OpenNETCF's Smart Device Framework  2.2 is a continuation of version 1.4 efforts to improve the development experience for Smart Device developers using the Microsoft .NET Compact Framework.  Smart Device Framework 2.2 has a significant number of changes, improvements and enhancement over the previous versions.

The Smart Device Framework 2.2 Extensions for Visual Studio are an affordable set of plug ins for Visual Studio 2005.  They provide full intellisense and designer support for all SDF 2.2 libraries, plus they come with full source code for the entire Smart Device Framework  2.2.

The Smart Device Framework extends the .NET Compact Framework and allows the developer to concentrate on building the core application functionality instead of worrying about the intricacies of Windows Mobile or Windows CE.

The Smart Device Framework 2.2 Extensions for Visual Studio 2005 is a per-developer licensed product, meaning that you purchase a license for each developer in your organization.  Distributing compiled binaries based on the Extensions is royalty free.

What do you get with the Extensions?

• New Visual Studio 2005 templates generate new projects that use the SDF references quickly and easily
• Visual Studio 2005 Add-In menus to give quick access to OpenNETCF support and features
• Visual Studio 2005 designer support for all controls and Toolbox Integration
• Full SDF 2.2 Source Code
• IntelliSense support in code view
• Integrated help into Visual Studio 2005
• Access to key online services from OpenNETCF from within Visual Studio 2005
  • Bug submissions
  • Team Blogs
  • Community Forums
    

We provide two support options:

• Basic Support, which comes with all Smart Device Framework Extensions sales is handled through our online Bugzilla tracking system.  You create a user account and enter bugs into the system and OpenNETCF will review and fix them as we have resources available.  We make no guarantee on when we might get a bug fixed but we will make every attempt to be timely.  We endeavour to respond within 4 business days but occasionally this may take longer.
  
  
• Premium Support which is a support service that can be purchased with your Smart Device Framework licenses.  With Premium support you get a guaranteed response to your Bugzilla-reported bug within 1 business day.  That doesn't mean a fix, but it will be assigned to a support engineer and you will be notified of the action within 1 business day and an estimate on when it will be resolved.  Premium support customers also get two phone incidents where they can call in for support on incidents of high impact.
  

For an optional fee you can purchase an annual maintenance agreement for the Extensions.  As a general schedule, each month bug fixes and new features will collected into a set of new source files as a “patch” and that patch will be made available to all active maintenance holders free of charge.  On a quarterly basis a new revision of the Extensions will be compiled and built into a full-up installation.  These are also made available to maintainance holders free of charge.

The following are required to use the Smart Device Framework 2.2 Extensions for Visual Studio:

• Visual Studio 2005 Standard Edition (with Smart Device option selected)
• .NET Compact Framework 2.0 installed on target device

Note:  Smart Device Framework 2.2 requires .NET Compact Framework 2.0.  If you require a version that is compatible with .NET Compact Framework 1.0 please see our SDF1.4 in our Shared Source section.

Smart Device Framework 2.2 Service Pack 1 has been released. If you are a Smart Device Framework 2.2 Community Edition or Extensions for Visual Studio customer, please download and install the Service Pack.

The Service Pack release notes are available online and are also installed with the Service Pack.