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• Back from the Dead

  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, Read More... Posted Friday, July 01, 2005 11:19 AM by jehance | 1 Comments Filed under: FAQs

• A Simple Resource Helper Class

  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 { private Read More... Posted Friday, July 01, 2005 11:09 AM by jehance | 8 Comments Filed under: Samples / Snippets

• PocketOutlook and COM Interop

  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 Read More... Posted Thursday, August 12, 2004 4:23 PM by jehance | 0 Comments Filed under: Samples / Snippets

• Space Exploration (Way Off Topic)

  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 Read More... Posted Tuesday, July 20, 2004 10:39 AM by jehance | 3 Comments Filed under: The Rest

• Working from Home

  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 my Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 14, 2004 4:18 PM by jehance | 3 Comments Filed under: The Rest

• How do I get the "right" Device ID?

  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 Read More... Posted Monday, July 12, 2004 3:05 PM by jehance | 4 Comments Filed under: FAQs

• A Simple Device ID Class

  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 Read More... Posted Monday, July 12, 2004 2:17 PM by jehance | 4 Comments Filed under: Samples / Snippets

• Why Doesn't My Desktop App Work on CF (Anymore)?

  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). Read More... Posted Tuesday, July 06, 2004 2:31 PM by jehance | 1 Comments Filed under: FAQs

• Now Open For Business

  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 Read More... Posted Tuesday, July 06, 2004 11:27 AM by jehance | 2 Comments Filed under: Announcements