Start another application from a Compact .Net 1.0 app

Question

Is there a way to start another application from within Compact .Net framework 1.0 similar to

System.Diagnostics.Process.Start

on the Windows side?

I need to start a CAB file for installation.

Thanks, Kishore.

Answer 1

Take a look at

http://www.pinvoke.net/default.aspx/coredll/CreateProcess.html

Answer 2

You can P/Invoke CreateProcess or ShellExecuteEx. An alternative is to use the older Smart Device Framework (1.4) which wraps these P/Invokes with an object model to match the desktop. The former is straightforward. The latter will make your code more portable and readable for managed developers.