Windows CE 2 Programming for Dummies [With Contains Source Code, Ce Install, Expense Tracker]

Nick Grattan has done an excellent job of covering the Windows CE 2 programming problems and has created a number of excellent examples. This book ranks in my mind with the classic K & R White Book on C. The reader should keep in mind that you must have the CE Toolkit for C++ ($200 US) as well as a Windows CE PIM running version 2.0 to be able to use this book.Unfortunately the first example doesn't work, but all of the other examples that I have tested have functioned exactly as described. The book suffers from a lack of tight editing on the part of IDG (but this is always the case). The author did a fine job, but one does expect publishing companies to do something such as editing. IDG has finally published a book I found to be useful. The CD shipped with the book did not work correctly with VC++, but the author quickly responded with a fix (24 hours!). Author has quickly responded to emails (that related to the book).

This book provides a good start for a programmer who is familiar with Visual C++. However, I don't think enough detail was provided for writing database applications. It provides a good starting point but not enough to do the whole job.