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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...

Filed under: Mobile devices, NetCF, WCF, .NET

Write a NetCF app that provisions your device from your device
04 February 08 07:42 AM | andarno | 1 Comments   

My first post in the provisioning series introduced what provisioning of your Windows Mobile device means and the basics of why you would want to do it.  In future posts I'll give some concrete examples of XML that accomplish a few common tasks.  Read More...

Filed under: Mobile devices, NetCF, Provisioning

XmlSerializer compatibility between NetCF and the desktop
23 January 08 09:28 PM | andarno | 1 Comments   

The XmlSerializer found in the .NET Compact Framework has a very different implementation than the one found in the full .NET Framework.  The reasons for the differences include size and performance constraints that make the desktop's XmlSerializer Read More...

Filed under: Mobile devices, NetCF

Using the XmlSerializer as an XmlObjectSerializer with WCF
18 January 08 08:06 PM | andarno | 3 Comments   

The Windows Communication Foundation introduced the new DataContractSerializer to replace the XmlSerializer in many scenarios.  The DataContractSerializer is faster than the XmlSerializer, but has certain limitations.  For example it does not Read More...

Filed under: Mobile devices, NetCF, WCF

.NET Compact Framework 3.5 Power Toys RTW
10 December 07 10:49 PM | andarno | 0 Comments   

The .NET Compact Framework 3.5 Power Toys have been released.  You can download them from here . Tools included in this package: Remote Performance Monitor and GC Heap Viewer – Provides real time counter data (ranging from Garbage Collector Read More...

Filed under: Mobile devices, NetCF, WCF

Provisioning smart devices: an introduction
29 November 07 04:19 PM | andarno | 1 Comments   

A lot of questions on the MSDN forums center around how to customize a device or an app to prefer a specific network connection over another.  The correct way to accomplish this is by "provisioning" the device.  In fact a great many Read More...

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Why .NET Compact Framework fails to call some HTTPS web servers
19 November 07 10:18 PM | andarno | 33 Comments   

A bug was discovered recently in the .NET Compact Framework version 2.0 (SP2 and earlier) and 3.5 that causes HttpWebRequest's directed at some HTTPS servers to fail with this error: (for web services) System.Net.WebException: Unable to read data from Read More...

Filed under: Mobile devices, NetCF, WCF

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...

Filed under: Mobile devices, NetCF, .NET

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...

Filed under: Mobile devices, NetCF, WCF, .NET

Reflections on having multiple versions of NetCF on your device
27 August 07 11:57 PM | andarno | 3 Comments   

The .NET Compact Framework has had several releases: V1 + 4 service packs, V2 + 2 service packs, V3.5 (to date just betas). Which of these are installed on your device? Can you have multiple versions installed simultaneously? Which version will run your NetCF app if multiple versions are installed? This post addresses all these questions. Read More...

Filed under: Mobile devices, NetCF

The WCF subset supported by NetCF
21 August 07 12:23 AM | andarno | 21 Comments   

Many people have been asking about what subset of .NET 3.0's Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) will be supported by the .NET Compact Framework 3.5. In this post I present a table with an outline of WCF features and what NetCF supports. 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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