.NET Compact Framework with Visual Studio 2010?

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user317578 picture user317578 · Apr 15, 2010 · Viewed 20k times · Source

NET Compact Framework with Visual Studio 2010? I have Visual Studio 2003, but i want change to one IDE.

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rcx picture rcx · Apr 15, 2010

Joel Fjordén has a blog post on how to Open and Build .NET Compact Framework Projects in Visual Studio 2010. In short, his approach involves editing the project file and copying the .NET Compact Framework v3.5 targets files to the .NET v4 directory.

As alluded to earlier, Microsoft web pages note the following:

Because Visual Studio 2010 does not support mobile application development for Windows Phone prior to Windows Phone OS 7.0, you cannot use the following features: .NET Compact Framework projects, Visual C++ device projects, smart device CAB projects, Device Emulator and Device Emulator Manager, testing tools for device projects, and Device Security Manager.

.NET Compact Framework application development is not supported in Visual Studio 2010.

.NET Compact Framework application development is supported in Visual Studio 2008, but not in Visual Studio 2010.

Unfortunately, none of these Microsoft pages appear to make any reference to an out-of-band release for Visual Studio 2010. Is there a Microsoft blog or web page to monitor for an announcement on the availability of this out-of-band release?

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