Is it possible to create a COM Component based on a .Net Component developed from the Compact Framework, running on Windows CE 4.2?
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I have searched the Internet and found sites that say this is possible, and others that say it is not possible. I am wondering if anyone has done it, or know a specific reason why it is not possible. This is a UI widget that we wish to make available to customers that are using an ActiveX container on Windows CE 4.2. They do not have the .Net Compact Frmaework install, but I am confident we can resolve that issue. I do not want to spend time on this if in the end it is not possible to host a .Net UI Widget within an ActiveX wrapper on Windows CE. I have read that the hosting API does not exist on CE and therefore this will not work. I am unclear what the Hosting API is, and why this means that I cannot have a COM callable wrapper for my .Net component on CE.
Tanks for your support
Pat O
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I have searched the Internet and found sites that say this is possible, and others that say it is not possible. I am wondering if anyone has done it, or know a specific reason why it is not possible. This is a UI widget that we wish to make available to customers that are using an ActiveX container on Windows CE 4.2. They do not have the .Net Compact Frmaework install, but I am confident we can resolve that issue. I do not want to spend time on this if in the end it is not possible to host a .Net UI Widget within an ActiveX wrapper on Windows CE. I have read that the hosting API does not exist on CE and therefore this will not work. I am unclear what the Hosting API is, and why this means that I cannot have a COM callable wrapper for my .Net component on CE.
Tanks for your support
Pat O
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<ooo> <ooo> <ooo>If you've found conflicting answers, be a programmer and try it yourself. Short of that, go to the best authority - MSDN - and ask your question there.
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