OPINIONS: Is OpenNETCF still needed?

[Guest]

Hi all,
I want to know your opinions about this:
Considering new CF 2.0 release, is OpenNETCF still necessary?
By example, CF 2.0 comes with serial port support, so OpenNETCF is no longer
needed for this purpose...
Thanks in advance,
Jaime.

 

[Tim Wilson]

It all depends on your scenario, I guess. From a Pocket PC perspective,
remember that CF 2.0 is only supported on PPC 2003 and up. So if you needed
to support PPC 2000 or 2002 then OpenNETCF should still be there for you.
This, of course, is just one scenario. So I don't think that the question is
all that fair to ask. Each individual would need to evaluate against their
requirements and make an informed decision. Personally, I view the OpenNETCF
SDF as a bridge between "today" and "tomorrow" in relation to managed code
and the Compact Framework. If you feel that it's no longer needed in your
application then the SDF has served it's purpose for you.

 

[Chris Tacke, eMVP]

Depends on what you're using. The SDF still contains a lot that CF 2.0
doesn't, so really the only one who knows if it's still needed for your
application is you. If the question is in just general terms, then I have
to say I think the SDF is still highly relevent.

For your example, serial ports the CF now contains an implementation that
you could use. However if you wrote your app using the initial SDF
implementation, moving to CF 2.0 means rewriting all your serial code. If
you've validated your app with the SDF code, it might not make sense to
migrate.

--
Chris Tacke
Co-founder
OpenNETCF.org
Are you using the SDF? Let's do a case study.
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[Guest]

Thanks you both for your opinions.
Our specific scenario is: We have to develop totally new applications for
internal use, so we can buy Win Mobile 5.0 PocketPCs and use Visual C++ 2005
with CF2.0
So, no legacy or back-portability issues.
I still don't know those libraries so well, so I need to know if is really
necessary to use OpenNetCF in an average application with serial and 2D
graphics features.
Thanks again

 

[Chris Tacke, eMVP]

Easy then. Start with just CF 2.0. If you run into a feature that you want
but CF 2.0 doesn't provide then look at the SDF.

--
Chris Tacke
Co-founder
OpenNETCF.org
Are you using the SDF? Let's do a case study.
Email us at d c s @ o p e n n e t c f . c o m
http://www.opennetcf.org/donate

 

[Jay Canale]

I recently downloaded the OpenNETCF and I was wondering since there isn't
any written documentation that I can find, what's the different between the
..NETCF and the OpenNETCF. I know the obvious is the open source code, but is
there a list of what the differences are? Ex TextboxEX to TextBox?


Jay

 

[Chris Tacke, eMVP]

The SDF is an extension to the CF, so the answer is that almost everything
is "different" between the SDF and CF 1.0 becasue the SDF is a collection of
items that don't exist in the CF.

--
Chris Tacke
Co-founder
OpenNETCF.org
Are you using the SDF? Let's do a case study.
Email us at d c s @ o p e n n e t c f . c o m
http://www.opennetcf.org/donate