eMbedded or .NET

Hello all,

I'm a veteran VB and C/C++ programmer, but new to PPC
and .NET programming. I wrote a database app in eVB on a
PPC 2002. The app works fine, but there are some
limitations creeping up with the PPC 2002. (See my
post "Barcode Scanner with Viewsonic V35") So I'm trying
to decide whether to upgrade to a PPC 2003. I want to
avoid rewriting my app in C++, so I was thinking about
converting it to VB.NET. How much trouble would that be?
Any advice on the subject would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Lewis

Ginny
Thu Sep 04 14:47:41 CDT 2003

Lewis,

My own upgrade path has been from C++ to C#, so I can't say exactly how much
work you're looking at, but you're probably looking at a total rewrite. Since
eVB will not be supported in the future, moving to VB.Net still sounds like a
smart move to me and well worth the hassle.
--
Ginny Caughey
Windows Embedded MVP

"Lewis" <lewis68@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
news:1e9001c372fb$0ec9cd90$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> Hello all,
>
> I'm a veteran VB and C/C++ programmer, but new to PPC
> and .NET programming. I wrote a database app in eVB on a
> PPC 2002. The app works fine, but there are some
> limitations creeping up with the PPC 2002. (See my
> post "Barcode Scanner with Viewsonic V35") So I'm trying
> to decide whether to upgrade to a PPC 2003. I want to
> avoid rewriting my app in C++, so I was thinking about
> converting it to VB.NET. How much trouble would that be?
> Any advice on the subject would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Lewis
>

r_z_aret
Mon Sep 08 12:08:16 CDT 2003

.NET programs are distributed as intermediate code, which _is_ human
readable. That might be a problem if you want to maintain intellecutal
property of any sort.

On Thu, 4 Sep 2003 08:41:50 -0700, "Lewis" <lewis68@ix.netcom.com>
wrote:

>Hello all,
>
>I'm a veteran VB and C/C++ programmer, but new to PPC
>and .NET programming. I wrote a database app in eVB on a
>PPC 2002. The app works fine, but there are some
>limitations creeping up with the PPC 2002. (See my
>post "Barcode Scanner with Viewsonic V35") So I'm trying
>to decide whether to upgrade to a PPC 2003. I want to
>avoid rewriting my app in C++, so I was thinking about
>converting it to VB.NET. How much trouble would that be?
>Any advice on the subject would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Thanks,
>Lewis
>

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Renaud
Tue Sep 09 06:43:55 CDT 2003

Moving from eVb to VB.NET is generally pretty straightforward. Yet,
the compact framework has a lot of flaws/bugs presently. Get read for
a lot of P/Invoke.

On Thu, 4 Sep 2003 08:41:50 -0700, "Lewis" <lewis68@ix.netcom.com>
wrote:

>Hello all,
>
>I'm a veteran VB and C/C++ programmer, but new to PPC
>and .NET programming. I wrote a database app in eVB on a
>PPC 2002. The app works fine, but there are some
>limitations creeping up with the PPC 2002. (See my
>post "Barcode Scanner with Viewsonic V35") So I'm trying
>to decide whether to upgrade to a PPC 2003. I want to
>avoid rewriting my app in C++, so I was thinking about
>converting it to VB.NET. How much trouble would that be?
>Any advice on the subject would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Thanks,
>Lewis