PocketPcAgent is an application that can be installed on Windows Mobile devices that are running Windows Mobile 5.0 or higher. The application listens to events such as SMS Received, Call Missed, E-Mail Received, Battery Strength Changed, and much more on the Pocket PC.

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Windows Mobile App Development Part 7: Mobile Web Development

30 Oct 2009 by mstruys, dougturn

Learn to create web based apps for Moble Devices with AJAX support enabled using browser controls.

Accessibility for Universal Windows apps

28 Feb 2015 by Pooja Baraskar

Make your app usable by people who have limitations.

LINQ to SQL - Detach Entities

12 Jul 2009 by Eric J. Smith, Shannon Davidson

Easily detach entities when using LINQ to SQL

Retrieving and Storing Call History

19 Dec 2007 by Bryan Sachdeva

This article describes how to create a wrapper class for the native Phone API, and then uses it to retrieve and store the call history.

Inject My DLL Into a Process

25 Jul 2009 by emranallan

A Windows Mobile Spy.

Adding Hyperlink support to the MFC Grid Control

3 Jun 2000 by Chris Maunder, Fred Ackers

A new class that adds hyperlink support to the MFC Grid Control

Geolocalize a Device and Store Coordinates on Webserver

19 Jun 2015 by Emiliano Musso

Geolocalize a device and store coordinates on webserver

Advanced WPF TreeView in C#/VB.Net Part 6 of n

11 Jan 2018 by Dirk Bahle

Tips & Tricks on using checkboxes within a WPF treeview.

Mobile Application Development Lessons Learned

13 Aug 2012 by gggustafson

This article discusses two lessons learned during the development of a mobile application.

Pocket PC Development using Pelles C

31 Mar 2013 by Azim Zahir

This article describes how we can develop pocket PC applications using Pelles C IDE.

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Expression Blend - Playing with Sample Data (WPF , Windows Phone)

23 Jul 2014 by Saad_Mahmood

Expression Blend - Playing with Sample Data (WPF , Windows Phone)

Handling connection notification between a desktop machine and Windows CE based devices

14 Jan 2009 by Anil_gupta

This article describes how to get notification when a Windows CE based device is connected or disconnected from a desktop machine.

MobileLPR - An LPR Client for .NET Compact Framework 2.0

15 Dec 2010 by EFEaglehouse

Windows CE/Mobile printing client for LPR, LPRng, and Socket API.

Exposing asynchronous features to client code: Windows Phone 7

16 Jan 2011 by Nikos Baxevanis

How to use types implementing the IAsyncResult interface on Windows Phone 7.

Beginning Hybrid Mobile App Development with Corona SDK - Display Objects

14 Sep 2015 by Anele 'Mashy' Mbanga

Display objects and get user input with Corona SDK and Lua

End-to-End Real World BlackBerry Application, Part 6

16 Apr 2009 by MiamiCoder

How to create a real-world BlackBerry application.

Graphics2D Drawing on Windows Mobile

6 Oct 2010 by guidebee

Code example on how to draw enhanced graphics 2D pictures on Windows Mobile

A Generic Mobile Data Collection Control

30 Nov 2011 by saharkiz

Generate Front end screens and database on a Windows Mobile 5 for data collection

(Memory and Resource) Leak Detection for WinCE

23 May 2012 by Sergeant Kolja

This is an alternative for "Memory leak detection for WinCE".

Switch the wireless adapter state on, to low-power, and off on a Windows Mobile device

3 Mar 2009 by Johan H. Roux

Use PInvoke to control a wireless adapter's power status.

Duckworth Lewis Calculator for Windows Mobile

23 Jun 2009 by trxStudio

A Duckworth Lewis calculator for Windows Moblie and .NET 3.5.

RAPI2 - Part II: Loving the Stream

14 Jun 2010 by Paul Heil

Using the RAPI2 interface safely and effectively.

Patch my Arabic Locale on Windows Mobile

6 May 2012 by emranallan

Add your local inside windows local to be supported for unicode

Remote windows mobile Device Using Winsock

18 May 2012 by emranallan

Server Application to remote your mobile device through wireless/wire connection not based on RAPI

How to perform fading transitions on Textures in XNA 4.0 using Interpolation Timers

7 Jul 2012 by CJ Kent

Create an Interpolating Timer and use it to fade textures in and out in XNA 4.0

MarbleMaze

31 Jul 2013 by Ayush001

Traditional game which becomes more interetsing.

