CE .NET and Platform Builder 4.2 (part 3)

So much for the intuitive approach. I went back and read the tutorials and directions for the SDAuthUtil, and came across the two bits that made the difference. First, the SDAuthUtil on the development machine sets up ConmanClient on the device, the SDAuthUtil is closed, leaving ConmanClient running. Second, rather than selecting the emulator as the device, the actual device is configured with the IP address used for the SDAuthUtil, or that of the device. Then the application can be deployed from Visual Studio 2003 to the device, as expected.

Understanding that everything I've encountered was documented somewhere, it was a bit of a hassle and it still is quite a round-robin starting ConmanClient through SDAuthUtil. However, I was able to get the application running after having to install a String update for the compact .NET framework on the device, which only happens the first time I deploy the application to the running image.

Now, it seems pretty straightforward working on the app in Visual Studio 2003. Instead of running a debug build on the local machine, it runs on the device. Neat.