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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

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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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Xamarin vs Ionic: A Mobile, Cross Platform, Shootout

28 Mar 2017 by Lee P Richardson

Xamarin vs Ionic: A Mobile, Cross Platform, Shootout

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

13 Mar 2017 by defwebserver

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

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.

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.

Yet another Home Monitor

5 Mar 2015 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.

IDisposable: What Your Mother Never Told You About Resource Deallocation

10 Nov 2014 by Stephen Cleary

One difficulty of the IDisposable interface overcome with the Disposable Design Principle.

Fast Colored TextBox for Syntax Highlighting

24 Oct 2014 by Pavel Torgashov

Custom text editor with syntax highlighting

InternalList<T>: the low-level List<T>

13 Aug 2014 by Qwertie

In the netherworld between T[] and List

Mobile Agents - Software on the move

23 Jul 2014 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.

Easier .NET settings

17 Apr 2014 by Antonio Nakić Alfirević

Creating a library for persisting the application state data between work sessions

Simple and Fast CSV Library in C#

21 Mar 2014 by Pascal Ganaye

This library allow serialization and deserialization of objects to CSV with very little code.

Getting Started with SQL Server Compact 4.0 and ASP.NET 4

11 Oct 2013 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

1 Sep 2013 by Sudhanshu SP Gupta

A multilevel puzzle game to apply some arrangement through touch and click to destroy every target under given tap chances !!

Protobuf-net: the unofficial manual

25 Aug 2013 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.

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.

How To: Component Licensing in .NET

29 May 2013 by Ron Beyer

Developing a component licensing system in .NET.

Test The Multi-Layers Of A MVC3 Application

3 Apr 2013 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

Pragmatic Unit Tests using "yield return" for providing test cases

5 Feb 2013 by Pawel idzikowski

How to gain better control over the testing process reducing the amount of test methods in a unit test.

A Simple C# Property System

31 Jan 2013 by zaphoed

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

Enhanced ObservableCollection with ability to delay or disable notifications

29 Jan 2013 by Eugene Sadovoi

Implements delayed or disabled INotifyCollectionChanged.

Building professional .NET applications using asynchronous message communication based on MCM-Framework.Net

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?

Using XNA to Access an Xbox 360 Joystick

11 Nov 2012 by Joel Ivory Johnson

This article demonstrates how to use the Microsoft XNA Framework to read the state of an Xbox 360 controller

Passing Values Between Multiple Projects using Interface

12 Sep 2012 by Jayson Ragasa

Passing Values Between Multiple Projects using Interface

Mobile Application Development Lessons Learned

13 Aug 2012 by gggustafson

This article discusses two lessons learned during the development of a mobile application.

Alternative ways to instantiate objects

1 May 2012 by Ana Carolina Zambon

Introduction for beginners on how to dynamically instantiate external types

Restaurant and Waiter project! (WPF - Windows Mobile)

22 Jan 2012 by Ali Daneshmandi

Restaurant and Waiter project! (WPF - Windows Mobile)

BlakeSharp - A C# Implementation of the BLAKE Hash Algorithm

20 Nov 2011 by Dominik Reichl

A C# implementation of the BLAKE hash algorithm.

XML Serialization of Generic Dictionary, Multidimensional Array, and Inherited Type, with sharpSerializer .NET

9 Nov 2011 by Pawel idzikowski

How to serialize to XML, any generic, derived, or other complex type, which XMLSerializer cannot serialize

Designing UI of Windows Mobile Applications

12 Oct 2011 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.

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Creating a 3D Image from a DepthMap

20 Sep 2011 by Soroush Falahati

Introducing a class for generating 3D images (Stereoscopic and Anaglyph) from DepthMaps.

image-processing

How to serialize data effectively? Custom serialization of Bitmap, Cursor, Icon, Font, and other objects without a default constructor with sharpSerializer

14 Aug 2011 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.

.NET Collections Performance Test in WindowsXP and WindowsCE

26 Jul 2011 by Cloud Hsu

.NET Collections performance test in WindowsXP and WindowsCE

Head-to-head benchmark: C++ vs .NET

4 Jul 2011 by Qwertie

How fast is C++ compared to C#? Let's compare code ported directly between the two languages.

Using the Microsoft Desktop Stack – Part 3: Using Entity Framework 4 in an MVVM Application

17 Apr 2011 by David Veeneman

This article, shows how to integrate Entity Framework 4 into a WPF application using the MVVM pattern.

