Newbie question: b4ppc .cab not working on ce5.0

I'm sorry if this has been answered before. I made a test program with one form. Compiled it and made a cab file.
The device is a Hp t5520 thin client running ce5.0
It has a via eden processor. I installed .net compact framework 2.0 for x86 on it

When I try to install the .cab file. I got an error message that 'The program doesn't work with this platform'.
So my question is: does compiled b4ppc program only work on arm based device? Did I miss anythin obvious?

Tia

Tony

does compiled b4ppc program only work on arm based device?

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No. x86 devices are supported as well.

Are you able to run any other .Net application?

Have you tested it with the wince emulator?
Since your device is a thin client, I recon it is missing some file/apps like the installer it self, or even a few DLLs....

Thanks for the response

I tried emulator for ce 5. The error msg said 'The current program is not compitable with the system' same as i see on real device.

BTW. I tried both arm and armv4 cabs


Tia

Tony

Are you using any DLLs (libraries) in your project? If you are check the target .net version...
Also... are you sure it's not embedCE5? If it is, it is a much more shrunk version of WinCE5... so I would expect some software limitations...

Windows ce

from the control panel: windows ce version 5.0 (build1400)

No extra dll used. It's a test project with one form and one button

Tia


Tony

Try to run the Clock example available here: Basic4ppc - Windows Mobile programming and Pocket PC Development

.exe works

Thanks for all the replies.

So far what's working:
I copied Clock.exe to the device. It worked
I copied a simple test program with one form and one control on it in .exe format. It worked

So far NOT working:
I made a .cab file using setupBuilder with the above mentioned .exe files.
When I transfer .cab file to the device (ce5.0). The error msg still says 'it's not compitable with current operating system'. BUT, the installed program works

I made a test program with http lib. Works on desktop. Made a .exe, copied to device. it caused a 'PlatformNotSupportException' error. I believe it's due to lib is not installed correctly.
So I made a .cab file. Tried to install but still get the operating system not supported msg. And installed program still cause ''PlatformNotSupportException' error.

Thanks for all the help from you guys so far.

Tony

Libraries do not need to be installed. Most libraries will be merged in the executable (see the compilation message).

Make sure that you are creating a device executable and not a desktop executable.