The definitive guide to programming the Windows CE API

Design sleek high-performance applications for the newest generation of smart devices with this practical authoritative reference. It fully explains how to extend your Microsoft Windowsâ or embedded programming skills to the Windows CE handheld and Pocket PC environments. You'll review the basics of event-driven development and then tackle the intricacies of this modular compact architecture. Investigate platform-specific programming considerations and use specialized techniques for handling memory storage and power constraints. Dive into serial network and RAPI communications. Advance your skill with modules processes and threads and build or modify code to meet the requirements of new devices such as the Pocket PC.
Coverage in this guide includes:

• Introduction to Windows CE programming
• Memory management
• Input keyboard touch screen and menus
• Processes and threads
• Files databases and the registry
• Windows networking and IrSock
• The Remote API (RAPI)
• Notifications
• The Explorer Shell
• Programming and extending the Pocket PC
• Power Management
• Pocket PC Today screen extensions
• Output basic drawing and text support
• The Game API (GAPI)
• Windows controls and dialog boxes
• Windows CE device drivers