How do you upgrade the CF to SP2 on the Development computer?

[Guest]

I always get this message in the build log when running my device app:

"Files in the package 'netcf.core.ppc3.x86.cab' are more recent on the
device than on the development computer. Consider upgrading to the latest
version."

Unfortunately, I can't figure out how to upgrade the dev box. From what I
can tell, the CF 1.0 SP2 Installer only searches for and upgrades mobile
devices. What's the deal?

 

[Darren Shaffer]

Thirsh,

There are two separate downloads of CF SP2 from Microsoft. One is the
redistributable that updates only your device. The other is the Developer
download that updates your Visual Studio .Net 2003 environment.

Get it at:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...43-09b3-46d8-ba28-bc494bc20d26&displaylang=en

-Darren

 

[Peter Foot [MVP]]

The developer download doesn't automatically update Visual Studio, but it
does give you all the individual cab files so you can overwrite the RTM
versions if you wish - you'll find them beneath:-
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
2003\CompactFrameworkSDK\v1.0.5000\Windows CE
In folders for each version and cpu type.

Peter

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[Guest]

How does overwriting the RTM CABS "update" the developer workstation? I
don't think I have a grasp of the underlying concept.

 

[Peter Foot [MVP]]

Moving the cabs only affects what will be deployed. There are no changes to
the development experience with SP2. There are a few newly implemented
properties such as the ForeColor and BackColor on controls but there is no
support in Visual Studio to set these through the designer - you'll have to
set them in your code.
So to be honest I wouldn't worry about copying those files at all, just
deploy the cabs to your devices as and when needed either from the developer
package or use the redistributable and let activesync do the work of finding
the correct cab and installing it.

Peter

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[Guest]

Thank-you, Peter. This has answered all of my questions.