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IDE for Compact Framework 3.5 on Windows CE 6


We have some applications running on data reader devices with windows CE 6.0. These apps was created with genexus generating C# / .Net Compact Framework 3.5

Genexus will not support this anymore and I´m looking for alternatives to rewrite these apps.

First, off course, i thought about Microsoft, but i would have to use visual studio 2008 (too old, my devices are also, but...). Than i thought about SharpDevelop, but Compact Framework was dropped in version 4.

Does anyone know an alternative to develop C# for Windows CE 6.0?


Solution

  • Visual Studio 2008 (or 2005) is your only option and that's simply never going to change. Microsoft abandoned the Compact Framework starting in about 2010 and completely in about 2015. Windows CE itself has effectively been abandoned as well. There's simply no market for anyone else to even try to make an IDE for development for systems that have zero future.