Possible to create Compact Framework code outside of emulator?

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I am trying to develop a configurator program to develop simple Windows CE
programs and then be able to download them into a CE device. I am trying to
do this from a standard Windows based .NET app. I can use RAPI to copy and
start it on the device, but is there some way to create it without compiling
as a compact framework program?

Thanks for any suggestions in advance,

WayneM
 
Huh? All .NET code is compiled to the Microsoft Intermediate Language
(MSIL). This is true of the desktop and the compact framework. So you have
to compile the code to MSIL on the desktop and then copy it to the device.
There is not compiler that will execute on the device. I suppose you could
get the OpenSource "Mono" C# compilers and assembly linkers (Written in C#)
to compile for the Compact framework and then you would have a tool set that
ran on a CE device - I doubt that would be worth the effort involved though.
Not much point in compiling code on a CE device.
 
Steve Maillet (eMVP) said:
Huh? All .NET code is compiled to the Microsoft Intermediate Language
(MSIL). This is true of the desktop and the compact framework. So you have
to compile the code to MSIL on the desktop and then copy it to the device.
There is not compiler that will execute on the device. I suppose you could
get the OpenSource "Mono" C# compilers and assembly linkers (Written in C#)
to compile for the Compact framework and then you would have a tool set that
ran on a CE device - I doubt that would be worth the effort involved though.
Not much point in compiling code on a CE device.

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Steve Maillet
EmbeddedFusion
www.EmbeddedFusion.com
smaillet at EmbeddedFusion dot com

Steve,
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Thanks for the clarification. Perhaps the question I wanted to ask was, is
there any difference in code developed as a regular Windows application
versus a Smart Device application (besides the limitations in the Compact
Framework)? In other words, can I take a regular Window application and load
it onto a CE device and compile it?

Thanks,

WayneM
 
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