Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks (again!): .NET Comp

Attention, H/PC Pro users!

Something new has been added: a version of the .NET Compact Framework 1.0 (Service Pack 3) that works in devices running Windows CE 2.11! (The developer, dstefanov, has actually put together builds for CE 2.0 as well, though we haven't gotten any .NET CF apps working on any CE 2.0 devices yet.)

No hexediting is required. Just install the application using the CAB file - you don't have to change the OS version. The only trick: you have to add ".net" (without the quotes of course) to the end of the executable's filename (eg, PocketPDF.exe becomes PocketPDF.exe.net). (An alternative is to leave the filename as is and open it using the command line; eg, netexec.exe PocketPDF.exe.)

The cool thing about this is that most .NET CF apps work with all CPU types, regardless of what CPU is identified in the program file itself - and most will work on the PC as well. For example, Valentin Iliescu's Rubik cube application, though written for ARM devices only, will work on MIPS and SH3 devices as well as on the PC. And they're not platform-specific either - they can work on CE 2.11 Palm-size PCs as well as H/PC Pros.

Check dstefanov's CodePlex site for details:

http://www.codeplex.com/NetCFWinCE200

See also a thread in HPC:Factor discussing this:

http://www.hpcfactor.com/forums/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=12404&posts=10&start=1

Long live H/PC Pro! [:D]

H/PCs: Casio A-10 (CE 1.0), HP 360LX, Sharp Mobilon HC-4600, HC-4500A, LG Phenom Express H-220C32 (H/PC Pro), Samsung IZZI Pro, MainStreet Clio C-1050 (x2), NEC MobilePros 790, 800, "890," 900C-A, Intermec 6651 (H/PC 2000), HP Jornada 728 (x2), NTT DoCoMo Sigmarion III
CE tablets: Fujitsu PenCentra 200 (H/PC 2000), Hoeft & Wessel skeye.pad (CE 4.2 .net)
CE mini-tablets: Casio PA-2400U, PA-2400W
Palm-size PCs: Casio E-15, E-105, Compaq Aero 2180 (x2 - one CE 2.11, one Pocket PC 2000), HP Jornada 430SE, Philips Nino 300, Everex Freestyle Manager A-15
core CE device: NTT DoCoMo Pocket PostPet
Pocket Manager: Casio BE-300
Pocket PCs: Compaq Aero 1550, Dell Axim X5 (Windows Mobile 2003)