The Microsoft .NET Compact Framework 2.0 Redistributable includes everything you need to run applications built for both .NET Compact Framework v1 and v2, including the Common Language Runtime and the .NET Compact Framework class library.
.NET Compact Framework 2.0 Final Released
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anyone?
The download size is 25 MBs, but the installation size on a device is only a few MBs. About 4-6 I would guess, it was about 3MB for .NET CF 1.0 on my PocketPC.
Another update to add to my usb key.
Downloading now…
Do you still need VS to program in C# for .NET CF?
VS was never needed to program in C#.
Read the question
Do you still need VS to program in C# for .NET CF?
No. The .NET Franework SDK
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=FE6F2099-B…
includes what is necessary for building .NET CF apps as well as desktop apps. You can use the regular C#/VB.NET compilers to target the CF.
How to: Compile at the Command Prompt
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms172492
CF on MSDN
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/f44bbwa1(en-US,VS.80).aspx
CF Team Blog
http://blogs.msdn.com/netcfteam/default.aspx
So where do the .proj files etc. come from? I think you mean “yes, you do need VS, sorry to bother everyone”.
😉
You don’t need project files.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dn…
If you just want to use project files, you can build them yourself.
MSBuild Overview
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms171452
How To: Write a Simple MSBuild Project
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms171479(en-US,VS.80).aspx
Edited 2005-10-30 14:58
my experience of ASP.NET was that although it was said that you could create apps with a text editor (or the simple Web Matrix) in reality (not MS marketing world) it was not feasible.
we needed to interact with Active Directory and as it turned out using VS was the only way this could be carried out in reality.
(also, ASP.NET is not truly cross-platform. smart navigation which is pretty crucial to a web app which is larger then one page is IE only).
then after the client had bough VS i found out what a pile of bloated code is produced and how unweildy it is i was really disapointed.
then the client went bust – they had tried to change from unix to windows for telecoms servers which constantly let them down amongst other mistakes – so i didn’t have to take it any further.
i know this may not apply but thought my experience might shed some light on the way MS does things.
That’s FUD and you know it!
What license is it? GPL? The best framework doesn’t do you anything good if there are treacherous legal strings attached that can jeopardize any of your applications that use it.
Thanks n4cer. And I think Ramsey was somewhat correct – there is hack to use sharpDevelop to program for NetCF 1.x – it was never supported by Microsoft.
I looked over the msdn site, am I right: RichText / RichInk still not supported?
I looked over the msdn site, am I right: RichText / RichInk still not supported?
As far as I can tell, you’re right — not supported.
Here’s a list of CF controls:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hf2k718k
It looks like unless you are writing a database front end NetCF 2.0 is not very serious tool. And there is no Outlook Objects support either! Very disapointed…
” And there is no Outlook Objects support either”
There’s Outlook support (POOM – Pocket Outlook Object Model) in the Windows Mobile 5.0 SDK. Of course, this only works for devices running Windows Mobile 5.0, but they’re starting to hit the market, so at least you have an option.
I’ve done some work with it, and it’s a nice package. The APIs are straightforward enough that you probably won’t even need to read the documentation.
I couldn’t get that hack to work (which might be my incometence but hey), and anyway the #D visual editor puts the menu bars at the top of the screen instead of the bottom, so good luck with that.
Does this run on anything other than WinCE? Can you develop Palm, Symbian, or RIM apps with this?
CE only AFAIK (well, technically it runs on regular desktop Windows as well). Palm has a Windows Mobile Treo that will run it but no, there are currently no builds for PalmOS, RIM, et al. You may want to check Mono/Portable.NET/etc. to see if they have any CLI ports.
For those of you who need to develop on the *nix platform, there’s Mono. Just my 0.03¢ (damn inflation). 😉
http://www.mono-project.com/