Acknowledgments

I first want to thank my coauthor, Ronnie Yates, without whose hard work this book would not have been possible. I also appreciate all of the hard work that the editorial staff at SAMS Publishing has contributed to this book.

I wish to thank Microsoft's Seth Demsey, David Rasmussen, and Bruce Hamilton for providing the ControlInvoker . They created a very elegant solution to a problem many developers will face and were very helpful and unselfish in sharing it. Additionally, I want to thank Ximing Zhou and the rest of the Smart Device Extensions team for their support and willingness to answer questions.

Finally, I want to thank my wife, Charsa, who was so helpful and supportive while I was writing this book. She made a difficult undertaking much easier to bear.

”Erik Rubin

I want to thank Neil Rowe, the acquisitions editor, and Jan Fisher, the project manager, for all of their hard work. I also want to thank the development editor, Mark Renfrow, the sponsoring editor, Peter Nelson, the project editor, Matt Purcell, and the copyeditors, Eric Tucker, Jessica Barringer, and Alysia Cooley. Also, thanks to the technical editors who kept me in line.

I want to thank all my teammates at Microsoft for answering any questions I asked and for not kicking me out of their offices even when I got a bit annoying. Huge thanks goes to my coauthor, Erik Rubin, for getting me involved in this project.

Finally, I want to thank my wife, Moya, for all her support and encouragement while I was writing this book.

”Ronnie Yates