Windows Mobile 5 applications from Visual Studio 2003

I am currently developing applications using visual studio 2003. Can I
still make WIndow Mobile 5 compatible applications, that use RAPI or do
I have to upgrade?

How do I configure the security settings? What are the options? Is
there a guide on how to do it?

Thanks
John

Ginny
Fri Feb 03 08:48:40 CST 2006

John,

Although it's possible to build apps with VS 2003 that may run on WM 5.0
devices, there is no debugging support so I'd recommend upgrading to VS
2005. This will also allow you to take advantage of the WM 5.0 SDKs so you
can target specific WM 5 functionality.

--
Ginny Caughey
.NET Compact Framework MVP


"John" <johncscott@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>I am currently developing applications using visual studio 2003. Can I
> still make WIndow Mobile 5 compatible applications, that use RAPI or do
> I have to upgrade?
>
> How do I configure the security settings? What are the options? Is
> there a guide on how to do it?
>
> Thanks
> John
>

r_z_aret
Fri Feb 03 15:08:15 CST 2006

On Fri, 3 Feb 2006 09:48:40 -0500, "Ginny Caughey [MVP]"
<ginny.caughey.online@wasteworks.com> wrote:

>John,
>
>Although it's possible to build apps with VS 2003 that may run on WM 5.0
>devices, there is no debugging support so I'd recommend upgrading to VS
>2005. This will also allow you to take advantage of the WM 5.0 SDKs so you
>can target specific WM 5 functionality.

The original post mentioned RAPI, so I assume it's talking about
desktop apps. And that means SDKs are irrelevant.

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r_z_aret
Fri Feb 03 15:08:15 CST 2006

On 2 Feb 2006 19:50:48 -0800, "John" <johncscott@hotmail.com> wrote:

>I am currently developing applications using visual studio 2003. Can I
>still make WIndow Mobile 5 compatible applications, that use RAPI or do
>I have to upgrade?

We're still using VB 6 and VC 6 to build our desktop apps. The ones
that use RAPI work with the one WM 5 device I have for testing.


>
>How do I configure the security settings? What are the options? Is
>there a guide on how to do it?

No idea.

>
>Thanks
>John

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John
Sat Feb 04 06:03:21 CST 2006

Hi Ginny,

Thanks for that. I am having problems with the RAPI on some users'
Pocket PCs. They are running WM5 so I believe the problem is a security
issue. What can I do to make this work. I use the OpenNetCF libraries
to read and write registry settings and file copy to and from the
device.

Thanks
John

Ginny
Sat Feb 04 07:51:44 CST 2006

John,

Here's a blog entry that describes what can be done:
http://blogs.msdn.com/marcpe/archive/2006/01/11/511921.aspx

And here are some links to discussions about priviledged APIs
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=rapi+privileged+windows+mobile+5&spell=1

--
Ginny Caughey
.NET Compact Framework MVP


"John" <johncscott@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Ginny,
>
> Thanks for that. I am having problems with the RAPI on some users'
> Pocket PCs. They are running WM5 so I believe the problem is a security
> issue. What can I do to make this work. I use the OpenNetCF libraries
> to read and write registry settings and file copy to and from the
> device.
>
> Thanks
> John
>

Ginny
Sat Feb 04 08:02:26 CST 2006

John,

I should also mention that some Rapi functionality such as working with the
pre-WM 5 database are simply no longer supported in WM 5.

--
Ginny Caughey
.NET Compact Framework MVP


"John" <johncscott@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1139054601.013867.155110@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Hi Ginny,
>
> Thanks for that. I am having problems with the RAPI on some users'
> Pocket PCs. They are running WM5 so I believe the problem is a security
> issue. What can I do to make this work. I use the OpenNetCF libraries
> to read and write registry settings and file copy to and from the
> device.
>
> Thanks
> John
>