> > I guess, what I'm asking > > is this: if in a year or two practically all PPC development is being done > > with the .NET Compact Framework, is it possible that the ordinary Win32 API > > could just go away? (Or is .NET still using the Win32 API under the hood). > > Well, like Aaron said: you just have to write your own DAL (Device > Abstraction Layer) and create all your development stuff above this layer. > So, if the common Win32 API just disappear and just de .Net (ergh...) > framework stays, just write your DAL as a .Net application.
exactly :) adding new platforms = just implementing the DAL on the new platforms. if you have done it right, it shouldn't be that hard, and, the existing code should just re-compile. > > Sorry if this seems to be getting off-topic, but what I'm trying to get at > > is something that may concern a lot of Palm developers: how can we write > > code for the Palm OS that's portable without too much trouble to PocketPC? > > DAL is the answer. Some people usually do this without knowing the concept > behind it. Actually, handling the event loop is, IMHO, the most difficult > part to create, for the DAL. After that, everything is easy to do. even better is to rid the event loop totally. use a callback/listener approach. let the DAL handle all the event specific stuff :) --- Aaron Ardiri [EMAIL PROTECTED] CEO - CTO +46 70 656 1143 Mobile Wizardry http://www.mobilewizardry.com/ -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
