Free the Smart Device Framework

[David Clegg]

I know this may seem like the wrong place to post this request, but I
initially asked about it on the OpenNetCF forums a couple of weeks ago,
and it fell on deaf ears. Considering this ng is frequented by many of
the contributors to the SDF, I thought it may be ok to post it here
instead.

Borland has recently released a Delphi technology preview compiler for
the Compact Framework
(http://bdn.borland.com/article/0,1410,33271,00.html), and I would love
to share the great work that the OpenNetCF developers have done with
the Delphi development community. Unfortunately many of these
developers don't have access to Visual Studio, and the SDF installer
won't proceed when it detects that VS isn't present.

Would it be possible to re-architect the SDF installer so it no longer
has the dependency on VS.NET being present in order to install?

I do have VS.NET, so I do have the SDF installed on my system, but as I
understand the license, I can only re-distrubute it along with an
application that uses it. I could create a demo app that uses the SDF
and distribute it that way, but somehow that seems to me to be
circumventing the license.

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[Chris Tacke, eMVP]

David,

An "install" might be difficult, as we know nothing of Delphi or the
requirements for integration. Would a simple download of the compiled
binaries suffice?

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[David Clegg]

An "install" might be difficult, as we know nothing of Delphi or the
requirements for integration. Would a simple download of the
compiled binaries suffice?

A simple download would be fine.

As far as a Delphi install goes, I'm simply looking for something to
install the Source, binaries, and Application Blocks, without the need
to integrate into the IDE. If you like, I could probably put something
together that does that. Let me know, and I can see what I can do.

Thanks for taking the time to consider this. I really think the Smart
Device Framework is an indispensable framework for CF developers.

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[Guest]

I can easily do a download of the binaries. An install for source, binaries
and app blocks would take time that I honestly don't have right now. If you
want to put it together, we'll gladly put it on the site.

-Chris

 

[David Clegg]

I can easily do a download of the binaries.

That would be great, thanks.

An install for source,
binaries and app blocks would take time that I honestly don't have
right now. If you want to put it together, we'll gladly put it on
the site.

I should be able to get something together some time this week. Who
should I send it to once done? Feel free to contact me offline at the
e-mail address below.

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