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Now that Windows RT has been jailbroken I want to port my VB app to Windows RT. How do I compile my VB.NET WinForms app for ARM? It it possible to do it within VS Express? I have “VS Express for Windows 8” and “VS Express for Desktop”. My app uses no custom libraries or controls so it shouldn’t be a problem, as long as it possible to compile it for ARM. Is it?
You just need to use the build output from your app as-is. One important factor to keep in mind, any P/Invokes or dependencies on Unmanaged code will most likely not work on Windows RT without also porting these unmanaged libraries. As long as your project is AnyCPU, it should just work.
The CLR (Common Language Runtime) will do the actual JIT (Just In Time) compilation to the ARM processor instructions for you. No recompilation needed.