a handhel device which supports Framework compact edition

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ALI-R

Hi All,

I'm going to write an application which reads skus on the products and
stores it in an xml file using .Net Framework compact edition,I'm having the
following questions:

1) Which Devices currently support .NetFramework compact edition?
2) I think I need to connect a kind of scanner to that device to read the
skus,Is it something that I can find embedded in the device?
3) IS it really difficult to implement such a senario? I'm a c c# developer
but I've never written any programms for handhelds,I would appreciate if
somebody could point me to a direction which I can have a quick start.

Thanks for your help
 
1) Well, almost any Windows CE 4.x-based device, plus Pocket PC 2002 and
2003 (Windows Mobile 2003). If you mean, "support it in ROM", that's a
different question. You can install it on most recently-produced devices,
however.

2) I'd look at the size, shape, and capabilities of the device, before going
at it this way. If you want a built-in laser scanner, you might look at
Symbol, Intermec, etc. .NET CF should work with any of those. If you want
to buy a Pocket PC off-the-shelf at the local Best Buy and use that, then
you'll need a laser scanner card of some sort.

3) Yes and no. The basic concepts are not hard, no. The details can be a
problem, in some cases, hence the existence of this newsgroup. You should
be able to get Visual Studio .NET 2003 Pro or better, install the Smart
Device support and use the emulator to investigate how you would do this.
You can't simulate the scanner very well, but the basic procedure for
building apps should be the same with a real device.

Paul T.
 
Paul thanks for your quick response.

1) Basically I don't think I need it to be supported in ROM.Say I have
bougth a "Windows CE 4.x-based device".First step is to install
netFramework CE on it right?
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2) Dose any of these mentioned devices(Symbol, Intermec, etc) have an
object model for working with its scanner device using .Net ?

3) I'm having VS 2003 installed on my box which I use it for ordinary
developement .Dose it suffice for having the simulator beside it? Where Can
I get the simulator from?

Thanks again
ALI
 
I think I found the emulator,it shows up when you try to run the smart
application.pretty cool.
 
1) Sure, once you pick a device.

2) Symbol does. I don't have any experience with it or with Intermec, but
there have been threads on the topic in this newsgroup previously, so do a
Google search of the archives.

3) If you have VS.NET 2003 installed *and you have the Smart Device
development option* installed, the emulator comes with it. The emulator is
not something distributed separately, at least for the Pocket PC and Windows
CE.NET 4.1 cases; it's in the VS.NET distribution. Make sure you have
Pro...

Paul T.
 
Thanks again Paul,

For my senario (considering that I am not very familiar with Compact
framework),which of those devices you think suits my needs?
I was surfing intermec website and I found the .Net SDK then.Which device do
you use for your developement?

Cheers,
 
2) For Intermec devices, there is a .NET SDK that provides assemblies for
many device features, including barcode scanning. You can find this and
other developer tools for Intermec devices here:

http://www.intermec.com/idl

Hope that helps,
Darren
 
We are a hardware vendor, so we generally use our own!

Paul T.

ALI-R said:
Thanks again Paul,

For my senario (considering that I am not very familiar with Compact
framework),which of those devices you think suits my needs?
I was surfing intermec website and I found the .Net SDK then.Which device
do
you use for your developement?

Cheers,
Paul G. Tobey said:
1) Sure, once you pick a device.

2) Symbol does. I don't have any experience with it or with Intermec,
but
there have been threads on the topic in this newsgroup previously, so do
a
Google search of the archives.

3) If you have VS.NET 2003 installed *and you have the Smart Device
development option* installed, the emulator comes with it. The emulator is
not something distributed separately, at least for the Pocket PC and Windows
CE.NET 4.1 cases; it's in the VS.NET distribution. Make sure you have
Pro...

Paul T.

ALI-R said:
Paul thanks for your quick response.

1) Basically I don't think I need it to be supported in ROM.Say I have
bougth a "Windows CE 4.x-based device".First step is to install
netFramework CE on it right?

2) Dose any of these mentioned devices(Symbol, Intermec, etc) have an
object model for working with its scanner device using .Net ?

3) I'm having VS 2003 installed on my box which I use it for ordinary
developement .Dose it suffice for having the simulator beside it? Where
Can
I get the simulator from?

Thanks again
ALI


"Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" <ptobey no spam AT no instrument no spam DOT
com>
wrote in message 1) Well, almost any Windows CE 4.x-based device, plus Pocket PC 2002 and
2003 (Windows Mobile 2003). If you mean, "support it in ROM", that's
a
different question. You can install it on most recently-produced
devices,
however.

2) I'd look at the size, shape, and capabilities of the device, before
going
at it this way. If you want a built-in laser scanner, you might look at
Symbol, Intermec, etc. .NET CF should work with any of those. If you
want
to buy a Pocket PC off-the-shelf at the local Best Buy and use that, then
you'll need a laser scanner card of some sort.

3) Yes and no. The basic concepts are not hard, no. The details can be
a
problem, in some cases, hence the existence of this newsgroup. You
should
be able to get Visual Studio .NET 2003 Pro or better, install the
Smart
Device support and use the emulator to investigate how you would do this.
You can't simulate the scanner very well, but the basic procedure for
building apps should be the same with a real device.

Paul T.

Hi All,

I'm going to write an application which reads skus on the products and
stores it in an xml file using .Net Framework compact edition,I'm
having
the
following questions:

1) Which Devices currently support .NetFramework compact edition?
2) I think I need to connect a kind of scanner to that device to
read
the
skus,Is it something that I can find embedded in the device?
3) IS it really difficult to implement such a senario? I'm a c c#
developer
but I've never written any programms for handhelds,I would
appreciate
if
somebody could point me to a direction which I can have a quick start.

Thanks for your help
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