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Kris Kumar
04-20-2005, 10:30 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://blogs.msdn.com/davidklinems/archive/2005/04/18/409532.aspx' target='_blank'>http://blogs.msdn.com/davidklinems/archive/2005/04/18/409532.aspx</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Just a note that the .NET Compact Framework v2 Beta2 release is now available! You can either get it as part of <a href="http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/vs2005/get/default.aspx">Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2</a> or the <a href="http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/vs2005/downloads/netframework/default.aspx">.NET Framework SDK Beta 2.</a> The version number for Beta 2 is 2.0.5056. If you are using Visual Studio 2005, you will get the .NET Compact Framework installed if you have the Smart Devices option selected for either the Visual C# or Visual Basic.NET languages."</i><br /><br /> <img src="http://www.smartphonethoughts.com/images/Kris-DotNetCompactFramework.jpg" alt="User submitted image" title="User submitted image"/> <br /><br />Folks who have worked with .NET CF v1, got frustrated and are currently using OpenNETCF.Org's Smart Device Framework, I am sure will appreciate the .NET CF v2. It's time to check it out! And give .NET CF a second chance. ;-)

Kris Kumar
04-21-2005, 04:56 AM
Peter Foot over at Pocket PC Thoughts has posted a link to the .NET CF Redistributable. (http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=339657&amp;sid=16135cc27d27cb405724ea2066846eec)

I am impressed by this...

A big change with .NETCF v2.0 is that you can now create device applications using the SDK tools (also in Beta) as well as Visual Studio 2005 Standard edition and above.

Developers don't have to buy expensive Visual Studio to build mobile apps. :-)

Wish Microsoft had planned to release an Express edition of VS for mobile developers. :-(

Mike Temporale
04-21-2005, 10:40 AM
Wish Microsoft had planned to release an Express edition of VS for mobile developers. :-(

Whatever happened to the Express version? I remember reading about it, but I've never seen it... :(

Kris Kumar
04-21-2005, 11:41 AM
Whatever happened to the Express version? I remember reading about it, but I've never seen it... :(

The Beta 2 version of VS Express can be downloaded from here. (http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/express)