.NET Compact Framework Team
Some known issues
Check out some of the known issues in MIX drop posted here.
Date: 03/24/2010
Transparency in CF
Check out the blog posts by Yash here, on transparency in CF.
Date: 03/21/2010
MIX helpful links
Here are a bunch of early links to get you folks started: - Where can I find bits to play around...
Date: 03/15/2010
We are a”LIVE” at MIX 2010!
Today at MIX we announce the application development platform for Windows Phone 7 series, a...
Date: 03/15/2010
NETCFSvcUtil.exe fix
Check out Manish’s blog on NetcfSvcUtil.exe crashing on some operating systems and the uploaded fix...
Date: 08/10/2009
Back to basics GC series
Check out the Back to basics GC series published a while ago by Abhinaba!!
Date: 07/10/2009
WCF for mobile whitepaper
Check out Mahathi’s blog about a WCF for mobile whitepaper published recently by one of the MVPs.
Date: 07/08/2009
HTTPS related hotfix
Manish has posted regarding a hotfix for the HTTPS related issue discussed in a previous post. The...
Date: 07/02/2009
Back to the NETCF blog
We would like to revive the NETCF team blog and post here instead of the mobile developer blog as we...
Date: 07/01/2009
NETCF 3.5 namespace poster updated
Check out Manish’s blog regarding this.
Date: 06/22/2009
New Mobile Developer Blog!
We, the NetCF team, have decided to combine our blog with the other teams doing mobile development...
Date: 05/08/2008
Power Toys for .NET Compact Framework 3.5 have been released
The Power Toys for .NET Compact Framework 3.5 have just gone live at...
Date: 12/13/2007
Why .NET Compact Framework fails to call some HTTPS web servers
On his blog, Andrew discusses an HTTPS bug in NetCF that causes NetCF to throw a WebException when...
Date: 11/21/2007
David writes about the Lunch Launcher and Store and Forward Messaging
Over the past couple of months, I have been serializing my experiences in writing the Lunch Launcher...
Date: 11/12/2007
Post on Remote Logging WCF on .NET Compact Framework
Hey everyone, I've posted a quick overview of how to use the .NETCF Remote Logging tool to help...
Date: 11/01/2007
.NET Compact Framework Application and Libraries List Updated
I've updated the .NET Compact Framework catalog with the some new applications and libraries, and...
Date: 09/25/2007
Power Toys for .NET Compact Framework 3.5 CTP Released
The Power Toys for .NET Compact Framework 3.5 CTP (September 2007) has just been released as an MSDN...
Date: 09/12/2007
Reflections on having multiple versions of NetCF on your device
Andrew Arnott discusses which versions of the .NET Compact Framework can be side-by-side installed,...
Date: 09/07/2007
The WCF subset supported by NetCF
Andrew Arnott details the features of WCF that are and are not supported by NetCF on his blog.
Date: 09/07/2007
How to (not) write an especially precarious app on .NET (Compact Framework)
On his blog, Andrew Arnott discusses how to avoid depending on the internal details of NetCF (or the...
Date: 07/02/2007
.NET Compact Framework 2.0 SP2 Released
Microsoft .NET Compact Framework version 2.0 SP2 release is completed and is in the process of being...
Date: 03/13/2007
Application Compatibility Forecast for NETCF v2 sp2
During our test pass against v2 sp2, we tested backwards compatibility with previous releases by...
Date: 03/09/2007
Why your NetCF apps fail to call some web services
Here's the scenario: You are writing an NetCF app and trying to call a web service from that app....
Date: 02/01/2007
.Net Compact Framework Application and Library Catalog Updated
I've posted an updated .NET Compact Framework catalog to the internet. The catalog has outgrown the...
Date: 01/30/2007
.NET Compact Framework 3.5 included in Orcas January CTP
The .NET Compact Framework team has spent the last year planning and developing the next version of...
Date: 01/28/2007
Managed Code Performance on Xbox 360 for XNA: Part 2 - GC and Tools
...continuation of Part 1, it can be found here Memory and Garbage Collection One common concern for...
