David Kline
Enabling Attach to Process support in NetCF v2
By default, support for attaching the debugger to a .NET Compact Framework application is disabled...
Author: DavidKlineMS Date: 05/24/2005
Exception.StackTrace and the .NET Compact Framework
One of the great new additions to version 2 of the .NET Compact Framework is the...
Author: DavidKlineMS Date: 05/21/2005
MEDC 2005 - Wrapup
I would like to thank everyone who attended MEDC in Las Vegas this year. It was a pleasure to meet...
Author: DavidKlineMS Date: 05/13/2005
Live from MEDC 2005 IV - Day 2 Summary
I can hardly believe I'm still awake :)Day 2 was another very busy day. I had one last speaker prep...
Author: DavidKlineMS Date: 05/12/2005
Live from MEDC 2005 III - Day 1 Summary
Good morning! Yesterday's sessions were fantastic... Allow me to repeat Scott's sentiments on the...
Author: DavidKlineMS Date: 05/11/2005
Live from MEDC 2005 II - Windows Mobile 5.0
Hello, again! The keynote was great with some very cool demos. You can watch the video here. During...
Author: DavidKlineMS Date: 05/10/2005
Live from MEDC 2005 I
Hello from Las Vegas! I'm typing this from one of the communications kiosks here at MEDC 2005. So...
Author: DavidKlineMS Date: 05/10/2005
MEDC 2005 - Debugging .NET Compact Framework Applications III
We're in the final lap of our MEDC 2005 preparations. My slides are finished, the demos are ready to...
Author: DavidKlineMS Date: 05/05/2005
Exploring The NetCF WebCrawler Sample III - Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2
In the first part of this series, I discussed how the WebCrawler uses an HTTP HEAD request to...
Author: DavidKlineMS Date: 04/27/2005
Determining the NetCF version while debugging
Have you ever wondered, while debugging, what the exact version of the .NET Compact Framework was...
Author: DavidKlineMS Date: 04/24/2005
Running NetCF v1 Applications on v2 - Part II
Several months ago, I posted on using an application configuration file to instruct your NetCF v1...
Author: DavidKlineMS Date: 04/19/2005
.NET Compact Framework v2 Beta 2 is Now Available!
Just a note that the .NET Compact Framework v2 Beta2 release is now available! You can either get it...
Author: DavidKlineMS Date: 04/19/2005
Using Run to Cursor to set one time breakpoints
A week or so ago, I posted on using Visual Studio's Watch window to modify an application's user...
Author: DavidKlineMS Date: 04/12/2005
MEDC 2005 - Debugging .NET Compact Framework Applications II
I hope many of you are planning on attending MEDC, this May, in Las Vegas. I've been quiet online...
Author: DavidKlineMS Date: 03/30/2005
Exploring the NetCF Web Crawler sample (Visual Studio .NET 2003) - Part II: Updating the UI
A couple of weeks ago, I discussed link tracking in the NetCF Web Crawler sample from Visual Studio...
Author: DavidKlineMS Date: 03/21/2005
MEDC 2005 - Debugging .NET Compact Framework Applications
I'm now officially registered for MEDC 2005 and will hopefully be seeing many of you in Las Vegas...
Author: DavidKlineMS Date: 03/16/2005
What was that cool thing you just did? - Addendum: Clearing the command history
I was at a retirement party recently when, as often happens, talk turned to the "old days". I was...
Author: DavidKlineMS Date: 03/10/2005
Saving time when navigating directories at the Command Prompt using pushd and popd
It's been a little while since I posted one of my favorite command line 'tricks'... Windows XP...
Author: DavidKlineMS Date: 02/24/2005
Exciting news... New CLR book by Steven Pratschner (NetCF Program Manager)
I just heard about (and got my hot little hands on a copy of) Steven Pratschner's new book on the...
Author: DavidKlineMS Date: 02/18/2005
Is my device running on battery or AC power?
At times, it's helpful to know if the device running your application is plugged in or on battery...
Author: DavidKlineMS Date: 02/10/2005
How To Get The Display's Color Depth using NetCF Version 1
I've seen this asked about recently on the NetCF...
Author: DavidKlineMS Date: 02/02/2005
Checking for Screen Rotation Support Using NetCF
Yesterday, the Windows Mobile team posted a handy tip titled "How to check if screen can be...
Author: DavidKlineMS Date: 02/01/2005
Accessing a WebService's WebRequest and WebResponse in NetCF
One common question regarding the .NET Compact Framework involves the availability of the WebRequest...
