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I have a brand-new CE 2003-_base_d device (ViewSonic V36). Now I want to port a C# app I've writte to the pocket PC I searched a bit in the MSDN and couldn't come up with what I need to do to install the CLR on the device and then install the app. Pointers or other advice would be appreciated.                                 thanks                                         joe Joseph M. Newcomer [MVP] email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Web: http://www.flounder.com MVP Tips: http://www.flounder.com/mvp_tips.htm

Hi Joe, It seems that your device ViewSonic V36 is a Pocket PC 2003 device and you don't need to install the CLR on it. The .NET Compact _frame_work is already supported on your device. You can directly develop your C# application in the VS.NET 2003 and deploy it to the device through the connection. Please select smart device application when you create a new project and choose pocket pc platform then. For more information regarding development on .NET Compact _frame_work, please read the documents below: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnan... ml/NETCompact_frame_.asp For more information regarding development on Pocket PC 2003 devices, please read the documents below: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/win_... pwc_programmingthepocketpc.asp Jimmy Zhu Microsoft Developer Support This posting is provided AS IS with no warranties, and confers no rights. Please reply to newsgroups only. Thanks.

Hi Joe, It seems that your device ViewSonic V36 is a Pocket PC 2003 device and you don't need to install the CLR on it. The .NET Compact _frame_work is already supported on your device. You can directly develop your C# application in the VS.NET 2003 and deploy it to the device through the connection. Please select smart device application when you create a new project and choose pocket pc platform then. For more information regarding development on .NET Compact _frame_work, please read the documents below: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnan... ml/NETCompact_frame_.asp For more information regarding development on Pocket PC 2003 devices, please read the documents below: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/win_... pwc_programmingthepocketpc.asp Jimmy Zhu Microsoft Developer Support This posting is provided AS IS with no warranties, and confers no rights. Please reply to newsgroups only. Thanks. Joseph M. Newcomer [MVP] email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Web: http://www.flounder.com MVP Tips: http://www.flounder.com/mvp_tips.htm

The .NET Compact _frame_work is a subset of the .NET _frame_work class library and also contains classes exclusively designed for it. It inherits the full NET _frame_work architecture of the common language runtime and managed code execution. It is designed specifically for resource-constrained devices, such as PDAs and smart mobile phones. Since there is some difference between .NET _frame_work and .NET Compact _frame_work, it is certainly a little painful to port the code from desktop/laptop to smart devices. Assume you may use the classes in desktop application which .NET Compact _frame_work does not support, the code may need to redesign to fit the .NET Compact _frame_work and smart devices. The difference and resolution should be handled case by case, and there is no general resolution for this, I think. As the aspect ratio issue on a Pocket PC device, the screen's height is greater than it width. This is different from the standard desktop screen, which has a width greater than its height. You must be aware of this narrower display when you port your application's forms. Controls may be resized and rearranged vertically rather than horizontally to avoid making the user scroll the display horizontally to see all the controls. Jimmy Zhu Microsoft Developer Support This posting is provided AS IS with no warranties, and confers no rights. Please reply to newsgroups only. Thanks.

I have a brand-new CE 2003-_base_d device (ViewSonic V36). Now I want to port a C# app I've writte to the pocket PC I searched a bit in the MSDN and couldn't come up with what I need to do to install the CLR on the device and then install the app. Pointers or other advice would be appreciated.                            thanks                                    joe Hi Joe, I made the same frustrating discovery that you did: The .exe generated by a Windows Application project cannot be used on the PocketPC, since the Compact _frame_work (which is already present on your 2003-_base_d PocketPC) is a subset of the .NET _frame_work. The other way around works: an .exe generated by a Smart Device Application project runs on the PC as well. There goes your platform independence. Maintaining a single code _base_ thus seems to be possible only by starting out with a Smart Device Application project. Not much use to you, I realize. Good luck! Jan Roelof de Pijper By the way, nice to see you *asking* a question for a change I have seen your name many times, but only in helping people out. And thanks for your articles - they have been fun useful always. I have never again used GetDlgItem!