Moving from Pocket PC 2003 to CE.NET 4.1

[james]

Hi all,
We've developed a VB.NET application which currently runs on a Pocket
PC 2003 device.

I would like to move to a CE.NET 4.1 device, mainly because I
understand that with CE.NET, I can customise the device UI so that our
application is the only application available (i.e. no 'Today' and all
the other detritus of Windows..!).

Three (or more?) questions arise.

1. Am I right in thinking that I will be able to have our application
as the main (or only?) user-visible application on the device?

2. Will I have to amend the application to run under CE.NET? It
doesn't use anything fancy - just windows forma, and an xml-based
recordset.

3. What extra hoops will I have to jump through to get things going on
my CE.NET device? I have downloaded the CE.NET Utilities for Visual
Studio 2003.

Thanks,

James

 

[Daniel Moth]

Yes you will be able to run just your app on the device but then again many
have accomplished kiosk type apps on the PPC as well.

Some of the differences between PPC and CE are covered here. You are
basically looking at a different UI approach.

A few points you should consider:
1. Why use 4.1 and not 4.2 which is what the Windows Mobile 2003 is based on
2. Why not use CE 5.0 which will allow you to use CF 2.0
3. Will you require the aygshell (that all PPC have) or not? [it is one of
the items that can make CORE license not being possible]

Cheers
Daniel

 

[james]

Hi Daniel,
Thanks for the info...

Yes you will be able to run just your app on the device but then again many
have accomplished kiosk type apps on the PPC as well.

Hmm.. this could be an alternative. How can one achieve a kiosk app on
PPC? (Probably a big topic!). Any links/resources you can point me
to?

1. Why use 4.1 and not 4.2 which is what the Windows Mobile 2003 is

based on
Because the device (a Symbol CE.NET scanner) has 4.1 on it, not 4.2.
We could upgrade to 4.2 if necessary.

2. Why not use CE 5.0 which will allow you to use CF 2.0

See above.

3. Will you require the aygshell (that all PPC have) or not? [it is one of
the items that can make CORE license not being possible]

Sorry, can you explain what this means!?

Thanks,

James

 

[Daniel Moth]

Most of my points are probably not relevant since it seems you are using an
off the shelve device rather than building your own image with Platform
Builder...

As for kiosk, look at the links under item 5 of this blog entry:
http://www.danielmoth.com/Blog/2005/01/desktop-to-ppc-part-b.html

Cheers
Daniel
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http://www.danielmoth.com/Blog/

Hi Daniel,
Thanks for the info...

Yes you will be able to run just your app on the device but then again many
have accomplished kiosk type apps on the PPC as well.

Hmm.. this could be an alternative. How can one achieve a kiosk app on
PPC? (Probably a big topic!). Any links/resources you can point me
to?

1. Why use 4.1 and not 4.2 which is what the Windows Mobile 2003 is

based on
Because the device (a Symbol CE.NET scanner) has 4.1 on it, not 4.2.
We could upgrade to 4.2 if necessary.

2. Why not use CE 5.0 which will allow you to use CF 2.0

See above.

3. Will you require the aygshell (that all PPC have) or not? [it is one of
the items that can make CORE license not being possible]

Sorry, can you explain what this means!?

Thanks,

James

 

[james]

Hi Daniel,

Most of my points are probably not relevant since it seems you are using an
off the shelve device rather than building your own image with Platform
Builder...

Aha - that's answered one question I had!

As for kiosk, look at the links under item 5 of this blog entry:
http://www.danielmoth.com/Blog/2005/01/desktop-to-ppc-part-b.html

Thanks - will do.

James