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red-i · 09-04-03, 10:38 AM

well you're basically where i'm at!
this is a good starting point:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobi...r/default.mspx

here's a microsoft help file on learning to build apps using visual studio and the compact framework:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

here's some more info on some intro info to which tools to use:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...mobileapps.asp

From what I've been reading, the easiest way to develop an app is to use visual studio .net 2003 along with the .NET compact framework. This lets you use either C# (of which i've never touched) or visual basic .net (i've done vb5 and vb6 like you so the learning curve with vb .net shoud'nt be that bad).

if you go this route you can develop apps that run on both ppc2002 and 2003. However, ppc2002 doesn't include the compact framework so it would need to be installed on the pda running the app if it's under ppc2002.

An alternative is to develop using embedded C++ 4, however this is more geared to apps that require a tighter control on resources or apps that need a small footprint. It seems to me that there would be a tradeoff here: optimzied code but longer development time.

Maybe we should get a developers forum section of aximsite provided that there's enough interest in having one.

As I said I havne't acutally done any of this yet, just a bit of background research to see which direction I should be headed.

09-04-03, 10:38 AM	#23 (permalink)
red-i Aximsite All Star Elite Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 831 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	well you're basically where i'm at! this is a good starting point: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobi...r/default.mspx here's a microsoft help file on learning to build apps using visual studio and the compact framework: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en here's some more info on some intro info to which tools to use: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...mobileapps.asp From what I've been reading, the easiest way to develop an app is to use visual studio .net 2003 along with the .NET compact framework. This lets you use either C# (of which i've never touched) or visual basic .net (i've done vb5 and vb6 like you so the learning curve with vb .net shoud'nt be that bad). if you go this route you can develop apps that run on both ppc2002 and 2003. However, ppc2002 doesn't include the compact framework so it would need to be installed on the pda running the app if it's under ppc2002. An alternative is to develop using embedded C++ 4, however this is more geared to apps that require a tighter control on resources or apps that need a small footprint. It seems to me that there would be a tradeoff here: optimzied code but longer development time. Maybe we should get a developers forum section of aximsite provided that there's enough interest in having one. As I said I havne't acutally done any of this yet, just a bit of background research to see which direction I should be headed.