NETCF 3.9 Released?

Question

I was trying to open one of my old projects build with VS2008 and it has a class library targeted for Windows Mobile 6 devices (.NET Compact Framework 3.5). Since the good old V

Answer 1

So you can get CF 3.5 building in VS2012 with a few csproj tweaks. First install NETCFSetupv35.msi and NETCFv35PowerToys.msi. You might need to use the follow reg hack to fix x64 bit stuff.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\.NetCompactFramework\v3.5.0.0]
"Language"="1033"
"Version"="3.5.7283"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\.NetCompactFramework\v3.5.0.0\InstallRoot]
@="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft.NET\\SDK\\CompactFramework\\v3.5\\"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\.NetCompactFramework\v3.5.0.0\PocketPC]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\.NetCompactFramework\v3.5.0.0\PocketPC\AsmmetaBinder]
"TypeName"="Microsoft.CompactFramework.Build.PocketPC.BindingService, Microsoft.CompactFramework.Build.Tasks, Version=9.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a, Custom=null"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\.NetCompactFramework\v3.5.0.0\PocketPC\AsmmetaBinder\4118C335-430C-497f-BE48-11C3316B135E]
"TypeName"="Microsoft.CompactFramework.Build.WM50PocketPC.BindingService, Microsoft.CompactFramework.Build.Tasks, Version=9.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a, Custom=null"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\.NetCompactFramework\v3.5.0.0\PocketPC\AssemblyFoldersEx]
@="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft.NET\\SDK\\CompactFramework\\v3.5\\WindowsCE\\"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\.NetCompactFramework\v3.5.0.0\PowerToys]
"Language"="1033"
"Version"="3.5.7338"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\.NetCompactFramework\v3.5.0.0\PowerToys\InstallRoot]
@="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft.NET\\SDK\\CompactFramework\\v3.5\\"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\.NetCompactFramework\v3.5.0.0\Smartphone]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\.NetCompactFramework\v3.5.0.0\Smartphone\AsmmetaBinder]
"TypeName"="Microsoft.CompactFramework.Build.SmartPhone.BindingService, Microsoft.CompactFramework.Build.Tasks, Version=9.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a, Custom=null"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\.NetCompactFramework\v3.5.0.0\Smartphone\AsmmetaBinder\BD0CC567-F6FD-4ca3-99D2-063EFDFC0A39]
"TypeName"="Microsoft.CompactFramework.Build.WM50SmartPhone.BindingService, Microsoft.CompactFramework.Build.Tasks, Version=9.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a, Custom=null"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\.NetCompactFramework\v3.5.0.0\Smartphone\AssemblyFoldersEx]
@="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft.NET\\SDK\\CompactFramework\\v3.5\\WindowsCE\\"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\.NetCompactFramework\v3.5.0.0\WindowsCE]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\.NetCompactFramework\v3.5.0.0\WindowsCE\AsmmetaBinder]
"TypeName"="Microsoft.CompactFramework.Build.WindowsCE.BindingService, Microsoft.CompactFramework.Build.Tasks, Version=9.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a, Custom=null"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\.NetCompactFramework\v3.5.0.0\WindowsCE\AssemblyFoldersEx]
@="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft.NET\\SDK\\CompactFramework\\v3.5\\WindowsCE\\"

Then you will need to create a new .target file similar to this.

  
    v3.5
  
  
    C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.5
    AnyCPU
    WindowsCE
    E2BECB1F-8C8C-41ba-B736-9BE7D946A398
    obj\WinCE
    bin\WinCE
    Software\Microsoft\.NETCompactFramework
    $(PlatformFamilyName)\AssemblyFoldersEx
    ,OSVersion=$(OSVersion):Platform=$(PlatformID)
    true
    $(DefineConstants);WindowsCE
    false
  

Then you can include your new targets file and conditional compact framework targets in your csproj

When you want to build for WinCE just set the following parameter.

BuildForWinCE=true