Review
"In their book, Andreas and Christian provide the necessary linkage between the popular program development environments and the explosive growth potential exhibited by the Pocket PC platform. The key to continued growth and productivity in the smart handheld device market is the development of the next wave of applications. "Andreas and Christian take a unique approach by focusing on the enterprise and their view of the Pocket PC as a logical extension of the enterprise and the next access device. For clarity and ease of learning, the authors develop a series of applications focused upon a fictitious company. By following the examples, the reader becomes acquainted with the business processes and is walked through the code that brings those processes to the Pocket PC. "As a result, this book becomes an important contribution to the literature supporting the move towards smart handheld devices and the growth of Pocket PC as an enabling operating environment. Enjoy!"
from the foreword by Ted Clark, Vice President, iPAQ Mobile Solutions, Compaq "Mobile devices and wireless bandwidth have matured and converged to enable great mobile enterprise solutions. Andreas and Christian enable you to quickly take advantage of this high-growth area"
Lenn Pryor, Lead Product Manager, Mobility Group, Microsoft Corporation "This book convinced me that EVB is a viable language for Pocket PC development. It is a must for serious Visual Basic developers targeting Pocket PC. I am impressed by the authors' excellent use of EVB for developing mobile enterprise solutions."
Chris M. Muench, Siemens' technology ambassador to Microsoft and author of "The Windows CE Technology Tutorial" (Addison-Wesley, 2001)
Product Description
The book is about developing mobile Enterprise solutions based on the Microsoft Pocket PC platform. The reader is provided with a discussion of the business impact of mobile solutions, a method that facilitates the development of Pocket PC applications, mobile system architecture design, getting started instructions, and a significant amount of sample code walkthroughs. The sample code is based on:
- eMbedded Visual Basic
- SQL Server 2000 Windows ® CE Edition
- SQL Server 2000
- Odyssey Software CEfusion
- Transaction Server (Component Services)
- Message Queue Server
- Internet Information Server (HTML, XML/XSL, ASP)
- Web Services using SOAP
Developers already familiar with Microsoft tools and infrastructure are given a mobile development kick-start. The book contains the story of a fictitious company, ACME Copier Inc and how their field service operation uses Pocket PC applications to improve customer satisfaction and productivity. The client- and server side components that make it all work are included with the book, which will enable the reader to reuse vital elements of the solution. The following software is available on the CD:
- All the book samples in source code format
- Microsoft ActiveSync 3.1
- Microsoft embedded Visual Tools 3.0
- Microsoft SQL Server 2000 for Windows CE 1.1
- Odyssey Software CEfusion 3.5 Free Developer Enterprise Edition - $500!!
- Odyssey Software ViaXML 1.1 Trial Edition
- Software 309 PictureBox Control 2.7
- Odyssey Software OSIUtil 1.0
- Ezos EzWAP 2.0 Evaluation
- Larry Banks' Virtual iPAQ/EM500/Jordana
- Microsoft SOAP Toolkit 2.0
- Simon Fell's Pocket SOAP 0.9
- Microsoft Reader 1.5
- Read in Microsoft Reader add-in for Microsoft Word 1.0
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