PocketMatrix

So far I have had quirks of various severity with all the software I have released when running on Pocket PC 2002. Some issues I attributed to GAPI differences on the new hardware. However, with DEXplor I use only straight Windows API stuff. I build using the Pocket PC SDK that came out when Embedded Visual Tools was released, so it is a few years old. Some questions:

Are apps produced with the original Pocket PC SDK 100% compatible with Pocket PC 2002 devices, or are there some known issues? They most certainly are "supposed" to run fine on PPC 2002, but that's not really my question.

If I build an app with the Pocket PC 2002 SDK will it be backwards compatible and run on Pocket PC devices? That of course assumes I do not call any of the new PPC 2002 API functions.

Does the Pocket PC 2002 SDK coexist with the existing Pocket PC SDK, or does it replace it during installation? If the answer to question 2 is yes then this isn't such an issue.

Thanks.

Dan East

I've had loads of problems with the new SDK !
All my apps seem to be running well on newer devices, so I keep using the old one. Coding to to the lowest common denominator always works

Digby: they do coexist..

although i only used the pocket2002 sdk, i installed both, and i had the option to either make a pocketpc or a pocketpc 2002 application through the appwizard..

There also are two seprate directories for the different sdk's

Actually, i recall trying some of the examples of both, so i'm really quite sure they coexist..


Anonymous: no gapi doesn't work out of the box in the emulator

you have to download and install it yourself

Becareful debuggin a ppc2002 with teh 2000 sdk. If you haven't installed the updated flash protection (issue for casio and hp (that I know of)) you may have to send it back to the shop and get it reflashed. The debugger, for some reason, writes to an address that overrights something in the flashed opp, causing the device to stop functioning correctly (it hangs at the reset screen).