Hi
Just a quick question. Can you program windows ce / windows 6.1 with vb6 or do I have to use visual studio.net. If so will the free version of . Net do it?
Cheers snowie
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Hi
Just a quick question. Can you program windows ce / windows 6.1 with vb6 or do I have to use visual studio.net. If so will the free version of . Net do it?
Cheers snowie
VB6 - no.
VB.NET - yes.
Will Express work.... I'm not sure... seems I remember seeing a thread around here stating that the emulators and the templates are missing from the Express edition
-tg
VB6 by itself, no. However there was an add-in "eMbedded Visual Basic 3.0" that once supported Win CE development on early CE platforms. This is no longer available and doesn't work with current WinCE/WM releases though.
There are alternatives such as NS Basic/CE that still support these OSs (through at least WM 6.5).
The Windows Mobile SDKs will only install into Visual Studio 2008 Professional or above, or Visual Studio 2005 Standard or above. None of them work with the VS 2010 betas and may not even work with VS 2010 by the time of its April 2010 release.
I think it's all covered above, but you may find it useful to read the article Can I use VB6 to make a program for mobile phones/PDA's? from our Classic VB FAQs (in the FAQ forum)
Just an FYI for anyone interested:
Windows Mobile Development Without Visual Studio
This is still .Net-based, and it requires VB.Net/C# background and experience beyond what you'll pick up plinking around with VB.Net Express editions.
However it is "free" in a meaningful sense.
I'm not sure I'd go this route for any extensive projects though.
That could be useful for some people, so I've added it to the FAQ :)