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Introduction. What's in This Book. Conventions Used in This Book. What You'll Need. Online Resources. 1. Setting Up Your Development Environment. Smart Device Extensions and the.NET Compact Framework. System Requirements. The Development Process Using Smart Device Extensions. Creating a New Application for Pocket PC Devices. Opening an Existing Smart Device Extensions Project. Targeting Nonstandard Devices. How Visual Studio Communicates with Devices. Installing the.NET Compact Framework Manually. Devices with Unusual Memory Maps. Connectivity Summary and Troubleshooter. In Brief. 2. Introducing the.NET Compact Framework. Why the.NET Compact Framework? Examining the.NET Compact Framework in Detail. The Common Language Runtime. Comparing the.NET Compact Framework CLR to the Desktop CLR. The.NET Compact Framework Class Libraries. In Brief. 3. Designing GUI Applications with Windows Forms. Investigating Unsupported Controls in the.NET Compact Framework. Investigating Unsupported System.Windows.Forms Functionality in the.NET Compact Framework. Working with the Visual Studio.NET Form Designer. The Form Designer Window. The ToolBox Window. The Properties Window. Adding Events Handlers. Understanding the Different Windows Forms Target Platforms. Understanding Windows CE.NET Projects. Understanding Pocket PC Projects. Working with the Form Control. Understanding the Effects of the FormBorderStyle Property. Using the ControlBox Property. Understanding the MinimizeBox and MaximizeBox Properties. Understanding the WindowsState Property. Understanding the Size Property. Setting the Location of the Form by Using the Location Property. Programming the Button Control. Using the TextBox Control. Using the Label Control. Working with RadioButton Controls. Using the CheckBox Control. Using the ComboBox Control. Using the ListBox Control. Using the NumericUpDown Control. Using the DomainUpDown Control. Programming the ProgressBar Control. Using the StatusBar Control. Using the TrackBar Control. Using the ToolBar Control. Adding a ToolBar Control to an Application. Handling a ToolBar's ButtonClick Event. Adding Menus with the MainMenu Control. Using a ContextMenu Control in an Application. Using the Timer Control. Using the OpenFileDialog and SaveFileDialog Controls. Using the Panel Control. Unsupported Functionality. Using the HScrollBar and VScrollBar Controls. Using the ImageList Control. Using the PictureBox Control. Using the ListView Control. Adding Columns to the ListView. Adding Items to the ListView Control. Determining the Selected Item. Additional ListView Control Properties. Using the TabControl Control. Using the TreeView Control. Understanding TreeView Properties. Adding TreeNodes to a TreeView Control. Determining the Selected TreeNode. Working with the DataGrid Control. Populating the DataGrid Control. Customizing the DataGrid Control. Determining the Selected Row or Selected Cell in the DataGrid. In Brief. 4. Using Threads and Timers in the.NET Compact Framework. Threads, Timers, and Windows CE. The Thread Class. Understanding Thread Basics. Creating and Starting a Thread. Writing Code to Start a Thread. Suspending a Thread. Using Threads with User Interface Controls. Quitting Threaded Applications. Coding a Multithreaded Application: SimpleThread. Coordinating Threads with the Mutex Class. Suspending and Resuming Threads with Mutexes. Examining a Sample Application: SuspendAndTerminateThreads.