Visual Studio For Devices
A Team blog from the Visual Studio for Devices Team
CoreCon API - Part V
Last post we looked at how to write a device side agent. I am uploading the source for file viewer...
Date: 12/06/2007
CoreCon API - Part IV
In the last post we saw how to create a package and use that for downloading set of files. Writing...
Date: 12/03/2007
CoreCon API – Part III
Package More than often we would like to deploy multiple files as part of our application. Also...
Date: 11/21/2007
CoreCon API – Part II
Let’s see some ways to do send/receive files to device and some process related functions. CoreCon...
Date: 11/20/2007
CoreCon API – Part 1
VSD is shipping Set of connectivity API which could be used to write remote tools (Remote file...
Date: 11/20/2007
Orcas Feedback on Device Features
A few days ago Visual Studio "Orcas" Beta 1 was made available for download. We also handed out DVDs...
Date: 05/07/2007
Testing non-public methods in Orcas Beta1
Unless you've been living under a rock, you're probably aware that we shipped Visual Studio Orcas...
Date: 04/25/2007
Breakpoints not getting bound/hit sometimes when debugging on Windows Mobile 6
If you're using the new Windows Mobile 6 SDK, you might find that your breakpoints don't get hit...
Date: 03/24/2007
Device Emulator V2 is Live
For those of you developing on Windows Vista, the much awaited for Device Emulator V2 is now live....
Date: 03/12/2007
Connectivity issues after installing Visual Studio SP1
Issue: Developers who upgraded to VS 2005 SP1 from VS 2005 RTM may have noticed issues in their...
Date: 01/19/2007
VS 2005 SP1 is now available !
Yes VS 2005 SP1 is now available for download. Here are some useful links I wanted to share. VSTS...
Date: 12/18/2006
Unit Testing for .Net Compact Framework
This blog post should have happened some time ago and the only reason it has taken so long is due to...
Date: 11/12/2006
Platform Verification Task
What is Platform Verification Task? Smart Device development involves writing applications that...
Date: 09/15/2006
Rory Blyth's demos on Windows Mobile Development
Rory Blyth, an MSDN Events Presenter, plans to give a series of screencasts on the subject of...
Date: 07/18/2006
Shared Source Microsoft Device Emulator 1.0 Release
Barry has just posted details on this here. For all you geeks out there, this is an incredible...
Date: 07/17/2006
REPOST (Which Versions of Compact Framework will VS "Orcas" Support
In the previous ship cycle, one feedback we got from our developer community was that we didn’t...
Date: 07/12/2006
Device Security Manager for Windows Mobile 5.0
Device Security Manager Powertoy for Windows Mobile 5.0 Released! This test tool helps developers of...
Date: 07/05/2006
Rory Blyth on Windows Mobile development
The incomparable Rory Blyth has put up a bunch of screencasts on various aspects of smart device...
Date: 07/03/2006
Windows Vista and smart device development
Folks using Beta 2 and later CTPs of Windows Vista for device developers would have run into some...
Date: 06/30/2006
CTP of SQL Server 2005 Everywhere Edition Now Available
SQL Server 2005 Everywhere Edition is the followup to SQL Server 2005 Mobile Edition (SQL Mobile)....
Date: 06/13/2006
Get Your Applications Ready for the First Windows Mobile Powered Smartphones with 320x240 Screens
The Motorola Q and Samsung i320 bring the first landscape 320x240 screens to Windows Mobile® powered...
Date: 06/11/2006
How does IntelliSense work in smart device projects?
Would you like to know how Intellisense in Managed Smart Device Project is different from...
Date: 06/09/2006
What versions of .NETCF will VS "Orcas Support" ?
In the previous ship cycle, one feedback we got from our developer community was that we didn’t...
Date: 06/06/2006
Mobile Client Software Factory – Community Technical Preview Release
This is worth checking out for device developers....
Date: 06/06/2006
Remote Tool code sample based on Corecon 1.0
Anand Balachandran and Alex Feinman (MVP) gave a talk at MEDC 2006. Alex Feinman (NETCF MVP), showed...
Date: 05/20/2006
Standalone Device Emulator 1.0 with MSFP images is now available
You can now download the standalone Device Emulator with WM 5.0 MSFP image at:...
