Possibe to upgrade a device to CF2.0 from CF 1.0?

[Guest]

Greetings -

A couple questions from someone new to .Net CF...

- Is it possible to update the version of the CF on a device from 1.o to
2.0, without access to the Platform Builder?

- Is it possible to determine which version of CF is installed on the device
from the device interface?

I have a sample unit of a device that is running Win CE 5.0. I believe that
it has CF 1.0 installed. The OS was preinstalled for me in this device. I'd
like to try to use Visual Studio 2005 to develop for this device, but (as I
understand it) - the device has to have CF 2.0 installed for that to work.

I've seen an installer package for CF 2.0 on the MS web site - but I can't
tell if that's for the development machine, or if it can run on the target
device.

So, any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Dave Zieger

 

[Ginny Caughey [MVP]]

Dave,

You can use VS 2005 with your CE 5.0 device, and you can choose when you
create an app for that device which version of CF you want to use. If you
choose CF2 and it isn't already on the device, it will be installed
automatically by VS 2005.

 

[Guest]

Ok - I answered one of my questions via the FAQ (using the cgacutil to get
the CF version). So, disregard that question...

Now I have to add a new question though:

According to 'The Moth' blog ...
http://www.danielmoth.com/Blog/#113217726728033417

....it is possible to use VS2005 to target CF 1.0 devices (in point 3 of the
"Getting Started" section.) Is this the case, or am I just misunderstanding
something?


Thanks,

Dave Zieger

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the info - that sounds extremely sensible. I'll try that this
afternoon..

 

[Ginny Caughey [MVP]]

Dave,

Yes it is as long as the CF1 devices are PPC2003, Smartphone2003 or CE 5 or
above. But unless you have to use CF 1 (such as on Smartphone 2003 which
can't run CF2) I'd recommend using CF 2 since it is more feature rich and
faster.