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GZip encoder for Compact WCF
01 October 08 03:13 AM | andarno | 1 Comments   

The GZip encoder is not included in NetCF as it is on the desktop WCF, but it isn't hard to build yourself and in fact we have released a sample of exactly how to add your own GZip encoder to NetCF: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=108652 So many Read More...

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OpenID and ASP.NET web sites
14 April 08 11:21 PM | andarno | 0 Comments   

If you are a web developer I hope you've considered accepting OpenID credentials for logging in your users.  If you have an ASP.NET web site, the process of adding OpenID support to your web site couldn't be easier when you use the free C# DotNetOpenId Read More...

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Workaround for XmlSerializer T[] and List<T> bug
05 November 07 09:34 PM | andarno | 0 Comments   

The XmlSerializer in NetCF 2.0 has a bug where if a single serialization requires reflecting into types that use a mixture of Collection<T>-like types for the same T the XmlSerializer will throw an exception.  Here an example where CF 2.0 would Read More...

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What do you think of the new WCF 'Store and forward' Mail Transport?
29 October 07 08:53 PM | andarno | 7 Comments   

With the .NET Compact Framework 3.5 release which comes with Visual Studio 2008, a new Windows Communication Foundation transport is introduced that uses email as the communication mechanism. Others have already blogged about this new transport including Read More...

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Calling WCF services from NetCF 3.5 using Compact WCF and NetCFSvcUtil.exe
13 September 07 12:29 AM | andarno | 16 Comments   

The .NET Compact Framework 3.5 adds a subset of the Windows Communication Foundation (WCF or "Indigo") to smart devices, allowing them to communicate with desktop WCF components with all the flexibility of multiple, interchangeable service bindings and Read More...

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Power Toys for .NET Compact Framework 3.5 CTP released
13 September 07 12:17 AM | andarno | 1 Comments   

The .NET Compact Framework team just released the Consumer Technology Preview (CTP) of the Power Toys for .NET Compact Framework 3.5. These Power Toys are tools to help you build, debug and optimizie your NetCF 3.5 applications. My personal favorite is Read More...

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How to (not) write an especially precarious app on .NET (Compact Framework)
02 July 07 11:33 PM | andarno | 2 Comments   

As the .NET Compact Framework developers work to add features, fix bugs, and refactor code, we often have to determine whether a given change could break existing customer code. The ideal is that NetCF 3.5 will run all apps that ran on NetCF 2.0 and 1.0. We run hundreds of apps and many, many tests before shipping each product to check backward compatibility. The .NET Framework (both desktop and CF) makes heavy use of internal classes to allow us the freedom to change the internals of the framework without breaking customer code. But there are still ways that customers can write apps that may break on future versions. This post covers these topics. Read More...

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