I am using VB.net & Visual Studio 2013 , I like to write a Windows CE application
After searching on the internet I installed VS Update 4, vsSdk, Windows Mobile 6 Standard SDK Refresh, Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional Developer Tool Kit (USA), But nothing is working ,I still don't get the template I did a lot of reading on this issue but I still don't know what do I need to install or where to get it in order to write a VB.net Windows CE application ,
Thanks, Shay
Visual Studio 2013 can be used to develop applications for Windows Embedded 2013 only. All the other versions (Windows CE 6.0, Windows Embedded Compact, Windows Mobile, Windows Embedded Handheld) are supported only by Visual Studio 2008.
If your device provides the .NET runtime or if it allows you to install it (providing all the required OS components to do that), then you can use VB.NET as development language.
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I was reinstalling an old version of MSVC++ to try some things, and I saw two different versions:
What's the difference between:
Visual Studio Express 2013 for Windows Desktop with Update 5
and
Visual Studio Express 2013 for Windows with Update 5
I thought for Windows == for Windows Desktop + something else (for Windows Phone?)
i.e. for Windows would be the bigger one. But it's not:
... for Windows DVD 2.9 GB
... for Windows Desktop DVD 3.3 GB
What is the difference between Visual Studio Express "for Windows" and "for Windows Desktop"?
Note: Here is the download link for Visual Studio Express 2013 for Windows Desktop with Update 5.
Windows Desktop = old classic Win32 C++, C# WinForms and WPF programs, while Windows is only the newer store apps for (phone) 8.x.
Visual Studio Express 2013 for Windows Desktop enables the creation of
desktop apps in C#, Visual Basic, and C++, and supports Windows
Presentation Foundation (WPF), Windows Forms, and Win32.
VISUAL STUDIO 2013 EXPRESS FOR WINDOWS (STORE) The tools include a full-featured code editor, a powerful debugger, a focused profiler,
and rich language support that you can use to build apps that you
write in HTML5/JavaScript, C++, C#, or Visual Basic. Visual Studio
Express 2013 for Windows also includes tools for Windows Phone 8.0
development and Windows Phone emulators that you can use to test how
your Windows Phone apps will run on different devices.
So, install the Visual Studio Express 2013 for Windows Desktop.
I have to develop an Application for WinCE 7.0 device (MC3200 MOBILE COMPUTER).After googling for a while I came to know that WinCE development can be done only from VS 2005/2008 Pro(or greater).I also saw some answers here but they were too old to be considered.
When asked to the product vendor they said that I can use windows Embedded Compact 2013 and develop C# applications for WinCE 7.0 in VS 2012/2013 Pro(or greater).
From what I searched, Windows Embedded Compact 2013 is itself an OS then how can i develop for WinCE 7.0 OS using Windows Embedded Compact 2013 in VS 2013 Pro ? I am confused with this Windows naming of versions and their functionality totally.Can someone please shed some light over this topic.
The name Windows CE was used up to version 6. Since version 7 they named it Windows Embedded Compact, and its next version was 2013. You can't have both simultaneously of course, and the link with device information you provided also shows:
Operating system (OS)
Choice of Windows Embedded Compact 7.0 (Standard or Premium) or Android 4.1 (Premium)
(for the Windows CE history see also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_CE)
For Windows Embedded Compact 7 (.NET 3.5) you have to use Visual Studio 2008, and for Windows Embedded Compact 2013 (.NET 3.9) you can use Visual Studio 2012.
I want to dive in into developing windows store apps. I am using visual studio express 2013 for desktop and my OS is windows 8.1. But when I want to follow a simple hello world project and I want to create a new project I am already limited in some way. I have to go to Installed > (I want to use C#) Visual C# > Universal or Windows Apps or Windows Phone Apps. But none of these 3 points are available when I want to follow the tutorial. Do you have any suggestions why this might be the case ?
To develop Windows Phone 8.1 apps, you need Visual Studio 2013 Express for Windows. You're using the version for Desktop which is why you don't see the necessary templates.
You can use the tools in Visual Studio Express 2013 for Windows to
create innovative and compelling Windows Phone and Windows Store apps
on Windows 8.1.
You can find and download the Visual Studio 2013 Express for Windows here.
I am going to work on a project and my colleague is using Microsoft Visual Studio for Windows 8. Since I have windows 7, and because we are creating an app that should also work for browsers, I installed Visual Basic Express 2012 for the Web.
Unfortunately I cannot open his project with my version of Microsoft VBE. I might run a Windows 8 virtual machine, but I hope there is another solution, such that I can open the project and can contribute with my version of VBE.
thanks in advance!
Can I use Visual Studio 2011 running on the Windows 8 Developer Preview to publish programs that will not only run on Windows 8, but that will run on Windows XP, Vista, 7 and 8? I know that using Visual Studio 2010 while Running XP can produce applications that will run on XP and up, but can it work the other way?
UPDATE: By Publish I mean that I want to package my application into an installer and distribute it.
I am Using Visual Basic .NET as the programing language within Visual Studio 2011
UPDATE 2: Also, If I can't make my app available on XP through 8, then can I use Visual Studio 2010 to do this or is it a matter of Operating Systems?
The version of VS11 that comes in the Win8 DP will only let you build Win8 apps. You can install VS2010 side by side with it though to do other types of development.