Comments are NOT removed when compiling a VBCE application into a PVB file. If you or your company are in the habit of heavy commenting of your applications you may wish to rethink your actions. On devices that have such little memory and file storage space, a large application with many comments could increase the size of your application PVB file.

The Make <ProjectName>... menu choice does not invoke a make dialog. Normally the ... following a menu caption indicates that the menu choice will invoke further user interaction. However, the VBCE add-in does not need further interaction before compiling, so it therefore does not invoke a dialog, it simply builds the PVB file. Also note that VBCE does not give any indication of when it is completed, but note that it is really fast, therefore it may seem like it did not do anything. Set the location of the PVB file in the Project Properties,

Windows CE 2.0 has a cabinet file limitation of 4MB. If you are installing an application with a cab file larger than 4MB it will probably fail. On that note, let's discuss installation. When the Windows CE Application Manager installs an application it copies the entire cabinet file down to the device, then extracts it, then puts the files where they belong. It is highly suggested that you make multiple cab files for your large data.