Re: Compact Framework 2.0 and Windows CE 4.2

Thanks. I got it working. I can see why there was a demand from
developers. There are a lot fo 4.2 devices out there.

I can now debug the C# app directly from MSVC 2005. When the C# app
calls into a C++ dll using pinvoke (built with MSVC 2005), I cannot
debug. I figure this is probably asking too much of MSVC 2005 since it
doesn't officially support 4.2. I can live with this, and if I need to
debug the C++ libraries I can use embedded tools.

Thanks,
Rich

Paul G. Tobey [eMVP] wrote:
Regarding CF 2.0 support, as a developer I see a big disconnect here:
You can run a CF 2.0 app on a CE 4.2 device, but you cannot debug and
deploy it from MSVC 2005. Is there any good reason why this
functionality did not make it into MSVC 2005? If Microsoft doesn't
support development of CF 2.0 apps for Windows CE 4.2, then why did
they release CF 2.0 for CE 4.2? I am confused. Are there plans to add
this support to MSVC 2005?

This was caused by timing. VS2005 was out for a long time before MS was
convinced by developers that .NET CF 2.0 should be supported on CE4.2 (this
is the 'why' for releasing it on CE4.2, demand from developers; running apps
is supported for CE4.2). A service pack for VS2005 to truely support
deployment, debugging, targeting, etc. is a different thing than a piece of
software that only has an effect on the Windows CE end. Different people,
significantly more testing, etc.

Paul T.

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