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Advanced Graphics with .NET Compact Framework

Building managed applications for Windows Mobile devices that have a rich user interface is almost impossible if you restrict yourself to the primitive controls that ship with the .NET Compact Framework. Luckily building your own custom controls isn't that difficult. You typically have to override...

Posted to Nick's .NET Travels (Weblog) by nick on 10-28-2007
The Symbian Conversion

I've been a fan of Windows Mobile devices for the last couple of years for the sole reason that the development model is imho far superior that what's been available for Blackberry, Symbian etc. However this is all changing as the mobile phone wars intensify. With the introduction of the iPhone...

Posted to Nick's .NET Travels (Weblog) by nick on 09-12-2007
Power Tools for .NET Compact Framework v3.5

Microsoft have just released the Power Tools for the .NET CF v3.5 B2 that can be download here , which includes: Remote Performance Monitor and GC Heap Viewer NETCF CLR Profiler App Configuration Tool NETCF ServiceModel Metadata Tool Remote Logging Configuration Tool NETCF Network Log Viewer There are...

Posted to Nick's .NET Travels (Weblog) by nick on 09-12-2007
New Mobile Development Community Site

From the makers of the " Smart Devices Framework " the team at OpenNETCF Consulting have launched a new community website, http://community.opennetcf.com . This follows a long trend of these guys supporting the mobile development community. In a previous post I talked about a Skype chat that...

Posted to Nick's .NET Travels (Weblog) by nick on 09-04-2007
NUnitLite V's Visual Studio Testing for Devices

Most .NET developers would have heard of, or have used, NUnit for unit testing code. Well, last week Charlie Poole made the first release of NUnitLite which is a cut down version that is compatible with not only the full .NET Framework but also all versions of the .NET Compact Framework. Neil has already...

Posted to Nick's .NET Travels (Weblog) by nick on 08-25-2007
Linq Differences

This morning I was reading a blog post by Neil Cowburn , of OpenNETCF fame, that talked about the lack of support for Linq in the Outlook object model for the .NET Compact Framework/Windows Mobile. Having played around with Linq a while ago I was surprised that there was an issue with running a query...

Posted to Nick's .NET Travels (Weblog) by nick on 08-24-2007
.NET Compact Framework Answers Here

Well actually not quite here - you will have to wait for the .NET Compact Framework Chat to be hosted by Neil Cowburn , of OpenNETCF fame, on the 29th August. If you have some burning .NET CF, or other mobile development, questions then you should book mark this chat as there will be a swag of MVPs,...

Posted to Nick's .NET Travels (Weblog) by nick on 08-23-2007
Automation with Device Emulator v3

In order to successfully build an application for a mobile device you need to go through the same process as you would for building any other application when it comes to testing. Unfortunately this is typically a painful process as it requires the application to be tested on numerous devices, much of...

Posted to Nick's .NET Travels (Weblog) by nick on 08-03-2007
Mobile Development Books

Earlier this year I was fortunate enough to be involved as an informal reviewer for the mobile development book that fellow MVPs Peter Foot, Andy Wigley and (exMVP) Daniel Moth were working on. The great news is that it has now gone to print and I would highly recommend it for anyone building applications...

Posted to Nick's .NET Travels (Weblog) by nick on 06-24-2007
.NET Compact Framework 3.5 Redistributables

Anyone working with Visual Studio "Orcas" to build mobile applications should be aware that the v3.5 Beta 1 Redistributable are now available from MS Downloads. There is also a good list of the new features that have been added to v3.5 of the .NET CF. If you have been following Mark's blog...

Posted to Nick's .NET Travels (Weblog) by nick on 05-25-2007

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