Hello, The Compact Framework is actually quite nice, so I'm not sure why you'd want to develop in unmanaged code. Unmanaged code for Pocket PC is more or less Win32 code and about on par with Win32 code for the desktop from what I can tell (i.e. to be avoided).
It's a real shame that PalmSource hasn't created a modern API for Palm OS like the Compact Framework. The raw C API seems like something out of the dark ages of programming. My first programming language was C, so I can certainly deal with the API, but I wouldn't choose to use it over a more modern option. I'm sure someone will take this opportunity to plug one of the RAD tools available for Palm OS, but I have yet to find one to meet my needs. Some common issues to me with these tools are runtimes and associated per-unit licensing fees, lack of a camera capture module, lack of a JPEG module, roadblocks to using the native C API and/or ARMlets, and the disturbing use of VB for many of the RAD platforms. Adrien. Wednesday, November 23, 2005, 3:19:12 PM, you wrote: >> Hmm. There was WM 2003 and WM 2003 SE with screen orientation support etc. JC> Ah, "Second Edition" :-) I thought I'd seen support for both in the talk I saw JC> about it, but that may have only been for the CF. >> I don't think so really :-) JC> The support from MS for unmanaged code is lukewarm even on the desktop. I don't JC> know it's even that on mobile devices. JC> Cheers, JC> Jim Cooper JC> __________________________________________ JC> Jim Cooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] JC> Skype : jim.cooper JC> Tabdee Ltd http://www.tabdee.ltd.uk JC> TurboSync - Connecting Delphi to your Palm JC> __________________________________________ -- For information on using the PalmSource Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
