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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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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...

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.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...

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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...

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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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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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