Making Win32 Applications Mobile (eBook)

Porting to Windows CE (Gearhead Press--In the Trenches)

Nancy Nicolaisen (Autor)

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2002 | 1. Auflage
560 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-0-471-42867-1 (ISBN)

Infos

In an increasingly mobile world, millions of developers withWindows programming experience need to quickly transfer theirskills to creating compact, asynchronous CE applications. This bookpresents a roadmap to guide developers through the intricate tasksof porting and reworking Win32 applications to enable them to runefficiently and usefully on Windows CE-based mobile devices.* Presents a set of metrics for developers to determine when andhow best to proceed in porting Win32 applications* Shows developers how to understand the embedded-system biasinherent in Windows CE and how to write applications that use thisas a strength* Covers Unicode, which is mandatory for Windows CE, and explainshow to consider the effect of various screen resolutions

Autor

NANCY NICOLAISEN is a software engineering consultant and trainer,currently specializing in Windows CE. Her firm, n2 softwareengineering, has recently released Field Trip, a forms-based datacollection program for handheld devices. Nicolaisen is the authorof two previous books, has contributed regularly to Dr. Dobb'sJournal, Database Advisor, PC Magazine, and Byte, and is the formerDevelopment Tools columnist for Computer Shopper.About Gearhead PressResponding to the ongoing demands of IT professionals for currentand reliable information on the latest programming technologies,Wiley Technical Publishing introduces the Gearhead Press titles.These books, written by accomplished trainers in their respectivefields, focus on using real-world case studies to give readers thebest information on leading topics. The Gearhead Press titles arecharacterized by two imprints: In the Trenches and Point to Point.Both imprints include fast-paced books written by fellow ITprofessionals who have been there and done that. In the Trenchesbooks guide readers to proficiency, and serve as practical,hands-on references after the initial tasks are accomplished. ThePoint to Point titles invite readers to join an IT team at a modelcompany and implement technologies in real-worldenvironments-demonstrating actual problems and solutions.

Inhalt

Acknowledgments.Introduction.PART I: ADAPTING APPLICATION APPEARANCE TO WINDOWS CE.User Interface.A Better Approach to Forms.Handling Graphical Input and Output.Handling Stylus Input.The Windows CE Shell.PART II: TRANSLATING WIN32 APPLICATION BEHAVIORS TO WINDOWSCE.Writing Memory-Efficient CE Applications.Using the Windows CE Registry.File Handling, File Access, and Data Portability.A CE Database Primer.CE Power Conservation Strategies.PART III: POWER TOOLS.Connecting to CE From the Desktop.RAPI and Remote Database Access.Remote Presentations With RAPI and the HTML Viewer Control.Appendix A: Converting Help Files.Appendix B: Debugging and Validation Tools.Appendix C: Saving Memory by "Duncanizing".Index.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 18.9.2002
• Reihe/Serie: Gearhead Press
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Netzwerke
• Schlagworte: Computer Science • Informatik • Networking • Netzwerke • Windows CE
• ISBN-10: 0-471-42867-1 / 0471428671
• ISBN-13: 978-0-471-42867-1 / 9780471428671