visual studio mobile 5 project types

[adas]

Hi,
I am developing an application for pocket pc.
Recently I have converted my solution to VS 2005.
I deploy my application both to 2003 pocket pc and mobile 5.0 pocket
pc.
My question is whether I need to change my projects to "Windows Mobile
5.0 Pocket PC" projects or not.
What are the benefits of the new projects types?
What are the differences between "Windows CE 5.0" and "Windows Mobile
5.0 Pocket PC" project types?

I will appreciate any information or links concerning these issues.
Thanks,
Adi

 

[DJMatty]

Hi

You will need to build for WM5 if you want to take advantage of any of
the new features of WM5. Pocket PC 2003 apps still work on WM5, as long
as they don't use any api's that have changed Also you should take
into account the fact that WM5 devices use persistent storage, which is
*much* slower than WM2003 devices, so if you use CEDB consider
upgrading to EDB, and also check how your app uses the registry. See
here for more info on the db's:
http://blogs.msdn.com/ce_base/archive/2006/02/02/CEDB_vs_EDB.aspx

The difference between WCE 5 and WM5 PPC sdk's are that the WCE5 sdk is
the standard SDK that ships with VS2005 and doesn't contain all the
PocketPC bits that are needed to build for WM5 PocketPC devices. You
should be using WM5 PPC SDK if you want to target devices that are on
sale...

HTH

Matt

 

[adas]

Hi Matt,
Thank you for your answer.
I already ported to WM5 (in order to use the new features of course...
)
I can now use the new features of WM5 although the projects in my app
are still PPC 2003 projects.
The question is should I change the projects to WM5 PPC projects or
just the new projects I will add from now on will be WM5 PPC.

Thanks,
Adi