Paul
Thu Jun 15 15:44:32 CDT 2006
1. I should say, doesn't sell PB to small consumers *directly*. You have to
buy your upgrade from a distributor (they're listed on the
www.microsoft.com/embedded page).
Paul T.
"Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" <p space tobey no spam AT no instrument no spam DOT
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> 1. Contact the Microsoft distributor from whom you purchased 4.2.
> Microsoft doesn't sell PB to small consumers.
>
> 3. Yes, you can still use eVC 4 with CE5 OS. However, VS2005 also
> provides native C/C++ support for CE5.
>
> Paul T.
>
> "Michael Schwab" <michael.schwab@cobecv.com> wrote in message
> news:%23Cjz0aLkGHA.1508@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> We need to upgrade our 4.2 Platform Builder to 5.0, but I'll be darned if
>> I can find it searching the Microsoft web site. We tried asking Arrow
>> but they say there are 100 different versions!
>>
>> 1. Can anybody direct me to the correct MS web site page and/or a part
>> number to use when ordering the 5.0 upgrade from Arrow?
>>
>> 2. Is there a cheaper upgrade from 4.2 to 5.0, rather than buying a
>> virgin copy of 5.0?
>>
>> 3. Is the eMbedded Visual C++ product still available for CE 5.0? We
>> very much need the native compiler for our project, rather than the
>> Studio stuff.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Michael Schwab
>>
>>
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