Missing Version Information in VB.Net 2008 Smart Device EXE

[Benjamin Lukner]

Hi!

I installed the Visual Studio Team System 2008 and migrated some VB.Net
2003 CF applications. But the compiled exe files do not consist any
version information.

Even if I create a new VB.Net 2008 Smart Device EXE no version
information is available.

The migrated DLLs all work fine.

I tried
"Device Application PPC 2003 CF 3.5"
"Device Application WM 5.0 CF 3.5"
"Console Application PPC 2003 CF 3.5"

Creating a VB.Net CF 3.5 dll works fine.
Creating a VB.Net Full Framework 3.5 dll works fine.
Creating a VB.Net Full Framework 3.5 exe works fine.
Creating a C# CF 3.5 dll works fine.
Creating a C# CF 3.5 exe works fine.

Only VB.Net CF 3.5 exe files do not work.


Does anyone know more about this issue and probably has a workaround?

I've found posting "Where's the version information?" from 2007-10-02
but there's no solution in its thread.

Regards,

Benjamin Lukner

 

[Benjamin Lukner]

I installed the Visual Studio Team System 2008 and migrated some VB.Net

2003 CF applications. But the compiled exe files do not consist any
version information.

Even if I create a new VB.Net 2008 Smart Device EXE no version
information is available.

Thanks to Frank Prengel who provided information about this problem

http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=243872&SiteID=1


The workaround is to open the .vbproj file and search & replace the
PlatformFamilyName "PocketPC" entry with "WindowsCE":

<PlatformFamilyName>WindowsCE</PlatformFamilyName>

Regards,

Benjamin Lukner