"How Do I?" Videos for Devices

Get videos designed for all .NET Compact Framework developers, from the novice to the professional. If you are new to the .NET Compact Framework, you can learn the basics of how to create applications for devices, using either Visual Basic or C#.

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#1 How Do I: Use the MapPoint Web Service on Windows Mobile Devices?

(24 Minutes 40 seconds)

#2 How Do I: Preserve Battery Power When my Application is in the Background?

(11 Minutes 15 seconds)

#3 How Do I: Enable Windows Mobile Device Emulator UDP Support?

(13 Minutes 52 seconds)

#4 How Do I: Successfully Debug Application Code that Establishes a Cellular or Wi-Fi Connection?

(13 Minutes 52 seconds)

#5 How Do I: Use the ThreadPool to Execute Worker Threads?

(15 minutes 21 seconds)

#6 How Do I: Assure that my Application Code Continues Running when the Device is in Suspended Mode?

(18 minutes 47 seconds)

#7 How Do I: Use a Monitor Object for Thread Synchronization?

(13 minutes 18 seconds)

#8 How Do I: Synchronize Multiple Threads?

(18 Minutes 45 seconds)

#9 How Do I: Respond to Windows Mobile’s Request to Release Resources?

(29 Minutes 2 seconds)

#10 How Do I: Automatically Start an Application on a System State Change?

(17 Minutes 58 seconds)

#11 How Do I: Monitor for an Application to Exit Without Draining the Device Battery?

(35 Minutes 32 seconds)

#12 How Do I: Convert a .NET Compact Framework DateTime to a Win32 SystemTime Structure?

(9 Minutes 40 seconds)

#13 How Do I: Attach the Debugger to a .NET Compact Framework Application that is Already Running?

(35 Minutes 32 seconds)

#14 How Do I: Associate an Application with the Hardware Buttons on a Windows Mobile Device?

(13 Minutes 3 seconds)

#15 How Do I: Add User Defined States?

(19 Minutes 45 seconds)

#16 How Do I: Use the GPS Intermediate Driver to Retrieve Location Information?

(28 Minutes 57 seconds)

#17 How Do I: Run Smart Device Unit Tests from a Command Prompt?

(10 Minutes 4 seconds)

#18 How Do I: Use The Remote Logging Configuration Tool?

(20 Minutes 29 seconds)

#19 How Do I: Create a Process Based Splash Screen Inside a .NET CF Application?

(44 Minutes 16 seconds)

#20 How Do I: Create a Form Based Splash Screen Inside my .NET Compact Framework Application?

(19 Minutes 13 seconds)

#21 How Do I: Use NETCFCFG to Run my Application Against a Specific Version of the .NET CF?

(29 minutes 09 seconds)

#22 How Do I: Automate the Setup of a Debug and Test Environment that uses the Cellular Emulator?

(32 minutes, 33 seconds)

#23 How Do I: Use Existing COM Objects in .NET Compact Framework Applications?

(33 minutes 14 seconds)

#24 How Do I: Use Custom Extension Methods to Improve the Efficiency of LINQ Queries?

(33 minutes 14 seconds)

#25 How Do I: Use the .NET CF 3.5 Remote Performance Monitor?

(38 minutes, 55 seconds)

#26 How Do I: Detect Managed Memory Leaks Using Remote Performance Monitor?

(16 minutes, 57 seconds)

#27 How Do I: Work Around LINQ to DataSet Limitations in VB Device Projects?

(23 minutes, 3 seconds)

#28 How Do I: Efficiently Query a SQL Server Compact Database Using LINQ?

(34 minutes, 33 seconds)

#29 How Do I: Use the CLR Profiler to Detect Finalization Problems On My Device?

(30 minutes, 23 seconds)

#30 How Do I: Update User Interface Controls in Multithreaded Applications?

(25 minutes, 33 seconds)

#31 How Do I: Use Windows Communications Foundation (WCF) to Safely Send Messages to Offline Devices?

(34 minutes, 3 seconds)

#32 How Do I: Test Unit Tests for Devices?

(17 minutes, 38 seconds)

#33 How Do I: Programmatically Determine the Windows Mobile Device Type Using .NET Compact Framework 3.5?

(10 minutes, 31 seconds)

#34 How Do I: Build and Run a Unit Test for a Smart Device Application?

(27 minutes, 6 seconds)

#35 How Do I: Upgrade My Mobile Device Projects from Visual Studio 2005 to Visual Studio 2008?

(27 minutes, 53 seconds)

#36 How Do I: Correctly Terminate Multithreaded .NET Compact Framework Applications?

(16 minutes, 47 seconds)

#37 How Do I: View and Manage the List of Certificates Installed On a Device?

(8 minutes, 49 seconds)

#38 How Do I: Programmatically Control the Configuration of a Running Device Emulator?

(38 minutes, 54 seconds)

#39 How Do I: Use the New Visual Studio 2008 Device Security?

