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FriendOfEntropy · 06-04-2010, 11:32 AM

There may not be many developers here, but I figure this is worth a shot...if nothing else, Kathy from Wistech may see it and offer up a solution or a new SDK.

As a potential buyer of this device and a C# developer, I was excited to see that Witstech offered up the R3 SDK with emulator for download.

Even before buying the actual device, I thought, great...I can download the SDK and write some Hello World apps in .NET Compact Framework using Visual Studio 2008 and deploy them to the emulator to see how it runs...explore the APIs they included in their OS build, etc. 800 x 480 in raw CE is exciting after being constrained to small windows in PocketPC OSes.

Has anyone else tried this? The VS device emulator manager connects to the emulator image just fine. I can start up the emulator after a build just fine.

What I can't do is have studio successfully deploy the app to the emulator.

I thought they might have some uber security config set on their emulator, but the Device Security manager tool in VS also throws an exception.

I'm not sure if it's my problem, or if Witstech has a problem with their R3 SDK they built and offered for download.

One other tidbit, I found on both 32 and 64 bit versions of Windows 7, you need to choose "custom install" instead of "complete" when installing the SDK. You have to uncheck the Documentation section of the SDK or the install fails every time it seems. Once you leave out documentation, shared components and the emulator install with no problem then.

06-04-2010, 11:32 AM	#362
FriendOfEntropy Radioactivist Mutant Posts: 36 Karma: 16 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Post-Apocalyptic Tennessee Device: Witstech A81, Toshiba e310 Pocket PC	Wits R3 SDK Emulator Issues There may not be many developers here, but I figure this is worth a shot...if nothing else, Kathy from Wistech may see it and offer up a solution or a new SDK. As a potential buyer of this device and a C# developer, I was excited to see that Witstech offered up the R3 SDK with emulator for download. Even before buying the actual device, I thought, great...I can download the SDK and write some Hello World apps in .NET Compact Framework using Visual Studio 2008 and deploy them to the emulator to see how it runs...explore the APIs they included in their OS build, etc. 800 x 480 in raw CE is exciting after being constrained to small windows in PocketPC OSes. Has anyone else tried this? The VS device emulator manager connects to the emulator image just fine. I can start up the emulator after a build just fine. What I can't do is have studio successfully deploy the app to the emulator. I thought they might have some uber security config set on their emulator, but the Device Security manager tool in VS also throws an exception. I'm not sure if it's my problem, or if Witstech has a problem with their R3 SDK they built and offered for download. One other tidbit, I found on both 32 and 64 bit versions of Windows 7, you need to choose "custom install" instead of "complete" when installing the SDK. You have to uncheck the Documentation section of the SDK or the install fails every time it seems. Once you leave out documentation, shared components and the emulator install with no problem then.