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The ultimate reference and toolkit for Windows CE

Create dynamic new venues for your Win32® or embedded programming skills with the MICROSOFT® WINDOWS® CE DEVELOPER’S KIT. This comprehensive package provides tools, expert instruction, and official documentation—straight from the Microsoft Windows CE product team. You get everything you need to program this compact, modular operating system for next-generation smart appliances and mobile devices—including the Microsoft Windows CE Programmer's Guide, Microsoft Windows CE Communications Guide, Microsoft Windows CE Device Driver Kit, and the Microsoft Windows CE User Interface Services Guide. MICROSOFT WINDOWS CE PROGRAMMER'S GUIDE, SECOND EDITION Design applications for the newest PC companions—or invent the future—with this authoritative guide to Windows CE, version 2.11. This straight-from-the-source reference details the streamlined system architecture and programming interfaces that enable you to build sleek, high-performance Win32 applications for portable computing devices. This newly updated, second-edition guide also features expanded tutorial sections that come loaded with examples and sample code to help accelerate your productivity. MICROSOFT WINDOWS CE COMMUNICATIONS GUIDE From scanning barcodes to accessing enterprise data through the Web, this guide describes the full set of communication capabilities available in Windows CE. Enable your device to talk to any target platform by tapping built-in communication interfaces—ranging from basic serial and infrared communications to RAS and the Windows networking (WinINet) API—or by easily adding drivers and protocols. You’ll also learn how to provide security—from password authentication to sophisticated data encryption—as devices communicate with desktop PCs, the Internet, or other Windows CE–based devices. MICROSOFT WINDOWS CE DEVICE DRIVER KIT Quickly write code that ports the Windows CE operating system to built-in hardware—or almost any conceivable peripheral—with this official Device Driver Kit (DDK). Available for the first time in print, the DDK definitively documents the internal (native and stream) and external (USB and NDIS) driver models you can use to create device drivers for Windows CE. MICROSOFT WINDOWS CE USER INTERFACE SERVICES GUIDE Here’s authoritative information to help you maximize the functionality of the user input and display features on Windows CE devices. This guide delves into the Graphics, Windowing, and Events Subsystem (GWES) interface in Windows CE that allows users to control an application. Understand how to implement the windowing, messaging, and power-management capabilities provided by GWES to optimize the user interface for target audiences and platforms.

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