Kris Kumar
08-08-2005, 01:45 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.opennetcf.org/PermaLink.aspx?guid=d667b28f-8e4a-40d4-b743-9e3686ec0a29' target='_blank'>http://www.opennetcf.org/PermaLink.aspx?guid=d667b28f-8e4a-40d4-b743-9e3686ec0a29</a><br /><br /></div><i>"We are very happy to announce that Smart Device Framework 1.4 is now ready for download. The binary package also contains the compiled help for the Smart Device Framework and the Application Blocks. The SDF installer also provides options for installing the full source code, as well as samples for the framework and quickstarts for the Application Blocks."</i><br /><br /> <img src="http://www.smartphonethoughts.com/images/Kris-Aug05-SDF.jpg" alt="User submitted image" title="User submitted image"/> <br /><br />The wonderful folks at the OpenNETCF.org are committed to the Windows Mobile developer community. They have announced the release of the latest version of Smart Device Framework, which can be downloaded from <a href="http://www.opennetcf.org/PermaLink.aspx?guid=3a013afd-791e-45ef-802a-4c1dbe1cfef9">here.</a> For those who are new to the Windows Mobile development, the Smart Device Framework enriches and extends the .NET Compact Framework by providing a rich set of classes and controls not available in the .NET Compact Framework. Personally I feel that mobile developers cannot survive without the Smart Device Framework. :-) According to <a href="http://www.opennetcf.org/CategoryView.aspx?category=About">Peter Foot,</a> following are the improvements and fixes in the new release. <!> <br />• Resolved installation and deployment bugs from version 1.3<br />• Improvements to GPS code<br />• OpenNETCF.Win32.TimeZoneCollection modified to work on both "raw" Windows CE and Windows Mobile devices<br />• Fixes to some of the control designers<br />• Additions and fixes for OpenNETCF.Net.AccessPoint and OpenNETCF.Net.Adapter classes<br />• Numerous bug fixes throughout OpenNETCF.Threading and OpenNETCF.Windows.Forms namespaces