CF 2.0

[Stefano]

Is it possible include in my platform generated with Platform Bulder 5
Compact Framework 2 ?
Thanks
Stefano

 

[Guest]

If you make your own BIB and REG file, yes.

-Chris

 

[Charles Peterson]

If you make your own BIB and REG file, yes.

-Chris

I thought so to, but has anyone really succeeded with this? I've
tried with no success

I'm out of office, so I can't write down all repro steps here. But
what I did was to make a new os configuration for x86 emulator.
Then I extracted all managed and native files from the netcf v2 beta
..cab file for x86 emulator.

I'm pretty confident I hade all gac paths and PublicKeyToken:s set
correctly for v2, and all v2 files added instead of v1 files. It's been
reviewed a ton of time both by myself and a colleague.

To test I had a simple MessageBox.Show("hello world"). I could
see that it started to load a bunch of modules. The last file loaded was
aygshell.dll, then it started to unload all modules without any error
message at all. I tried to add tons of debug zones for loader etc, but
still didn't get any helpful information. It never started to load any
managed code, only native. Sorry I don't have a log file to post
and I don't remember all details now.

I could write more in detail what I did, but not from where I am
now. I'd appriciate if anyone could try the same thing and see if
you a better result than I did.

Would it matter if I put all files in the image, or load them from
_FLATRELEASEDIR (\release\...)? I tried both.


For NETCF V1 SP3 the mscoree1_0.dll has typ "SHL" in its bib file,
and if I remember correctly the "L" was added in a QFE. What does that
mean, and should I have the "L" for V2?

Anoter thing to notice is there are not .rel files, how does that affect
me?


Thanks.

 

[Stefano]

Is'n exist an example in Internet ?
thanks

If you make your own BIB and REG file, yes.

-Chris

 

[Chris Tacke, eMVP]

There are general examples for BIB and HWT files in PB Help. There's
nothing specifically for CF 2.0 becasue it's a beta, and when it's released
we'll get a QFE.

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[Chris Tacke, eMVP]

Good question. I've not done it myself because I find it fine to just
install from persistent storage on boot and will wait for the QFE.

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[Ilya Tumanov [MS]]

I would reread EULA to see if you actually can explode CAB files to get the
binaries.
My guess would be it's not allowed.

Best regards,

Ilya

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[Charles Peterson]

I would reread EULA to see if you actually can explode CAB files to get the
binaries.
My guess would be it's not allowed.

Best regards,

Ilya

Not saying you're wrong about that. But why???

That you don't officially support having OEMs releasing
images with netcf v2 I sort of understand (even though
it seems contra-productive to me, since it will delay
the final products that OEMs ship with netcf v2).

But having an agreement that PREVENTS OEMs from
even testing their future products with netcf v2 seems
nuts to me...

So what are the plans? OEMs need to wait until netcf v2
has gone public before they can release it in their releases?

First it would be great to see a blog post from an MS employee on
how to include netcf v2 beta in
Second it would be great to get an "official" way to test netcf
v2 beta from the windows ce platform builder team.

I hope Ilya or someone else from MS can start a discussion
about this internally.

Thanks.

 

[Ilya Tumanov [MS]]

PB QFE with NETCF V2 will be issued shortly after NETCF is shipped.

Meanwhile testing can be done with RAM install.

I understand putting NETCF in ROM has some testing value, however I don't
believe it's critical.



As to the reason why PB update with Beta 2 bits is not available, that would
be various legal issues and luck of resources.



Besides, even with "go live" license it's not possible to redistribute beta
products.

That means even if you can build an image with NETCF V2, you can not give it
to your customers.



Best regards,



Ilya



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