visual studio 2003 + pocket pc 2000 emulator

[Mad Scientist Jr]

I have a iPAQ with Pocket PC 2000 and Visual Studio .NET 2003
and would like to develop some apps for it.

I see VS 2003 only includes an emulator for 2002.
Is it reasonable to assume that apps developed and
tested with the 2002 emulator will work on my PPC 2000 device?

Are there certain .NET libraries/namespaces that are not
supported on PPC 2000, or 2002 ?
(For my first project I just want it to play WAV files -
but maybe in the future do something fancier, with DX9)

If I make an installer for VS 2003, will it let me
specify to include the runtime framwork to be installed
on the PPC 2000 so everything works?

Also, what are some advantages of PPC 2002?
Is it worth it upgrading my OS?
BTW can someone post the URL to order/download the upgrade?

Thanks to anyone in advance for fielding any of these questions.

 

[Maarten Struys, eMVP]

To answer your first question, the .NET CF for both PPC 2002 and PPC 2000 is
the same. One of my target machines is a PPC 2000. I've never ran into
problems so far testing on the 2002 emulator and running on a PPC 2000
device. If I remember well, the differences between the two are mainly in
the area of UI, although there might be a few more differences. The
difference between PPC 2003 and previous versions is bigger, since the
underlying OS is a different version (Windows CE 4.2 vs Windows CE 3.0).

--
Regards,

Maarten Struys, eMVP
PTS Software bv

www.opennetcf.org | www.dotnetfordevices.com

 

[Mad Scientist Jr]

Thanks for the info...
Does anyone know the differences with Pocket PC 2003 ?