differences between .net CF 1.0 and 2.0

[Guest]

Hi,

I am trying to figure out what are differencees between .net compact
framework 1.0 and 2.0 and is it possible directly port the existing smart
device applcation developed in 1.0 to be ported on 2.0..

Look forward for an early rersponse.

 

[Ginny Caughey [MVP]]

Manish,

Generally you should be able to port from 1.0 to 2.0 since 2.0 is largely a
superset of 1.0. The main problem you might run into is that not all
platforms that support 1.0 will support 2.0. For example, only PocketPC2003,
PocketPC2003SE, WM5 PocketPC, WM5 Smartphone, and CE 5 and above are
supported for 2.0. As for the other important differences, version 2 is
quite a bit faster (XML parsing is a lot faster) and is much closer to the
big .NET Framework in functionality. And with version 2.0 you'll want to use
SQL Mobile rather than SQL CE 2.

If you're currently working with a beta version of 2.0 and are having
difficulty porting an existing 1.0 app, be sure to let us know exactly what
the problem is.

Ginny Caughey
..NET Compact Framework MVP

 

[Manish Jain]

thanks for your response. do you have any document which can tell me the
difference between cf 1.0 and 2.0 ?

 

[Peter Foot [MVP]]

There are some details in the beta documentation section here:-
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/library/ws1c3xeh.aspx