Well, the title says it.
Is it possible to create a service on Windows Embedded CE 6.0?
I could not find a detailed information.
Services run in the servicesd.exe context. Documentation between versions seems patchy; documentation for CE 4.2 can be found here, and for CE 7 here and there is an example here for 5.0. There are CE 6.0 specific articles here and here that may help with any differences from earlier versions, but you may find the 7.0 documentation applies.
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We have an ASP.net application that uses charFx 6.2. It works on windows XP clients but the clients who run Windows7 can not see the chart. Any help in this regard is really appreciated.
Thanks
The Windows 7 users probably have a newer version of Internet Explorer which is incompatible with the older version of ChartFX.
You could try to update ChartFX or run an older version of IE (through something like Citrix) on the Windows 7 machines.
What I thought would be an easy google turned up no results. I'm trying to find out if Enterprise Library 4.1 is compatible with Windows Server 2008 SP2.
The system requirements say its compatible with Server 2008, but there is no mention of the service pack. Does anyone know definitively if these two are compatible?
Thank you for your time.
Typically compatibilities will list the minimum requirements; compatible with "Windows Server 2008" would include it and subsequent service packs (unless explicitly indicated otherwise). Keep in mind EL 4.1 was released almost a year before 2k8 SP2 was.
Does anyone know definitively if these two are compatible?
I guess it would depend on how you define "definitively" and "compatible". ;)
Do you want to know if Enterprise Library will run under Windows 2008 Server SP2? I don't believe that it was formally tested against that version (typically testing will go back two OS releases and SP2 didn't come out until the year after Enterprise Library was released) but it should work on later OS versions. For example, I have used version 4.1 with Windows 7.
.NET support dates are now linked to the support lifecycle of the parent product "As a Component, .NET takes the exact same Support Lifecycle as the parent product.":
http://blogs.technet.com/b/lifecycle/archive/2010/04/30/net-framework-3-5-sp1-and-later-now-supported-as-part-of-microsoft-windows.aspx
Based on the diagram on the following page I can see that .NET 3.5 is linked to Windows 7 and .NET 4.5 to Windows 8 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb822049.aspx
However .NET 4.0 (based on the information at that link) isn't included on any client or server OS, so I'm confused as to what the end of support date is for it.
In my case, I've chosen to install .NET 4.0 onto a Windows 2008 server, but it didn't come preinstalled on that server, and can presumably run on Windows 2012, so I'm getting pretty lost as to what the official end of support date is for this.
Based on this page, not all versions have a parent product and .net 4.0 Extended support ends 12/01/2016.
Based on that page, Framework .Net 4.0 Extended support ends January 12, 2016.
I need to install the Windows Embedded CE 6.0 package that works with Visual Studio 2005 because I need to upgrade an old driver that runs under CE 6.0. I understand that Microsoft does not support this CE package any longer and, in fact, they no longer provide the installation files for CE 6.0
Where can I get the Windows Embedded CE 6.0 installation files??? They can be in an ISO file or whatever format is available.
I'm not sure if I understood your question right. By package you mean BSP (Board Support Package)?
If you are new to CE, you will need a brief explanation before get started.
The Windows CE 6.0 itself doesn't have exactly installation files. The runtime system is built through a toolkit called Platform Builder. As "input" for platform builder, you select which components your runtime image will have (including drivers) and as "output" is created a binary image of your system. You may transfer your runtime image to the device with a few different methods.
Regarding drivers, they usually are distributed through BSPs. BSPs are built by the device maker so you could check the device manufacturer site for BSPs, but you can give a try first on the supported packages search (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsembedded/en-us/downloads/board-support-packages-for-windows-embedded.aspx).
You can get the Platform Builder Toolkit with a Microsoft Authorized Embedded Distributor or through a MSDN subscription (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsembedded/en-us/evaluate/how-to-buy-windows-embedded-compact-7.aspx). The Platform Builder for CE6 comes with a copy of VS2005.
Windows CE6 is currently at R3 (released in 2009) and it is supported (mainstream support) at least until 2014 (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsembedded/en-us/evaluate/windows-embedded-roadmap.aspx).
I strongly recommend you to take a look at least on http://www.microsoft.com/windowsembedded/en-us/develop/windows-embedded-ce-6-for-developers-overview.aspx. I'm not much experienced with CE6 (few months) but my personal experience says that it's a long path to code drivers for CE.
My google-fu is failing me on this one.
As a possible solution to Unit Testing .NET 3.5 projects using MStest in VS2010 (but I've put this in a seperate question because it's kind of unrelated):
Is there any information available regarding if/when .NET 4.0 support will be added to Windows Azure?
Cheers!
Support for .Net 4.0 was released with the June 2010 Azure SDK. The current SDK can be found here.
The indirect answer to your question to be found here:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/windowsazure/thread/450add2a-ea93-4d79-b171-44072fa3c8d4/
In short, .NET 4 support in Windows Azure has not been announced.
Update: The Azure team announces that .NET 4 will be supported within 90 days of the .NET 4 RTM release date which was April 10. 2010.
http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsazure/archive/2010/04/07/upcoming-support-in-windows-azure-for-net-framework-4.aspx