Program that convert win98 or higher to pocket pc

[MUCKER]

can you help please, i have got programon on my laptop which I need to run on my XDA II how can i convert it to pocket pc 2003 so i only need to take my XDA II with me in the week. ps im new to all this but i will try, thanks guys for all your help. plus guys i have got the new blue tooth up grade from o2 but i dont know how to install the files cheers.

[Peter Poelman]

can you help please, i have got programon on my laptop which I need to run on my XDA II how can i convert it to pocket pc 2003 so i only need to take my XDA II with me in the week.
Bad news: there is no way to 'convert programs' from Win98 (or any other versions of desktop Windows to Pocket PC. Most Pocket PC devices have an ARM processor, the desktop machines have Pentiums. If it's Open Source, or if you are/know the developer, you will have the "source code" to the programme, you may be able to (usually after quite some work) "compile" the program to run on Pocket PC. But my guess is this doesn't apply to you, so I'm afraid to say you're out of luck.

The makers of this programme don't offer a Pocket PC version? Otherwise, you could try to use MS Terminal Services or VNC to "Remote Control" your PC at home. Note that this is almost never an ideal solution, but I though I'd mention it.

[cruisin-thru]

plus guys i have got the new blue tooth up grade from o2 but i dont know how to install the files cheers




When did O2 release the bluetooth upgrade, where can i get it from please.

[Jargon]

Peter's right. And even if you did have the source code, you cannot simply compile it for the Pocket PC. Windows 98 supports many features that are not supported by the Pocket PC because of the Pocket PC's limited memory, screen size and processing power. You would have to modify the program's user interface so that it would be usable in the Pocket PC's 240x320 screen. And you would have to hunt down each unsupported API (Application Programming Interface) function call and reimplement each one using only supported API function calls. That may not even be possible. Plus, you would have to hunt down all routines that allocate memory and make sure that they don't allocate more memory than a typical Pocket PC can provide.

[Rudegar]

but one does come along way with the sourcecode
because if it's using MFC which many older programs written in
visual c++ is likely to do then with some changes of the dialogs
it could be run on a pocketpc which also support most of MFC

more about embedded visual c++ read here

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/device/embedded/datasheet.aspx