Re: How can I create an app both for CE & XP?

I suppose that you could use VS scripting or something, but there's nothing
ready-made for that.

Paul T.

"Frankie D." <FrankieD@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:3A2B073B-DAAA-4CD5-8C3A-39ACF2E21EA9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thank you for your answer.

Our CE device has an x86 processor and 1024x768 screen. It is not a
problem.
We need real-time behaviour, that's why we use CE.

Our application on the desktop PC called "simulator" has no real time
behaviour but it should be the same as the application running on the
device.
Our device is relatively expensive and we should ensure a cheap way for
our
customers for training.

If I add a new file to the project, I should do it twice: both to the
"desktop" and the "device" project.

I would like to find or create an automatic way for maintain the "desktop"
project file.

"Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" wrote:

You'll have to have different solutions for the two targets, but you may
be
able to share the source code, depending on the characteristics of the
code
itself. It should be obvious that your native code isn't going to run,
unchanged for two platforms (which are not that similar, though the Win32
API is provided, in general terms, for both). They don't usually run the
same *PROCESSOR TYPE*. You can't possibly expect code compiled for x86
for
XP to directly on CE which is probably running an ARM processor. In any
case, binary compatibility is not going to happen for native code, even
if
the processor does happen to be the same.

If you are using .NET and coding in C# or VB.NET, you can get closer and,
as
long as you are not using native code, it's possible that you can take
your
code targeted at the .NET Compact Framework on CE and run that same code
on
the desktop. However, for other than academic samples, I don't see this
as
very useful. Your business logic, the basic operational characteristics
of
the program can be written in a portable manner, at the source code
level,
pretty easily. You can do this in C/C++ or one of the managed code
languages, C# or VB.NET, supported for both target OSes.

Once you have some code that you are confident is relatively portable,
you
will probably have to wrap that in a user interface. If you are lucky
enough to be running on a Windows CE device with a large screen and a
full
keyboard, you may not have to have different UI on the target systems,
but,
if on one side you have something running on a 320x240 screen and, on the
other, something running on 1024x768 or larger, it should be blatantly
obvious that you're not going to have the same UI. Since Win32 and .NET
both generally are used on both sides, however, you probably won't have
to
completely relearn the APIs. Since Windows CE, because of its size and
resource limitations (count storage in MB, not GB, RAM in 10s of MB, not
100s or 1000s), will be the more-limiting of the two, I'd start there,
rather than going wild with the desktop and feeling totally confined
later.

Paul T.

"Frankie D." <FrankieD@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:5C2AA61B-358D-4166-8F89-C1B526557CBD@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
There is both managed and native projects in my solution.

I would like to create a solution in VS2005 for a "multi-platform"
application.
The application should be built both for Windows CE and XP.

Differencies on source code level can be handled by ifdef directives,
but
what about the project and solution file?

How can I create a project/solution file which can be switched both to
CE
and XP?

Please help!

Frankie






.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: How can I create an app both for CE & XP?
    ... Paul T. ... Our CE device has an x86 processor and 1024x768 screen. ... keyboard, you may not have to have different UI on the target systems, ... Since Windows CE, ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsce.app.development)
  • Re: How can I create an app both for CE & XP?
    ... Our CE device has an x86 processor and 1024x768 screen. ... We need real-time behaviour, ... enough to be running on a Windows CE device with a large screen and a full ... keyboard, you may not have to have different UI on the target systems, but, ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsce.app.development)
  • Re: How can I create an app both for CE & XP?
    ... which are based on various versions of Windows CE. ... Paul T. ... It should be obvious that your native code isn't going to ... keyboard, you may not have to have different UI on the target systems, ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsce.app.development)
  • Re: Net CF 2 on Windows CE 4.2
    ... And, even with the .NET CF 2.0SP1, you won't be able to target something ... and target "Windows CE 5.0 Device", as described previously in this group ... Paul T. ... i am sure it is a FAQ, ...
    (microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.compactframework)
  • Re: Intercept windows messager on WindowsCE
    ... key pressed, tap, opening of new window, closing of windows, and ... Paul G. Tobey ha scritto: ... This has to do with how Unicode/ANSI declarations are ... You can either #define SetWindowsHookEx SetWindowsHookExW or change ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsce.app.development)