I'm working with someone that is trying to get source code building for a very old app targeting Windows Mobile 6 and the .NET Compact Framework on .NET 3.5. I'm trying to figure out exactly what my options are to try and move this across the line. I think Visual Studio 2008 is the last supported version for this, so I assume I'd need to get a full-blown MSDN license to get that version and try to get a build going. I'm not certain though, and the documentation around all of this from almost 15 years ago is not great.
Has anyone had to set up a from-scratch environment for something like this recently?
I installed and run VS 2008 Prof. on different OS, like Windows XP, Windows 7 and Windows 10. The older ones (Win7 and WinXP) in virtual machines.
You may buy 'used Software Visual Studio 2008', for example at amazon or other sources. OTOH a Developer Net Account is needed to download and run this old version. Furtunately I have a MSDN account and able to download this old VS2008 and then Windows XP or so to install everything in a virtual machine or on a separate PC.
Further on, you need the free Windows Mobile 6 SDK to get the runtimes and libs for the device and the build system. The .Net CF runtimes are mostly part of the device's OS image.
I could help with changing the code and build the software, but do not have any device left with Mobile 6 to test the code.