Windows and Pocket PC dev environment?

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Luc" <abc@net.com>
Sent: Tue, 18 May 2004 17:04:58 -0400
Subject: Windows and Pocket PC dev environment?

I have an application that has been developped in Bordland C++ 5.0 and that
runs under Windows.
I would like to use a development environment that allows me to compile both
the windows executable AND a pocket PC executable.

What is the best development environment for such a task?

Thanks

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.pocketpc (More info?)

Similar questions are asked fairly often (maybe once/week), so google
would be a great source of info. However, finding a good search string
is tricky because of the nearly infinite ways folks ask the question.

Fortunately, "newbie" is a useful term in this context. In particular,
I recommend using google
(http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search) to look up
newbie
in microsoft.public.pocketpc.developer
You will get many links with varied views and suggestions.

Several companies besides Microsoft make developer tools for Windows
CE, but I don't think they are appropriate for big projects. The usual
choices for a C/C++ programmer are
a) Visual Studio.NET with the CompactFramework
b) eMbedded Visual C (eVC)

Which you choose should depend partly on how much code you want to
reuse from Borland. If Borland supports .NET and you have used that,
then choice (a) may be good. If Borland does not support .NET, you
might want to try eVC to see how much code you can share between
Borland (for "big" Windows) and eVC. eVC is available for free.

I actually use Visual C 5 to develop for "big" Windows and eVC to
develop for Windows CE, and use the same source code (with a few
#ifdefs) for both.



On Tue, 18 May 2004 17:04:58 -0400, "Luc" <abc@net.com> wrote:

>I have an application that has been developped in Bordland C++ 5.0 and that
>runs under Windows.
>I would like to use a development environment that allows me to compile both
>the windows executable AND a pocket PC executable.
>
>What is the best development environment for such a task?
>
>Thanks
>

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