I had to do this in the past for generating black & white reports printed via Bluetooth (color or greyscale images were too large for the printer’s buffer). Turned out I had to create the images using native code. Here’s a snippet: private void CreateUnmanagedResources() { // for safety, clean up anything that was already … Read more
If you’re happy to re-use business logic and write device specific user interfaces (more work, but better user experience on each device) you could consider the various Mono frameworks. Writing the core business logic as a class library, then writing specific user interfaces using MonoTouch, MonoDroid and Windows using .NET Framework you’ll have a cross … Read more
JVM Choices for Windows CE in general (including Pocket PC and Windows Mobile): CrE-ME Mysaifu Skelmir CEEJ If you’re looking to have a common code base between WinMo and Symbina, you might also look at Red Five Labs. They have a Symbian runtime that allows you to run COmpact Framework apps, so you could have … Read more
Sure: Use a physical device whenever possible (not the emulator) Test with multiple devices (different vendors, different models) Concentrate testing around sleep/wakeup behaviors When using MSTEST unit tests, never use private accessors Avoid ActiveSync like the plague – debug using CoreCon direct Get familiar with RPM and start using it early Reuse objects when possible … Read more
Here’s some code from and old blog by Eric Hartwell (pulled into SO using the wayback machine): private void SetupTableStyles() { Color alternatingColor = SystemColors.ControlDark; DataTable vehicle = dataSource.Tables[1]; // ID Column DataGridCustomTextBoxColumn dataGridCustomColumn0 = new DataGridCustomTextBoxColumn(); dataGridCustomColumn0.Owner = this.dataGrid1; dataGridCustomColumn0.Format = “0##”; dataGridCustomColumn0.FormatInfo = null; dataGridCustomColumn0.HeaderText = vehicle.Columns[0].ColumnName; dataGridCustomColumn0.MappingName = vehicle.Columns[0].ColumnName; dataGridCustomColumn0.Width = dataGrid1.Width … Read more
I doubt you can find this overhead somewhere on the web for any existing platform. There exists just too many different platforms. The overhead depends on two factors: The CPU, as the necessary operations may be easier or harder on different CPU types The system kernel, as different kernels will have to perform different operations … Read more
FileInfo.LastWriteTime and FileInfo.LastWriteTimeUtc should register this information.
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