win Ce 4 install not working on win ce 5

[Guest]

hi all,

Environment :

..Net Compact Framework :1.1
Visual studio 2003
Visual basic
Winforms
Windows CE
users No third party controls
Symbol machine
Emulator that i use for development : windows ce 4
barcode scanner : symbol


My application was developed in the above environment using windows Ce 4
emulator. i move the following cab files over to the barcode scanners
.net framework 1.1
symbol
cab file for my application build using the 'Build cab' option of visual
studio 2003

Now this all works perfect on windows ce 4 emulator and barcode scanners
with this OS. I had to deploy this on windows ce 5 and when i move these
installs over to barcode scanners and try installing them it gives me the
message
"not compatible with windows ce 5" but then it lets me install it and i
install them successfully. After the install is done, i click open my
appilcation which comes with the login screen , i log in, application
verifies the credentials over webservices which when successfuly should take
them to the main form of the application which has got a list control with
images in it, the application just crashes here with an ugly message right
after it vefies the credentials. i have re-confirmed that all these runs fine
on windows ce 4.0. Below are my questoin
1.Is it really that windows Ce 4 cab files are not good for windows ce 5.0 ?
2.If so can i make cab files for windows CE 5.0 from visual studio 2003. If
yes then please tell me how i can do that. do i have to start with getting
the emulator for windows ce 5.0. If so is there a specific way of integrating
it with windows ce ?

thanks

sameer

 

[Marc Ambrosius]

1.Is it really that windows Ce 4 cab files are not good for windows ce 5.0
? Yes.

2.If so can i make cab files for windows CE 5.0 from visual studio 2003.
If
yes then please tell me how i can do that. do i have to start with getting
the emulator for windows ce 5.0. If so is there a specific way of
integrating
it with windows ce ?

No.

The only thing you can do is getting Visual Studio 2005 (Standard or
higher). Then you can create a .NETCF 2.0 application for Windows CE 5.0.
This application will run on Windows CE 4.2 if you install .NETCF 2.0 SP1.

Marc