Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Mobile Edition (SQL Server Mobile) maintains two versions of the product side-by-side. The two versions of SQL Server Mobile can coexist on the same computer. This enables a simple and gradual upgrade process. The documentation...

Yet another pretty cool application built with the .NET Compact Framework. http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2005/jun05/06-07BattleBot.mspx Excerpt from the link above: "I'm living proof that developers can use the .NET Compact...

This is the last post in this mini-series on implementing client side NTLM authentication within a NETCF Version 1.0 application. In this code snippet, the class that performs the actual authentication process is intialized and registered with the AuthenticationManager...

Here is the class that implements IAuthenticationModule and P/Invokes into the native dll created in the previous post. using System; using System.IO; using System.Net; using System.Data; using System.Text; using System.Runtime.InteropServices; ...

Here is the c++ code for the native library NTLMAuthEx.cpp, this is compiled into a native dll NTLMAuthEx.dll // NTLMAuthEx.cpp : Defines the entry point for the DLL application. // #include "stdafx.h" #include "security.h" #include "sspi.h" ...

So I recently had to help one of my friends who had some problems calling a web method on a secure web service. He was running on NETCF 1.0 and kept getting a “401, Unauthorized error” even though he supplied the right credentials. It did not take us...

After a long time off from blogging, I have decided to resume. I will try to be more consistent with my posts over the next few months. I attended MEDC and it was very fascinating to see what people are building on the .NET Compact Framework. I met quite...

So I was surfing the web for some technical articles recently (which BTW happens to be one of my favorite pastimes) and I ran into this article by Peter A. Bromberg. In this article he covers a sample MSMQ implementation that sends a message (MSMQ message...

Exactly what can be sent in a message? Literally anything …Well not exactly anything but any object can be sent as the body of a message. This is made possible by a mechanism known as Serialization. Serialization is the process of taking objects...

Well I think it’s time to get our hands dirty with some code. In this simple application, I intend to demonstrate how to get MSMQ up and running on the device and send our first “Hello World” message to a local queue on the device. We’ll...

I will commence this sequence of posts on MSMQ support on CF version 2.0 by giving some pointers on how to get the Microsoft Message Queuing service up and running on your device. The reason for this is quite obvious, if the Queuing service is not up...

So one of the new features that’s going to be introduced in V2.0 of the .NET Compact Framework (NETCF) is support for Message Queuing. I feel it is a much anticipated feature and there is quite some excitement about this feature in the developer...

Continuing from where I stopped last week… Feature Number 4 is Easier XPath Queries with Namespaces . This feature is dependent on the availability of the XPathDocument which currently is not present in our Beta1 release. So the current status...

I've been caught up in a bunch of other activites since my last post and did not think I will have to wait this long before making my next post... well... So I'll be continuing from where I stopped last time... Coming in at Number 9 is XML Standards...

Mark Fussell recently authored a very comprehensive article on the MSDN XML developer center that details the improvements to the XML APIs in System.Xml and the .NET Framework for version 2.0. This is the first in a series of articles that will provide...

This is my first BLOG entry! I am a Software Design Engineer/Test on the .NET Compact Framework Team. This blog is an attempt to connect with the fast growing NET CF development community as we drive towards shipping a compelling v2.0 product. I...