I'm a little new on Window Embedded Compact 7.0(WEC 7) so I have some question about it :
1- Is there any handheld device that runs with it? All I found run on 6.5 and lower win CE versions ( check this link please : http://www.microsoft.com/windowsembedded/en-us/evaluate/windows-embedded-handheld-devices.aspx)
2- what's its .Net framework version? .NET CF 3.5 or .NET CF 3.7 ? I don't know whether its technology related to windows 7 or windows phone 7. If its .NET version is .NET CF 3.7, can I run my old .NET 3.5 apps over it or I should change them to silverlight version? (As I know I cannot run them on windows phone 7)
3-I couldn't find any screenshot of it.
4- For window phone 7, there is a free add-on on VS 2010 for development (although publishing is not free). Is there any free development toolkit & emulator(handheld emulator indeed)?
Thanks in advance
4-..or Completely I'm in a wrong way of thinking? ;-)
About your questions:
1- Is there any handheld device that runs with it?
Yes there are.
The Windows Embedded Partner Program might give you more alternatives
2- what's its .Net framework version? .NET CF 3.5 or .NET CF 3.7 ?
Windows Embedded Compact 7 includes the .NET Compact Framework 3.5
I don't know whether its technology related to windows 7 or windows phone 7.
AFAIK, it is not related to Windows 7, and it is not realated at all with Windows Phone 7.
If its .NET version is .NET CF 3.7, can I run my old .NET 3.5 apps over it?
The .NETCF version is 3.5, so yes, you can run your old >NETCF applications.
or I should change them to silverlight version?
If you do that, then your application will not work anymore. WinCE 7 does not support managed silverlight, it only supports something that is somehow called Silverlight but it actually targets development in native code using C++.
3-I couldn't find any screenshot of it.
Here, enjoy:
4- For window phone 7, there is a free add-on on VS 2010 for development (although publishing is not free). Is there any free development toolkit & emulator(handheld emulator indeed)?
You can use VS 2008, but AFAIK it is not possible at this time to create an emulator for it, since Microsoft has not released the Emulator BSP for WinCE 7.
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Will Windows 10 Universal Apps be backwards compatible and be able to run on Windows XP/7/8/8.1 ???
I assume it shouldn't be too difficult for Microsoft to run it in a windowed player that supports universal app api's.
Currently they are not backwards compatible. And I wouldn't expect them to be - the goal is to move everyone from old Windows to the latest, Windows 10, so I assume that's where the focus will be.
I have built an smart device app in VS 2008. I could deployed and debugged in Windows Mobile OS devices successfully.
But, I must have to deploy and debug the same app usign Windows CE 4.1 device as well. The problem is compact framework version that indicates the app is higher version of compact framework so i can not run the app in CE 4.1 device.
So I have tried to debug the app using emulator.
I would like to ask that I have failed to debug the app in any emulator which is listed in VS 2008 devices list.
I'd be glad if there is a workaround to solve the issue!
thanks!
Check out this topic: Minimal system requirements for .NET Compact Framework 3.5
It may help you. Deploying maybe possible but debugging will be very slow if it is working. I tried this with a PPC2003-device and this was horribly slow.
You have too keep in mind that CF3.5 needs much more CPU and Memory.
I am developing a charting app and want to use WinRT XAML Toolkit data visualization in both (Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows 8.1) of the projects in my universal app.
How can I do this?
Unfortuatly WinRT XAML Toolkit (https://winrtxamltoolkit.codeplex.com/) only work for Windows Runtime XAML applications.
My recommendation is that you create 2 pages (sadly) or usercontrols and use winrtxamltoolkit for your windows 8.1 app and another data visualization toolkit like telerik maybe for the windows phone 8.1 (http://www.telerik.com/products/windows-phone/overview/all-controls/chart.aspx).
With a bit of luck you will be able to bind the same property on both controls, best of luck!
Update for anyone finding this ticket, WinRTXamlToolkit is available now for windows phone 8.1 called:
WinRTXamlToolkit.WindowsPhone available via NuGet. I mention this as had almost decided not to use the package and it's solved a chunk of my problems.
I am developing Qt application for Windows CE 5.0 device.
My setup is:
Qt 4.7.3 compiled with Visual Studio 2005 using Windows CE 5.0 Standard SDK.
Everything works OK on real device, though I would like to test software "locally" in an emulator.
Visual Studio 2005 provides Pocket PC 2003, Windows Mobile 6 emulator images but no Windows CE 5.0.
Windows Microsoft CE 5.0 Emulator does that, but its sample device is based on i486, so this doesn't work for me...
I found some kind "Plaftorm Builder" and "ARMV4i BSP for Windows CE 5.0", but I am not building device or it's SDK, and I am not interested in specific device at all. All i need is "generic" AMRv4 WinCE 5 image for basic testing...
So what is possible outcomes for me?
Microssoft stopped providing Windows CE OS images for the emulator after the x86 emulator was abandoned, and for good reason. Windows CE is a modular OS so it's not possible to create an Emulator OS image that matches what all devices are and my guess is that there were too many support calls and complaints about how the emulator either contained something unwanted or didn't contain something that was wanted. The point being that there is no "generic Windows CE device" so there's no way to create an emulator of one.
The response from Microsoft was to provide the ARM-based Device Emulator 3.0 (available as a Standalone Release) and a BSP for the emulator so developers can create their own OS images that match their actual target hardware OSes.
So your options are to either create an OS yourself or find an OEM that provides an emulator image for their device (I'm not aware of one offhand, but I very, very rarely use the emulators so I've never bothered to look).
I want to know Whether OPENXML SDK provide support for linux platform or not?
Supported Operating Systems:Windows 7;Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2;Windows Server 2008 R2;Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2;Windows Vista Service Pack 2;Windows XP Service Pack 3
It MIGHT run under mono but I really doubt it. It depends on .Net 3.5 and System.IO.Packaging which has a partial implementation in mono.