Get videos designed for all .NET Compact Framework developers, from the novice to the professional. If you are new to the .NET Compact Framework, you can learn the basics of how to create applications for devices, using either Visual Basic or C#. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/bb495180.aspx en-US Sat, 25 Sep 2010 02:55:32 +0530 Sat, 25 Sep 2010 02:55:22 +0530 1440 FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.2.9) http://www.feedforall.com The .NET Compact Framework ships with a number of built-in controls. These controls look a bit old fashioned, especially if you compare them to controls that can be used in the full .NET Framework. In this How-Do-I video, Maarten Struys shows you how to create your own User Interface controls with a Gradient Background to give your application a modern look and feel. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/ee958056.aspx 150F7B23-2A62-4DDA-998C-F68AC168A015 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:51:51 +0530 Windows Mobile 5.0 and Windows Mobile 6 devices contain the GPS Intermediate Driver, a native module that allows multiple applications to use a GPS receiver simultaneously and also takes care of parsing raw GPS data. The Windows Mobile 5.0 and Windows Mobile 6 SDKs contain a sample that allows you to make use of the GPS Intermediate Driver inside a managed application. In this How-Do-I video, Maarten Struys shows you how to modify the existing sample code in order to prevent a possible NullReferenceException and potential deadlock situations when you use of the managed wrapper around the GPS Intermediate Driver inside your own applications. Note: Since the original sample code is only available in C Sharp, the downloadable sample code for this How-Do-I video is available in a C Sharp version only as well. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/ee958066.aspx B3E68A65-FBE2-4A4E-917B-FCBDB410299E Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:21:12 +0530 Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional Devices have support for Gestures (short, directional movements over a control or object on the screen) for native application developers. In this video, Maarten Struys shows you how managed developers can make use of WM 6.5 Gestures inside their applications as well. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/ee732542.aspx 3A4A2F25-15F6-448F-9534-67DD03F4BA4D Sat, 7 Nov 2009 03:49:57 +0530 Reflection is a powerful technique to retrieve all kinds of information from your own types or from .NET Compact Framework types. In this video, Maarten Struys shows you how you can make use of reflection to adjust the layout of a DataGrid according to the form factors of the Windows Mobile device you are running on. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/ee732541.aspx 54605C9A-E2E4-4FCF-BFF6-3BBB9CF7672B Thu, 5 Nov 2009 01:42:51 +0530 Everybody who has developed Managed Applications for Windows Mobile devices knows it might take a little over a second to start even the simplest 'Hello World' application. This is due to the fact that the Common Language Runtime needs to be loaded before your application can start. Also, other assemblies that are needed for your application must be loaded prior to starting your application. In this video, Maarten Struys shows you how to create a small native application that acts as a splash screen and is responsible for starting your managed application. This will increase user satisfaction with your application since the application will be up and running within a few milliseconds. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/ee725721.aspx 01F11185-3331-47A1-BE91-A816581EC0FE Wed, 4 Nov 2009 18:08:30 +0530 You can use the Bing Search Service to search the Internet inside a Windows Mobile Application. Besides searching for Web pages, you can amongst others also search for Mobile Web pages, multimedia content and phone book entries. In this video, Maarten Struys shows you how to use the Bing Web Service inside your own application and how you can make use of the returned results to for instance make a phone call to a particular company. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/dd776330.aspx 3FF7E212-FB32-4836-A31A-7C2F2FDD3B64 Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:22:38 +0530 With the Virtual Earth Imaging Service it is relative easy to retrieve and display maps inside a browser control on a Windows Mobile Device. With a little additional effort you can display the same maps inside a PictureBox control. In this video, Maarten Struys shows you how to display a Virtual Earth map in a PictureBox and how to continuously update the map, based on the current location of the user making use of GPS readings. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/dd920289.aspx 53417B92-AF48-4AC8-BA80-6F5DBF6B2FDD Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:22:36 -0700 Windows Mobile Devices are available in localized versions. The .NET Compact Framework gives you good support to create localized applications, in other words, applications that use the same language as the localized Windows Mobile Device is working in. In this video, Maarten Struys shows you how to create a localized application with a default English User Interface as well as a localized Dutch User Interface. