I'm using a development environment which is based on .NET compact framework for Windows CE operating system. The development environment is pretty closed, but the scripting interface is like a classic code view of a Windows forms application in Visual Studio.
I need to add a reference to a web service in order to consume some methods, but there is no visual support.
How do I add a reference / create my proxy object programmatically in the code?
Which assembly/namespace should I use?
In Visual Studio 2008 (or higher probably) if you right click the References folder for your project in the Solution Explorer pane, there is an option for "Add Web Reference". I'd do that and then copy the code generated to whatever IDE you're using (since it sounds like it's not VS). You also might be able to use WSDL.exe
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I am trying to create windows store build using Visual studio 17 with Universal Windows App Development tool.
When I create a build from unity, it creates a visual studio solution but finishes with a lot of errors.
When I try to build the resulting visual studio solution, it fails to generate a build.
I am attaching related settings and build outputs screenshot in sequence that I encounter them.
My unity build settings
Unity console errors on Build complete
Vs error on opening/building VS solution output
Can anybody help with this UWA tool. I am trying this for the first time.
It is because Unity .Net version and UWP .NET are not the same. They have much in common and also some differences.
For instance, you can build and import in VS. Then you have async/await available which are not in Unity.
For your case, here's an excerpt from there : https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt185488.aspx
"This topic displays the types in the System.Security and
System.Security.Principal namespaces that are included in .NET for UWP
apps. Note that .NET for UWP apps does not include all the members of
each type. For information about individual types, see the linked
topics. The documentation for a type indicates which members are
included in .NET for UWP apps."
I did a User interface in Windows 7. It contains buttons, labels, tabs and almost all features available in VS2008 tool box.
The UI coding is done in Visual C++.
Now I want to port the same UI in WinCE7. I started the work by upgrading VS2008 Sp1 and Platform builder for WinCE7.
Now I took a new project->Visual c#->Smart Device->Device Application and started the UI.
So I need to make a good amount of changes, also some functions are not available.
So am not able to complete the UI, no tabs selection is found and many others.
So can I get any ideas to port the same UI (created in visual c++) in WinCE7?
How can I create a new UI for WinCE7 in Visual c++ in Visual Studio 2008 ?
It is sooooo not that easy. Windows CE is a small subset of Win32. You have to pull in your code, hit build and then start fixing the errors.
If you used good separation of UI from business logic then it's probably easiest to just start an entirely new UI app for CE and reuse the business bits. If your code it tightly coupled, well you've got a long road ahead. There is no magic bullet for this one.
You are mixing stuff here.
To develop applications for Windows CE 7 you don't need Platform Builder. You need it to build a configure an OS Image or to change a board-support-package (BSP) and debug it, including drivers.
For application development you need just Visual Studio 2008 professional and an SDK, provided by the device manufacturer.
Windows CE APIs are different from Win32 ones and may be seen as a subset of those.
You can create a new Windows CE application (with dialogs etc) using the new project dialog of visual studio 2008, just select the "Smart Device" category to see the templates you can use.
Porting existing code may require modification of C/C++ code (API changes) but also of the .rc file (resources) because Windows CE does not support all the features provided by Win32 resources.
we have once application build using MFC/C++. We want make the bit rich UI like VS 2010 or outlook etc... at last we want give new look to our app like Microsoft does on every release of their products.
Please suggest me to topic that i need to look into or suggest me the option for the same.
If you're using Visual Studio 2010 or higher, the MFC application wizard itself will generate UI like VS 2010 with tabs and docking windows. In fact you can create an application that looks like VS 2010 without writing a single line of code. There is also support for the ribbon control which has replaced the menus in the new office applications.
As I am assuming you are going to use C++/native code, MFC is still the way to go or you can choose the WTL also. If you are ready yo go to a totally different direction then QT is one of the most advanced and modern cross platform library. MFC feels old compared to QT. AFAIK you can not use ribbon control in QT without microsoft license.
Another option is to go to managed way, you can use WPF with C#.
As already mentioned, you can use the new classes in the MFC feature pack, which came with Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1.
MSDN provided a tutorial how to migrate an old MFC application to the new MFC feature pack classes here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb983935%28v=vs.90%29.aspx
Can I develop full fledged win32 app using VC++ express (i.e access to all the win32 APIs). I do't want to use .net, but if it works with .net then its a bonus. I do have Visual studio DVD but I do not want to install ton of crap just to program in C++.
I just want to use windows APIs for networking, filesystem, threads, etc. I'll most probably use GUI Libraries like TK or WX.
Will Mingw allow me to use all of the Win32 APIs.
VC++ Express has access to all of the Windows API. It does not come with a framework for GUI development, but you can easily add a third party package such as Qt or wx, or work directly with the API if you prefer.
Under Create New Project there's a "Win32" section with "Win32 Project" listed as one of the options.
So as the Express edition is a fully featured IDE (apart from not supporting plugins) then you should be able to build a "fully fledged win32 app".
I created an application in VS 2008 Express as an MFC app just to take advantage of the easy GUI creation. I might re-do this app in pure win32 since no other MFC classes are used (just a button and a text box, the button fires off the main program, all win32). My only question that determines whether I stay in MFC or port it over to pure win32 is this:
How difficult is it to deploy an MFC app? What do I need to do (in VS 2008) to make sure it works on another machine?
Statically link MFC and it's just another .exe.
You can just give that to the user or create an installer with either the microsoft .msi tool or a regular setup.exe with something like innosetup.
Edit - the error message in your comment is about another dll that is part of a 3rd party library. You can't (easily) take a DLL and incorporate it into your app. the licensing may also require you to ship their DLL as a separate lib.
You can use Visual Studio Merge modules. These can be added while building the installer.
Merge modules provide all the dlls, files required to run your application.