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Summary: The indispensible guide to writing savvy CE applications
Review: The indispensible guide to writing savvy CE applications, including real world tips, techniques, and workarounds. Microsoft's Windows CE operating system is quickly finding its way into a wide variety of information appliances like Handheld and Palm-size PCs, television set top boxes, smart telephones, and electronic books. Robert Burdick gives you a thorough tutorial for programming the essential features of Windows CE. Using a complete sample application, each chapter provides comprehensive coverage of the programming techniques required to take advantage of a specific Windows CE feature. As Windows CE continues to evolve into the industry standard for information appliances and mobile computing platforms, "Essential Windows CE Application Programming" will prove to be your most valuable programming resource. Inside you will find:
· A look behind the curtain at the architecture of the Windows CE operating system
· Programming building blocks like Windows CE controls and dialog boxes
· In-depth insight into the desktop connectivity features of Windows CE
· Complete coverage of Windows CE persistent storage programming
· Custom user interface programming
· Lessons programming Windows CE at the API level
· Extensive sample Windows CE application code On the Companion CD-ROM you'll find: · Source code for all sample programs in the book Robert Burdick has been working in the computer industry for ten years, and has worked with Windows CE for the past two years. His experiences include writing software for Philips Mobile Computing Group, Vadem Corporation, and re-writing parts of the Windows CE operating system for Microsoft Corporation.
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Summary: Indispensable Windows CE Resource
Review: I found this book to be the best resource for developing Windows CE applications. It has the best coverage of desktop connectivity issues, and is the only book to cover ActiveSync well.
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Summary: Too many bad raps for this book!
Review: I had all but given up on CE after struggling with the miserable VB CE kit on and off for several years, till I opened up Burdick's book and tried several of his programs. I was astounded! They all worked flawlessly and I was off to a start with CE and C development. I'm by no means an expert at C but had no problems in following the code examples and getting some serious applications to work. I've looked at some other CE programming books but I really wouldn't be without this one.
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Summary: Too many bad raps for this book!
Review: I had all but given up on CE after struggling with the miserable VB CE kit on and off for several years, till I opened up Burdick's book and tried several of his programs. I was astounded! They all worked flawlessly and I was off to a start with CE and C development. I'm by no means an expert at C but had no problems in following the code examples and getting some serious applications to work. I've looked at some other CE programming books but I really wouldn't be without this one.
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Summary: where is the "how-to"
Review: I recently had a chance to review this book. It's very normal. I've been doing WinCE for 4 yrs, can't find anything up-to-date in this book. Any WIN32 programmer will feel the same. Features happen to latest Windows CE 3.0 are not mentioned. No Pocket PC stuff either. You can't find useful stuff for programming Shell, Today's APIs and upside down User Interface. To be able to get updated programming information, MSDN and SDK help are your best bet.
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Summary: Not as good as other reviews
Review: Most of the book is a rewording of the Douglas Boling book on the same subject. If you have that book (which is much better) this book will be mostly a rehashing of the same material. This book attempts to give information that the Boling book doesn't cover on Custom Draw (Tree Controls, etc), the HTML viewer control and Active Sync and a few other minor topics. Unfortunately, the MSDN articles on these topics are actually better then the authors coverage of them.
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Summary: Not as good as other reviews
Review: Most of the book is a rewording of the Douglas Boling book on the same subject. If you have that book (which is much better) this book will be mostly a rehashing of the same material. This book attempts to give information that the Boling book doesn't cover on Custom Draw (Tree Controls, etc), the HTML viewer control and Active Sync and a few other minor topics. Unfortunately, the MSDN articles on these topics are actually better then the authors coverage of them.
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Summary: A good companion to Boling's "Programming Windows CE"
Review: Overall a decent introduction to programming for Windows CE using Visual C++ and the Win32 API (no MFC or Visual Basic here, folks). Does a good job covering basic applications, common controls and CE databases, and is the _only_ book I've found that discusses ActiveSync programming. Most chapters contain sample code to illustrate the subject matter, and an accompanying CD-ROM contains the full sample apps. This book does not have the depth of Douglas Boling's "Programming Windows CE" -- some of it seems to be taken nearly verbatim from Microsoft's documentation -- but it does cover some subjects that Boling does not (e.g., owner-drawn and custom controls, ActiveSync, HTML viewer and Voice control).
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Summary: It's more than a Programmer's Guide
Review: Robert Burdick's "Microsoft Windows CE Programmer's Guide is more than a guide. It is an indispensable reference. The introduction had the overview I needed to understand Windows CE and how I can use it. This is a book that assumes you understand programming, but is easy to understand and use. The chapters are in logical order, but can also be used for ready reference. The enclosed CD has the emulation software, Microsoft's online help and programmer's reference as well as the device driver kit and other useful documentation. I'd recommend it to anyone who is (or wants to be) a CE coder.
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Summary: It's more than a Programmer's Guide
Review: Robert Burdick's "Microsoft Windows CE Programmer's Guide is more than a guide. It is an indispensable reference. The introduction had the overview I needed to understand Windows CE and how I can use it. This is a book that assumes you understand programming, but is easy to understand and use. The chapters are in logical order, but can also be used for ready reference. The enclosed CD has the emulation software, Microsoft's online help and programmer's reference as well as the device driver kit and other useful documentation. I'd recommend it to anyone who is (or wants to be) a CE coder.
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