ponedeljek, 28. januar 2013

How to install Windows Embedded Compact 7

Hi,

In this first tutorial we will take a look how to install Expression blend 3, Visual studio 2008 with SP1, Windows Embedded Compact 7 and Tools that we need to start developing Silverlight for Embedded applications.

Minimum recomended system requirements are:
  • 2.4GHz CPU
  • 1GB of RAM
  • 100GB of disk space
But if you will try to do some sirius work on computer with this specifications it will get realy slow.
I recomend using virtual machine with 2 cores, 8GB of RAM and 100GB of disk space.

If you are not going to use virtual machines, then i recomend installing to saperate disk drive, because the drive where you will install WEC7 will get realy slow.


TOOLS

Lets first take a look at the tools that we will need:

Windows Embedded Compact 7 Silverlight Tools (you get this tools through WEC7 update so no need for you to download)


When you have all the tools downloaded you can start with installing. Keep in mind that installation order is important!

First we will install Expression Blend 3.

Installing Expression Blend 3

When you insert the Expression Blend 3 CD to your CD unit you should get the fallowing screen:


After clicking "Accept" you will be taken to the next screen:
Click next and on the next screen, select only Expression Blend ( except of you need something else )

After clicking "Install" the installation will start. After it is done just click finish.
This is all you need to install Expression Blend 3. Next we will look at Visual studio installation.

How to install Visual Studio 2008

When starting installation you should see this screen:
Select "Install Visual Studio 2008" and the fallowing screen should apear:

Click next and the next screen will show, you now need to enter licence key:



After enterining licence key, you will be able to select what components you want to install.

For the demostration i chose to install FULL version of Visual Studio 2008.
After clicking "Install" the installation will start, it will take quite some time to install so be patiten.

This screen will apear after installation is complite. Just click "Finish" and and close the next window.

Now before we install WEC7 we need to update Visual Studio 2008 to SP1 update.

Install Visual Studio 2008 SP1

By now you should have downloaded Visual Studio 2008 SP1, if you didnt there is a link on the top of this post.

It will download single .EXE file. Run the file and this screen will apear:

Click "NEXT" for the next screen
Select "I have read.." and click next. Installation will take a few moments and will download few MBytes of data.

After installation is complete the fallowing screen will be shown, click finish and this is all you need for Visual Studio. I recomend rebooting a PC now.


Now make your self some coffee, because installing WEC7 can take few hours.

Install Windows Embedded Compact 7

Now insert DVD for Windows Embedded Compact 7 to your unit. The fallowing screen should apear:



Click on begin install and next scrreen will apear, here be cerful! Click "SKIP" and do not update, i had problems if i updated this was, we will reather install "old" version and update later.

After clicking SKIP agree with licence:
Click NEXT and you will need to enter your product key:
After clicking NEXT you will need to select where to install, i recomend default path.
On the next screen you will need to select what platforms you want to install.
For the porpuse of this tutorial, we will only install X86. If you are using some custom hardware running ARM then you need so select apropriate version. You can also install mutiple platforms if you want.



Next page will show are a ewview of what we want to install:


After clicking Install the installation will start, dont go away from a computer yet, you after a while it will ask you for downloading aditional files:

 Check "Allow downloading.." and click download. After this you can take a short break from a PC.
Once installation is finished click on Finish button. This is all for WEC7.

Now we need to update WEC7 to the latest version. If you do not update, you will have a problem developing with silverlight.

Updating WEC7

Now run the setup from DVD of WEC7 again. Now you will have options to Uninstall, Modify, Repair or UPDATE

You need to select UPDATE and click NEXT.


This will take you to the next screen:
Again click next, now you will need to login using your LIVE ID:


After you login you will get this screen, select check for updates now and click next.
You need to click next few times, then you will get to the page that will show you what updates will be installed.



I usualy dont select offline layout but if you need it you can select YES. Updating will take some time, so go out and take a walk.







petek, 20. julij 2012

About me


Hi,

My name is Luka Pivk and I am Slovenian software developer. I am 25 years old and I started coding at age of 15 years. I am working with embedded systems for last 4 years; I did 5 years of .NET development before that.

Most of the programming I learned myself from experience in the industry.

Last few years I am working with ARM, ARM Cortex M3 and my latest project includes ARM Cortex A8.

I decided to start this blog because lack of documentation and samples for Silverlight for windows embedded compact.

I hope you will enjoy reading my blog and find something useful.



You can contact me at luka[dot]pivk[at]gmail[dot]com