Date: 05/19/2006
Larger Foot Print of binaries generated by VS 2005 Compared to eVC 4.0
This information is courtsey of Trent Swanson who has been doing a lot of migration work around eVC...
Date: 05/12/2006
Visiting Europe anytime in June ? Try to sync it with MEDC Europe Event !
MEDC 2006 Europe: June 6-8, Nice, FranceAttend Mobile and Embedded DevCon 2006 Europe and get the...
Date: 04/12/2006
Landscape Smartphone Emulators
Two new Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone devices, the Motorola Q and the Samsung i320, will have...
Date: 04/06/2006
What version of Active Sync do I need to use with Visual Studio 2005
I saw this question come up on some internal discussion aliases so I thought it would be a good idea...
Date: 02/17/2006
Debugging eVC++ 4.0 Application using Visual Studio 2005
Hi, I am Gaurav Sisodia, working in Debugger team of Visual Studio for Devices. In my blog, most of...
Date: 02/05/2006
Anand's blog post on using Emulator inside the VPC
Please check my blog post on using the Device Emulator within a Virtual PC --Anand
Date: 12/09/2005
eVC upgrades and MFC 3.0 to WM 5.0
Sadagopan Rajaram, who is the development lead for the native development side of Visual Studio for...
Date: 12/04/2005
Would you like a battery with that?
Barry Bond, our resident emulator expert has an interesting post around his ideas on emulating a...
Date: 12/04/2005
Error Message indicating the need to install NETCF 1.0
If you are seeing the following error message "This project requires .NET compact Framework v1.0,...
Date: 12/03/2005
ResultSet and Sql Mobile
I have posted 2 entries on my blog about data development for devices using Visual Studio 2005. A...
Date: 11/24/2005
Virtual Machine Network Driver for Device Emulator
Abhi and Amit had both posted blogs on getting network conenctivity to the Device Emulator. The post...
Date: 11/22/2005
Error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol
Error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol int __cdecl CeMountDBVolEx, void * __cdecl...
Date: 11/20/2005
Visual Studio 2005 Device Emulator and internet connectivity
Abhiram Khune has posted a nice long post on the steps to get the device emulator to connect to the...
Date: 11/16/2005
Error LNK2019 / error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol Linker errors for Device projects that use MFC and ATL libraries
Hi, I am Gangadhar, a developer in Visual Studio for Devices. In my blog posts I will be dealing...
Date: 11/16/2005
Looking for the "latest" version of Active Sync ?
If you have Active Sync 3.8 and are getting the message when using Visual Studio 2005 The current...
Date: 11/11/2005
Virtual PC Network Driver
Making Emulator to connect to the Network using Virtual Cradle with Active Sync and without the need...
Date: 10/07/2005
Important: Removing the Device Emulator DMA Patch
After we had released VS 2005 Beta 2, we released a patch to add the DMA connectivity between VS...
Date: 10/05/2005
Creating Custom Controls for Microsoft .NET Compact Framework in Visual Studio 2005
Here is the link to an article written by Xin Yan https://symbian.sys-con.com/read/113332.htm . A lot...
Date: 09/26/2005
Follow Up: Question about Mobile Web Developement which was asked at PDC
At PDC, many developers came and asked me on how to build Web Based Controls for mobile applications...
Date: 09/19/2005
Alt+TAB and the Emulator
I have heard this from many people. "I have the emulator running along with Multiple other...
Date: 09/07/2005
VSD at PDC 2005 - Deep Dive into the Emulator
PDC 2005 is just around the corner. Barry Bond and I will be doing a session at PDC 2005 which is...
Date: 08/26/2005
Long time no Post...
I just realised it has been a long time since I posted to our team blog. The last few weeks had been...
Date: 08/24/2005
Sample Code for the MSDN Webcast: Introduction to Managed Development for Devices with Visual Studio 2005
This morning I presented a webcast on developing device applications in managed code using Visual...
Date: 07/27/2005
Sample code for the MSDN Webcast: Creating Custom Controls for Managed Code with Design Time Support in Visual Studio 2005
A few day back Xin had presented a WebCast on MSDN Webcast: Creating Custom Controls for Managed...
Date: 07/20/2005