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/dd878358.aspx 2C5139EF-8C2D-4503-89FF-4FDCD3B8D82A Mon, 1 Jun 2009 18:52:19 -0700 In the past it was already possible to make use of Virtual Earth services on Windows Mobile Devices through URL Encoding. Making use of the Virtual Earth Web Services 1.0, retrieving Virtual Earth data has become easier. In this video, Maarten Struys shows you how to call out to the Virtual Earth Geocode Web Service to translate a latitude / longitude reading into an address. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/dd361752.aspx 9968F96E-8092-470E-A3BA-491D73ED1CE9 Tue, 9 Dec 2008 14:22:14 -0800 In this video Jim Wilson demonstrates how to use the native Connection Manager API from within you .NET Compact Framework applications to programmatically establish network connections. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/dd296752.aspx 52B877E3-DE5F-4222-97E3-D80FAB0C342B Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:35:09 -0800 Adding an application-appropriate background image to your forms is a great way to give your application a professional look and help it stand out from similar applications. In this video, Jim Wilson demonstrates how to display an image in the form background; the demonstration includes techniques for avoiding screen flicker and scaling the image to support different device resolutions. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/dd296751.aspx 0F33BAB1-7EEB-4E24-B9F7-C729BD376DDE Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:33:38 -0800 Making use of Web Services brings tremendous power to Windows Mobile Devices. In this video, Maarten Struys shows you how to make use of the MapPoint Web Service in combination with GPS hardware to show your current location on a map. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/dd277643.aspx F84E12B3-EAA5-415A-B93D-F97F7EBEA692 Tue, 4 Nov 2008 18:07:26 -0800 On a Windows Mobile device, applications are typically not closed down, but they stay in the background. Since Windows Mobile devices are battery powered, it is important for applications in the background to limit processor use, especially on Windows Mobile Standard Devices which are always on. In this video, Maarten Struys shows you a simple way to preserve battery power inside your own applications http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/dd135211.aspx 3BF9ED67-40A9-4F0C-AAD0-C50A1CF8810B Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:25:17 -0700 UDP sockets provide a lightweight, connectionless communications solution that naturally fits the loosely connected model of mobile applications; unfortunately the default Windows Mobile Device Emulator configuration does not support UDP sockets. In this video Jim Wilson walks you through creating a simple Windows Mobile UDP application and demonstrates how to enable Windows Mobile Device Emulator UDP support; developers already familiar with UDP programming may wish to focus on the later half the video where Jim covers the emulator configuration details. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/cc952340.aspx 06971105-CD44-4A4F-9745-3D0666DF2EEC Tue, 7 Oct 2008 20:31:10 -0700 Debugging application code that establishes a cellular or Wi-Fi connection is often difficult because the ActiveSync connection required to debug the application also provides the device with network connectivity. In this video, Jim Wilson demonstrates how to configure your development environment so that the device Connection Manager ignores the ActiveSync connection and instead uses the cellular or Wi-Fi connection allowing you to debug the associated application code. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/cc950453.aspx B68C0805-9181-4279-84B9-93DDCA6882CA Tue, 30 Sep 2008 01:37:11 -0700 When you are developing an application that contains multiple threads, you must be aware of the fact that those threads will run autonomously, each getting some execution time from the operating system scheduler. If you multiple threads access the same data, you need to synchronize those threads that only one thread at a time can update that data. In this video, Maarten Struys shows how to make use of a Monitor object to synchronize threads and to prevent against multiple threads accessing the same data simultaneously. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/cc949115.aspx C324F71D-AB80-444D-93D7-FE5D596F2BF2 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:28:22 -0700 Join Jim Wilson as he demonstrates how to create a Windows Mobile application that continues executing even when the device is in the low-power suspended state. This technique assures that your application continues executing whether the device enters the suspended state due to non-use or the user explicitly suspends the device. See the README_FIRST.txt file in the download for the software requirements to duplicate the steps shown in this video. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/cc949112.aspx 64036151-13AC-4B2B-B2FD-147E26B299C8 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:27:47 -0700 When you are developing an application that contains multiple threads, you can make use of the ThreadPool to execute your threads in. Executing threads inside the ThreadPool is easy and involves less overhead than creating your own Threads. In this video, Maarten Struys shows how to make use of the ThreadPool to run your own worker threads. