Re: Can I develop for CE.NET 4.2 using VS 2005??? -totally confused
- From: "Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" <ptobey no spam AT no instrument no spam DOT com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 09:48:13 -0700
Safe, as long as you fully test everything on 4.2, sure, and make sure that,
for now, you're targeting .NET CF 1.0, not 2.0.
Paul T.
"Tommy" <tommy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:uy%23Mg7DHGHA.4076@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> VS 2005 comes with a CF cab in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
> 8\SmartDevices\SDK\CompactFramework\2.0\WindowsCE\wce400\armv4
>
> Would it be safe to develop and debug on a CE 5.0 device and deploy to 4.2
> via cab files?
>
> I wrote a custom installer package anyhow that executes the cab files via
> a script from a CF or SD card so we do not rely on visual studio to do the
> deployment.
>
> I wrote a small test program for this and it "SEEMS" to work ok thus far.
>
> Tommy
>
>
> "Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" <ptobey no spam AT no instrument no spam DOT com>
> wrote in message news:u2zBIf5GGHA.2300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> No, the development environment doesn't allow CE 4.2 targets, except for
>> the special ones, PPC2003, for example. Yes, VS.NET 2003 is the right
>> IDE for CE 4.2 development. Although CF 2.0 will, at some point, be
>> supported on CE 4.2, that doesn't mean that you'll be able to target 4.2
>> devices with VS.NET 2005, so debugging and so on is still going to fit
>> best into VS.NET 2003.
>>
>> Paul T.
>>
>> "SammyBar" <sammybar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:eeTw3b5GGHA.1452@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> This question never ccame to me before buying VS 2005 but now...
>>> I'm trying to develop a small app for a Symbol device that runs Windows
>>> CE.NET 4.20. So we bought the Visual Studio 2005. Our previous VS was
>>> the first VS.NET version (2002?). I tested VS2005 developing for compact
>>> framework 2 (CF2) and is excellent. But now results .NET 4.2 is not
>>> supported by CF2. Then I created a project for Pocket PC 2003 using
>>> Device Application 1.0 template. I tryed to create a typed dataset from
>>> the Data Sources pane. Ran the Datasource Configuration Wizzard and got:
>>> "An error occurred while creating the current data source: Could not get
>>> type information for 'XDataSet'"
>>> The dataset code is generated but when tryin to compile the code, I get
>>> all kind of errors from the generated code. It looks like the wizzard
>>> generated CF2 code but the compiler expects CF1 code. Googling around I
>>> found a lot of scary messages about CE.NET 4.2 and VS 2005. Even some
>>> says NET 4.2 is not supported in VS 2005 (!!!) Is it means I wasted my
>>> money? Should I buy VS 2003 for 4.2 development and VS 2005 for 5.0?
>>> That is why in Tools/Options/Device Tools/Devices I can select CE 5.0 as
>>> target platform but not CE 4.2???
>>>
>>> I'm totally confused. Any hint is welcomed.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance
>>> Sammy
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
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