Using the Smart Device Framework for Windows Mobile Development

If one has been developing Windows Mobile applications using the .NET Compact Framework for some time, there will be a day when one will realize that not all the functionalities one's need can be satisfied by the class libraries provided by Microsoft. In such cases, one has to rely on Platform Invoke (commonly known as P/Invoke), which is a somewhat painful thing to do due to the need to perform data marshalling between one's application and the operating system services. Fortunately, a group of kind souls at OpenNETCF Consulting has released a set of .NET Compact Framework extensions known as the Smart Device Framework (SDF) to complement the set of class libraries provided by Microsoft.