I am new to window CE, and i need to do a window CE program. my pc has VS 2010 installed.
im wondering does visual studio 2010 support window CE program?
why my computer cannot install window CE emulator?
As far as I'm aware, you cannot create windows CE programs with Visual Studio 2010. Visual Studio 2008 does support this and Microsoft apparently plans to support .NET CF (which is the .NET platform Windows CE uses) in VS 2012.
See for instance this post with over 600 upvotes: http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/595712/no-support-for-windows-ce-and-compact-framework-development-in-vs2010
Are you sure you are installing the correct bit? 64bit/32bit?
I'm developing a Windows CE app at the moment and can definitely tell you that VS2010 does not support it. VS2005 and 2008 is your best options.
It would probably be best to Google the error you get when your installation fails.
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I am currently assigned to migrate an existing Smart Device application built using visual studio 2005. I tried to migrate the application to Visual Studio 2017 without changing the framework and settings. I have already spent some time doing some research but no luck so far.
This is the error I'm encountering:
Any leads or advice is appreciated.
I guess you are talking Windows Mobile 6.x projects. Unfortunately,
support for mobile application development for versions of Windows Phone prior to Windows Phone 7.0
has been dropped with Visual Studio 2010.
The last version that supported this application type is Visual Studio 2008. Usually, you can install different versions of Visual Studio without problems. Nonetheless, this is a very old version and it might be worth to keep it on a separate machine.
You are stuck with Visual Studio 2005 or use VS2008. That's it.
I'm trying to run a solution by double click on the .sln file and an error message appear:
The following project are not supported by either this edition of visual studio or the version of windows installed on this computer....
According the book i'm working with, the .sln runs great on VS Express for windows desktop 2012& Windows 8.
In my computer i'm running Windows 10 and VS Express for windows desktop 2015.
The .csproj contain the line
<ProjectGuid>{B73C2F01-B48F-4D86-8F43-37A24023F66A}</ProjectGuid>
I realized that it means Windows Store Apps. Doesn't Visual Studio Express 2015 supports Windows Store Apps? If the answer is "No" that means that the book delivers wrong information (as i had already said, the book author says that the solution runs great on the Express Desktop version).
VS Express for windows desktop 2015
For Windows desktop means you can make desktop apps (aka Win32).
To make Windows store (UWP/WinRT) apps, you can download the Community or the Express for Windows edition
is visual-studio 2013 support Programming for Windows-mobile or Windows-CE ?
Until now I Programming on Visual-studio 2008 and I plan to migrate to 2013.
thanks
Technically.
Visual Studio 2008 is the last version to support Windows Mobile, the last Windows Mobile SDK, for Windows Mobile 6.5.3, supports at most Visual Studio 2008.
Windows CE, however, is different (note that we're talking about CE devices that are not running Windows Mobile nor Windows Phone 7). The most recent version of CE is now called "Windows Embedded Compact 2013" and drops the "CE" moniker, however this platform is supported by both Visual Studio 2012 and Visual Studio 2013.
I want to develop a Compact Framework App for a Windows CE 6.0 target device. Can I do this with Visual Studio 2013?
If this is not possible, what would be a development environment for .net compact framework?
I'm positive this question is a duplicate, but for the life of me I can't find the original so I'll re-answer here.
Microsoft's support for Compact Framework development is not completely obvious or well documented. It's a mixed matrix of the target version of Windows CE, the version of the Compact Framework and the version (and SKU level) of Visual Studio.
Generally speaking it comes out like this, based on your target OS:
WEC 2013
WEC 2013 supports only Compact Framework 3.9. Assemblies targeting previous CF versions should be recompiled (though I suspect they would still run).
Compact Framework 3.9 is supported starting with Visual Studio 2012, so you must use VS2012 or later for these projects.
Unlike previous versions of the CF, CF 3.9 application development isn't provided "out of the box" in these versions of Visual Studio. You must install an "Application Builder" SDK from the device vendor to do any CF development.
Windows CE 7.0
Windows CE 7.0 supports CF 3.5 or CF 2.0 applications. Generally these devices only shipped with CF 3.5, if it was included, because 2.0 wasn't available as a catalog item in Platform Builder.