Date: 12/22/2006
Managed Code Performance on Xbox 360 for XNA: Part 1 - Intro and CPU
Introduction Now that XNA Game Studio Express 1.0 is out, it’s time to start writing managed code...
Date: 12/22/2006
NetCF 3.5's Finalizer Log
The .NET Compact Framework has had several loggers (error, interop, loader, and networking) in...
Date: 12/18/2006
David talks about serializing fields as XML node attributes
There are times that you may wish to serialize one or more fields as attributes on the object's node...
Date: 10/05/2006
David demonstrates IL debugging .NET Compact Framework applications using MDbg
Dan Elliott recently posted about the IL OpCodes supported by the .NET Compact Framework. This got...
Date: 10/05/2006
Dan details .NET Compact Framework CIL OpCode support
The instruction set for a CLI compliant execution engine is described by ECMA's CLI Partition III...
Date: 10/05/2006
David talks about filtering TextBox control input
I was talking with Mark Prentice today and we were looking at filtering a TextBox control so that it...
Date: 10/05/2006
David demonstrates the MDbg X command
When debugging using command line tools, one of the most challenging tasks is getting the fully...
Date: 10/05/2006
Dan discusses extending .NET Compact Framework controls
One of the comments I've heard frequently since I began working on the CF GUI base class libraries...
Date: 10/05/2006
Platform detection III: How to detect a touch screen on Windows CE in .NET CF
Pocket PC's have touch screens. Smartphones don't. While it is straightforward to determine which of...
Date: 10/02/2006
Platform detection II: Is your app running on Smartphone or Pocket PC?
While both Smartphones and Pocket PCs are based on Windows Mobile, there are some very important...
Date: 09/22/2006
Platform detection I: How to detect that your app is running in the emulator
When you develop your Windows CE or Windows Mobile application in .NET Compact Framework, you...
Date: 09/15/2006
David describes an easier way to enable .NET Compact Framework diagnostic logging
Diagnostic, performance and debugging tools are very cool. The more tools available, the easier it...
Date: 08/31/2006
David Talks about Attaching to .NET Compact Framework Applications using MDbg
Being able to attach to a running process is a very powerful debugger feature. It is especially...
Date: 08/25/2006
Scott Talks About Whether Bitmaps Leak Memory
“Do bitmaps leak memory?” No, but without careful coding it could appear that they do. Read more...
Date: 08/23/2006
David Introduces the .NET Compact Framework v2 SP1 Error Log
With the addition of support for headless devices, it became apparent that we needed a means for...
Date: 08/23/2006
David Talks about Controlling Device Processes using MDbg
In the previous parts of this series, I talked about getting started with MDbg and using the Device...
Date: 08/23/2006
Mark Talks About Developing for Windows CE 4.2 with .NET Compact Framework v2 SP1
.NET Compact Framework v2.0 SP1 includes support for Windows CE 4.2 based devices. To date, Visual...
Date: 08/23/2006
David Talks About Using the Device Emulator with MDbg
By default, the Device Emulator uses DMA as it's transport for device to desktop communications. The...
Date: 08/23/2006
David Introduces Support for Debugging .NET Compact Framework Applications using MDbg
With the release, last year, of version 2 of the .NET Framework SDK, a new command line debugger...
Date: 08/23/2006
.NET Compact Framework Team Member Content Links
To make it easier to find the great information that the .NET Compact Framework team is publishing...
Date: 08/23/2006
V2 SP1 Developer Patch Released
Developers who wish to update the build of .NET Compact Framework v2 to SP1 with extended Visual...
Date: 08/04/2006
v2 SP1 Application Compatibility Forecast
52 applications were tested for v2 SP1, 9 of them were built with v2. We don't expect to see many...
Date: 07/11/2006
July 2006 .Net Compact Framework Applications and Libraries
Here's an updated list of applications for Pocket PC and Smartphones and libraries built for the...
Date: 07/11/2006
.NET Compact Framework v2.0 SP1 is done and is being released.
Microsoft .NET Compact Framework version 2.0 SP1 release has been completed and is in the process of...
Date: 06/21/2006