I knew it'd been a while since I'd updated my blog, but the realization that it'd had been nearly a year since my last post shocked me some. I mean, I've told people it'd been nearly a year, but didn't really believe it until I saw the date myself. Well...

using System; using System.Reflection; using System.IO; using System.Runtime.CompilerServices; /// <summary> /// A simple helper class for extracting Resources from the /// calling assembly /// </summary> public class ResourceHelper...

New to the .NET Compact Framework in Whidbey Beta 1 is a feature known as COM Interop. Among other things, this feature allows simple managed access to a number of Native APIs, including the Pocket Outlook Object Model (POOM). Steven has posted a great...

It is my intention to keep this blog parimarily technical, but I feel the need to make an off topic post today. For those that do not know, today is the 35th Anniversary of Neil Armstrong's famous first step out onto the moon, one of a few truly monumental...

Is there anything better than working from home? I'm sitting on my back porch today, wireless laptop at the ready, 10 month old Chocolate Lab at my feet, staring out at the beautiful rarity known as a “Sunny Seattle Day”. Today, it was...

I've been asked more than once how to go about getting the “right” Device ID from managed code. There's a myth floating around (to which, for a short time, I myself subscribed) that a device has multiple Device IDs, or that there's some trick...

I've received a number of questions regarding how best to retrieve the Device ID. As a result, I've decided to provide the following class for your coding pleasure: --- jeh This posting is provided “AS IS“, without warranties, and confers...

The Desktop Framework and the CF Framework have different Public Key Tokens as part of their strong name. The Desktop framework commonly uses two different Key Tokens (b77a5c561934e089 and b03f5f7f11d50a3a), while CF currently uses one (969db8053d3322ac...

My name is Jeremy Hance, and I'm an SDET on the Compact Framework team. Officially, SDET = Software Development Engineer in Test. In my position, I write code used to test the functionality of the Compact Framework. Primarily, I work with the Global Assembly...