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NetCFSvcUtil QFE

maagniho — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:38:00 GMT

It was brought to our notice that the NetCFSvcUtil.exe crashes while running on Windows Vista SP2 and Windows 7 RC operating systems. Today we are releasing a QFE for NetCFSvcUtil.exe which fixes this problem. This QFE can be downloaded here . Download...(read more)

.NET Framework 3.5 Namespace poster updated for .Net Compact Framework Types

maagniho — Fri, 29 May 2009 14:01:00 GMT

Sometime back some of our MVPs pointed out that the .NET Framework 3.5 Namespace poster had several types which were available in .Net Compact Framework but not marked with "CF" in the poster. We have updated the poster to reflect all types available...(read more)

.NET CF Hotfix - CF failed to call some HTTPS web servers when encrytpion is enabled

maagniho — Fri, 29 May 2009 13:34:00 GMT

Many customers were facing issues with a bug in .NET compact framework where CF failed to call some HTTPS web servers when encrytpion is enabled. The core issue here was that SSL decryption breaks and NetCF resets connection if an empty encryption packet...(read more)

GZip message encoding for WCF applications written using .Net Compact Framework

maagniho — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 13:15:00 GMT

WCF technology samples released by Microsoft contain a sample ( Custom Message Encoder: Compression Encoder ) which shows how to write your own custom message encoder (GZip) for desktop WCF applications. In the past there have been a lot of questions...(read more)