Will the SerialPort Class be implemented in CF in VS2005 ?

[ORC]

Visual Studio 2005 implements support for the serial port in the
System.IO.Ports namespace, But I am only able to find documentation
regarding the normal .NET Framework - how about Compact Frame - which serial
port functions will be implemented there?

Thanks!
Ole

 

[Daniel Moth]

SerialPort will be supported in CF 2.0

You seem to have info on its interface but in any case here it is:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/library/System.IO.Ports.SerialPort.aspx

Cheers
Daniel

 

[ORC]

Sounds great - do you know if it is possible to download e.g. a beta version
??

Thanks
Ole

 

[Daniel Moth]

CF 2.0 can be downloaded as part of VS2005 Beta and CTPs...

A good starting point is here:
http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/vs2005/Default.aspx

The Express editions are no good for CF development and I think you must be
an MSDN subscriber for the normal ones...

Cheers
Daniel

 

[Peter Foot [MVP]]

Visual Studio 2005 Betas are only available to beta testers or MSDN
subscribers. Only the Express edition products are publically available but
these don't have device development functionality, however you could
experiment with the SerialPort class in a desktop project.

Another option is to download the .NET 2.0 SDK beta which includes the
compact framework, and you can use this to do command line builds:-
http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/downloads/updates/default.aspx

Peter

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[Paul Kay]

I am neither an official Whidbey beta tester, nor personally an MSDN
subscriber, but I was able to order a DVD of the Visual Studio 2005 Beta
from here (for a small cost):

http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/vs2005/get/emeaorder/default.aspx - For EMEA
orders.

Use:
http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/vs2005/get/order/default.aspx - For US and
Asia

PK