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Originally Posted by colin9876
RE librarys/dlls. SO Express c# can do libraries, but ppc apps cant use libraries??
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Let me try to explain.
Devices run the Compact Framework (CF) which is a (mostly) compatible subset of the full .NET Framework. Desktops run the full .NET Framework (NF).
Code compiled for the CF can run on the NF. Code compiled for the NF will NOT run on the CF. This is how you can usually use the same library in B4PPC on the device and the desktop, they are compiled for the device. There are some B4PPC libraries that have different versions for the desktop and device due to differences between the two environments. Some B4PPC libraries are available only for the desktop (e.g my FormExDesktop) because the device does not include that functionality.
The Express versions can only compile for the NF even if the code itself is perfectly capable of running on the CF. This is a marketing decison by Microsoft not a fundamental limitation of the Express versions.
Dlls are actually p**s easy to do. You just tell Visual Studio or SharpDevelop what you want, dll, Windows exe or console app and it makes it. Your code has to suit that use of course.