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  • NDoc helper for Microsoft.WindowsCE.Forms

    If you’ve tried documenting .NETCF libraries which make use of Compact Framework specific types you’ll know that you have to do all sorts of workarounds and special builds to get an output which can successfully run through NDoc. This is… Continue reading

  • Bluetooth Socket Options on Windows XP

    Windows XP supports a much smaller number of socket options for Bluetooth than Windows CE, although it generally provides alternative ways to get/set those properties. The table below shows those that are supported on XP and how they relate to… Continue reading

  • Comparing Windows Mobile APIs

    To illustrate how the WindowsMobile In The Hand is a subset of the Windows Mobile 5.0 APIs I’ve modified this class diagram for the Windows Mobile 5.0 APIs to ghost out those which are not supported in WindowsMobile In The… Continue reading

  • Developing with Virtual Earth 2

    Casey posted this cool technique of using the Virtual Earth Locator in your own apps. Next task is to find out how to stop it locating me in Surrey 🙂 Continue reading

  • Developing with Virtual Earth

    Now that the hype has died down on Virtual Earth it is interesting to see what developers are doing with the product even though it doesn’t expose any kind of developer API. The best place to start is at Dr… Continue reading

  • How They Beta Test Mappoint Products

    Ever wondered how Microsoft test their location products? I mean it’s not like you can test them in every possible location. Well two guys in Great Britain are trying to come close by driving the length and breadth of Great… Continue reading

  • Bluetooth v1.4

    Today I gave a session at Slide5 on the latest version of the Bluetooth library – v1.4. Key changes for this release were some bug fixes to the samples, increased functionality for the desktop side (ability to bond devices) and… Continue reading

  • Proximity Search With SQL 2000

    The “Implementing a Proximity Search with SQL 2000” article describes how to create a local method of searching for nearby places on your own locally held data. However it makes a couple of assumptions, one being that you will import… Continue reading

  • Retrieve IMEI Through TAPI

    Earlier I posted to the newsgroup a description of using Alex Feinman‘s Tapi Wrapper to retrieve the IMEI of the phone device. When I checked again, the specific required method is not included in the wrapper, however as Alex has… Continue reading

  • Interesting Bluetooth Project

    One of our forum members posted about an open source social networking project which uses the Bluetooth.NET library. The project is created by Software Greenhouse which is a joint venture between Microsoft India and Cynapse. Their initial prototype release and… Continue reading