Which version of the .NET compact Framework am I using?

[Pat Reddy]

I know how to tell which version I have installed on my mobile device.
But I seem to be missing some libraries that I should have on my
development pc and I was wondering how I can tell which version of the
CF I have installed. Going into Help/About from Dev Studio tells me the
..NET Framework version but not the compact version.

Thanks.

Pat Reddy
Industrial Controls Engineer
MAVERICK Technologies

 

[Tim Wilson]

The only version that actually is installed, unless you explicitly "hacked"
it to change, is V1.0 (no service pack). The CF is installed with VS.Net
2003 and all service packs are only applied to the device/emulator, not
VS.Net 2003. So if you think something is missing or corrupt, try
reinstalling VS.

 

[Pat Reddy]

I see - that makes sense. I have heard that system.Diagnostics.Process
is suposed to be available in the .NEt CF, but I just don't see it.
That is why I thought my version was old.

Is there any other way to stop/start an application from within code? I
need my application to stop another application that may be running then
start it again after my application is done doing its job.

Thanks.

Pat Reddy
Industrial Controls Engineer
MAVERICK Technologies

 

[Tim Wilson]

The Process class is not supported in the current version of the CF.
However, you can always use the SDF (http://www.opennetcf.org/sdf) which
contains a Process class. And just for future reference, the official CF
newsgroup is microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.compactframework, and so you
will usually get a faster answer if you post there. But look into the SDF
because it's got a lot of stuff that you might find useful. Oh, and make
sure that you grab the latest SP (SP3) here
(http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=a5a02311-194b-4c00
-b445-f92bec03032f&displaylang=en).