Sending mail using the Microsoft Windows CE Mail API

6 Jun 2002 by Ray Kinsella

How to use the Microsoft Mail API to insert messages into the Window CE Outbox.

Using SHCameraCapture from a Pocket PC 2003 Application

26 Mar 2009 by BalintN

This mini-series is a pair of articles on two scenarios using SHCameraCapture.

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A TreeView Based Options Component for Windows Mobile

22 Sep 2009 by Gong Liu

This is a TreeView based options component for Windows Mobile

WinMobile

iPhone-like Database GUI on Windows Mobile

21 May 2010 by Bee Mobile

Download data from the local mobile database within sdf file. Create iPhone-like GUI on Windows Mobile to display the data. Create functionality to search the table data. Polish the app by adding some cool features such as round buttons, vibration, glass effect. Find out how to detect the current re

How To Use a Single Resource Component for your Images and Mixing C# and VB in the Same NETCF Solution

4 Jun 2009 by becker666

Snippets show the steps and workarounds of issues while implementing it

Custom VScrollbar to make DataGrid finger flickable

18 Feb 2010 by Ming_Lu

A custom VScrollbar to make DataGrid finger flickable.

Build Dynamics CRM Mobile Apps that Work on WM, TabletPC, iPhone or iPad

31 Aug 2010 by Resco Developer Tools

No doubt, Microsoft Dynamics CRM is one of the world's most popular CRM systems. It's unique because of its customization capabilities allowing enterprises to adjust it to their specific needs whether their main focus is selling goods, providing services, or something completely different.

IP Relay for Visual Studio Mobile Device Web Development

16 Mar 2011 by R%S

Enable access from mobile phone emulator to Visual Studio WebDev.WebServer listening on localhost

Things to take into account when you deliver applications for Connected Devices – Windows Azure to the rescue (EN)

18 Jun 2011 by NunoGodinho

What we should do to take the best out of Windows Azure for Connected Devices.

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Creating Slick User Interface for Windows Mobile

15 Aug 2011 by Resco Developer Tools

With rise of iOS, Android and Windows Phone platforms, plenty of mobile developers are starting to question the future of Windows Mobile platform. Is it gonna last or is it already dead??

Zebra Printing Interface Available in MobileForms Toolkit

1 Jul 2012 by Peter Hanustiak

Resco's solution will significantly decrease the time the developer needs to code such application that will print something on Zebra printer via Windows Mobile or CE device

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Building a Windows Phone 7 Puzzle Game

23 Jul 2010 by Daniel Vaughan

Get a head start with the new Windows Phone 7 developer tools. Learn how to create a Sokoban game in Silverlight for the WP7 platform.

Challenges and solutions - Architecture of a Modern Web Application - Mobile App - Part 3

23 Oct 2013 by Syed Rafey Husain

Mobile app development for iOS, Android, Windows Phone, and BlackBerry.

Writing a 16-bit dummy kernel in C/C++

13 Mar 2014 by AshakiranBhatter

Understanding FAT file system and kernel programming in C/C++

A MFC/GDI+ LCD Control

7 Sep 2011 by Frédéric Pailloux

Nice 7/16/Matric Segment LCD Control derived from CStatic and using GDI+ library

Localization in Windows Universal Apps

7 Jan 2015 by Pooja Baraskar

Making the App World-Ready by adapting it for a specific culture and language.

Gynoid: Framework for Mobile Development

29 May 2009 by Vince Ricci

Gynoid is a wrapper around mobile phone APIs (WinCE, symbian, iPhone)

The Basics of The Palm Pre Linux

21 Sep 2009 by Apriorit Inc, Oleksandr Dodatko

This article describes the process of initial configuration and basic work with Palm Web OS on the lower level than it's described in Palm SDK docs.

iPhone UI in Windows Mobile

24 Mar 2009 by Dr.Luiji

It's an interface that works with transparency effects. As a sample, I used an interface just like the iPhone one. In this tutorial, I explain how simple it is to work with transparency on Windows Mobile.

