Diff btw Developer / EndUser CFs?

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I know I asked about this before in a thread I couldn't locate (as willkoh),
but the answer wasn't that clear or I would have remembered. What's the
difference btw the Developer and EndUser distrs. of CF? Microsoft's download
page doesn't explain much.

Which should be on my Desktop when developing?
Which should be on my Device when developing (perhaps Developer gives better
debug)? (when I run from my physical device rather than emulator)
EndUser means *my* users/customers (if I'll have any ;) right?

These assumptions may be all wrong because some of the things they said when
I asked before seemed the other way around...
 
The end user package includes a desktop installer to deploy the relevant
file to the device over active sync. The developer package includes just the
cab files, which it dumps into a folder on your machine. So if you are
directing end users to the latest package for their mobile device point them
to the end user distributable. On your development machine (and for certain
deployment scenarios) use the developer install - for example you may
redistribute these cab files for an sd card install or similar. The usual
disclaimer of read the EULA applies here though.


Peter
 
Peter Foot said:
The end user package includes a desktop installer to deploy the relevant
file to the device over active sync.
Click to expand...

That's the confusion: It appears as if it is isntalling something intended
for the desktop machine, with formal C:\ProgramFiles\... default directory
and all.
The developer package includes just the
cab files, which it dumps into a folder on your machine.
Click to expand...

Those files, intended to update CF on desktop machine (if desired, as I did)
extract to any folder of one's choice and doesn't do anything unless one
copies them to VS 2003 \Compact Framework SDK directory...
So if you are
directing end users to the latest package for their mobile device point them
to the end user distributable.
Click to expand...

Makes sense...
On your development machine (and for certain
deployment scenarios) use the developer install - for example you may
redistribute these cab files for an sd card install or similar. The usual
disclaimer of read the EULA applies here though.
Click to expand...
Thanx. "I can see clearly now" ;)
 
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