Can an app written with .net Compact Framework restart itself?

Question

Can an app written with .net Compact Framework restart itself?

What are some of the common patterns to achieve this? I would like to have a self-updating application that restarts itself if update was done.

Of course, I could have 2 .exe: one that updates and the actual app, but I would rather just have one.

Answer 1

Absolutely. It's actually way easier to do than on the desktop. If you're using the SDF, use this:

var thisName = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().CodeBase;
var time = DateTime.Now.AddSeconds(11);
Notify.RunAppAtTime(thisName, time);

If you want to do it manually, you'd p/invoke CeRunAppAtTime.

Note that you must have a launch time of > 10 (not >= 10) seconds in the future or the "launch will happen immediately (an artifact of how the default notification setup is set in the kernel).