WinCE Compact Framework Interop.ppt

.NET Compact Framework Programming Copyright (c) 2004 Douglas Boling About Me Independent Windows CE consultant Microsoft Embedded MVP Writer Author of “Programming Windows CE” Various articles Windows CE Instruction Windows CE Application Development Windows CE OAL and Drivers .NET Compact Framework Agenda Quick intro to the Compact Framework What is Interop? P/Invoke Basics Marshalling Calling native DLLs Notifications from outside What’s coming in Version 2.0 Integration Imperative Integration Imperative Windows Embedded Platforms .NET on Embedded Devices Windows XP Embedded Full v1.0 .NET runtime 1.1 in SP2 Total compatibility Windows CE .NET Specially designed runtime Smaller foot print Tuned for low memory, low power devices Limited to two languages C#, Visual Basic .NET In short: .NET runtime for small devices CLR + subset of FCL 1.0 supports Pocket PC 2000, 2002 Windows Mobile 2003 Pocket PC and Smartphone Windows CE .NET 4.1 and later 2.0 supports Windows Mobile 2003 for Pocket PC only Windows CE 5.0 and later Get the Latest Stuff! Two service packs have been released Service Pack 1 Bug fixes Service Pack 2 Minor class library additions Performance improvements Bug fixes Version 2.0 in Whidbey beta CF Similarities Same type safe execution No uninitialized variables No unsafe casts No bad array indexing No bad pointer math Similar garbage collection No ref counting No leaks JIT compilation Compiled code kept in memory Pitched in low memory situations CF Similarities Exceptions for error handling Language neutral type system Common scheme across all managed code Use of assemblies PE file format Mutithread support Windows Forms support Can consume web services CF Difference Strategy V1 support for client processing Little support for devices as servers Reduced resources on embedded devices Less CPU power/system memory renders some .NET features impractical CF Development schedule They had to ship! CF Differences No COM interop