PPC Development Question

[pwalessi]

I've been developing with eVC++ and eVB for a while now. They are both very good tools for development of apps for the Pocket PC platform. Database access (especially debugging database apps) is a little Klugy, with the Pocket Access database, but it will definitely get you going.

[davebach172]

Great stuff! Thanks for all the info - I spent part of yesterday downloading all the packages I could find on the MS website (good old work internet connection!) and am going to have a play with it over the weekend.

I also found an updated version of the eMbedded tools which included the PPC2002 SDK and Smartphone SDK, all in at only 205mb. http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default..../smartphone.asp

Again, thanks for all the help!

[pwalessi]

I also found out yesterday that SQL Server CE is FREE! That's right! As long as you don't connect to a real SQL server, the pocket version is completely free! It is definitely a great platform for developing very robust Palmtop applications.

[JTMoney]

Great info. Thanks a bunch.

JT$

[Leareth]

Originally posted by davebach172@Feb 7 2003, 05:52 AM
Great stuff! Thanks for all the info - I spent part of yesterday downloading all the packages I could find on the MS website (good old work internet connection!) and am going to have a play with it over the weekend.

I also found an updated version of the eMbedded tools which included the PPC2002 SDK and Smartphone SDK, all in at only 205mb. http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default..../smartphone.asp

Again, thanks for all the help!

Hmmm... I downloaded it, but the installtion program bombs and errors out multiple times during the install. (On a couple of different machines.)


Anyone actually installed the new SDK developer kit from MS yet?

[JSnoddy]

I installed it successfully on two machines, both met the recommended/required configurations (W2K, etc.)

[pwalessi]

I run it at home and at work. No problem on either machine..(1 is w2k, the other is XP)

[dlwilson]

I've been using eVC++ for a couple weeks. It is solid and stable, but just as confusing to me as I remember Visual Studio being. I'm getting the hang of it, though. I have pulled down the source for Pocket Warrior from sourceforge. It is a complete eVC++ project, and a good way to learn the IDE and see how other people program the Pocket PC. Plus it works great for finding APs.

I also have been working with IBM's WebSphere Device Developer, which is a free IDE for Java development on the Pocket PC. It is robust and has lots of features, but is (I think) very confusing for a first-time user. I have worked with a previous version of the IDE for desktop PCs, so I have been able to muddle through getting things configured. I have been able to run a "hello world" text app on the Pocket PC, but have not yet gotten a GUI app to work.

I have also tried out Pocket C for the Pocket PC (not a typo). I have used the Palm version a lot in the past, and it works very well. It's a simple yet capable C IDE. On the Palm the only other IDE is CodeWarrior, which is big bucks. But for the Pocket PC both of the IDEs I mentioned above have many more features, and they are free. Pocket C costs $35.

Davo

[JTMoney]

Thanks for the info!

JT$

[KPhillips449]

This Newbie is ready to cry. I've been reading PocketPC Newsgroup since January and tonight came here. Wasn't anyone else ever a beginner? I learned Access in 1995, bought the Axim on the word of Dell person Michael Greene that mine would have Pocket Access on the Companion CD - LIAR. So now I have something I can't use. All these 3rd party apps that I don't want to trust: SprintDB, Visual CE, Data On The Run, HandyDB.

Tell me, old ones, is this stuff you mention related to Access like Fortran was similar to Basic? If you could learn one, the other wasn't too hard to use.