CEDriverWizard or how to create a Stream Driver for Dummies

David Jones, just released, on codeplex, a new version of its famous Driver wizard that helps Windows Embedded CE/Compact developers to create Stream Drivers. This new version now can be integrated inside Visual Studio, as part as the Subprojects templates.

NEW RELEASE: 8th Feb 2013

Now available: New version that integrates more tightly with Visual Studio.
Stream Driver projects appear as "Add New Project" wizards under Platform Builder subheading
Has Stream Driver and Basic Test app templates. Others to follow.

Check out this new version.

- Nicolas

Ask Bill Gates anything on February 11th

Hi folks,

this is a bit off topic, but nevertheless interesting:

Bill Gates will do a AMA (ask me anything) session on February 11^th 2013 at 10:45 am (PST) on

Reddit.

Go ahead and participate!

Have fun!

.Net Framework 4.5 Programming Cookbook

If you are looking for a programming book, then I would suggest you to read this one, .Net Framework 4.5 Expert Programming Cookbook written by A.P. Rajshekhar published by Packt Publishing.

This book covers :

• Chapter 1, Core .NET Recipes, will cover the core concepts in .NET, which include metadata programming, reflection, asynchronous I/O, and dynamic programming.
• Chapter 2, Application Events and Windows Forms, covers topics such as event handling, dynamically generating controls, and layouts as well as creating video players using Managed DirectX.
• Chapter 3, Threading and Parallel Programming, will cover multi-threading, thread-safety, and the parallel framework extensions to avoid threading pitfalls in your Windows Forms, WPF, and Silverlight applications.
• Chapter 4, ASP.NET Recipes – I, explains the new features of ASP.NET applications including strongly-typed controls, HTML 5 controls, and client-side storage as well as passing data between Silverlight and the ASPX page.
• Chapter 5, ADO.NET Recipes, covers saving and retrieving files of big size (BLOB) in SQL Server, managing transactions, and using DataSet to operate upon XML data.
• Chapter 6, WCF Recipes, explains uploading files using streamed mode, implementing REST services, handling exceptions using FaultContract, implementing custom binding, and securing services using role-based security.
• Chapter 7, WPF Recipes, will cover design patterns that include MVVM, repository pattern, and Data Mapper as well as new controls such as Ribbon control and live data shaper. It will also cover creating a video player using WPF Media API.
• Chapter 8, ASP.NET Recipes – II, covers the new features of ASP.NET websites such as enabling Google/Facebook, SSO-based authentication, adding unobtrusive validation, embedding maps in websites, and protecting against cross-server scripting attacks.
• Chapter 9, Silverlight Recipes, explains the new pivot control, accessing webcams, and client-side storage.
• Chapter 10, Entity Framework Recipes, will cover using LINQ to join multiple entities, calling stored procedures using Entity Framework, handling long-running tasks, and using table-valued functions of MS SQL Server.

- Nicolas

Windows Embedded Compact 7 on Freescale i.MX6 products

As part of a close collaboration with Freescale, Adeneo Embedded is releasing Freescale i.MX6 BSPs for Windows Embedded Compact 7 on a set of hardware devices :

• i.MX6 Nitrogen6X (hardware details)
• i.MX6 SabreLite (hardware details)
• i.MX6 Sabre SDB (hardware details)
• i.MX6 Sabre SDP (hardware details)

- Nicolas

Reliance file system for WEC7 on OMAP4 Blaze

Adeneo Embedded has strong expertise on integrating 3rd party file systems with Windows Embedded Compact 7. This demo showcases the Reliance file system from DataLight that has been integrated in the WEC7 BSP for the OMAP4 Blaze platform.

Adeneo Embedded offers such file system integration expertise as part of its software services.

- Nicolas

Windows Embedded Standard 7 - Webcast Session 4

The session 4, last but not least, from the WES7 webcast series is available for watching.

Maintenance and updates

• Deploy OS updates
• Install additional packages
• Power Shell
• Application updates
• Device Manager Client

This webcast has been developed in collaboration with Arrow Electronics Europe.

- Nicolas

Windows Phone 7.8 available

Hi folks,

the Windows Phone 7.8 update for Windows Phone 7.5 devices is now available. The OEMs as well as the providers are responsible for the deployment of the update, thus not all devices are supported as of now.

The update includes Windows Phone 8 Live Tile functionality, 20 possible colors for the Live Tiles, a picture of the day that can be used as screensaver as well as “many quality improvements” a.k.a. bugfixes.

Have fun!