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Scraping Text from the Screen

17 Jun 2010 by Paul Heil

How to programmatically read text from any process at any point on the screen

OpenTheme : An open source graphic user interface (GUI) toolkit

22 Oct 2004 by weiqj

An innovative alternative to XAML and XUL

Post mortem C++ exception analysis in embedded applications

21 Aug 2009 by Werner Willemsens

An article on analysing a program exception or software crash.

Windows Mobile, iPhone, Android - Marketplace Comparison

29 Jan 2010 by lepipele

Detailed comparison between Windows Mobile Marketplace, Apple's iPhone AppStore and Android Market from developer point of view.

Using the Skyhook Wireless XPS Positioning Service in Managed Code

20 Jan 2009 by Joel Ivory Johnson

Wrapper and sample programs demonstrating the use of the Skyhook Wireless XPS SDK (hybrid position system using GPS, WiFi Positioning, and Celltower positioning)

PropertyGridCE - Mobile version of PropertyGrid

14 Oct 2008 by Jaime Olivares

A useful control that mimics most of the PropertyGrid functionality in the .NET Compact Framework.

Windows Mobile App Development Part 2: Device Emulator and Device Emulator Manager

30 Oct 2009 by mstruys, dougturn

Using the Device Emulator and the Cellular Emulator to test your applications.

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WinMobile

Dev

Creating a 3D Image from a DepthMap

20 Sep 2011 by Soroush Falahati

Introducing a class for generating 3D images (Stereoscopic and Anaglyph) from DepthMaps.

Display PNG, JPG, etc. on Pocket PC

22 Sep 2002 by Jim Koornneef

Combine CXImage and DibSectionLite on Pocket PC.

Implementing a smoothly animated ListBox

12 Jun 2008 by Fredrik Bornander

An article on creating an iPhone style ListBox.

SQL Compact 3.5 Tidbits and Gotchas!

1 Aug 2008 by Jammer

An article detailing with the odd problems and solutions to using SQL Compact 3.5 in desktop applications.

Learn How to Find GPS Location on Any SmartPhone, and Then Make it Relevant

10 Feb 2009 by TylerBrinks

A step by step tutorial for getting GPS from any SmartPhone, even without GPS built in, and then making location useful.

iTunes Bar Look-a-Like

30 Dec 2007 by Snews

A control that mimics the look-n-feel of iTunes and the iPod manager.

Windows Mobile App Development Part 1: Creating your first application

30 Oct 2009 by mstruys, dougturn

Correctly install VS2008 and Windows Mobile SDK to create your first mobility app. Part 1 of 7 from www.myrampup.com.

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WinMobile

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GPS and Web Service using C++ ATL/WTL (Windows Mobile 6, Standard)

18 Jan 2008 by Valentin Ivanov

This article explains how to use the GPS API and Web Service on a SmartPhone to show demographics information for the current location.

Windows Mobile Power Management

22 Mar 2009 by Joel Ivory Johnson

Collection of information on interacting with the power manager to take advantage of or disable power saving features in Windows Mobile devices.

Bringing DCOM remoting functionality to Windows CE and .NET CF2.0

17 Apr 2006 by Werner Willemsens

This article shows how to use DCOM on Windows CE 5.0. We will add full DCOM rich error information, and implement a DCOM interface between a Windows XP .NET 2.0 client and Windows CE DCOM server. With this code, it is possible to code .NET remoting alike functionality through DCOM interop.

Visualizing the Windows Mobile Virtual Memory Monster

6 Jan 2009 by Dr. William J. Blanke

This article presents VirtualMemory.exe, a memory monitor application that visualizes Windows Mobile's virtual memory model graphically, and thus allows common memory issues, such as the infamous DLL Crunch, ordinary leaks, and a full device.exe, to be identified quickly and easily.

Using XML Digital Signatures for Application Licensing

23 Nov 2005 by Heath Stewart

Use XML Digital Signatures for a request- and signing-based licensing mechanism for your applications.

Config Customization at Build Time in Visual Studio

22 Jun 2008 by Jim Rogers

Modify config files with machine- or build-specific differences at compile time.