You can develop CF applications for CE 7 in Visual Studio 2008 Pro or Visual Studio 2005 Standard (CF 2.0) only. There is no option to build using a newer version of Visual Studio for these targets, period.
Where does one get Studio 2008, you might ask? Either through an MSDN subscription, or (and many don't know) by purchasing Platform Builder 7.
Windows CE 6.0
Same story as CE 7.0 above. CF 2.0 or 3.5, using Studio 2008 Pro or Studio 2005 Standard.
Windows CE 5.0 and Windows Mobile 5.0-6.x
Same story as CE 7.0 with an addition. These platforms also support CF 1.0. For CF 1.0, using Visual Studio 2005 Standard or Visual Studio 2003 Professional.
Windows CE 4.2
My memory gets hazy here, since it's been a while, but IIRC you can use CF 1.0, 2.0 or 3.5. This would require Studio 2005 Standard (CF 2.0/3.5) or Studio 2003 Pro (CF 1.0)
Windows CE 4.1
Supports CF 1.0, using Studio 2003 Pro or eVC 4.0
Windows CE 4.0
Though this was called "Windows CE .NET", it actually had nothing to do with .NET outside of marketing. It will not run CF apps of any sort. eVB or eVC were the choices for application development
Windows CE 3.0 and Pocket PC (original and 2003 variants)
eVB or eVC were the development platforms.
Windows CE 2.11 and 2.12, HPC Pro
eVB or eVC
Windows CE 2.0, PsPC
(Yes, my memory goes back this far)
eVB, eVC or the Visual Basic 6.0 Toolkit for Windows CE, depending on when you came into it
If targeting Windows CE/Mobile 5-6.5 then the last version to support .NET CF was Visual Studio 2008 and so generally speaking apps for .NET CF must be developed in that.
There is however a plugin for Visual Studio 2013 (required Visual Studio 2008 Installed) to allow development of .NET CF apps but its not free:
http://ifactr.com/platform/modernization-framework/visual-studio-2013-compact-framework-plugin
It is alwyas best to go to the source:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn197932.aspx
A quick summary:
Get started developing for Windows Embedded Compact in Visual Studio
(Compact 2013)
You can develop your .NET Compact Framework 3.9 or Visual C++ apps
from within Visual Studio 2013 or Visual Studio 2012 Professional,
Premium, and Ultimate editions. When you install Application Builder
and the SDK provided for the version of Windows Embedded Compact
Edition you are targeting, the SDK provides Visual Studio project
templates and Application Builder provides the ability to deploy your
apps from Visual Studio to a device or virtual machine for debugging
and testing.
And if you are targeting earlier devices that are still running Windows Mobile 6.5 or earlier, or Windows CE devices running Windows Embedded Compact 7 or earlier, you will need to use the tried-and-true Visual Studio 2008.
Does anyone know of a way i integrate this emulator with visual studio 2008 so that i can test my mobile applicables?
http://www.redmondpie.com/standalone-windows-phone-7-series-emulator-9140536/
The Windows Phone 7 development tools only work with Visual Studio 2010 and Expression Blend for Windows Phone, however, all of these tools are free. If you download and install the Windows Phone Developer Tools, the installation includes:
Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone
Windows Phone Emulator Resources
Silverlight 4 Tools For Visual Studio
XNA Game Studio 4.0
Microsoft Expression Blend for Windows Phone
All of the above are free and enable you to develop and test your WP7 applications on the emulator and on a developer unlocked device. In order to test your application on an actual device you will need to register for a developer account on the AppHub.
Windows Phone 7 tools run under Visual Studio 2010 only. During CTP for WP7, the tools were released under VS2010 beta.
You can have a VS2008 and VS2010 install side by side. The WP7 tools ship with VS2010 express, so you get this for free. If you did this along side VS2008, you would have access to VS2008, VS2010 and the emulator on one PC, however VS2008 and the WP7 SDK would not be integrated as it is in VS2010.
There is not currently a way to install WP7 tools without getting 2010. Though it has been requested many times by people with existing VS2010 paid installs.
As you can see here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=04704acf-a63a-4f97-952c-8b51b34b00ce the windows Phone 7 dev tools contain Visual Studio 2010 Express and to have the emulator running you should install those tools, so it would not work with VS 2008.