Programming

[Denis Dresse]

I would like to program for ipaq pocket pc 2002 with Borland Delphi.
As anyone tried ?

thanks for any information.

Denis

:rolleyes:

[Bullet-Man-2]

if you can find a compiler then by all means, knock your self out :).

Other-wise C++, and VB, are the two major languages to work with. You can also use JAVA. :D

[Denis Dresse]

Is .net a good solution for programming iPaq ?
If yes, Delphi7 seems to be able to produce .net. Have you heard about someone using this way and with wich restrictions

Denis

[Bullet-Man-2]

I have never worked with microsofts ".net" framework. But yes, all the things they have for the .net should work, you may need to download the additional compilers for each of those languages. You can check on Mircosofts website about that.


k-good luck. I'm using EmBedded VB and C++ right now for my PDA. But they are so limited...

[snowzone]

Other-wise C++, and VB, are the two major languages to work with. You can also use JAVA.

there's also tcl/tk, perl, and python...

[Bullet-Man-2]

perl? Thats a shocker. I thought only Zarus and Linux flashed PDA's had perl. I didn't know about Python thought.

[drayco]

I've done a lot of Delphi programming in the past for Windows, but now that I've got an iPAQ H3800, I want to expand into that area...

I have a few questions before I start.

Where can I find information on programming standards for the ipaq? Standards meaning, both physical size of windows and objects and syntax.

Does anyone know about a delphi for ipaq forum?

Thanks,

bryan

[adrianpang]

I am not sure if there is a Delphi for WinCE, but there are two main tools for PocketPC programming:

1) embedded visual tools: This free version of visual studio supports C++ and VB.

2) .NET SDE (Smart Device Extensions): This supports C# and VB, and I hear also C++... However, you can't take the binaries of a program produced for the desktop version of .NET framework to run on the pocketPC. This might actually be a good thing, since programming different devices are actually different -- for e.g., your screens will have different dimensions, input methods are different, etc. So I guess what I am trying to say is even though Delphi might produce ".NET" binaries, it might not run under pocketPC.

For performance, go with embedded visual tools C++. For ease of development, I would go with C#, but others might find VB easier. There are other languages available, like Java, C, Perl, etc., but there are not as common.

You will find more information about the above tools in msdn.microsoft.com.

ap

[drayco]

I was under the impression that I could write the programs on my pc and then just transfer over to my ipaq. I don't think I quite realized the differences before. after a little reading last night, yeah. it's all different.

I know some Java and c++, so I'd like to stick with those.

Any ideas on what the best way to put the JDK on my ipaq? I'm looking on the java.sun.com, but with not much success. It'd be swell if I could find a version of jEdit (http://www.jedit.org) that'd work on this also :)

Anyway, thanks for your help, i appreciate it muchly

Bryan

[adrianpang]

On your iPaq application CD (at least for my 3835) there's a program called Jeode. That's the JVM for iPaq.

ap

[simonslaw]

Does any one know if you can program and compile in C++ ON a PPC? Instead of on the desktop and then transfer files over.

[bettyboop]

There are tools that allow you to edit C++ code on the PocketPC
but the compiling part can only be done on the PC at this time.

[simonslaw]

:( yeah ive looked and look and found nothing thats why im hoping some group well do a Axim linux port. they have it on iPAQ but getting it to run on a Axim Xscale would take a little moding. And after that i would have to wait for Sharp to releace zgcc for Xscale CPUs. :rolleyes: