.NET and Handheld PC

[GJFrantsen]

I've been developing in VB for a number of years and have just gotten into VB.NET. I really like it. I am thinking about getting a handheld PC, like an iPAQ HX2415 or something similar, and I was wondering if the .NET framework is available for handhelds. The one I am looking at is running the Microsoft Mobile Pocket PC 2003 2nd Edition OS.

My questions are -
1. Does the OS matter as long as it's microsoft?
2. Can I do the development on the regular PC and port it over to the handheld?
3. Assuming that the answer to #2 is affirmative, does it take anything special on the desktop where the developement is taking place?

I would appreciate the benefit of everyone's wisdom on this.

Thanks.
Greg.

 

[ThatRickGuy]

I'm going to be starting a Pocket PC project in the near future.

1) I don't believe so, as long as it can load the Compact Framework
2) That is my assumption as well. I don't expect microsoft intends us to develop on a pocket pc
3) Having the Compact Framework on the PC and selecting it as the framework to use from the build manager is probrably the easiest way.

-Rick

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[chrissie1]

1) see rick
2) see rick
3) VS.NET has an emulator that emulates (dooh) the pocketPC. But is da** slow.

4) the compact framwork is very limited
5) start a compact framwork project and try it out now, you don't a PPC to see it work.

Christiaan Baes
Belgium

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