The book is about developing mobile Enterprise solutions based on the Microsoft Pocket PC platform. The reader is provided with a discussion of the business impact of mobile solutions, a method that facilitates the development of Pocket PC applications, mobile system architecture design, getting started instructions, and a significant amount of sample code walkthroughs. The sample code is based on:
- eMbedded Visual Basic
- SQL Server 2000 Windows ® CE Edition
- SQL Server 2000
- Odyssey Software CEfusion
- Transaction Server (Component Services)
- Message Queue Server
- Internet Information Server (HTML, XML/XSL, ASP)
- Web Services using SOAP
Developers already familiar with Microsoft tools and infrastructure are given a mobile development kick-start. The book contains the story of a fictitious company, ACME Copier Inc and how their field service operation uses Pocket PC applications to improve customer satisfaction and productivity. The client- and server side components that make it all work are included with the book, which will enable the reader to reuse vital elements of the solution. The following software is available on the CD:
- All the book samples in source code format
- Microsoft ActiveSync 3.1
- Microsoft embedded Visual Tools 3.0
- Microsoft SQL Server 2000 for Windows CE 1.1
- Odyssey Software CEfusion 3.5 Free Developer Enterprise Edition - $500!!
- Odyssey Software ViaXML 1.1 Trial Edition
- Software 309 PictureBox Control 2.7
- Odyssey Software OSIUtil 1.0
- Ezos EzWAP 2.0 Evaluation
- Larry Banks' Virtual iPAQ/EM500/Jordana
- Microsoft SOAP Toolkit 2.0
- Simon Fell's Pocket SOAP 0.9
- Microsoft Reader 1.5
- Read in Microsoft Reader add-in for Microsoft Word 1.0
