"DDigweed" <DDigweed@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Very familiar developing SQL Client/Server apps in VS2003/ado.net.
>
> Am now attempting to do the same on a Windows Mobile Pocket PC device
> using
> VS2003.
>
> When creating a Smart Device project, none of the icons for data
> connections, adapters, datasets, etc are available in the toolbox If I
> show
> all tabs I can see them but they are greyed out, as if they are not
> compatible with the device.
>
> I know that the ovjects can be manually coded, but why would the visual
> data
> tools (property editors, adapter wizards, visual SQL tools, etc) not be
> available in a Smart Device Project?

"Ilya Tumanov [MS]" wrote:

> There's no support for data designers in VS 2003 for device projects.
>
> This support is available in VS 2005 for NETCF V2 projects.
>
>
>
> As to why it's unavailable, the answer is: time and resource constraints.
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
>
> Ilya
>
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> "DDigweed" <DDigweed@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:3ECF87FD-7D7B-4DA7-93E2-1838F5E83D68@microsoft.com...
> > Very familiar developing SQL Client/Server apps in VS2003/ado.net.
> >
> > Am now attempting to do the same on a Windows Mobile Pocket PC device
> > using
> > VS2003.
> >
> > When creating a Smart Device project, none of the icons for data
> > connections, adapters, datasets, etc are available in the toolbox If I
> > show
> > all tabs I can see them but they are greyed out, as if they are not
> > compatible with the device.
> >
> > I know that the ovjects can be manually coded, but why would the visual
> > data
> > tools (property editors, adapter wizards, visual SQL tools, etc) not be
> > available in a Smart Device Project?
>
>