Kris Kumar
12-17-2004, 12:00 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://msdn2.microsoft.com/library/ws1c3xeh.aspx' target='_blank'>http://msdn2.microsoft.com/library/ws1c3xeh.aspx</a><br /><br /></div><i>"The .NET Compact Framework version 2.0 Beta extends the .NET Compact Framework version 1.0 with new features, improvements to existing features, and expanded support of classes in the full .NET Framework. This section provides information about some of the key additions and modifications to the .NET Compact Framework. Starting with this version, the .NET Compact Framework is part of the .NET Framework and supports stand-alone development."</i><br /><br /> <img src="http://www.smartphonethoughts.com/images/Kris-DotNetCompactFramework.jpg" alt="User submitted image" title="User submitted image"/> <br /><br />Recently while working on a prototype application based on the .NET Compact Framework version 1.0, I kept running into limitations and had to rely on the excellent open source Smart Device Framework from <a href="http://opennetcf.org">OpenNETCF.org</a> for the routines that I needed. Microsoft will be addressing a lot of these limitations in the .NET CF version 2.0. MSDN has released the preliminary documentation that details <a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/library/ws1c3xeh.aspx">what's new</a> in version 2.0 Beta, the <a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/library/h1ek3akf.aspx">new framework features</a> and the list of <a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/library/w8xd02k7.aspx">new namespaces.</a> And if you are looking into writing applications that requires offline databases on the mobile devices, check out the <a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/library/ayee3tzx.aspx">SQL Mobile documentation.</a>