WinCE 6.0 Development using C#

DublinDilbert · 19-11-2011 06:48PM #1

Hi All,

I was wondering if anyone has any experience developing for WinCE6.0 using C#?

I have visual studio 2008 standard that i use for most of my development. But reading up on the internet it looks like i need visual studio 2005.

Is WinCE development even still supported in newer versions of VS? or is is tied in with Windows Mobile etc?

Thanks,
D

ianhobo · 21-11-2011 05:43PM

Hi,

It's been a year since my last WinCE dev experience, so I can't remember the finer points. From what I remember, if you are developing a managed app, you can use either vs2005 or vs2008, you just need to install the .net compact framework, however to write native c++ apps, I think you must use vs2005 due to the visual studio add-on that's required for the native debugger.

Support for "smart device" development with either win mobile or wince 5/6 has been removed from vs2010, it only supports the latest SDK http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/sa69he4t%28VS.100%29.aspx

You might find some help with the requirements for win mob 6.5 here:
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=17284

WinCE 6.0 Development using C#

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