Accessing source code

Microsoft very kindly provided the .net framework & compact framework v1 as
managed libraries that could be inspected using tools such as reflector if
you wanted to see what was going on under the hood; however due to the
change in how compact framework v2 libraries are constructed, the .dll files
loaded onto the developers PC contain only metadata.

has anybody an idea as to where I can get copies of the real run-time files
that can be inspected as I currently have an exception being thrown from
within the Control.Text "get" accessor (being called from within the
Control.Text "set" accessor) and would like to see what may be happening.

Martin
Wed Sep 27 09:36:49 CDT 2006

I should point out that I have tried looking for the files installed on the
device but there are only the pre-compiled GAC_* files that i can find.

"Martin Robins" <martin dot robins at technicaldirect dot co dot uk> wrote
in message news:eHyfmFk4GHA.2596@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Microsoft very kindly provided the .net framework & compact framework v1
> as managed libraries that could be inspected using tools such as reflector
> if you wanted to see what was going on under the hood; however due to the
> change in how compact framework v2 libraries are constructed, the .dll
> files loaded onto the developers PC contain only metadata.
>
> has anybody an idea as to where I can get copies of the real run-time
> files that can be inspected as I currently have an exception being thrown
> from within the Control.Text "get" accessor (being called from within the
> Control.Text "set" accessor) and would like to see what may be happening.
>

NinoBenvenuti
Wed Sep 27 18:33:02 CDT 2006

If you have installed the .NET CF 2.0 SP1 patch, give a look in:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft.NET\SDK\CompactFramework\v2.0\Debugger\BCL

--
Nino Benvenuti
Device Application Development MVP
http://nino.net/blog


"Martin Robins" wrote:

> I should point out that I have tried looking for the files installed on the
> device but there are only the pre-compiled GAC_* files that i can find.
>
> "Martin Robins" <martin dot robins at technicaldirect dot co dot uk> wrote
> in message news:eHyfmFk4GHA.2596@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> > Microsoft very kindly provided the .net framework & compact framework v1
> > as managed libraries that could be inspected using tools such as reflector
> > if you wanted to see what was going on under the hood; however due to the
> > change in how compact framework v2 libraries are constructed, the .dll
> > files loaded onto the developers PC contain only metadata.
> >
> > has anybody an idea as to where I can get copies of the real run-time
> > files that can be inspected as I currently have an exception being thrown
> > from within the Control.Text "get" accessor (being called from within the
> > Control.Text "set" accessor) and would like to see what may be happening.
> >
>
>
>

Neil
Fri Sep 29 17:01:21 CDT 2006

Those "pre-compiled files" are actually the real runtime files which have
been renamed by the GAC. Microsoft has not released the source code for the
.NET Compact Framework, so the CF assemblies and .NET Reflector is your best
hope.

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Neil Cowburn
Principal Partner
OpenNETCF Consulting, LLC


"Martin Robins" <martin dot robins at technicaldirect dot co dot uk> wrote
in message news:uF$7%23Hk4GHA.3396@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>I should point out that I have tried looking for the files installed on the
>device but there are only the pre-compiled GAC_* files that i can find.
>
> "Martin Robins" <martin dot robins at technicaldirect dot co dot uk> wrote
> in message news:eHyfmFk4GHA.2596@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Microsoft very kindly provided the .net framework & compact framework v1
>> as managed libraries that could be inspected using tools such as
>> reflector if you wanted to see what was going on under the hood; however
>> due to the change in how compact framework v2 libraries are constructed,
>> the .dll files loaded onto the developers PC contain only metadata.
>>
>> has anybody an idea as to where I can get copies of the real run-time
>> files that can be inspected as I currently have an exception being thrown
>> from within the Control.Text "get" accessor (being called from within the
>> Control.Text "set" accessor) and would like to see what may be happening.
>>
>
>

Martin
Fri Oct 06 04:41:34 CDT 2006

Exactly what I was looking for; thanks.

"Nino Benvenuti" <NinoBenvenuti@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:92845081-AC58-464A-8437-E045A95630F8@microsoft.com...
> If you have installed the .NET CF 2.0 SP1 patch, give a look in:
> C:\Program Files\Microsoft.NET\SDK\CompactFramework\v2.0\Debugger\BCL
>
> --
> Nino Benvenuti
> Device Application Development MVP
> http://nino.net/blog
>
>
> "Martin Robins" wrote:
>
>> I should point out that I have tried looking for the files installed on
>> the
>> device but there are only the pre-compiled GAC_* files that i can find.
>>
>> "Martin Robins" <martin dot robins at technicaldirect dot co dot uk>
>> wrote
>> in message news:eHyfmFk4GHA.2596@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> > Microsoft very kindly provided the .net framework & compact framework
>> > v1
>> > as managed libraries that could be inspected using tools such as
>> > reflector
>> > if you wanted to see what was going on under the hood; however due to
>> > the
>> > change in how compact framework v2 libraries are constructed, the .dll
>> > files loaded onto the developers PC contain only metadata.
>> >
>> > has anybody an idea as to where I can get copies of the real run-time
>> > files that can be inspected as I currently have an exception being
>> > thrown
>> > from within the Control.Text "get" accessor (being called from within
>> > the
>> > Control.Text "set" accessor) and would like to see what may be
>> > happening.
>> >
>>
>>
>>