Professional Visual Basic Windows Ce Programming

By Larry Roof

Windows CE is the version of Windows specifically developed for handheld PCs and other small devices. Out concurrently with the new release of CE2 and the first appearance of Visual Basic for CE, this... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1861001622
• ISBN13: 9781861001627
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Apress
• Length: 447 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.3" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

Good basis for productive development

In earlier versions of this work, I found Larry Roof's text and examples to be a very good foundation for VB programmers who are getting into the Windows CE/Pocket PC world. When Microsoft first released Visual Basic for the CE environment, it was a frustrating experience for developers. You were never quite sure which bits of code would work the same and which would not, and the online help and debugging tools were nowhere near the level of "regular" Visual Basic. Well, Microsoft has incrementally improved the product, but a good book on VB for CE is almost essential for any VB programmer who wants to work on the handheld systems. And Larry Roof's book meets that requirement. I should add that my review is based on material I reviewed prior to the release of this PDF version, but the publisher asked me to review it without providing a copy of the PDF.

Good intro & intermediate information

I agree that 'professional' is a stretch with the title. The material's scope is from beginner to intermediate. Also, because I am working with Windows CE 3 & Visual Tools 3, some of the information is clealy dated (time for the next version of the book). However, as an experienced VB developer, new to the windows CE platform, the book was an excellent first step. There are several books on windows CE, but few devoted to VB & CE. The reason is obvious -- VB tools for Windows CE 3 is very limited, and any serious application development will require C++. I recommend this book for VB developers new to the CE platform. Just don't expect to be able to run all the examples as is.

Visual Basic Windows CE Programming --- another review

I thought the book was very well documented with helpful examples. One of the other reviews was simply put "out of date". Concepts and ideas never go out of date, and this book is the first one with complete examples covering topics which are directed at the type of product it supports. I have not found any other book with the explicit subject matter of VB for CE development as this one. I would suggest this book to anyone who is interested in getting directly into VB-CE development especially ASP/internet access for data. Cheers....!

A great intro to VB CE for an experienced VB programmer.

Although some of the information specific to the VB CE Toolkit installation no longer match the actual install steps, I found this book extremely helpful. The discussion of the controls and the examples are easily understood. I recommend this book for any experienced VB programmer who wants to learn VB CE.

Straightforward discussion on howto code using VB

The author clearly enjoys working with Visual Basic for CE and this come out in the text. There are some limitations to the environment and these are delt with well. Having met the author at the European TechEd conference I would agree with him that good applications written for Windows CE platforms aren't that hard to do, providing you understand the limitations of the devices. If you are new to this environment, read this book first.