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 patches download	https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=bb4a75ab-e2d4-4c96-b39d-37baf6b5b1dc&DisplayLang=en
Express patches download	https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7b0b0339-613a-46e6-ab4d-080d4d4a8c4e&DisplayLang=en
TFS patches download	https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=a9ab638c-04d2-4aee-8ae8-9f00dd454ab8&DisplayLang=en
How to obtain VS 2005 SP1	https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=929697
Hotfixes in VS 2005 SP1	https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=918526
VS 2005 SP1 Release Notes	https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=928957
Heath’s blog with a ton of useful SP1 related information on install issues, install times, insights into how SP1 install works, etc	https://blogs.msdn.com/heaths/archive/tags/VS+2005+SP1/default.aspx

So as a device developer what should you expect ? Some big areas we touched upon were:

• We Added Development Support for Windows Embedded 6.0 platform based devices
  Ability to develop using SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition
  Added 15 Device Side MFC Classes to MFC for Devices
  Fixed issues with eVC to VS 2005 Migration Wizard
  Updated to the latest Version of Device Side Native Compilers
  Included the latest versions of the  Windows CE Remote Tools

  and many other bug fixes both from our team as well as other teams we work with.

Thanks

Amit

Comments

• Anonymous
  December 26, 2006
  I just installed SP1 two hours ago and can't deploy to my CE 5 device.  It's an ARM4 device.  I looked in the release notes and saw an issue about them, but the lines I was supposed to add to the TypeMaps file were already there.  Please help.  I also tried backing up and removing all files from the 1.0 folder in corecon but it didn't work.  I haven't used any of the betas, but at this point I'll try anything. Thanks in advance, glamiac AT comcast DOT net

• Anonymous
  December 26, 2006
  The reference for this is: http://blogs.msdn.com/mikehall/archive/2006/10/03/CE-6.0_3A00_-Writing-a-managed-application-using-VS-2005_2E00_.aspx You need to copy new target files to your ce device. They were updated on your PC during the install. The files are located in: C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedCoreCon1.0targetwce400