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The .NET Compact Framework ships with a number of built-in controls. These controls look a bit old fashioned, especially if you compare them to controls that can be used in the full .NET Framework. In this How-Do-I video, Maarten Struys shows you how to create your own User Interface controls with a Gradient Background to give your application a modern look and feel.

Presented by Maarten Struys 
www.dotnetfordevices.com
Length: 40 minutes 53 seconds

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Hardware, Performance, and Resource Management


How Do I: Preserve Battery Power When My Application is in the Background?

(11 Minutes 15 seconds)

How Do I: Assure That My Application Code Continues Running When the Device is in Suspended Mode?

(18 minutes 47 seconds)

How Do I: Respond to the Windows Mobile Request to Release Resources?

(29 Minutes 2 seconds)

How Do I: Monitor for an Application to Exit Without Draining the Device Battery?

(35 Minutes 32 seconds)

How Do I: Use the GPS Intermediate Driver to Retrieve Location Information?

(28 Minutes 57 seconds)

How Do I: Use Custom Extension Methods to Improve the Efficiency of LINQ Queries?

(33 minutes 14 seconds)

How Do I: Use the .NET Compact Framework 3.5 Remote Performance Monitor?

(38 minutes, 55 seconds)

How Do I: Detect Managed Memory Leaks Using Remote Performance Monitor?

(16 minutes, 57 seconds)

How Do I: Efficiently Query a SQL Server Compact Database Using LINQ?

(34 minutes, 33 seconds)

How Do I: Use the CLR Profiler to Detect Finalization Problems on My Device?

(30 minutes, 23 seconds)

How Do I: Programmatically Determine the Windows Mobile Device Type Using .NET Compact Framework 3.5?

(10 minutes, 31 seconds)

How Do I: Run One Instance Only of My .NET Compact Framework Application?

(23 minutes, 13 seconds)

How Do I: Maximize Communication Efficiency of SQL Server Compact Edition Data Synchronization?

(26 minutes, 53 seconds)

How Do I: Find the List of Storage Cards Loaded into My Device?

(21 minutes, 46 seconds)

How Do I: Programmatically Monitor for a Specific Time of Day Without Draining a Device Battery?

(39 minutes 53 seconds)

How Do I: Detect and Verify a Network Connection?

(33 minutes, 6 seconds)

How Do I: Detect and Identify a Mobile Device?

(28 minutes 45 seconds)

How Do I: Programmatically Determine If a Device Has a Physical Keyboard Connected?

(16 minutes 22 seconds)

How Do I: Improve Data Performance Using Visual Studio 2005?

(17 minutes, 22 seconds)

How Do I: Devices: Create a superfast starting Managed Windows Mobile application?

(42 minutes, 54 seconds)

How Do I: Use Reflection to Access Private Members in .NET Compact Framework Types?

(43 minutes 08 seconds)

How Do I: Use Windows Mobiles 6.5 Gestures in Managed Code?

(37 minutes 02 seconds)

How Do I: Solve potential deadlock situations in the Windows Mobile GPS Sample?

(24 minutes 37 seconds)

Testing and Debugging


How Do I: Enable Windows Mobile Device Emulator UDP Support?
(13 Minutes 52 seconds)

How Do I: Successfully Debug Application Code that Establishes a Cellular or Wi-Fi Connection?
(13 Minutes 52 seconds)

How Do I: Attach the Debugger to a .NET Compact Framework Application that is Already Running?
(35 Minutes 32 seconds)

How Do I: Run Smart Device Unit Tests from a Command Prompt?
(10 Minutes 4 seconds)

How Do I: Use The Remote Logging Configuration Tool?
(20 Minutes 29 seconds)

How Do I: Automate the Setup of a Debug and Test Environment That Uses the Cellular Emulator?
(32 minutes, 33 seconds)

How Do I: Use the CLR Profiler to Detect Finalization Problems on My Device?
(30 minutes, 23 seconds)

How Do I: Test Unit Tests for Devices?
(17 minutes, 38 seconds)

How Do I: Build and Run a Unit Test for a Smart Device Application?
(27 minutes, 6 seconds)

How Do I: Upgrade My Mobile Device Projects from Visual Studio 2005 to Visual Studio 2008?
(27 minutes, 53 seconds)

How Do I: Programmatically Control the Configuration of a Running Device Emulator?
(38 minutes, 54 seconds)

How Do I: Use Visual Studio 2008 Device Security?
(16 minutes, 47 seconds)

How Do I: Programmatically Control Device Emulators and the Device Emulator Manager in Visual Studio 2008?
(41 minutes, 46 seconds)

How Do I: Use the Microsoft Hopper Test Tool to Stress Test My Windows Mobile Application?
(18 minutes, 27 seconds)

How Do I: Use Development Test Certificates to Sign an Application?
(15 minutes, 2 seconds)

How Do I: Launch Smartphone Applications from Visual Studio?
(10 minutes 15 seconds)

How Do I: Automate the Device Emulator Configuration for Windows Mobile?
(20 minutes, 30 seconds)

How Do I: Create a Test Server Using the Local Server Framework in the Windows Mobile 6 SDK?
(42 minutes, 23 seconds)

How Do I: Configure the Device Emulator to Use an Emulated Cellular Connection?
(12 minutes 6 seconds)

How Do I: Debug Native Code in a Managed Windows Mobile Application?
(11 minutes, 41 seconds)