Tuesday, July 28, 2009

iTextSharp.dll

iTextSharp has a patch for CE framework here . I have just applied the patch to 4.0.1 version to get the dll which can be downloaded here

Monday, January 05, 2009

Smartphone Programing

Have been looking up recently for articles on programming smartphone devices. Stopped upon http://weblogs.asp.net/nleghari/articles/smartphone.aspx and looks like a great first point to anyone whose wants to start programming smartphones. A few of the links in the original article are out of date and below is a reproduction of the article with dead links replaced.

Best of Articles :: Microsoft Smartphone Programming


[This (sort of) book is a collection of different articles combined under related chapters]

Chapter 1: Introduction to the .NET Compact Framework

Fundamentals of Microsoft .NET Compact Framework Development for the Microsoft .NET Framework Developer

<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa446549.aspx>

What's New in Smartphone 2003

<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms838097.aspx>

Develop for Windows Mobile 2003 for Smartphone Using the .NET Compact Framework

<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms839369.aspx>

An Introduction to Microsoft SmartPhone, and Programming SmartPhone using C#

<http://www.codeproject.com/netcf/SmartphoneIntroCSharp.asp>

Design Considerations for Microsoft Smartphone Applications

<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/wireless/2004/01/07/smartphone.html>

Chapter 2: The Smartphone User Interface

Write Apps for the Smartphone without Dumbing Down Your UI

<http://www.devx.com/wireless/Article/21291>

Creating a Multiple Form Application Framework for the Microsoft .NET Compact Framework

<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa446546.aspx>

How to Create a Microsoft .NET Compact Framework-based Image Button

<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa446518.aspx>

Crafting Smartphone User Interfaces Using .NET Compact Framework

<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa446513.aspx>

Develop for the SmartPhone Using Techniques You Already Know

<http://www.devx.com/wireless/Article/17968>

Chapter 3: Smartphone Controls

Creating Controls by Hand in the .NET Compact Framework

<http://www.devx.com/getHelpOn/10MinuteSolution/17430>

.NET Compact Framework Sample: Hosting A Native Windows Control

<http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=794f5e1a-984b-474f-8139-a1a64c595151&displaylang=en>

Developing Custom Controls in C# with Smart Device Extensions

<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms836776.aspx>

Chapter 4: Graphics

Creating a Microsoft .NET Compact Framework-based Animation Control

<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa446483.aspx>

Chapter 5: Files and Directories

Working with files on Smartphone devices with the .NET Compact Framework

<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa446567.aspx>

Chapter 6: Mobile Web Services

Consuming Web Services with the Microsoft .NET Compact Framework

<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa446547.aspx>

Chapter 7: Working with Unmanaged Code

Accessing Phone APIs from the Microsoft .NET Compact Framework

<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa446547.aspx>

Advanced P/Invoke on the Microsoft .NET Compact Framework

<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa446529.aspx>

An Introduction to P/Invoke and Marshaling on the Microsoft .NET Compact Framework

<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa446529.aspx>

Creating a P/Invoke Library

<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa446550.aspx>

P/Invoking Serial APIs in the Compact Framework

<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa446551.aspx>

Using dumpbin.exe as an Aid for Declaring P/Invokes

<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa446532.aspx>

Chapter 8: Deploying Smartphone Application

Deployment Patterns for Microsoft .NET Compact Framework

<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa446503.aspx>

Smartphone 2003 Application Deployment Demystified

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnsmtphn2k3htmlsp_2003_app_deploy_demyst.asp?frame=true>

Chapter 9: Interoperability

Connecting Microsoft Mobile Devices to Java Infrastructures

<http://dotnet.sys-con.com/node/47342>

Architecting Disconnected Mobile Applications Using a Service Oriented Architecture

<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa446503.aspx>

Chapter 10: Game Programming with Smartphone

Games Programming with Cheese: Part One

<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa446511.aspx>

Games Programming with Cheese: Part Two

<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa446552.aspx>

Games Programming with Cheese: Part Three

<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa446553.aspx>

Games Programming with Cheese: Part Four

<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa446554.aspx>

Chapter 11: Advanced Topics

Security:

A Practical Guide to the Smartphone Application Security and Code Signing Model for Developers

<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms839377.aspx>

Sending and Receiving SMS Messages:

Receiving SMS Messages Inside a Managed Application

<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa446561.aspx>

Sending SMSs from your Microsoft .NET Compact Framework-based Applications

<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa446545.aspx>

Debugging:

Microsoft .NET Compact Framework Debugging

<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa446495.aspx>

Performance:

An Overview of the .Net Compact Framework Garbage Collector

<http://weblogs.asp.net/stevenpr/archive/2004/07/26/197254.aspx>

Microsoft .NET Compact Framework Multi-threading Tips

<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa446540.aspx>

Microsoft .NET Compact Framework Background Processing Techniques

<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa446488.aspx>

Improving Microsoft .NET Compact Framework-based Application Form Load Performance

<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa446535.aspx>

Developing Well Performing .NET Compact Framework Applications

<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa446542.aspx>

.Net Compact Framework Advanced Memory Management

<http://weblogs.asp.net/mikezintel/archive/2004/12/08/278153.aspx>

Miscellaneous:

Creating Self-Updating Applications With the .NET Compact Framework

<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa446487.aspx>

Improving .NET Compact Framework HTTP Communications using HttpWebRequest and Custom ASP.NET Providers

<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa446517.aspx>

Connecting a Smartphone 2003 Application to a Remoting Infrastructure

<http://www.devx.com/dotnet/article/22460>

.NET Compact Framework Mobile Web Server Architecture

<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa446537.aspx>

Chapter 12: What's Next

What's New in the .NET Compact Framework 2.0

<http://msdn2.microsoft.com/library/ws1c3xeh.aspx>

Other Resources (Links gathered from comments)

Pragmatic Smartphone Application Hints and Tricks:
http://homepages.inspire.net.nz/~gambit/Article/

Programming Smartphone 2002/2003/SE with Embedded Visual Basic (eVB):
http://www.omnisoft.com/articles/spevb/default.asp

Smartphone "Tip-o-the-Day"
http://spaces.msn.com/members/lesgainous/