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how can I run my existing application on a PDA (.exe coded in VB6)

Oct 1st, 2002 11:15
Warren Young, Vadi Raja Rao,

First, you won't be able to run the EXE on the PDA.  That EXE contains
binary code that only an Intel x86 compatible processor can understand,
and your PDA almost certainly doesn't have an x86 processor in it.  You
need the source code to that program, and then you need to recompile the
program so that it will work on your particular PDA.  Your program
probably also needs changes to work on such a small screen anyway.

If you have a recent Pocket PC type PDA, you need to download the
eMbedded Visual Tools, which includes a version of Visual Basic for
PDAs.  Go here:

http://www.microsoft.com/mobile/developer/downloads/ 

...and click on Pocket PC to get to the proper download area.  If you're
developing for older Pocket PCs or even old Windows CE 2.x PDAs, I don't
know if these tools will work or not.

If you have a Palm PDA, there's a commercial add-on for your Windows VB
environment called MobileVB, from AppForge: http://www.appforge.com/

If you have some other kind of PDA, you're probably out of luck.