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/cc949108.aspx CDCAE057-C7AF-48B5-BF49-F7127286CDBF Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:26:25 -0700 When you are developing an application that contains multiple threads, there is often a need to synchronize these threads with each other. The .NET Compact Framework contains a number of synchronization objects inside the System.Threading namespace. In this video, Maarten Struys shows how to synchronize to threads by making use of the AutoResetEvent type. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/cc895211.aspx DEBA170F-C481-49DB-94F2-8BD93992A351 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:12:36 -0700 As applications consume the limited resources of a mobile device, Windows Mobile has the responsibility of meeting the resource requirements of these applications. If resources run low, Windows Mobile may request that your application release some of the application’s resources. In this video, Jim Wilson demonstrates how to properly handle these requests. Failure to handle this request may result in Windows Mobile terminating your application; therefore, incorporating proper handling is essential. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/cc843612.aspx D0DBFEDE-A2D4-4BB2-8F6A-82B788D7A556 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:09:57 -0700 Learn how each object that implements the IApplicationLauncher interface can start an application. The SystemState and RegistryState classes, being part of the Windows Mobile 5.0 and Windows Mobile 6 State & Notification Broker, both implement IApplicationLauncher. Maarten Struys shows you how to automatically start an application on a SystemState change. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/cc836993.aspx 1B45F574-4D63-4968-BAC0-8453BC1ED1C5 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:40:22 -0700 Many scenarios require one application to monitor for another application to exit; done inappropriately this simple task can dramatically reduce the life of a device’s battery. In this video, Jim Wilson demonstrates how to create a .NET Compact Framework application that efficiently monitors for an application to exit and therefore has minimal impact on the device’s battery. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/cc761483.aspx 64E5292B-8593-4DFB-96B9-37A31DB71DD2 Tue, 5 Aug 2008 17:40:51 -0700 Many useful Windows Mobile native functions such as CeRunAppAtTime, CeSetUserNotification, and others require that you specify the time using the Win32 SystemTime structure. But the .NET Compact Framework doesn’t provide a SystemTime equivalent. In this video Jim Wilson shows you how to overcome this limitation by demonstrating how to convert a .NET Compact Framework DateTime into a Win32 SystemTime structure. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/cc789361.aspx 4BE1A3D8-BB3E-49DE-9A61-F9E444BE6A34 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:46:10 -0700 In this video Jim Wilson demonstrates how to dynamically attach the Visual Studio debugger to an executing .NET Compact Framework application that was started outside the debugger. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/cc770256.aspx A93FCA04-6508-45D7-95AB-BF13700F1516 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:09:42 -0700 In this video Jim Wilson demonstrates how to associate one or more forms in your application with the hardware buttons on a Windows Mobile device. This technique is useful in providing a way for users to quickly access a form in your application even when the application is not currently visible. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/cc721665.aspx 21D731F9-E1CE-4B86-B325-AA7039CC20E5 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:28:20 -0700 Learn how the State and Notification Broker in both Windows Mobile 5.0 and Windows Mobile 6 is a powerful application programming interface (API) for writing applications in Visual Basic.NET and C#. Use the State and Notification Broker to monitor system states and react upon state changes, and the RegistryState class to add your own user defined states. Maarten Struys shows you how. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/cc709417.aspx 589E5568-EEC3-4667-841D-F7B488FCB13F Tue, 8 Jul 2008 14:49:50 -0700 Location aware applications will become more and more important in the future, also on Windows Mobile Devices. In this video, Maarten Struys shows you how to get access to location information in a unified way, by making use of the GPS Intermediate Driver that is available for both Windows Mobile 5.0 and Windows Mobile 6 devices. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/cc719033.aspx A2D616C2-EB8D-4763-8FB5-357203ECC7CC Tue, 1 Jul 2008 02:39:08 -0700 In a previous video we showed you already how to create and execute Unit Tests for Devices from within Visual Studio. Even though this works great, there might be situations where you want to execute your Unit Tests from a Command Prompt, for instance as part of a nightly build process. In this video, Maarten Struys shows what you need to do to execute your Unit Tests from a Command Prompt. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/cc703624.aspx D67A6F42-6E85-496D-A6D5-B179CF7B80B2 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:26:12 -0700 The Power Toys for the .NET Compact Framework 3.5 contain a Remote Logging Configuration Tool that enables you to easily configure logging options on a device that is running the .NET Compact Framework. In this video, Maarten Struys shows how to enable logging as well as some log files that are created during execution of a managed application. See the README_FIRST.txt file in the download for the software requirements to duplicate the steps shown in this video. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/cc647002.aspx 2F734F95-9311-4E21-97D8-9495C1683E4F Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:02:08 -0700 Make use of a Splash Screen to give end users a better impression about the loading time of .NET Compact Framework (CF) applications. Maarten Struys shows you how to create a Splash Screen that runs in a separate process that displays while your main application is loading. See the README_FIRST.txt file in the download for the software requirements to duplicate the steps shown in this video. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/cc627234.aspx F0A93520-6FF7-4F7F-BE11-B6C82C771B72 Tue, 3 Jun 2008 00:18:16 -0700 Give end-users a better impression about the loading time of .NET Compact Framework (CF) applications by making use of a Splash Screen. Maarten Struys shows you how to create a Splash Screen by creating and displaying a separate Splash Screen Form inside your managed device application. See the README_FIRST.txt file in the download for the software requirements to duplicate the steps shown in this video. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/cc512460.aspx A4B0BD4A-64B0-49A5-AE00-0CF28DF05FB2 Tue, 13 May 2008 09:30:00 -0700 Discover the Application Configuration Tool (netcfcfg.exe), one of the tools that ships with the .NET Compact Framework (CF) 3.5 PowerToys. Maarten Struys explains how to use the Application Configuration Tool to specify what version of the .NET Compact Framework will be used by your application. See the README_FIRST.txt file in the download for the software requirements to duplicate the steps shown in this video. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/cc510251.aspx C733AA66-9C17-4C8D-B964-36FC7E362681 Thu, 8 May 2008 14:47:23 -0700 In this video Jim Wilson demonstrates how to use the Device Emulator Manager API to simplify the process of preparing your debug and test environment by automating the configuration of the Device Emulator to use the Cellular Emulator. The techniques demonstrated in this video can be used to automate other common debugging and testing setup tasks. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/cc507091.aspx 3205501A-49FF-4068-A95F-7AB151020B8C Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:23:08 -0700 Have you invested in the past in creating COM objects for Windows Mobile devices? If you want to re-use those existing COM Objects inside your managed .NET CF 2.0 or .NET CF 3.5 applications, you can do so thanks to COM Interoperability. In this video, Maarten Struys shows you step-by-step how to use COM Objects inside your .NET Compact Framework 3.5 application and explains some of the pitfalls you might run into. See the README_FIRST.txt file in the download for the software requirements to duplicate the steps shown in this video. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/cc527464.aspx B533522D-A55B-489C-8D4C-485C80D1AEDD Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:00:07 -0700 Efficient resource management is at the heart of virtually all successful mobile device applications. Although very convenient, the generic nature of LINQ queries can often result in much higher resource usage than that of code tuned for the specific data being queried. In this video, Jim Wilson demonstrates how to create custom extension methods that capitalize on your knowledge of the data being queried to improve resource usage and query performance while still allowing you to take advantage of the many benefits of LINQ. See the README_FIRST.txt file in the download for the software requirements to duplicate the steps shown in this video. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/cc506057.aspx 7EB47E4A-A0C8-49DA-806D-426D0044D82A Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:02:30 -0700 With the .NET Compact Framework 3.5 you have the possibility to measure the performance of your application using performance counters. These performance counters can be displayed live using the Remote Performance Monitor that is part of the .NET Compact Framework Power Toys 3.5. In this video, Maarten Struys explains how to setup your device properly to enable performance counters and how to use Remote Performance Counter to find performance bottlenecks inside your Windows Mobile application. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/cc470067.aspx 6FD9DE43-FD00-44C0-AA0E-AC45FFE03E31 Tue, 8 Apr 2008 22:29:41 -0700 Remote Performance Monitor is part of the .NET Compact Framework Power Toys 3.5. In this video, Maarten Struys shows how to use Remote Performance Monitor to detect managed memory leaks inside your .NET Compact Framework 3.5 application and what you can do to solve them. See the README_FIRST.txt file in the download for the software requirements to duplicate the steps shown in this video. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/cc482922.aspx 720752AC-CD69-4AB0-A7E6-531A5E6650E7 Tue, 1 Apr 2008 22:49:50 -0700 The apparent absence of commonly used LINQ to DataSet extension methods in Visual Basic device projects can complicate many data binding scenarios. In this video, Jim Wilson explains what’s behind this apparent limitation and provides options for working around the issue. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/cc423591.aspx EEDB62C2-0250-4F5E-BB37-38CE3BC93FC8 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:18:56 -0700 Just because the .NET Compact Framework does not support “LINQ to SQL” doesn’t mean that you can’t efficiently access SQL Server Compact databases with Language Integrated Query (LINQ). In this video Jim Wilson demonstrates how you can take advantage of the benefits of LINQ to access SQL Server Compact databases while minimizing your application’s resource consumption and maintaining a small memory footprint. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/cc315060.aspx 2537BD3F-B7A8-4B3E-86E7-9DF35F5B7B42 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 23:06:49 -0700 Do you make use of C# finalizers or overwrite the Finalize method in your Visual Basic.NET application without implementing a Dispose pattern? This will lead to performance issues inside your application. In this video, Maarten Struys explains how to detect finalization problems on your device using the CLR Profiler that is part of the .NET Compact Framework Power Toys 3.5. See the README_FIRST.txt file in the download for the software requirements to duplicate the steps shown in this video. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/cc308633.aspx 5E6F1C3E-BF90-4B9C-A2E1-556FF821591D Tue, 11 Mar 2008 09:05:38 -0700 Have you ever wondered why your .NET Compact Framework 1.0 application randomly seems to stop working when you are updating User Interface Controls inside multiple threads? Have you ever wondered why your .NET Compact Framework 2.0 or 3.5 applications throw exceptions when you are updating User Interface Controls inside multiple threads? http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/cc307206.aspx 571C5E42-ADBF-4DC0-AAD9-356213C4173C Tue, 4 Mar 2008 22:56:51 -0800 In this video Jim Wilson demonstrates how to use the Windows Communications Foundation (WCF) Store-and-Forward transport to safely send messages to Windows Mobile devices without regard for whether the sender or receiver is currently online. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/cc302399.aspx 9FB5A7C2-C256-440B-BA41-72C0F0E2E4C0 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:54:31 -0800 developers now have the possibility to create unit tests to test methods inside classes. However, what should you do when your unit tests contains bugs? In this video, Maarten Struys explains how to debug unit tests for smart device applications and how to single step through a test to fix it or to fix the unit under test. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/cc296429.aspx 139E2FF5-C396-4343-B725-FAA6066F678D Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:10:51 -0800 In this video Jim Wilson demonstrates how to use the new features in .NET Compact Framework 3.5 to easily determine whether your application is running on a Windows Mobile Standard device (Smartphone) or a Windows Mobile Professional device (Pocket PC). [See the README_FIRST.txt file in the download for the software requirements to duplicate the steps shown in this video.] http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/cc197100.aspx 03605184-DE0B-4868-B118-303A642E7715 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:34:38 -0800 With the release of Visual Studio 2008, device developers now have the possibility to create unit tests to test methods inside classes. In this video, Maarten Struys explains how to build unit tests for smart device applications and how to run them. See the README_FIRST.txt file in the download for the software requirements to duplicate the steps shown in this video. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/cc185716.aspx 52361D5B-C640-44A7-94D6-57E08454C76D Tue, 5 Feb 2008 18:34:15 -0800 In this video Jim Wilson demonstrates how to upgrade the many different versions of Compact Framework and SQL Server Compact projects from Visual Studio 2005 to Visual Studio 2008. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/cc178518.aspx b8l239-5262-407a-8996-9dac1441756f Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:17:31 +0000 Have you ever created a multithreaded application using the .NET Compact Framework, but had problems to correctly terminate your application? Have you ever wondered how to properly create and use multiple threads inside an application? In this video, Maarten Struys explains how to create a managed multithreaded application for Windows Mobile Devices and how to properly terminate that application. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/cc138467.aspx 4tv339-5262-407a-8996-9dac1441756f Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:32:32 +0000 In this video Jim Wilson demonstrates how to use the new Visual Studio 2008 Device Security Manager to view the list of certificates installed on a device, add new certificates, and remove certificates that you no longer need. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/cc137248.aspx 3er839-5262-407a-8996-9dac1441756f Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:16:12 +0000 In this video Jim Wilson demonstrates how to use the new Visual Studio 2008 Device Emulator Manager automation features to dynamically control the power state, phone settings and other configuration values of running Device Emulators. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/bb985512.aspx 4rm839-5262-407a-8996-9dac1441756f Tue, 8 Jan 2008 21:13:23 +0000 In this video Jim Wilson demonstrates how to use the new Visual Studio 2008 Device Security Manager to modify the security characteristics of the Device Emulators and thereby insure that your applications have the necessary security privileges to function properly when deployed to real devices. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/bb979623.aspx e44g39-5262-407a-8996-9dac1441756f Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:21:11 +0000 In this video, Jim Wilson explains the steps you need to take to add Windows Mobile 6 to the list of devices supported by Visual Studio 2008. [See the README_FIRST.txt file in the download for the software requirements to duplicate the steps shown in this video.] http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/bb975138.aspx 5m0939-5262-407a-8996-9dac1441756f Tue, 5 Feb 2008 18:34:06 +0000 In this video Jim Wilson demonstrates how to use the new Visual Studio 2008 Device Emulator Manager automation features to programmatically control the Device Emulators and Device Emulator Manager. These new automation features provide you with programmatic access to all the Device Emulator Manager’s interactive features. [See the README_FIRST.txt file in the download for the software requirements to duplicate the steps shown in this video.] http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/bb898876.aspx 4rtt39-5262-407a-8996-9dac1441756f Tue, 4 Dec 2007 21:21:43 +0000 Hopper tests your application's stability by randomly and rapidly interacting with it. In this video, Jim Wilson demonstrates how to set up and use the Hopper test tool to stress test your Windows Mobile application. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/bb964490.aspx 5tsc39-5262-407a-8996-9dac1441756f Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:51:33 +0000 In this video, Jim Wilson explains what causes an invalid operation exception in your Pocket Outlook application and shows you how to avoid its occurrence. [See the README_FIRST.txt file in the code download for the list of software required to replicate the steps shown in this video.] http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/bb892748.aspx 6yjk39-5262-407a-8996-9dac1441756f Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:56:15 +0000 In this video, see how to efficiently search the Pocket Outlook folders using any Task, Contact, or Appointment property, and understand the requirements for locating items by their unique ItemId. [See the README_FIRST.txt file in the code download for the list of software required to replicate the steps shown in this video.] http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/bb931340.aspx 2b9o39-5262-407a-8996-9dac1441756f Tue, 6 Nov 2007 22:05:36 +0000 In this video, see how to use ASP.NET AJAX to create AJAX-enabled Web pages that provide a rich client-side experience on Windows Mobile 6 devices. [See the README_FIRST.txt file in the code download for the list of software required to replicate the steps shown in this video.] http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/bb931341.aspx 6huu39-5262-407a-8996-9dac1441756f Tue, 6 Nov 2007 22:04:12 +0000 In this video, Jim Wilson demonstrates how to supplement the checks provided by the .NET Compact Framework to run one instance only of your application. [See the README_FIRST.txt file in the code download for a list of software required to replicate the steps shown in this video.] http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/bb943002.aspx 7op039-5262-407a-8996-9dac1441756f Tue, 30 Oct 2007 23:11:15 +0000 In this video, Jim Wilson demonstrates a variety of ways to programmatically send and receive SMS messages. [See the README_FIRST.txt file in the code download for the list of software required to replicate the steps shown in this video.] http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/bb905518.aspx 7urr0j9-5262-407a-8996-9dac1441756f Tue, 23 Oct 2007 19:23:25 +0000 In this video, Jim Wilson shows how you can dynamically download script code on demand without needing static placeholders in your HTML. [See the README_FIRST.txt file in the code download for the list of software required to replicate the steps shown in this video.] http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/bb905519.aspx 4rw20j9-5262-407a-8996-9dac1441756f Tue, 23 Oct 2007 19:22:05 +0000 In this video, Jim Wilson shows you how to create an AJAX-based Web page that dynamically adds script code to call a Web service and work with the JSON-formatted data returned by the service. [See the README_FIRST.txt file in the code download for a list of the software required to replicate the steps shown in this video.] http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/bb879961.aspx 9ovs0j9-5262-407a-8996-9dac1441756f Tue, 16 Oct 2007 18:38:45 +0000 In this video, Jim Wilson shows how to detect changes in the type of network a device is connected to and how to use that information to set the network timeout values for the SqlCeMergeReplication and SqlCeRemoteDataAccess classes. [See the README_FIRST.txt file in the code download for a list of the software required to replicate the steps shown in this video.] http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/bb879962.aspx