Author: DavidKlineMS Date: 01/31/2005
Determining the IP address of your device
Device's do not typically register a name with the network. This means you cannot just use a name to...
Author: DavidKlineMS Date: 01/18/2005
Got feedback for the .NET Compact Framework?
We're looking for feedback on the .NET Compact Framework from the developer community. Please send...
Author: DavidKlineMS Date: 01/04/2005
Scott Holden on GC.Collect
I just discovered that Scott Holden (NetCF Development Manager) is up and posting! Be sure to check...
Author: DavidKlineMS Date: 12/28/2004
The old days...
Ben "Virtual PC Guy" Armstrong's recent post sent me back to my early days at Microsoft. Back then...
Author: DavidKlineMS Date: 12/21/2004
Can I debug a NetCF application without being an administrator?
Everyone knows that it is safer to run as a limited user rather than as the administrator. Because...
Author: DavidKlineMS Date: 12/16/2004
Please welcome Mike Zintel and read about NetCF memory management
Today, our team's (NetCF) group manager, Mike Zintel, has joined the blogs.msdn.com community!...
Author: DavidKlineMS Date: 12/08/2004
Determining the type of data pointed to by a Url - VB.NET version
Earlier today, I posted an example of some Visual C# code that checks the type of the data pointed...
Author: DavidKlineMS Date: 12/07/2004
Determining the type of data pointed to by a Url
Have you ever wanted to know what type of file was being pointed to by a given url before clicking...
Author: DavidKlineMS Date: 12/07/2004
Debugging NetCF apps with cordbg - Part XI: VB.Net
For the most part, my posts are written in C#. Of the NetCF supported languages, C# is where I am...
Author: DavidKlineMS Date: 11/21/2004
What does code using a ConditionalAttribute look like under the debugger?
Last week, Nathan posted about the ConditionalAttribute. This got me thinking... What does his...
Author: DavidKlineMS Date: 11/19/2004
Debugging NetCF apps using CorDbg - Part X: Threads
Earlier in this series, I mentioned I would talk a bit about threads......
Author: DavidKlineMS Date: 11/15/2004
What was that cool thing you just did?
Back when I started at Microsoft, the big product was MS-DOS 5. Of all the features in MS-DOS 5, my...
Author: DavidKlineMS Date: 11/10/2004
Simpifying socket exception handling
Remembering numeric error codes is hard. Unless the error handling code is well documented, code...
Author: DavidKlineMS Date: 11/04/2004
Simple object remoting using the XmlSerializer
Today, I'm going to talk about how you can use the XmlSerializer, TcpClient and TcpListener classes...
Author: DavidKlineMS Date: 10/27/2004
Debugging NetCF applications with cordbg - Part IX: Disassembly
Earlier in this series, I mentioned I would talk about cordbg, NetCF and IL......
Author: DavidKlineMS Date: 10/21/2004
Back from vacation
Just a note that I am back from vacation (have been for a few days now) and have finally dug out...
Author: DavidKlineMS Date: 09/30/2004
September Vacation 2004
It's mid-September again, which means that I'm on vacation (my wedding anniversary -- 12 years!).I'm...
Author: DavidKlineMS Date: 09/15/2004
No more paper maps for me...
Last week, I got my hands on a copy of Streets & Trips 2005 with GPS Locator. This weekend, I...
Author: DavidKlineMS Date: 09/05/2004
Building a simple NetCF application from the command line - VB.NET version
A couple of weeks ago, I promised to post the VB.NET equivalent to my C# command line example....
Author: DavidKlineMS Date: 09/01/2004
Debugging NetCF applications with CorDbg - Part VIII - Playing catch
Many times, debugging isn't so much about finding a bug as it is identifying performance related...
Author: DavidKlineMS Date: 08/25/2004
Rhubarb and the strawberry debate
Sorry if this seems a bit random... but, hey, tomorrow's Friday :) Funny things are known to pop up...
Author: DavidKlineMS Date: 08/19/2004
Building a simple NetCF application from the command line - C# version
Now that NetCF is part of the .NET Framework v2 SDK, I get asked how to build applications using the...
Author: DavidKlineMS Date: 08/17/2004
Debugging NetCF apps with CorDbg - Part VII - Walking the Stack
This installment of the debugging NetCF apps with cordbg series is going to talk about the stack -...
Author: DavidKlineMS Date: 08/13/2004