Using the Microsoft Desktop Stack – Part 2: Using Entity Framework 4.0 with SQL Compact 4.0

12 Apr 2011 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.

Using the Microsoft Desktop Stack – Part 1: Setting up SQL Compact 4.0 for Private Deployment

12 Apr 2011 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.

Flashcards.Show – Planning a Cross-Platform Solution

1 Apr 2011 by Arik Poznanski

Flashcards.Show – Planning a Cross-Platform Solution

Windows Mobile Programming Tricks on the .NET Compact Framework: Part 2

23 Feb 2011 by Vladimir Gregor(Beemobile)

The article provides and describes some useful code snippets for Windows Mobile/CE developers.

Windows Mobile Programming Tricks on the .NET Compact Framework: Part 1

23 Feb 2011 by Vladimir Gregor(Beemobile)

The article provides and describes some useful code snippets for Windows Mobile/CE developers.

DataGrid in WPF using SQL Server Compact 3.5 Sp1

5 Feb 2011 by RameshSengamalai

DataGrid in WPF using SQL Server Compact 3.5 Sp1

Silverlight 4 with (HTTP) Duplex and SQL Notifications

17 Jan 2011 by Bert O Neill

Get updates to your browser immediately when a change has occurred within the database.

MobileLPR - An LPR Client for .NET Compact Framework 2.0

15 Dec 2010 by EFEaglehouse

Windows CE/Mobile printing client for LPR, LPRng, and Socket API.

Poor Man's LINQ in Visual Studio 2005

28 Oct 2010 by Qwertie

A way to use LINQ to Objects in C# 2.0 with .NET Framework 2.0

The Four Steps of Programming

18 Oct 2010 by John Paul Walker

How to think like a programmer

Non Deadlocking Read/Write Locker and Thread-Safe Collections

6 Oct 2010 by Tamus

A ReaderWriterLock that cannot deadlock, and thread-safe example collections

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

Graphics2D Drawing on Windows Mobile

6 Oct 2010 by guidebee

Code example on how to draw enhanced graphics 2D pictures on Windows Mobile

Native DLL for GPS communication

22 Jul 2010 by werner.keilholz

Giving full control over the communication with a GPS device in a limited environment.

Mobile Birthday Reminder and Automatic SMS Sender

4 Jul 2010 by Amit Kumar Tiwari

This code sends automatic SMS to birthday boys/girls :) from phone

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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Developing a Log Scope – Part I: Developing the Concept

15 Apr 2010 by Paulo Morgado

Introducing the concept

When Mobile Solutions Play a Crucial Role, Bet on Well-Proven Quality

14 Apr 2010 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.

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Start/Stop Your Music Player with your Headphones

8 Apr 2010 by r.ps

An application that starts your music app when you plug in the headphones and stops it when you unplug it!

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.

My Experience with the Windows Marketplace for Mobile and Windows Mobile 6

22 Mar 2010 by Joel Ivory Johnson

My experience with the Windows Marketplace for Mobile for 6.x devices and the certification process.

Password Safe Reader for Windows Mobile

20 Mar 2010 by Svante Seleborg, Alphons van der Heijden, Dave Shaw, katakana2

A Windows Mobile C# reader for the popular Password Safe archive files.

Performance Tests: Precise Run Time Measurements with System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch

28 Feb 2010 by Thomas Maierhofer (Tom)

How the .NET Framework Stopwatch class can be used to measure and compare algorithm runtime with a high accuracy

Custom VScrollbar to make DataGrid finger flickable

18 Feb 2010 by Ming_Lu

A custom VScrollbar to make DataGrid finger flickable.

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.

RESTful proxy-less WCF clients for .NET, .NET Compact Framework, and Silverlight

7 Feb 2010 by Paul B.

Sample WCF clients for three different platforms with no code duplication and no generated proxies.

DES and Triple DES Implementation in VB.NET

28 Jan 2010 by Ted Ehrich

A simple DES/Triple DES implementation in VB.NET that doesn't have instantiation overhead.

How to use NUnit to test native C++ code

18 Jan 2010 by Kenneth Kasajian

Because NUnit is designed to unit test managed code, it does not lend itself to test unmanaged C++ code as easily as for C#, until now!

Compact Framework Configuration XML File Read & Write like appSettings

13 Jan 2010 by Alejandro Barrada

How to use an XML file to read and write aplication settings in a Window Mobile development

Web/HTTP Request and Automation Libraries

8 Jan 2010 by daluu

Some libraries for making HTTP requests with session state persistence. Support for .NET, VBScript, JavaScript, C/C++, and Java.

Remote Access .NET CF Devices

8 Jan 2010 by Matjaž Prtenjak

Implementing remote access to .NET enabled devices.

