WM 5.0 emulator and VS2003

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Markus Humm

Hello,

why is the new WM 5.0 incompatible with VS2003? There is no reason for
it. It could have simply continued to also support the way VS2003
connects to the emulator and thus staying compatible while still being
programmed completely new from ground up.

Or is there any way to make it compatible?

Greetings

Markus
 
Markus,

What makes you think that "there is no reason" for the new emulators to be
incompatible with VS 2003? The new emulators emulate the actual chipset so
you can deploy an unmanaged C++ DLL or app developed for the ARM processor
on them. They are also faster and the connection to VS 2005 is much better
than the old emulators were with VS 2003 since they use DMA. You can even
use Activesync with the emulators, dock them and sync your Contacts. They
also do a much better job of emulating hardware such as serial ports.
Although final testing on actual devices is still recommended, the new
emulators are simply more usable.

I don't know of any way to make the new emulators compatible with VS 2003.
 
Ginny said:
Markus,

What makes you think that "there is no reason" for the new emulators to be
incompatible with VS 2003?

That is simple: one could have built in the same connection option as
the old one provided for VS2003. But one simply didn't implement this.
The other connection options are fine, but one could have built in that
single additional connection option. And I think VS2003 can build
projects for the very same environement provided by the new emulator,
otherwise these won't run on most real devices....
=> it would have been a bit of work but technically I think it would
have been possible! That is my point!

Greetings

Markus
 
This is moot, VS2003 can connect to the new emulator, at least using one
method. The new emulator emulates an ARM device so VS2003 can connect to it
in the same way that it can connect to a real ARM device. i.e. using the
TCP/IP and "Smart Device Authentication Utility". Not tried it though!

- John
 
John said:
This is moot, VS2003 can connect to the new emulator, at least using one
method. The new emulator emulates an ARM device so VS2003 can connect to it
in the same way that it can connect to a real ARM device. i.e. using the
TCP/IP and "Smart Device Authentication Utility". Not tried it though!
Aha. Okay, will tell my programmer to try this method. Otherwise MS
would have been really unfriendly to its customers.

Greetings

Markus
 
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