Point me in the right direction

[markeh]

I have been doing a bit of research before starting a project and i'm hoping some kind soul can point me in the right direction.

I need to create a pretty application for a mobile device (running windows CE or Mobile doesn't matter which to me) I've never used anything other than plain old windows forms before, but I would like to try silverlight or WPF to design a better looking application, is this possible with these OS's?

Also I have never used blend before, can it be used in developing for mobile devices?

These are probably really stupid questions but if someone can just give me their opinion on how to start this then I might actually get somewhere :drool:

Thanks!

[kirupa]

Hi Markeh!
No, Expression Blend cannot be used to create content for mobile devices. Blend only creates WPF and Silverlight applications - both of which do not run in a mobile device :)

Cheers!
Kirupa

[markeh]

doh! maybe i'll have better luck with windows mobile 7

thanks for the reply :tini:

[kirupa]

If you want to develop for WM5, 6, and 6.1, you can still use Visual Studio to create a .NET Compact Framework-based application. You will get the ability to visually drag and drop controls, write some code-behind file, and other things.

Though, it won't be quite as feature-rich as Blend, nor will you will you have the ability to easily skin/style your content :nerd:

Cheers!
Kirupa