(16 minutes, 47 seconds)

#40 How Do I: Build a .NET Compact Framework 3.5 Application for Windows Mobile 6 Devices?

(10 minutes, 29 seconds)

#41 How Do I: Programmatically Control Device Emulators and the Device Emulator Manager in Visual Studio 2008?

(41 minutes, 46 seconds)

#42 How Do I: Use the Microsoft Hopper Test Tool To Stress Test My Windows Mobile Application?

(18 minutes, 27 seconds)

#43 How Do I: Update Pocket Outlook Items Without Invalid Operation Exceptions?

(21 minutes, 36 seconds)

#44 How Do I: Search the Pocket Outlook Tasks, Contacts, and Appointments Folders?

(29 minutes, 37 seconds)

#45 How Do I: Create a Visual Studio 2005 ASP.NET AJAX Application to Work with Windows Mobile Devices?

(21 minutes, 29 seconds)

#46 How Do I: Run One Instance Only of My .NET Compact Framework Application?

(23 minutes, 13 seconds)

#47 How Do I: Send and Receive SMS Messages?

(26 minutes, 45 seconds)

#48 How Do I: Download Script Code On Demand to My Internet Explorer Mobile AJAX Pages?

(19 minutes, 45 seconds)

#49 How Do I: Make Dynamic JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) Calls From Internet Explorer Mobile?

(37 minutes 30 seconds)

#50 How Do I: Maximize Communication Efficiency of SQL Server Compact Edition Data Synchronization?

(26 minutes, 53 seconds)

#51 How Do I: Determine Whether a Windows Mobile Device Supports ASP.NET AJAX?

(27 minutes, 56 seconds)

#52 How Do I: View and Control a Windows Mobile 5.0 or Windows Mobile 6 Device from My Desktop?

(15 minutes 4 seconds)

#53 How Do I: Find the List of Storage Cards Loaded Into My Device?

(21 minutes, 46 seconds)

#54 How Do I: Ensure That My Application Includes Necessary Security Privileges?

(22 minutes 58 seconds)

#55 How Do I: Limit System Notifications to Only Those Containing Specific Data?

(13 minutes 8 seconds)

#56 How Do I: Implement Universal Download Capabilities?

(22 minutes, 4 seconds)

#57 How Do I: Create an E-mail Attachment and Display to a Device for Review?

(20 minutes 48 seconds)

#58 How Do I: Programmatically Monitor for a Specific Time of Day Without Draining a Device Battery?

(39 minutes 53 seconds)

#59 How Do I: Detect and Verify a Network Connection?

(33 minutes, 6 seconds)

#60 How Do I: Detect and Identify a Mobile Device?

(28 minutes 45 seconds)

#61 How Do I: Programmatically Determine Whether a Specific SQL Table Exists?

(15 minutes 40 seconds)

#62 How Do I: Use Development Test Certificates to Sign an Application?

(15 minutes, 2 seconds)

#63 How Do I: Launch Smartphone Applications from Visual Studio?

(10 minutes 15 seconds)

#64 How Do I: Programmatically Determine If a Device Has a Physical Keyboard Connected?

(16 minutes 22 seconds)

#65 How Do I: Automate the Device Emulator Configuration for Windows Mobile?

(20 minutes, 30 seconds)

#66 How Do I: Monitor and Manage Display Orientation Changes?

(27 minutes 5 seconds)

#67 How Do I: Auto Start an Application?

(11 minutes 15 seconds)

#68 How Do I: Hide Standard Device UI Elements in a .NET Compact Framework Application?

(22 minutes, 4 seconds)

#69 How Do I: Schedule an Application to Run at a Specific Time?

(12 minutes 6 seconds)

#70 How Do I: Determine if a Combo Box Drop-Down List is Visible within the .NET Compact Framework?

(12 minutes 59 seconds)

#71 How Do I: Create a Test Server Using the Local Server Framework in the Windows Mobile 6 SDK?

(42 minutes, 23 seconds)

#72 How Do I: Configure the Device Emulator to Use an Emulated Cellular Connection?

(12 minutes 6 seconds)

#73 How Do I: Get an Application to Automatically Start When a Mobile Device Wakes Up?

(21 minutes 35 seconds)

#74 How Do I: Debug Native Code in a Managed Windows Mobile Application?

(11 minutes, 41 seconds)

#75 How Do I: Implement a Managed Application Requiring Callbacks from a Native API?

(21 minutes 28 seconds)

#76 How Do I: Create a Desktop Project for Installing CAB Files to a Windows Mobile Device?

(19 minutes 21 seconds)

#77 How Do I: Merge Replication for Windows Mobile Device Access? (Part 2)

(13 minutes, 29 seconds)

#78 How Do I: Merge Replication for Windows Mobile Device Access? (Part 1)

(12 minutes, 50 seconds)

#79 How Do I: Improve Data Performance using Visual Studio 2005?

(17 minutes, 22 seconds)