you hardcast...

Audio Book Player

11 Jun 2009 by brochpirate

Audio player designed specifically for listening to audio books

Audio Manager Jukebox for the PRISMIQ Media Player

2 Jun 2004 by Bruce Waeyen

Desktop server and Pocket PC Smart Client for the PRISMIQ Media Player.

Auto Increment Microsoft Build Task

27 Jun 2007 by andrewcates

Auto Increment Assembly Version in a Microsoft Build Task

Autogenerate Source Code for a Finite State Automaton Applying XML/XSLT

31 Aug 2005 by Maxim Alekseykin

Shows how to generate source code for a finite state automaton described by XML applying XSLT

Automatically Starting Your Application on Windows Mobile

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.

Automating the Installation of .NET Compact Framework applications

31 Aug 2003 by Girish Nurani Sankaranarayanan

An article on automating the installation of .NET Compact Framework on Pocket PC devices.

AutoSize ColumnWidth in .NetCF

13 Jun 2013 by Member 10073174

Hi, I'm developing an Application on Windows Mobile 6.5 and I have to implement a DataGridControl with alternating Row-BackColors.So I've written a class that inherit from DataGridTextBoxColumn to paintevery second row in another color. Problem is now that i have to setthe column...

Average Overall Rating

24 Sep 2013 by BillWoodruff

When no one has voted on an article, its rating is zero, as you might expect.When an author has posted only one article, and that article has no votes, the average article rating seen in the "Articles submitted" section of your profile will also be zero.Since your article has:Views...

Average Overall Rating

24 Sep 2013 by OriginalGriff

It's zero because no-one has voted on it, and it's rating has not been established as a result. Wait, see what happens: it may change as people read it and either like or dislike it!: laugh:

Avoiding InvokeRequired

27 Apr 2012 by Igor Pashchuk, MBA

This is an alternative for "C# Pivot Table"

ballon popup in windows mobile6 using c#.net?

14 Mar 2011 by sowmya.obs

Hi,I want to display a ballon popup message in my application?If I click the Signal image then I have to display a Ballon popup like network is connected or disconnected?how to solve this?

ballon popup in windows mobile6 using c#.net?

14 Mar 2011 by HimanshuJoshi

This[^] article can help you.

Bandwidth throttling

2 Apr 2007 by P.J. van de Sande

Save bandwidth and get QoS with bandwidth throttling.

Beam a File From Your Pocket PC Using VB.NET

20 Apr 2005 by VbGuru613

How to beam a file from your Pocket PC.

Best practice for updating UI in multi-threaded app

5 Jul 2009 by bobishkindaguy

What is the best way to update many UI elements from many other threads, in a multi-threaded Windows desktop app?Currently, I use delegates, which creates many temporary threads. Should the UI be on its own thread rather than the "main" thread?...

Best practice for updating UI in multi-threaded app

5 Jul 2009 by Gideon Engelberth

Well, the UI thread is the main thread, so you can't really make it another thread. I would assume (but don't know for sure) that when you do Control.BeginInvoke or similar, it doesn't create another "temporary thread" since the whole thing with...

Best practice for updating UI in multi-threaded app

6 Jul 2009 by supercat9

There is a world of difference between performing BeginInvoke on a delegate, and performing it on a control (passing a delegate as a parameter). IMHO, using the same name for both methods was a mistake, but what's done is done.Performing...

Bienz.UI - Cross-Device User Controls

15 Jun 2002 by Jared Bienz

A .NET library with several controls that work in both Windows and on Pocket PC

Big O Algorithm Analyzer for .NET

16 Feb 2010 by dawright, ProtoBytes

A heurisitc graphing tool to help discover 'Big O Notation' function thru infinite asymptotic's and instrumentation.

Binary Serialization to Isolated Storage in Silverlight - BinaryFormatter vs. sharpSerializer

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

BinaryReader.ReadLine extension

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.

Bind Combo box with Enum

18 Feb 2014 by mahawar.vivek

Hi,I have a Combobox on my Form() and I want to bind it using Enum values but in smart device app it gives me error myCombo.DataSource = Enum.GetNames(...);Basically Enum.GetName method is not avalable in Smart Device c# dev 3.5.Thanks in advance.Vivek

Bitmap resize with .NET Compact Framework

15 Dec 2010 by BigManitu

Bitmap resize with .NET Compact Framework

Black Box for the Pocket PC

28 May 2004 by rb01usa

A cool puzzle game for the PocketPC.

BlakeSharp - A C# Implementation of the BLAKE Hash Algorithm

20 Nov 2011 by Dominik Reichl

A C# implementation of the BLAKE hash algorithm.

Bluetooth Connection in Windows Mobile 5.0 using InThehand - C#

28 Jun 2007 by S.Vinothkumar

Bluetooth connection in Windows Mobile 5.0

Bluetooth Simulation in C# with Serial Ports

10 Jun 2008 by Florin Badea

This article presents a mobile device application that uses serial ports to simulate a Bluetooth connection.

Bricks for Pocket PC

24 Apr 2008 by Marcelo Ricardo de Oliveira

A .NET Compact Framework version of the Bricks game.

Bringing DCOM remoting functionality to Windows CE and .NET CF2.0

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.

Bubble.NET Game

14 Jun 2004 by BenoitM

A Puzzle Bobble (aka Bust-A-Move) clone for Pocket PC using the .NET compact framework

Build a Mobile Application in just 4 Minutes

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.

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