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Had a few QFEs to install, so more down time while I create an updated image, so on to the recent questions I've gotten through feedback! The first question was from Mike Dimmick: “will the next version of MFC/CE use C++ exceptions, rather than...

The idea of releasing frequent, say 2-6 weeks, community drops (i.e. not officially Microsoft supported in anyway, shape, or form) of just the Windows CE C/C++ libraries (ATL, MFC, CRT, SCL) has been tossed around of late; however, we have not gotten...

Last time, I mentioned that I was working on getting the code generated by “Whidbey“ Windows CE Application Wizard to be correct for Windows CE AYGSHELL, Pocket PC 2003, and Smartphone 2003, in addtion to non-AYGSHELL (looks like Win9x rather...

The design of VSL is guided by the following principles: - Minimize coupling - Avoid feature creep - Exploit the C++ language and the Visual C++ compiler - Facilitate unit testing - Re-use without obstruction - Responsive to requests ...

C++ sample again proves to be smaller then equivalent C# sample....

Hello World! It's time to talk about how the next version of Visual Studio (codename “Whidbey”), will support C++ developers targeting Windows CE platforms, such as PocketPC 2003, Smartphone 2003, those created using Windows CE Platform...

As I sit here going over eVC4.0 SP2 app wizard generated code, I'm thinking that, Microsoft, as a company, has created some difficulties for folks trying to develop for multiple CE platforms. First there is the choice of AYGSHELL (looks like PocketPC...

I must apologize for not posting sooner. I have been insanely busy for the last few weeks working on getting the new emulator bootstrapping scenarios working with the newly refactored code base, but I am current have a few spare minutes while I re-image...

Well, it's looking very likely that we will be turning on the newly refactored connectivity stack tomorrow. The connectivity stack I'm referring to is the one which allows “Whidbey” to connect and manipulate Windows CE devices and emulator...

I received the following comment from Mike Dimmick: “My other issue has to do with supporting the same component on multiple platforms - I now have an application (it's a thin client) which needs to be built for Pocket PC 2000, PPC 2002 (for...

We are not aware of any means by which eVC4.0 (SP whichever) can be hacked to deploy to and debug on a Windows CE 3.0 based device (including Pocket PC 2000/2002 and SmartPhone 2002). Information on developing today screen plug-ins for SmartPhone can...

Today the final test pass for the VS SDK 2005-08 milestone was kicked off , so we will shortly determine if the VS SDK 2005-08 will be released as a Community Tech Preview (CTP) or not. We are using the SCRUM methodology here on the VS SDK team, so we...

In my last post , I said a we should be releasing the VS SDK 2005-10 CTP shortly. We will not be releasing the VS SDK 2005-10 CTP externally, as we just realized that recent changes in files that we pick-up from Visual Studio 2005, have changed such that...

Today we completed the planning for our August sprint, which translates to the VS SDK 2005-09 potential release , since we name the release after the month it will be available in rather the month it was developed in. Barring any scheduling errors, unforeseen...

I must apologize. I was under the impression that the community drop ( Visual Studio 2005 Technical Preview March 2004 ) distributed at MDC was publicly available on the web; however, it turns out this is not accurate, per Mark Cliggett's post . The community...

Until we get a single good feedback mechanism in place, please feel free to provide feedback on the experience of developing Windows CE native applications using Visual Studio 2005 (a.k.a. “Whidbey“) community technical previews directly via...

Just got word from Nenad that WTL is now open source (under the Common Public License ), which will allow folks external to Microsoft to contribute to WTL. Check out http://sourceforge.net/projects/wtl for more details.

It was recently pointed out by a reader, Peter, that WTL is covered by the Common Public License, rather then the Microsoft Shared Source license. I've update my post to reflect this correctly: WTL is now open source!

Today, I got a request for a list of known WTL7.1 for CE issues, so here it is (at least the ones I am currently aware of): Update UI broken Property sheet tabs are not at the bottom for Pocket PC Splitter windows are not supported –...

Earlier today (well yesterday technically, since it’s now after 2am), I received the following question “Are you planning to fix the problems in MFC which mean that you can't use the traceWinMsg trace flag?”. I was not aware that this...

Follows is data I just pulled from the completed reference samples in the VS SDK: Code Lines Comment Lines Characters Semi-colons Functions Feature equivalent C++ Tool Window...

As I sit here repeatedly waiting for the unit test for the C++ Single View Editor (the new scrubbed version of BscEdt) to build, I looked back through my blog posts after I joined the VS SDK team last July, and noticed that I've that I haven’t really...

The Visual Studio Library is a C++ source code library whose purpose is to simplify creating a Visual Studio Integration Package....

This is a bit late in coming, but at the beginning of August I moved from the Ecosystem VS SDK team to the Code Essentials team. The Code Essentials team is the name for the combined Project and Solution, Editor and Navigation, and Source Control Integration...

Attached to this post is the slidedeck from the VSL Deep Dive presentation I did last Monday at the April VSIP Dev Lab here in Redmond.