Mark Johnson
04-06-2006, 08:55 AM
OK, so I think I'm starting to get it now, I've been researching this a bit...
Microsoft gives away Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition, but that won't let you open/edit/create PocketPC projects right? So if I want to "play around" with making PPC VB apps, I'm going to have to cough up $299 for Visual Studio Standard?
I hope I'm wrong, but this seems to be the situation. Can anyone confirm or deny that this is how it is? I've got VB2005EE installed, but it seems to "no hablo" the .ebp sample project I found.
Kind of a bummer. I'm betting it will cost me a lot less to pay someone to just write the super-simple app I need than $299, but I was hoping to be able to at least get some idea of the current state of VB programming for PPC.
Given how insanely complex Microsoft has made the platform (is the target WinCE, PocketPC, Windows Mobile 5, .net 1.1, Compact .net 2.0, etc. etc., etc. I no longer have any remote clue???) you'd think you'd at least be able to "get your foot in the door" as a hobbyist without paying anything.
It really easy for me to imagine that I'd spend $299 and then find out "oops, you still can't make the app you want because you have an x50v and that's shipped as a PocketPC platform device, not WindowsMobile SE 2005 platform device and has Compact .Net 1.2.4 revision D Platinum Edition, not the current .New.NET Framework-Of-The-Month blah blah blah..."
Microsoft gives away Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition, but that won't let you open/edit/create PocketPC projects right? So if I want to "play around" with making PPC VB apps, I'm going to have to cough up $299 for Visual Studio Standard?
I hope I'm wrong, but this seems to be the situation. Can anyone confirm or deny that this is how it is? I've got VB2005EE installed, but it seems to "no hablo" the .ebp sample project I found.
Kind of a bummer. I'm betting it will cost me a lot less to pay someone to just write the super-simple app I need than $299, but I was hoping to be able to at least get some idea of the current state of VB programming for PPC.
Given how insanely complex Microsoft has made the platform (is the target WinCE, PocketPC, Windows Mobile 5, .net 1.1, Compact .net 2.0, etc. etc., etc. I no longer have any remote clue???) you'd think you'd at least be able to "get your foot in the door" as a hobbyist without paying anything.
It really easy for me to imagine that I'd spend $299 and then find out "oops, you still can't make the app you want because you have an x50v and that's shipped as a PocketPC platform device, not WindowsMobile SE 2005 platform device and has Compact .Net 1.2.4 revision D Platinum Edition, not the current .New.NET Framework-Of-The-Month blah blah blah..."