CF 2.0 application running both in PPC2003 and WM5.0 platforms

[Lonifasiko]

I've developed an application using CF 2.0 and targeting PPC2003
platform in C#.

As far as I understand, this application should run without problems in
a Windows Mobile 5.0 device.

How to do it? Just change Target Platform and deploy the application
from Visual Studio 2005? I did this indeed and I can only say that the
deployment of the application was really hellish: numerous messages in
the Windows Mobile 5.0 device asking if I wanted to install files I had
never heards before.

After "successfull deployment" message, the application seemed to start
but gave a very strange error and exited. I'll try again to see if I
can tell you the exact error message.

The Windows Mobile 5.0 device is an QTek 9100 (also named iMate in
USA?).

Any help on this will be greatly appreciated! Thanks very much in
advance!

 

[Ginny Caughey [MVP]]

Lonifasiko,

Generally you can just install the app and after responding to the WM 5
security prompts it will run.

 

[Lonifasiko]

Hi Ginny,

I'm afraid not in my case. I'm using Smart Device Framework v1.4 and
other third party libraries (targeting CF 2.0). Do you see any problems
here?

Thanks.

 

[Ginny Caughey [MVP]]

Lonifasiko,

Yes, the SDF 1.4 is for CF 1.0. You might try the beta of SDF 2.0 and see if
that fixes your problem. There could possibly be problems with the other 3rd
party libraries unless they are supported for CF 2.0. Either way, knowing
the error message could be helpful.

 

[Guest]

On a related note then:

When I set the "Target Platform" in VS2005, is that NOT a factor in the
compile? For example: would a compiled exe (MSIL) for Target PlatformPC2003
be the same as Target Platform:Windows Mobile 5, considering both were CF2.0
apps against the same source code?

I've been curious about that....

 

[Ginny Caughey [MVP]]

Good question. I *think* it only affects the devices/emulators you are given
as options to deploy to. The compiler output would be the same as far as I
know.