.NET CF 2.0 on Windows Mobile 2003 SE Smartphone

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I'm developing a multiplatform project which all share a common class library
and then implement their own presentation based on what platform it is. I
would like to develop the class library using .NET 2.0, because I want to use
Generics, etc... however, my Smartphone (Audiovox SMT5600) only has the .NET
CF 1.x installed, which means if I create a project targetted for that
version of .NET CF, I can't import a .NET 2.0 DLL.

I've found a .NET CF 2.0 set of cab files in C:\Program Files\Microsoft
Visual Studio 8\SmartDevices\SDK\CompactFramework\2.0\WindowsCE\wce400 and
wce500. I've copied over each cab file to my Smartphone, and the only one
that didn't say "Installation failed because this applicationw as not
intended for this device" was NETCFv2.wm.armv4i.cab in wce500\arm4i. However,
that one would tell me the installation had failed and I had to choose a
different installation location every time I tried to choose an installation
location. Perhaps it is a bad .cab file?

I don't have to worry about the Smartphone version just yet. My only qustion
is, can I develop a Windows CE 5.0 project in Visual Studio 2005 and know
that it can be run on a Windows Mobile 2003 Smartphone (after the user
installs .NET CF 2.0 on their Smartphone). I don't want to develop an
application that will only run on Magneto Smartphones.

Thanks,
Yohan

 

[Daniel Moth]

installs .NET CF 2.0 on their Smartphone). I don't want to develop an

application that will only run on Magneto Smartphones.

Then you are stuck with .NET CF 1.0

Cheers
Daniel

 

[Ilya Tumanov [MS]]

No, it's not a bad CAB. SmartPhone 2003 is not supported by CF V2.
You have to use CF V1 to develop your cross platform application.

Best regards,

Ilya

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