Cool Owner Drawn Menus with Bitmaps - Version 3.03

28 Apr 2002 by Brent Corkum

This class implements an owner drawn menu class that mimics the menu style used in XP, Office and Visual C++

XML Serialization of Generic Dictionary, Multidimensional Array, and Inherited Type, with sharpSerializer .NET

9 Nov 2011 by Pawel idzikowski

How to serialize to XML, any generic, derived, or other complex type, which XMLSerializer cannot serialize

Case-Insensitive Sort of UTF8 Data Using System.Data.SQLite

22 Nov 2009 by Dimitri Witkowski

SQLite lacks case-insensitive sort of UTF8 data. In this article, you will see how to get rid of this limitation in .NET.

Access Your Pocket PC Over the Internet

8 Jan 2009 by paulyhop

A DynDNS updater for the Compact Framework.

Using a Mobile Device's Camera in Business Solutions

3 Jul 2008 by RescoDeveloper.Net

This article describes how to use the built-in camera and microphone of a mobile device in business applications targeting .NET Compact Framework.

The Companion App- Search Engine, GeoLocation Browser and Language Translator at one Place

10 Jul 2013 by Bishal Goswami

The Companion App: Its basically a utility app proposed for ultrabook which consists of the likes of a search tool, a geo location browsing tool and a language translator tool.

A Non Full-Screen Dialog Class for Windows CE

7 Sep 2002 by Tanzim Husain

This article describes a non full screen dialog class that does not switch to full screen when the SIP is activated.

Radio Power

19 Aug 2010 by Paul Heil

An in-depth view in to monitoring and controlling the power of your Windows Mobile device's wireless communications systems.

Full Multi-thread Client/Server Socket Class with ThreadPool

27 Sep 2009 by Ernest Laurentin

Complete Client/Server Socket Communication class with threadpool implementation. Easy to use and integrate into C++ application. Linux/UNIX port available.

A simple POC using ASP.NET Web API, Entity Framework, Autofac, Cross Domain Support

27 Oct 2012 by Anand Ranjan Pandey

The purpose of this article is to create a proof of concept to demonstrate the feasibility of ASP.NET Web API Beta Version.

Automatically Starting Your Application on Windows Mobile

31 Jul 2008 by Joel Ivory Johnson

An article discussing the various methods that you can use to automatically start an application on Windows Mobile, either by schedule or in reaction to a system event.

Windows Mobile Remote Controller

28 Mar 2008 by João Paulo Figueira

Control your Windows Mobile device from your desktop.

Usage of LINQ and Datasets in Compact Framework 3.5

14 Jun 2007 by Oleg Levin

Introduction to working with LINQ and DataSets in Compact Framework 3.5 Beta 1

Windows Mobile DirectDraw Game Example

29 Jul 2009 by Joel Ivory Johnson

Recreated an old game as a simple demonstration of DirectDraw.

Podium

4 Oct 2010 by rudigrobler

Podium is a PowerPoint add-in and Windows Phone 7 app for controlling Powerpoint from Windows phone 7 devices

Bluetooth for Microsoft Device Emulator

31 Jul 2009 by Dmitry Klionsky

Bluetooth for Microsoft Device Emulator enables Bluetooth communication from and to the emulator.

Mobile Birthday Reminder and Automatic SMS Sender

4 Jul 2010 by Amit Kumar Tiwari

This code sends automatic SMS to birthday boys/girls :) from phone

Windows Mobile Call Silencer

4 Dec 2008 by Joel Ivory Johnson

Program for displaying CallerID information on computer and muting computer sounds while on phone.

How to serialize data effectively? Custom serialization of Bitmap, Cursor, Icon, Font, and other objects without a default constructor with sharpSerializer

14 Aug 2011 by Pawel idzikowski

Is it better to serialize types without default constructor with Custom Serializer or a Substitute Pattern? Example of serialization of FontFamily into isolated storage in WP7.

CCESocket: a general purpose TCP/UDP socket class for WinCE

27 Jun 2006 by Marco Zaratti

This article presents a new socket wrapper class specifically designed for the WinCE (PokcetPC) platform that solves the issues of asynchronous notifications and more.

CHM Reader for Pocket PC 2003

29 Feb 2004 by Peter Tewkesbury

Allows the reading of CHM files on a Pocket PC2003.

Compact Framework Process class that supports fully specified file paths

30 May 2009 by Frank Th. van de Ven

Terminate a process, or check if it is running, using the full file path. It also enumerates processes returning the full path to the running EXE file.

Adding Icons to the System Tray

2 Aug 2003 by Chris Maunder