Programming .NET Compact Framework 3.5

Figures xvii Tables xxi Foreword xxv Preface xxvii Acknowledgments xxxiii About the Authors xxxvii Chapter 1: Mobile Phone Programming 1 1.1 Selecting an Application Programming Interface 4 1.2 Memory Management 19 1.3 Conclusion 37 Chapter 2: Extending Battery Life 39 2.1 What Is the Problem? 40 2.2 Measuring Battery Usage 43 2.3 Device Power Study 51 2.4 Conclusion 58 Chapter 3: Platform Invoke 59 3.1 Overview of P/Invoke 60 3.2 Creating P/Invoke Declarations 66 3.3 Supported P/Invoke Function Parameters 75 3.4 A Sample Program: CallWin32 93 3.5 Writing Win32 Dynamic Link Libraries 96 3.6 Manual P/Invoke Parameter Passing 100 3.7 Communicating between Native and Managed Code 108 3.8 Comparing P/Invoke Support 112 3.9 Conclusion 113 Chapter 4: Data Binding to Controls 115 4.1 Data Binding 115 4.2 Complex Data Binding 124 4.3 Simple Data Binding 126 4.4 The DataGrid Control 132 4.5 Conclusion 177 Chapter 5: Storage 179 5.1 Smart-Device Data Storage 179 5.2 File I/O 183 5.3 Registry Access 213 5.4 Conclusion 221 Chapter 6: ADO.NET Programming 223 6.1 Examining ADO.NET 226 6.2 Working with Data Sets 236 6.3 Microsoft SQL Server CE 254 6.4 Microsoft SQL Server 287 6.5 Web Services 318 6.6 Conclusion 335 Chapter 7: LINQ 337 7.1 Overview 337 7.2 The Sample Application 344 7.3 LINQ to XML 378 7.4 Conclusion 383 Chapter 8: Synchronizing Mobile Data 385 8.1 Understanding SQL Server CE Synchronization 387 8.2 Installing Remote Data Connectivity 392 8.3 Using RDA 397 8.4 Using Merge Replication 409 8.5 Choosing between Merge Replication and RDA 424 8.6 Using Data Synchronization Services 424 8.7 Conclusion 448 Chapter 9: The Remote API 451 9.1 RAPI Fundamentals 451 9.2 Accessing the Object Store 470 9.3 Detecting Changes in Device Connection State 499 9.4 Loading Programs and DLLs 507 9.5 Conclusion 514 Chapter 10: Windows Communication Foundation 515 10.1 What Is WCF? 515 10.2 Creating a WCF Service 523 10.3 Creating a WCF Client in Windows Mobile 538 10.4 Conclusion 546

Paul Yao is a principal with Enovative Energy Solutions, an energy services business that provides performance tuning services for businesses and nonprofit organizations looking to optimize their energy usage while minimizing their environmental impact. He is coauthor, with David Durant, of the first books published on Windows programming, .NET Compact Framework with C# and.NET Compact Framework with Visual Basic (both from Addison-Wesley) and has contributed to six books on various programming topics. He is founder of The Paul Yao Company (www.paulyao.com) and a founding board member of the Windows Embedded Developers Interest Group (www.we-dig.org). David Durant is CEO of Durant Associates. David was an early proponent of .NET and is a frequent contributor to industry journals and forums. He is often on the road leading seminars on .NET-based technologies for corporate clients worldwide.

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