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Professional Visual Basic Windows CE Programming
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.268
EAN: 9781861001627
Edition: 1st
ISBN: 1861001622
Label: John Wiley & Sons
Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 447
Publication Date: 1998-09
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Studio: John Wiley & Sons
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Editorial Review:
This guidebook shows you how to be productive quickly using Visual Basic (VB) tools for the Windows CE platform. The book starts with a guide to installing and using the Microsoft VBCE Toolkit, and then outlines the major differences between ordinary VB development and the (restricted) CE version. After introducing a simple time-manager sample, Roof offers helpful tips for dealing with the reduced capabilities of hand-held devices.
Next, Roof covers add-ons to the Microsoft VBCE. He explores ActiveX controls for Windows CE such as the grid, ListView, and TreeView controls. Later, he looks at database programming, using the Windows CE ADO CE SDK add-on.
Roof spends a good deal of time on the different conventions of working with files in VBCE, illustrated with a simple editor. There are issues specific to the Windows CE platform, such as synchronizing data between desktop PCs and hand-held devices. He presents several solutions on this topic (including using the Internet to transfer data), and also includes a chapter on Microsoft's new HTML-based help system.
The book finishes off with two nicely functional samples, an Inventory Manager (which uses bar codes) and a Note Manager (for organizing notes). Illustrated with plenty of screen shots, Professional Visual Basic Windows CE Programming delivers a useful guide to the exciting world of Windows CE development for the Visual Basic programmer. --Richard Dragan
This book provides the expertise and techniques needed to develop applications for the handheld computer using the Visual Basic for Windows CE Toolkit. TThe VBCE Toolkit combines the rapid development environment of Visual Basic with the features of Windows CE.VB for CE is a new product that will for the first time allow application developers to build custom CE applications quickly and effectively. It will take you through the the features of the VBCE Toolkit, including ADO CE; and step by step, it will help you to avoidd many of the common pitfalls with the Toolkit. It will also show how to get the most out of the VCBE language, so that you can write professional CE-compatible applications. With the popularity of handhelds increasing daily,it will help you to exploit this expanding market by giving you the ability to produce elaborate, commercial quality applications.
What is this book about?
The market for handheld PC applications is poised for massive growth; but holding all H/PCs back has been the complexity and outright lack of development tools to build these applications. Visual Basic for Windows CE meets that need by allowing existing VB programmers to add CE clients to their applications and databases.
This book provides you with the expertise and techniques you'll need to develop applications for the handheld computer using the Visual Basic for Windows CE Toolkit. The VBCE Toolkit combines the rapid development environment of Visual Basic with the features of Windows CE.
The book will take you through the features of the VBCE Toolkit, including ADO CE; and step-by-step, it will help you to avoid many of the common pitfalls of using the Toolkit. It will also show you how to get the most out of the VBCE language, so you can write professional CE-compatiable applications.
Who is this book for?
The book assumes that the main audience will already be VB proficient and cuts right to the chase providing all the information needed to create commercial quality CE applications. To use this book, you'll need a PC running Windows NT 4.0, Visual Basic 5.0 and the Windows CE Toolkit for Visual Basic.
What does this book cover?
How to work with the Visual Basic for CE add-in, from the creation of new projects, through to their testing and distribution
A run through of the ActiveX controls expansion set, including six demonstration programs
How to manipulate files in your CE applications
How to create and use databases on the handhelds using ADO CE
How to move data between the handheld and desktop PC
How to create help systems for your CE applications
How to get around the VBCE Toolkit bugs
Design implications of the handheld environment
The construction of complete applications to demonstrate the techniques of professional VBCE programming
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Customer Reviews
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Rating: - Good basis for productive development
In earlier versions of this work, I found Larry Roof's text and examples to be a very good foundation for VB programmers who are getting into the Windows CE/Pocket PC world. When Microsoft first released Visual Basic for the CE environment, it was a frustrating experience for developers. You were never quite sure which bits of code would work the same and which would not, and the online help and debugging tools were nowhere near the level of "regular" Visual Basic. Well, Microsoft has incrementally ... Read More
Rating: - Good intro & intermediate information
I agree that 'professional' is a stretch with the title. The material's scope is from beginner to intermediate. Also, because I am working with Windows CE 3 & Visual Tools 3, some of the information is clealy dated (time for the next version of the book). However, as an experienced VB developer, new to the windows CE platform, the book was an excellent first step. There are several books on windows CE, but few devoted to VB & CE. The reason is obvious -- VB tools for Windows CE 3 is very ... Read More
Rating: - Visual Basic Windows CE Programming --- another review
I thought the book was very well documented with helpful examples. One of the other reviews was simply put "out of date". Concepts and ideas never go out of date, and this book is the first one with complete examples covering topics which are directed at the type of product it supports. I have not found any other book with the explicit subject matter of VB for CE development as this one. I would suggest this book to anyone who is interested in getting directly into VB-CE development especially ... Read More
Rating:  - Outdated
Most of the content of this book is outdated. The content that it does provide is very lacking. I recommend looking elsewhere.
Rating:  - A great intro to VB CE for an experienced VB programmer.
Although some of the information specific to the VB CE Toolkit installation no longer match the actual install steps, I found this book extremely helpful. The discussion of the controls and the examples are easily understood. I recommend this book for any experienced VB programmer who wants to learn VB CE.
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