When most Windows programmers think of embedded development we typically think of the .NET Compact Framework running under Windows CE. While CE and Windows XP Embedded have been the staples of Microsoft s embedded business for years there s a new entrant known as Smart Personal Object Technology or SPOT....

Last fall I predicted that the next killer application would be built on the mobile platform and so I bought a new PDA...My prediction was based on the fact that lots of people could now create mobile apps with .NET and the fact that SQL Server 2005 Mobile Edition would be licensed as part of SQL Server 2000 2005....

Today millions of Windows applications exist around the world. They are written with various development tools with different development languages and are based on different libraries. Let s suppose that you are responsible for one of these - and then along comes the Tablet PC. Your users say that your application would be great if it were adapted...

There has never been an operating system release more important to .NET developers than the release of Windows Mobile Version 5.0. With this release Microsoft is poised to take your productivity in writing mobile applications higher than it has ever gone before. Rich multimedia capabilities integrated messaging and world-class telephony support are...

If you follow the mobile space you know that one of the hot topics right now is location-based services LBS . LBS allows you to build applications that adapt to users locations and situations. Without requiring your users to enter ZIP codes or addresses you can filter data and provide the information that is most relevant to them....

Product groups at Microsoft generally develop platforms or specific applications that run on these platforms. SPOT is different. Our goal is to increase the usefulness of everyday objects that we can wear carry or that might be scattered throughout the environment ultimately making some activity easier and or more enjoyable....

Location-based services LBS solutions involve leveraging information about a user s location and or presence in solutions providing relevant information and services. Mobile wireless technologies in LBS solutions can be very compelling combining a mobile device with information about a user s location and powerful mapping features....

Over the past few years IT organizations have chosen between two primary application development and deployment architectures. However with the advent of the .NET Framework there is now a new alternative called smart clients ....

With Visual Studio 2005 and ASP.NET v2.0 just around the corner we are about to embark on another exciting wave of technology. Mobile development is becoming easier with each release and ASP.NET v2.0 will not disappoint. To start the next adventure in development for mobile browsers let s first take a stroll down memory lane and then look at the...

Supports cookieless devices by appending appropriate authentication information to the appropriate URLs.This helper class is designed to assist with writing authenticated mobile Web sites. The class objects provide mobile device-compatible versions of the ASP.NET FormsAuthentication class methods RedirectFromLoginPage and SignOut. See Security Considerations...

Occurs when an active form becomes inactive.form becomes inactive under the following circumstances When the ActiveForm property of the page is programmatically set to another form When the user navigates to a form through a Link control whose target is a form If neither of these actions occurs the active form will never receive a Deactivate...

Sets or returns the ID of the input control to compare. The default value is an empty string...

The Command control provides a way to invoke ASP.NET event handlers from UI elements thus posting user input from UI elements back to the server. The Command control provides a way to invoke ASP.NET event handlers from UI elements thus posting user input from UI elements back to the server. The Command control implements the IPostBackDataHandler interface...

Determines validity by comparing a specific field in one control to a specific field in another control using a specifiable comparison operator....

Occurs when a form becomes active. This event s position in the event chain makes it very important for binding child controls to data sources or for setting the property of a form that can be inherited to all child controls....