C

C/C++, 3

data storage, 67

C# compiler, 202

C# programming, I, 5, 19–20, 20–21

abstract, 245

Application class, 137

ArrayList, 58

base keyword, 246, 247

classes, 46

data access, 82, 83

data types, 255

default, Visual Studio, 29–31

enumerations, 247

exceptions, 52–53

foreach, 81

interfaces, 78–80

keywords, 29–30

managed code, 8

object transfer, 109

objects, 22, 39

parameter arrays, 219

reference type, 60, 253

serialization, 109

SideShow and, 162

static members, 254

subscripts, 254

streams, 67

this keyword, 255

weak references, 67–70

Calendar gadget, SideShow, 160

canvas, component placement, 140–41

Canvas class, 140–41

case studies

EmbeddedFusion ball-in-maze game, 231–36. See also EmbeddedFusion case study

Vista SideShow, 236–44. See also Windows SideShow case study

cast/casting, 246

checkedTime, 182–83

checksum, 61, 75

Child property, 155

Children class, 149

Citizen, 14

class constructors, 51–52

class hierarchies, 142

performance and, 84

class libraries, 7, 27, 244

classes. See also specific classes

abstract, 245

data members, 45–46

defined, 246

instances, 38

hierarchies and performance, 84

ports and, 22–23

private members, 252–53

protected members, 252

public members, 253

static, 253

ToString method, 51

CLI. See Common Language Infrastructure (CLI)

client/server model, 93

clients, 93

listening for, connected flashlight, 105

queuing, connected flashlight, 106

requests, processing, connected flashlight, 108

CLR. See common language runtime (CLR)

code, embedded, i

exception handling, 53

code, managed, 4–5, 6, 244

and Framework Libraries, 242

loops, 243

memory requirements, 5

.NET Micro Framework, 18

poor, 18

vs. native, 8

runtime, 6, 8

SideShow and, 162

code, native, 8

code generation, 19

code samples, downloadable, ii

Color type, 123

colors, .NET Micro Framework, 122–24

ColorUtility, 123

COM ports, 77, 78, 211

verifying, 218–19

command-line arguments, emulator, 209–11

/commandlinearguements, 210

commands, sending, Roomba, 223–24

Common Language Infrastructure (CLI), 18–19

common language runtime (CLR), 8, 188

HAL, 9

support for, 242, 244

Visual Studio, 13

CompareExchange method, 228

compilation, just-in-time (JIT), 20, 243, 256

compilers, 18

casting and, 246

data types, 255

compiling, 202

components. See also software components, device, building, 73

defined, 246

emulator. See Extensible Emulator

flexibility improvement, 76

reusability improvement, 76

testability improvement, 76–77

ComPort, 208

ComPortHandle, 208

ComputeExtent, 130

ComputeTextInRect, 144

/config argument, 209–10

Configuration class, 60–61

Configuration Engine, 189, 192, 193, 209

configuration file, XML, 192, 198, 199, 201, 202

/config, 209–10

importing configurations, 209

ConfigurationMessage, 114

Configure method, 195, 203

Connect method, 102

connected flashlight device, 105

connecting to HQ from flashlight, 113–15

creating HQ server, 105–08

flashlight configuration protocol, 108–13

P2P flashlights, 117–18

updating HQ with UDP, 115–17

connection events, SideShow, 184–85

connections, accepting, connected flashlight, 107–08

ConnectME, 91

console application, 26–27

constructor, code, 38, 52

constructors, class, 51–52

defined, 246–47

errors and exceptions, 52

container objects, creating, 140

content endpoint, SideShow, 168–77

control, bit-based, 21–22

ControlThink, 14, 15

corner radius values, Bitmap, 126–27

Cos method, 85

Count property, 59, 81

Cpu.pin, 41

Create method, 103

Critical, priority level, 72

c_SurviveBoot, 71

c_SurvivePowerdown, 71

CurrentInputManager, 150