Thursday 30 September 2010

Engineers’ Guide to Windows Embedded

Hi folks,

get Extension Medias this years Engineers’ Guide to Windows Embedded for free (pdf file)!


In the article Grand Designs Damian Barnett, amongst others like fellow MVP Stefan Hoppe, talks about the exciting new possibilities with Windows Embedded Compact 7 as well as Windows Embedded Automotive 7. Whereas in the article Making Connections I am giving an outlook on how Windows Embedded Compact 7 could change future devices for a more and more connected world.

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Monday 27 September 2010

TOMORROW: Windows Embedded Compact (Windows CE) Live Chat!

Hi guys,

Microsoft is hosting a live chat about Windows Embedded Compact next week. Do you have tough technical questions regarding Windows CE for which you're seeking answers? Then join the upcomming live chat with the Microsoft guys! And we hope, that the technical problems at the last chat are solved already.

So don't forget to put the date in your schedule and join it!!!

Title: Windows Embedded Compact Live Chat!
Date: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 18:00 - 19:00 CET

To join this chat, please log on via the main MSDN chat page at:
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/chats/default.mspx

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Friday 24 September 2010

Windows Phone 7 Developer Tools for Visual Basic.NET CTP

Hi folks,

as stated in my earlier Blog post “Windows Phone 7 Developer Tools final version released”, Microsoft just released the Visual Basics CTP (Community Technology Preview = Beta version) for Windows Phone Developer Tools which you can download here.


To use the Visual Basics CTP for Windows Phone Developer Tools you need the Windows Phone Development Tools RTW (web installer or .iso image) as well as Visual Studio 2010 Professional or higher (90 day trial version). Furthermore you can only develop Silverlight apps using Visual Basics; XNA does not support Visual Basics as of now.

You can find the official release announcement on the Windows-Phone Blog. Additionally you can find some VB samples/tutorials for Windows Phone 7 on Jason Zanders Blog.

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Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3 QFEs for August 2010 have arrived!

Hi all,

The August updates for Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3 are available for download:

Windows Embedded CE 6.0 Monthly Update August 2010:

Fixes made in this update:

Component: COMM
  • 100809_KB2291255 - The IP module calculates a wrong packet header size for incoming packets.

Component: CoreOS

  • 100831_KB2390340 - Up/down arrow keys cannot be used to move through the list in the combo box.

Component: DCOM

Component: FSD

  • 100810_KB2028545 - Under certain circumstances the files in sub-directory cannot be accessed.

Component: FlashLite

  • 100825_KB982918 - This update addresses failure to load movie clips after 65k previous loads, an issue with resolving URLs, drawing an icon to the ActiveX control window prior to the Flash rendering starting and provides support for windowless mode.

  • 100831_KB2273553 - This update resolves some input focus related issues with TextField objects.

Component: Fonts
  • 100818_KB2028842 - This release updates Simsun_2_50.ac3 and Simsun_2_50.ttc fonts to meet GB2312 requirement.

Component: Kernel
  • 100809_KB2269851 - CreateNewProcHelper() not flushes cache before switching to a new process.

  • 100813_KB2286508 - Incorrect call stack is recorded by Dr. Watson.

  • 100813_KB2319498 - Registry corruption may occur due to asynchronous flashing of the registry.

Component: RAS
  • 100818_KB2362408 - When Windows Embedded CE 6.0 is configured and used as a RAS Server, it cannot establish a direct connection with the client device unless the client sends out the "CLIENT" keyword.

Remember: it’s important to keep your system up to date!

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Wednesday 22 September 2010

Windows Phone 7 Developer Tools final version released

Hi folks,

Microsoft released the final version of the development tools for Windows Phone 7 last week. The tools are free and consist of the products:
  • Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone
  • Expression Blend for Windows Phone
  • XNA Game Studio for Windows Phone 7
  • Silverlight 4 Tools for Visual Studio
  • Windows Phone Emulator

You can download the web installer here; the .iso image can be found here. The tools will only intall on Windows Vista and Windows 7. Microsoft will open the Windows Phone Marketplace at the beginning of October.


The current release of the Windows Phone 7 development tools is only available in English but Microsoft promises the release of the French, Italian, German and Spanish language versions in the near future.

As of now the application business logic has to be written in C# for both Silverlight and XNA. Visual Basic.NET support was announced to be released later this year.

The improvements over the beta version include new templates for pivot and panorama, improved debugging functionalities as well as French, Italian, Spanish, German and English support for the Windows Phone Emulator.

You can find the official release announcement on the Windows-Phone Blog. Further information and tutorials can be found on Scott Guthries Blog.

In addition you can download the Silverlight for Windows Phone Toolkit, which provides you with additional controls, from CodePlex.

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Tuesday 7 September 2010

Webcast: Creating Embedded Applications with a Modern UI / UX

Hi folks,

check out my latest webcast where I will lead you through the development process and tools of a modern User Experience (UX) for embedded applications:



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Webcast: Windows Embedded Compact – Driver Development: Best Practice

Hi folks,

In this webcast I will shares tips & tricks as well as best practices about the driver development process under Windows Embedded Compact and Windows Embedded CE 6.0 (R3):



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Friday 3 September 2010

Windows Embedded Standard 7 – Learning

Hi folks,

So you are looking for Windows Embedded Standard 7 (WES7) virtual labs, video tutorials, webcasts, sample code, etc… Here you go!

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Wednesday 1 September 2010

Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3 Webcasts including a SWE tutorial

Hallo folks,

Inspired by the great feedback, I have recorded some more Webcasts. This time the topic is Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3. I also included a Silverlight for Windows Embedded under Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3 video tutorial. So you can compare the steps necessary to create a SWE application under Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3 vs. WEC7:

What’s new in Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3 - Part 1:



What’s new in Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3 - Part 2:



Tips & tricks for Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3 – Part 1:



Tips & tricks for Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3 – Part 2:



Tips & tricks for Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3 – Part 3:



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Mehr Deutsche Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3 Webcast inclusive SWE Tutorial

Hallo zusammen,

Ich habe noch ein Webcsat für Sie aufgenommen. Hier weihe ich Sie in einige Tipps und Tricks zu den Neuerungen von Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3 ein. Der Webcast beinhaltet auch Video-Tutorial über Silverlight for Windows Embedded unter Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3; schauen Sie doch einfach mal rein:

Tipps & Tricks zur Anwendung von Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3 – Teil 1:



Tipps & Tricks zur Anwendung von Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3 – Teil 2:



Tipps & Tricks zur Anwendung von Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3 – Teil 3:



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