e5rg0j9-5262-407a-8996-9dac1441756f Tue, 16 Oct 2007 18:36:26 +0000 In this video, Jim Wilson shows how your ASP.NET Web site can determine whether the client browser is a Windows Mobile device, and if that device supports ASP.NET AJAX. [See the README_FIRST.txt file in the code download for a list of the software required to duplicate the steps shown in this video.] http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/bb872388.aspx 3et60j9-5262-407a-8996-9dac1441756f Tue, 9 Oct 2007 21:08:31 +0000 In this video, Jim Wilson shows you how to set up the Windows Mobile PowerToy ActiveSync Remote Display to view and control Windows Mobile 5.0 and Windows Mobile 6 devices from your desktop computer. [See the README_FIRST.txt file in the code download for a list of the software required to duplicate the steps shown in this video.] http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/bb872390.aspx huio0j9-5262-407a-8996-9dac1441756f Tue, 9 Oct 2007 21:07:53 +0000 In this video, Jim Wilson demonstrates how to determine if any storage cards are loaded into a device and how to create a file on the storage cards. [See the README_FIRST.txt file in the code download for a list of the software required to duplicate the steps shown in this video.] http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/bb872391.aspx 3exk0j9-5262-407a-8996-9dac1441756f Tue, 9 Oct 2007 21:06:22 +0000 In this video, Jim Wilson shows how to use the Device Security Manager and the Device Emulator to ensure that your application has the security privileges needed to function properly when deployed. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/bb872392.aspx 33gt60j9-5262-407a-8996-9dac1441756f Tue, 9 Oct 2007 21:04:43 +0000 In this video featuring Jim Wilson, see how to use the SystemState class conditional notification feature to automatically filter notifications based on the data contained within. An example of conditional notifications include limiting phone call notifications to calls from a specific person, and so on. [See the README_FIRST.txt file in the download for the software requirements to duplicate the steps shown in this video.] http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/bb815690.aspx vpo00j9-5262-407a-8996-9dac1441756f Tue, 2 Oct 2007 14:07:33 +0000 In this video, Jim Wilson shows how to implement universal download capabilities in your programs in order to download a variety of file types, such as programs, image files, and text files. To replicate the steps shown here, you will need to install Visual Studio and the Windows Mobile 6 Professional SDK Refresh. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/bb663033.aspx 3lo00j9-5262-407a-8996-9dac1441756f Tue, 2 Oct 2007 14:06:12 +0000 In this video featuring Jim Wilson, see how to create an e-mail with an attachment and display it to the device user for review before sending. To duplicate the steps shown in this video, you must install Visual Studio and the Windows Mobile 6 Standard SDK Refresh. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/bb870450.aspx 3m8u0j9-5262-407a-8996-9dac1441756f Tue, 2 Oct 2007 14:05:37 +0000 In this video, Jim Wilson shows you how to have a program efficiently monitor for a specific date and time. The technique shown in this video is power-efficient and avoids the rapid battery drain created by commonly used techniques. [See the README_FIRST.txt file in the download for the software requirements to duplicate the steps shown in this video.] http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/bb870451.aspx e6650j9-5262-407a-8996-9dac1441756f Tue, 2 Oct 2007 14:04:31 +0000 In this video, Jim Wilson demonstrates how your application can detect a network connection and verify that the network connection provides access to the network resources that your application requires. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/bb851561.aspx em8i0j9-5262-407a-8996-9dac1441756f Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:17:34 +0000 In this video Jim Wilson demonstrates how you can programmatically determine whether your application is currently running on a Windows Mobile Professional (Pocket PC Phone Edition), Classic (Pocket PC), or Standard (SmartPhone) device. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/bb851670.aspx 4mip0j9-5262-407a-8996-9dac1441756f Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:17:34 +0000 In this video, Jim Wilson demonstrates how to programmatically determine whether a specific table exists within a SQL Server Compact Edition database. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/bb851671.aspx v0pl0j9-5262-407a-8996-9dac1441756f Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:17:34 +0000 In this video, Jim Wilson shows how to use development test certificates to sign your application so that it can run with the appropriate security privilege. Also included are resources to learn more about Windows Mobile security behavior and how to sign your application when you’re ready to deploy it. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/bb851673.aspx wkki0j9-5262-407a-8996-9dac1441756f Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:17:34 +0000 By default, Windows Mobile Standard (Smartphone) applications launched from Visual Studio are not accessible on the device/emulator once they are minimized. In this video, Jim Wilson demonstrates two simple techniques to solve the problem. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/bb794696.aspx 4rcw0j9-5262-407a-8996-9dac1441756f Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:37:31 +0000 In this video, Jim Wilson demonstrates how to programmatically determine if a device has a physical keyboard connected. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/bb794697.aspx hxce0j9-5262-407a-8996-9dac1441756f Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:36:33 +0000 In this video, Jim Wilson demonstrates how to automate the device emulator configuration for Windows Mobile using XML provisioning files, the Device Emulation Startup Provider, and Visual Studio 2005. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/bb794699.aspx 4vui0j9-5262-407a-8996-9dac1441756f Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:35:45 +0000 In this video, Jim Wilson demonstrates how to monitor and changes device display orientation, and how to develop an application for different display orientations. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/bb794700.aspx 9my70j9-5262-407a-8996-9dac1441756f Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:34:13 +0000 This video will demonstrate how to schedule an application to start at a specific time in the future. We review starting an application due to an event to help understand why the state notification broker does not monitor time events. Then an explanation is given on how best to implement starting an application based on time. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/bb756874.aspx r8870j9-5262-407a-8996-9dac1441756f Tue, 11 Sep 2007 21:31:21 +0000 In this video, Jim Wilson demonstrates how to control the display of individual device user interface elements such as the Start button, Software-based Input Panel (SIP) button, or the task bar from your .NET Compact Framework application. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/bb687944.aspx dp9p0j9-5262-407a-8996-9dac1441756f Tue, 4 Sep 2007 12:01:41 +0000 In this video, Jim Wilson demonstrates how to schedule an application to automatically start at a specific time. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/bb738102.aspx wl09yj9-5262-407a-8996-9dac1441756f Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:21:46 +0000 In this video, Jim Wilson demonstrates how to find out whether a combo box drop-down list is currently visible using Windows messages. This allows you to work around the absence of support for the ComboBox.DroppedDown property in the .NET Compact Framework. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/bb735847.aspx sp9wsyj9-5262-407a-8996-9dac1441756f Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:41:36 +0000 In this video, Jim Wilson shows you how to create a test server using the Local Server Framework available in the Windows Mobile 6 SDK. It's a useful tool for a range of mobile device projects to better test your mobile applications with other devices or servers. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/bb734959.aspx 3n88syj9-5262-407a-8996-9dac1441756f Tue, 14 Aug 2007 19:31:46 +0000 In this video, Jim Wilson shows us how to enable and use the Device Emulator to simulate a GPRS connection to a Windows Mobile device. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/bb684940.aspx 5l00syj9-5262-407a-8996-9dac1441756f Tue, 7 Aug 2007 19:31:46 +0000 In this video, Jim Wilson shows you tips and tricks to automatically start an application when a mobile device wakes up. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/bb693461.aspx yk90syj9-5262-407a-8996-9dac1441756f Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:31:46 +0000 In this video Jim Wilson shows us how to debug native code in a managed Windows Mobile application. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/bb630228.aspx g096syj9-5262-407a-8996-9dac1441756f Tue, 24 Jul 2007 19:31:46 +0000 In this demonstration Jim Wilson shows us how to implement a managed application that requires callbacks from a native API. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/bb495180.aspx 25952yj9-5262-407a-8996-9dac1441756f Tue, 17 Jul 2007 19:31:46 +0000 In this video, Jim Wilson demonstrates the creation of a desktop project for installing CAB files to a Windows Mobile device. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/bb649500.aspx j0t3e5c-5262-407a-8996-9dac1441756f Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:31:46 +0000 In this video, Jim Wilson demonstrates how to set up Merge Replication for use with Windows Mobile Devices. In Part 2 of this two-part series, we will learn how to take an existing merge replication publication and make it available for users to sync with their mobile devices over the Internet. http://msdn.microsoft.comnetframework/bb510380.aspx s9rt97bb-0873-4837-9107-4268cb339be4 Tue, 3 Jul 2007 00:45:11 +0000 In this video, Jim Wilson demonstrates how to set up Merge Replication for use with Windows Mobile Devices. In Part 1 of this two-part series, we will learn how to set up SQL Server publication. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/bb500978.aspx s9rt97bb-0873-4837-9107-4268cb525be4 Tue, 26 Jun 2007 00:45:11 +0000 In this video Jim Wilson demonstrates how to improve data performance in mobile devices using VS2005. http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/bb496523.aspx 2c9f97bb-0873-4837-9107-4268cb525be4 Tue, 12 Jun 2007 00:45:11 +0000