Windows Ce 3.0: Application Programming (Prentice Hall Series on Microsoft Technologies) - Softcover

Grattan, Nick; Brain, Marshall

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0130255920 ISBN 13: 9780130255921

Publisher: Prentice Hall Ptr, 2000

Synopsis

A book/CD-ROM package offering techniques for keeping programs working on portable devices with limited memory. For developers with programming experience, familiarity with Windows CE devices, and basic knowledge of C and C++. The accompanying CD-ROM contains code examples from the book, plus a searchable index of the book's examples, programs, and tutorials, and a complete working copy of eMbedded Visual C++ and Pocket PC SDK. Grattan is a mobile solutions specialist. Brain is founder of an educational content company. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

About this title

About the Author

Nick Grattan is co-founder and Technical Director at Software Paths Limited (SoftwarePaths)—a Dublin, Ireland, based mobile solutions specialist. Marshall Brain is the author of numerous Prentice Hall PTR books, including Win32 API Programming.

From the Back Cover

• Windows CE 3.0 programming for Pocket PC, handheld PC, and embedded devices
• Enterprise computing including COM, DCOM, database access using ADOCE, and Microsoft Message Queue
• Communications, including Internet Web access with HTTP, TCP/IP, sockets, serial communications, and desktop synchronization with ActiveSync 3.0
• Build and run applications in Visual C++ using Microsoft Foundation Classes
• CD-ROM with eMbedded Visual C++ 3.0 and Pocket PC SDK
• Beyond the user interface to hard-core programming
• Full-scale networking and enterprise computing
• Global communications from Pocket PCs
• All the new features of Windows CE 3.0

Advanced techniques for serious Windows CE programmers.

Get beyond user interface programming and discover the behind-the-scenes operating system facilities that will let you make the most of the new features in Windows CE 3.0. This hot technology lets you control Pocket PCs, handheld PCs, and the embedded devices in hundreds of commercial products. Learn the lean and mean techniques that keep your programs humming on portable devices with limited memory, and the key data storage methods that make them possible. Master the communications protocols that keep Windows CE devices in contact with desktop computers and the Internet. In addition:

• Build and run applications in Visual C++ 6.0 and eMbedded Visual C++ 3.0
• Use the Windows CE API and Microsoft Foundation Classes
• Communicate via HTTP, TCP/IP, sockets, remote access, and telephony
• Access standard Windows CE databases and Microsoft SQL Server for Windows CE
• Interface between desktop systems and Windows CE devices

This book is for serious developers with real programming experience. Besides familiarity with Windows CE devices and general Windows API programming, a basic knowledge of C and C++ is needed to understand the code samples.

About the Software

The accompanying CD-ROM contains all the code examples from the book, as well as a fully searchable index of all the book's examples, programs, and tutorials. The CD-ROM also contains a complete working copy of eMbedded Visual C++ 3.0 and Pocket PC SDK.

Edition details

• Publisher: Prentice Hall Ptr
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0130255920
• ISBN 13: 9780130255921
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 508