VS.Net 2003 and SP2, designer, emulator

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Simon Clingan

Ok, I got VS.Net 2003. Had eVb and VS.Net before.
I start creating some apps, discover that the .Net CF is missing some stuff
that the eVb had.
Searched around, found out there is a .Net CF SP2 which gets back some of
the stuff my manager wants.
But it appears the designer knows nothing about SP2. Is this right?
If I want to set the backcolor of a button I cant access the button
properties in the designer, but I should be able to do it code though, is
this right?

Also, how do I get SP2 onto the PPC 2003 emulator?

Bit confused, but thats normal.
Simon
 
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Simon Clingan said:
Ok, I got VS.Net 2003. Had eVb and VS.Net before.
I start creating some apps, discover that the .Net CF is missing some stuff
that the eVb had.
Searched around, found out there is a .Net CF SP2 which gets back some of
the stuff my manager wants.
But it appears the designer knows nothing about SP2. Is this right?
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SP2 makes no difference to the available methods and properties in the
Compact Framework, the main issue with this is that the designer excluded
properties which were present but had no effect (such as backcolor). You can
set these through code e.g.
mybutton.BackColor = Color.Red
If I want to set the backcolor of a button I cant access the button
properties in the designer, but I should be able to do it code though, is
this right?

Also, how do I get SP2 onto the PPC 2003 emulator?
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You'll need the Developer Redistributable version of .NETCF SP2 - this
installs all the CAB files into a folder in Program Files (the end-user
distributable is designed for automatically deploying to devices through
activesync). You'll need to locate the file netcf.all.wce4.x86.cab which is
the version for the PPC 2003 Emulator. You can copy this to the emulator by
adding it to your project with the BuildAction property set to Content, then
use the File Explorer on the emulator to locate the file on the emulator and
tap it to install the cab.

Peter
 
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