Making Win32 Applications Mobile

NANCY NICOLAISEN is a software engineering consultant and trainer, currently specializing in Windows CE. Her firm, n2 software engineering, has recently released Field Trip, a forms based data collection program for handheld devices. Nicolaisen is the author of two previous books, has contributed regularly to Dr. Dobb's Journal, Database Advisor, PC Magazine, and Byte, and is the former Development Tools columnist for Computer Shopper. About Gearhead Press Responding to the ongoing demands of IT professionals for current and reliable information on the latest programming technologies, Wiley Technical Publishing introduces the Gearhead Press titles. These books, written by accomplished trainers in their respective fields, focus on using real world case studies to give readers the best information on leading topics. The Gearhead Press titles are characterized by two imprints: In the Trenches and Point to Point. Both imprints include fast paced books written by fellow IT professionals who have been there and done that. In the Trenches books guide readers to proficiency, and serve as practical, hands on references after the initial tasks are accomplished. The Point to Point titles invite readers to join an IT team at a model company and implement technologies in real world environments demonstrating actual problems and solutions.

Acknowledgments. Introduction. Part I: Adapting Application Appearance to Windows CE. Chapter 1: User Interface. Chapter 2: A Better Approach to Forms. Chapter 3: Handling Graphical Input and Output. Chapter 4: Handling Stylus Input. Chapter 5: The Windows CE Shell. Part II: Translating Win32 Application Behaviors to Windows CE. Chapter 6: Writing Memory Efficient CE Applications. Chapter 7: Using the Windows CE Registry. Chapter 8: File Handling, File Access, and Data Portability. Chapter 9: A CE Database Primer. Chapter 10: CE Power Conservation Strategies. Part III: Power Tools. Chapter 11: Connecting to CE from the Desktop. Chapter 12: RAPI and Remote Database Access. Chapter 13: Remote Presentations With RAPI and the HTML Viewer Control. Appendix A: Converting Help Files. Appendix B: Debugging and Validation Tools. Appendix C: Saving Memory by "Duncanizing". Index.