Visual Studio Beta 2 Professional Available For Download

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Alex Kac — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 06:22:27 GMT

Why no unit testing for us Native C++ developers?

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Matt Ellis — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 12:38:33 GMT

Does the new .net cf 3.5 include CardSpace for mobile?

Cheers

Matt

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Moreno Borsalino — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:30:35 GMT

What's about Mobile Asp.Net ? I don't find it in Beta 2 Vs 2008.

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jamespr — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 23:56:48 GMT

Unit testing on native : I'll post back on that in due course. Just gathering some information from our development team.

Cardspace mobile : We do not have that in NET CF 3.5

Mobile ASP.NET : We have a webcast scheduled for September on using the ASP.NET AJAX Toolkit to build web apps for Windows Mobile. It will be accompanied by an article as well.

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ColorS — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 09:03:28 GMT

Now why not improve the Windows Mobile Device center sync to work well with Vista.

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Premier — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 21:17:25 GMT

With Orcas beta 2, i can't use System.Net.NetworkInformation namespace for sending a ping in WM6.

Why?

How i can send ping in WM6?

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George — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:39:41 GMT

Will it be possible to use the final Visual Studio 2008 *Standard* edition to develop mobile applications, As it is now the case with VS2005?

(I'm considering the price here.)

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Steffe — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 11:42:38 GMT

Hmm,... if installing Visual Studio 2008 beta 2 on a clean maching, I am unable to install the Windows Mobile SDK Refresh. The installer claims that "Visual Studio 2005 or later is not installed"! How can I solve this?

Best Regards

Steffe

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George — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 15:42:03 GMT

That's what I got when I was trying to install the *Standard* edition (which has no support for mobile development). (I haven't tried the Pro edition for Beta 2, but I did for Beta 1 and it worked.)

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Corrado Cavalli — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 23:31:22 GMT

I'd like to debug unit test inside VS 2008, is it possible? Run test works fine but can't have debugger break when selecting Debug Test option.

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jamespr — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 23:44:32 GMT

You're correct, you need the Professional version of Visual Studio 2008 to get the mobile development features. The Visual Studio 2008 SKU structure is based on how our customers were using Visual Studio 2005. Very few customers use Visual Studio 2005 Standard to build applications for Windows Mobile devices so in order to deliver a Standard SKU that is simplified and tuned to the customers that use it, Visual Studio 2008 Standard no longer includes support for mobile development.

If you're concerned about the cost of Visual Studio Professional, you should consider joining the ISV Empower Program which is designed for Independent Software Vendors and provides limited Microsoft software licenses – including Visual Studio – for internal use, development and testing and technical support. Registration with the program costs around $375 for companies in the United States. Please consult https://empower-isv.one.microsoft.com/isv/Help/en/rsc.htm for a list of other countries which have an ISV Empower Program.

ISV Empower Program Overview : https://empower-isv.one.microsoft.com/isv/programguide/Default.aspx

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Charile — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 11:20:35 GMT

I have a question about ISV Empower program: it comes with VS2005, but if we develop an app with VS2005 that maybe will last 18 months of development, when we have the final release it will be older in technology, you know what I mean???? So what happen with the VS2008????

CE Standard SDK?

Alex — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:23:55 GMT

Is there "Standard SDK" for Windows CE 5.0 and/or Windows CE 6.0 which will work with VS2008?

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itcdevteam — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:16:53 GMT

Is there any intentions to include reporting and the ability to print them in VS 2008?

Windows Mobile versus RIM - a platform perspective

GerardoDada — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:54:36 GMT

Microsoft just announced the launch of Visuak Studio 2008, which is close to my heart as I was part of

What has Visual Studio 2008 got for developers of applications for Windows Mobile devices

David Overton's Blog — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 00:19:25 GMT

I saw the story at Visual Studio 2008 adds mobile application features that summarised the new features

Device-Entwicklung mit Visual Studio 2008 Standard Edition?

FrankPr's R@ndom Th0ughts — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:12:15 GMT

Manchmal muss ich leider auch, entgegen meiner Jobbezeichnung "Evangelist" (= "Überbringer guter Nachrichten"),

Device-Entwicklung mit Visual Studio 2008 Standard Edition?

