windows CE 5.0 & Windows Pocket PC 2003

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ba.hons - 31 Jul 2006 17:24 GMT

Hello,

Can someone explain the difference between the two platforms as i have
to write an application that will work on pocket pc 2003 and ce 5.0.

from what i understand now i could create a ce 5.0 build and just
included certain api's etc to make it pocket mimic pocket pc 2003, am i
correct???

Am trying to get an idea from a development point of view how i can
port the application from one platform to the other??

Any ideas, articles, info, help etc etc would be great

thanks in advance

adam

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Beverly Howard [Ms-MVP/MobileDev] - 31 Jul 2006 18:19 GMT

suggest reposting at microsoft.public.pocketpc.developer

2003 and wm5 both use the same .net app environment... there are issues
such as wm5's problems with storage card file access and possible i/o
issues if hardware control is involved, but, anything written for 2003
should work on wm5

Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]

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r_z_aret@pen_fact.com - 31 Jul 2006 22:40 GMT

As Beverly suggested, questions about programming are more likely to
get useful answers if asked in a newsgroup for programmers, such as
microsoft.public.pocketpc.developer

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>Hello,
>
>Can someone explain the difference between the two platforms as i have
>to write an application that will work on pocket pc 2003 and ce 5.0.

This will help explain the difference between a platform (such as
Pocket PC) and a version of the base operating system (CE 5.0).
http://www.opennetcf.org/Forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=317

>from what i understand now i could create a ce 5.0 build and just
>included certain api's etc to make it pocket mimic pocket pc 2003, am i
>correct???

With some unsupported tricks, you _might_ be able to build for WM 5
for Pocket PC and have the result run on Pocket PC 2003. Much easier
to build for Pocket PC 2003 and have the result run on WM 5 for Pocket
PC.

>Am trying to get an idea from a development point of view how i can
>port the application from one platform to the other??
>
>Any ideas, articles, info, help etc etc would be great

This question is asked rather often, but in enough different ways to
make a google search tricky. I suggest checking a 30 Aug - 2 Sep 04
thread called "Windows CE 4.x Applications" in
microsoft.public.windowsce.app.development

>thanks in advance
>
>adam

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