Moving from WinForms to XAML Runtime on Windows Embedded Compact

I recently found an old set of slides I created for TechEd NZ a few years ago which collected together useful information for moving from Windows Mobile to Windows Phone. It struck me that some of this would also be useful for the Embedded XAML Runtime when considering moving code from a traditional WinForms UI to a XAML based UI using Xaml In The Hand. I’ve modified the table listing controls in both UI worlds and added it to the Knowledge Base here:-

http://inthehand.uservoice.com/knowledgebase/articles/209986-winforms-versus-xaml-runtime-controls

While most of this still applies to Windows Phone (and with a few further changes Windows Store apps) there are items here which are specific to Windows Embedded Compact – The ComboBox control which doesn’t exist on Phone (although there is a perfectly good alternative), and the MediaElement and WebBrowser controls which don’t exist in the XAML Runtime but for which we have created managed code controls which expose the same XAML and C# interfaces.