Using Active X controls from C# on pocket PC 2002

[Mark Batehup]

I am new to both C# and pocket pc development so sorry if this is a stupid
question to ask.

I am developing an app to run on both desktop and pocket pc platforms.

Is it possible to use an Active X control on the pocket pc from C#? I am
developing using VS .Net 2003. The Active X control I want to use is
useable in the Windows version of my program but I am unsure how to get it
working in the pocket pc version.

The Active X control was created in the eVC++ 3 software.

If is possible then where would be a good place to look for examples /
information / documentation?

Thx in advance.

Mark

 

[Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]]

The basic answer is "no". There's no COM support in .NET Compact Framework.
There are some various options that you might use to work around this,
though.

Option #1: CFCOM from Odyssey Software is a complete wrapper of COM for .NET
CF. It allows you to do anything that you'd expect to be able to do. It
costs money (but a lot less than trying to do this yourself; a *lot* less).

Option #2: You can create a DLL in C++ (not managed code), which will create
an instance of the ActiveX control and provide a procedural interface which
you can call from your .NET CF application using p/invoke. This will take
time and might not be good enough, if the ActiveX is primarily for display
of data.

Paul T.