String methods in .NET versus GHI 4.2

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I’m trying to understand how the general c# methods (documented in the MSDN online pages) map to what’s in the classes used by GHI.

For example, if I want to see if a string is contained in another, the MSDN says use string.Contains().

But, if I try that in the VC#2010 environment with the GHI 4.2 SDK, it says that there isn’t a Contains() function.

So, I suppose I may have to write something to parse out my strings or better understand how things go together (or both).

Does anyone have insight to this?

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Not everything from the full .NET framework is available on NETMF

Browse through the API doc for more

You can try to use IndexOf to work around contains ?

See String Members | Microsoft Learn

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Ah. Thank you.

Sad, but I guess that’s where things are. :slight_smile:

Andre - your comment about it having “nothing to do with GHI” - can you explain further? I’ll hazard a guess that the NETMF is a subset of .NET - and that’s all in Microsoft’s hands. Is that it?

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.NET Micro Framework is from Microsoft, a subset of the full .NET.

GHI does extend it with things like wifi and database but the core things like string manipulation is standard NETMF.

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Thanks for the answers guys! I appreciate the help (as always)…

I can understand why the might not support the full set of functionality. Do they describe that anywhere?

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yes, at the netmf API reference ! If its not there, then its not in netmf.