Windows Mobile 6 SDK Refresh for Windows Mobile 5

[Henrik Skak Pedersen]

Hi,

How do I use the The Windows Mobile 6 SDK to develop a Windows Mobile 5
SmartPhone application?

I have read the following on MSDN:
The Windows Mobile 6 SDK Refresh together with Visual Studio 2005 has
everything you need to build and test applications for both Windows Mobile
5.0 and Windows Mobile 6. This version of the SDK includes new
documentation, the latest emulators, support for basic AJAX applications and
links to Line of Business frameworks, samples and documentation that kick
start your Line of Business development.

But I am not able to select a Windows Mobile 5 device when I create a new
project. I have alse tried to change Target Device or Platform on the VS
project, but I am not able to select the desired option.

Any ideas?

Cheers
Henrik

 

[Peter Foot [MVP]]

Well, this is incorrect, there is a separate SDK for Windows Mobile 5.0. Now
you can run an application created as a Windows Mobile 6 project on Windows
Mobile 5.0 so long as you don't use any v6 specific P/Invokes or new
properties in the Managed classes, but you'll find it much safer and easier
to install the Windows Mobile 5.0 SDKs - these also have emulator images for
the 5.0 devices.

Peter

 

[Henrik Skak Pedersen]

Hi Peter,

Thank you very much for your reply.

What would you recommend me to do if I want to target both 5.0 and 6.0?

Cheers
Henrik

 

[Guest]

I created an application that I run on Windows Mobile 5 and tested on Windows
Mobile 6. In order to ensure compatibility between both, I used the Windows
Mobile 5 SDK and all worked fine. There are a few enhanced capabilities in
WM 6 that could cause you issues in WM 5, so to be on the safe side, you
should probably stick to the WM 5 sdk.

Rick D.
Contractor

 

[Henrik Skak Pedersen]

ok, thanks

I created an application that I run on Windows Mobile 5 and tested on
Windows
Mobile 6. In order to ensure compatibility between both, I used the
Windows
Mobile 5 SDK and all worked fine. There are a few enhanced capabilities
in
WM 6 that could cause you issues in WM 5, so to be on the safe side, you
should probably stick to the WM 5 sdk.

Rick D.
Contractor