Re: Compatibility question

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From: Daniel Moth (dmoth74_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 01/21/05 

Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 19:36:39 -0000

In addition to Ed's reply on number 3, see this for cross platform
development (written for desktop and device but easily applies to PPC and
SP):
http://www.danielmoth.com/Blog/2004/09/share-code-if-fullframe_17.html

Cheers
Daniel 

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"Ed Kaim" <ed@sharplogic.com> wrote in message
news:utoPlc8$EHA.608@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> 1) Will this same code also run on an iPaq and Pocket PC?  That is, is it
>> cross platform compatible?
> Yes, but with caveats. There is only one .NET Compact Framework, so apps
> you build will load and run, regardless of the underlying OS, without
> requiring recompile. However, you need to be aware of what the underlying
> OS supports. For example, there is no "button" in the Smartphone OS, so
> you'll get a NotSupported exception if you try to instantiate one. The
> exception will occur at the time of instantiation, so you can have an
> assembly that uses buttons, as long as they have runtime logic that avoids
> using buttons when running on Smartphone.
>
>> 2) Also, is there an emulator for the iPaq?  I can't seem to find one.
> I don't know of an emulator specific to the iPaq. Skinning the emulator
> isn't too hard to do if you really need it.
>
>> 3) How do I test back and forth between platforms easily?
> I tend to just brute force it by having two projects (for Smartphone and
> PPC) that use the same files (it's easy to have multiple .sln files in the
> same dir). There might be a better way, but this seems to work relatively
> well.
>
> "vbMark" <no@email.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns95E559B555D3Bnoemailcom@130.133.1.4...
>> Hi, I have a few questions here,
>>
>> I am developing an application for the Smartphone and I'm using the
>> Smartphone emulator in the 2003 .donet compact framework.
>>
>> My questions are:
>>
>> 1) Will this same code also run on an iPaq and Pocket PC?  That is, is it
>> cross platform compatible?
>>
>> 2) Also, is there an emulator for the iPaq?  I can't seem to find one.
>>
>> 3) How do I test back and forth between platforms easily?
>>
>> Thanks!!
>
>
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