23 Dec 2009 by cjbarth

Tool for monitoring the Real Time Price for ComEd electricity.

Resizing images in ASP.NET using GDI+

20 Dec 2009 by pfeds

Resizing images in ASP.NET using GDI+.

VList data structures in C#

14 Dec 2009 by Qwertie

A family of array-like list structures that let you take fast snapshots at any instant in time.

Case-Insensitive Sort of UTF8 Data Using System.Data.SQLite

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.

Windows Mobile - Attractive UI Part-II

2 Nov 2009 by Atanu Mandal

Windows Mobile - Attractive UI Part-II

The simplest possible memory leak detector

18 Oct 2009 by Bachowny

C++ code showing how to track memory usage to avoid memory leaks

Runtime Grid with Multiple DataSources

10 Oct 2009 by sasikumarg1983

This article describes how to create a DataGrid at runtime according to the tables available in the DataSet.

Creating Transparent Controls in .NET Compact Framework

9 Oct 2009 by DotNetIdeas

This article explains how to create transparent controls in .NET Compact Framework

Numeric Converter – Going mobile!

3 Oct 2009 by Balamurali Balaji

A mobile application for converting numbers from one base to another.

Zune HD Level Program Written in XNA

25 Sep 2009 by Joel Ivory Johnson

A level program written for the Zune using the XNA framework.

Windows Mobile - Attractive UI: Part I

17 Sep 2009 by Atanu Mandal

Windows Mobile - attractive UI (description about AlphaMobilecontrols).

Send Mails from Windows Application

15 Sep 2009 by Sushant Joshi

This article enables you to send mails from Windows application which is normally a tedious task

7 Sep 2009 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.

Using NTILE with Cross Reference Values to Create Dimensions

4 Aug 2009 by bobleith

Using NTILE with Cross Reference Values to Create Dimensions

Developing Orientation-Aware and DPI-Aware Smart Device Applications in .NET

29 Jul 2009 by DotNetIdeas

This article will show you how to create an Orientation-Aware and DPI-Aware Smart Device application.

Store and forward GPS data for Smart Phones

28 Jul 2009 by Slava Khristich

How to deliver GPS data asynchronously to the server over the internet without queues.

Demonstration of Windows Mobile App without Visual Studio

27 Jul 2009 by Arindam Sinha

Ways to demonstarte any Windows Mobile Application through emulator with out Visual Studio

Transparent UI for .NET and .NETCF

12 Jul 2009 by christ_A

How to make your customized UI using transparent components?

Marshaling data in the Compact Framework

26 Jun 2009 by Eugene Kordin, Apriorit Inc

In this article, we will review some aspects of using data types and ways of using them during marshaling data. We’ll concentrate on marshaling to and from unmanaged code.

Threadsafe Events

20 Jun 2009 by Stephen Cleary

Threadsafe events

Using WCF in .NET Compact Framework

14 Jun 2009 by Artem S. Dmitriev

This article will show you how to create a proxy client to the WCF web service from PDA device.

Audio Book Player

11 Jun 2009 by brochpirate

Audio player designed specifically for listening to audio books

Moving from Windows Applications to WPF

8 Jun 2009 by User-Rock

Thinking cap for starting WPF

How To Use a Single Resource Component for your Images and Mixing C# and VB in the Same NETCF Solution

4 Jun 2009 by becker666

Snippets show the steps and workarounds of issues while implementing it

Windows Mobile Location ComboBox Controls

30 May 2009 by hayes.adrian

A collection of pre-filled Country, Region, and City comboboxes for the .NET Compact Framework.

Compact Framework Process class that supports fully specified file paths

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.

Reversi for Windows Mobile

12 May 2009 by Ziad Elmalki

The game Reversi for Windows Mobile using the Compact Framework.

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.

Finger Gesture Support for the Compact Framework

10 May 2009 by VbGuru613

An article on finger gesture support for a Pocket PC app.

Icon Menu for the .NET Compact Framework

21 Apr 2009 by Fredrik Bornander

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

Synchronize Invoke Events

15 Apr 2009 by Tarek Najem

Safely calling a control's method from a different thread.

Use of MarkupExtension with Converters in WPF

14 Apr 2009 by User-Rock

Optimize converters in WPF with MarkupExtension

Mobile Asset Inventory with Source Code

1 Apr 2009 by Resco Developer Tools

Resco’s brand new mobile business solution prototype for inventory management.

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Adjusting DataGridTableStyle for IList objects

20 Mar 2009 by Lex Beekmans

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

GoToFile Add In - Navigate Large Visual Studio Solutions Quickly

20 Mar 2009 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.