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Simple XML Parsing on WinCE 4.2 Using C++ and MSXML 3.0
Learn how to parse XML files by using MSXML 3.0, an XML parser from Microsoft.
News: "Magneto" Releases to Manufacturing
Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 released to manufacturing. Windows mobile features just improved!
Restrict Access to the Shell by Running Your Application Full Screen
Learn how to progmatically restrict access to the Shell by running your application full screen.
How DesktopRAPIInvoker Launches the HTML Viewer on the CE Device
Explore the mechanics of launching an HTML viewer on your CE device.
Remote Presentations With RAPI and the HTML Viewer Control
Invoke functions dynamically on CE enables a spectrum of possibility in terms of embedded applications and end-user—oriented applications using Windows CE's RAPI technology.
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MFC Integration with the Windows Transactional File System (TxF)
The Transactional File System (TxF), which allows access to an NTFS file system to be conducted in a transacted manner through extensions to the Windows SDK API. MFC 10, has been extended to support TxF and related technologies. This support allows existing MFC applications to be easily extended to support kernel transactions.

Portable Databases
In today's world of mobile apps, it's not an unreasonable expectation to want a database that's small, lightweight, and travels with the app from device to device. Take a quick look at what's available out there, and a few of the pros and cons of each.

Creating Simple Classes and Objects with Visual Basic
Learn how to create your own class and create objects representing that class using Visual Basic.
Working with State Machines in the .NET Framework
Arun Karthick introduces you to the state machine model and shows you how to create a simple working state machine sample using the .NET framework in the C# language.