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Boling, Douglas McConnaughey, 1960-

      Programming Microsoft Windows CE .NET / Douglas Boling.--3rd ed.

            p. cm.

      Includes index.

      ISBN 0-7356-1884-4

      1.  Microsoft Windows (Computer file)  2.  Operating systems (Computers)  3.  Microsoft

.NET.  I.  Title.

    QA76.76.O63B625  2003

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