Noticias externas — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:12:31 GMT

Manchmal muss ich leider auch, entgegen meiner Jobbezeichnung "Evangelist" (= "Überbringer

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Paul — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:55:15 GMT

This is annoying

The download page states the following are pre-requisites:

* Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, Standard Edition or above (Express Editions are not supported). SP1 recommended.

So I purchased a new Windows smartphone (TyTN II - I have previously stuck with Symbian) and now I find I cant do the development I wanted to do after all as I have an 'above' verison of Visual Studio, i.e. 2008 standard, but M$ have changed the goal posts.

I wonder how sympathetic they'll be when people start asking for refunds.

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Nitin Bedi — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:19:04 GMT

I dont understand why the Windows Mobile 6.0 SDK is not inbuilt in the Visual Studio 2008 professional. Why there is a seperate download and installation post installing VS 2008.

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Paul — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 16:02:26 GMT

M$ is ridiculous. I attended the lauch for "heroes happen here". They give out both VS2008 (standard) and windows mobile 6 resource kits.

Go to install resource kit, doesn't work with VS2008 standard. Java's looking better and better all the time..

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Bart — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 22:37:52 GMT

This does suck. Attended the Heroes happen here event... got VS2008 standard only to find out that I cannot use the Mobile SDK without spending $375+. So much for Microsoft really caring for developers. Maybe I'll just hop on the Android bandwagon.

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ggreig — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:08:31 GMT

I have to say I am annoyed at the lack of support in VS2008 Standard Edition too.

I occasionally develop for the Compact Framework at work, and of course we pay for the right tool for the job - but as a hobbyist, I can't afford the Professional edition just to experiment with.

With a Palm device, or older versions of the Pocket PC, it used to be possible to experiment with development on a personal device cheaply. Now my Palm has died, I'm looking for what to replace it with and I'm struggling to find a platform that I'll be able to tinker with.

If you want to give Windows Mobile a boost I strongly suggest that one of the things you should consider is making it easier and cheaper to develop for it, as you've done for Windows itself. You're currently going in the wrong direction.

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Paul — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 06:09:48 GMT

Wish this had been more clear on the WM SDK pages. By that I mean -- mentioned at all.

I recently purchased VS 2008 Standard specifically for mobile applications, deciding that it would be a safer choice than VS 2005 Standard. Instead it was a total waste of money. I have no use for it.

Very very not happy.

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Gopal — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:00:00 GMT

It is indeed disappointing for developers to pay for the Pro version to get WM development capability, when numerous other mobile platforms give away tools for free to create Developer mind share and support.

Apple and RIM are clear examples of such strategies. I fail to understand, why Microsoft has chosen to reverse their strategy in this context from VS 2005. Continues to baffle my mind ????

I love the Microsoft Developer platform and would like to see Microsoft uphold their prior support for WM Developers.

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Diana — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:30:46 GMT

There is any chance to use VS 2008 Unit testing for Smart Device Database applications?

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Joe — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 05:24:46 GMT

Are you kidding me?!?! Does Microsoft want to encourage people to develop for Windows Mobile, or not?

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Craig Hamilton — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 05:23:50 GMT

Yep, I too have vs 2008 standard and just bought a Windows Mobile 6.1 phone to start developing apps and find I can't !!!

Having followed MS development path throughout the whole Vista/WPF/Silverlight debarcle, I am getting more and more frustrated with Microsoft and have begun retraining.

So long M$

Happy trails to you all, you won't be getting any more of my money !

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Veronica — Fri, 08 May 2009 06:23:22 GMT

Wow, I purchased 2K8 Std with mobile development in mind. Guess that was a waste of money.

I make the recommendations for my org, and I have thus far been advocating windows mobile over Blackberry as we are a Microsoft shop. .

Blackberry is looking better and better every day. We don't have a BES yet, but I am going to need to re-think my position...

With Motorola getting out of the smart phone biz, and Microsoft creating toolset scarcity, it will be a miracle if windows mobile ever gets market share. And market share is everything.

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CodeDog — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:58:54 GMT

Ditto to the above. Have wasted a day trying to make VS 2008 Standard work for my Mobile projects. Bad choice Microsoft and even worse documentation.