HoHoHo… Merry Christmas…

Hi folks,

On behalf of our entire team I would like to wish all of you and your loved ones a Merry Christmas and a Happy 2014 - may all your hopes and wishes come true!

Without doubt, we will continue to post interesting and helpful news from the world of Windows Embedded in 2014. So stay tuned!

Meanwhile, if there are any topics that your would like to discuss further or that you think that are missing on our blog, please let us know in the comment section!

Again, Happy Holidays to all of you!

Have fun!

Windows Embedded 8 Handheld reaches GA

Hi folks,

Windows Embedded 8 Handheld reached General Availability. The SDK is publicly available for download. Built on Windows Phone 8, Windows Embedded 8 Handheld is the next generation of Microsoft’s platform for line-of-business enterprise handheld devices.

Find a How-To on MSDN: “Use an emulator to simulate a barcode scanner”

More information can be found here.

Have fun!

Windows Embedded Compact QFEs for November 2013 have arrived!

Windows Embedded Compact 7 Monthly Update November 2013:

Fixes made in this update:

Component: Bluetooth

131128_KB2911413 -  Bluetooth "Page Timeout" gets changed whenever Link Supervision Timeout (LSTO) is changed.

Component: Browser

131125_KB2909697 -  An update rollup is available that includes several cumulative security updates for Internet Explorer for Windows Embedded Compact 7.

131127_KB2909951 -  Script error when you call the MsgBox function in VBScript in the Internet Explorer 7 sample browser.

Component: ConnMgr

131120_KB2908180 -  Connection Manager may not respond when multiple connection requests are made at same time.

Component: Storage

131129_KB2901007 -  Files are missing when you call SetSystemPowerState on a Windows Embedded Compact 7-based device.

Windows Embedded CE 6.0 Monthly Update November 2013:

Fixes made in this update:

Component:  IE

131128_KB2909695 - An update rollup is available that includes several cumulative security updates for Internet Explorer for Windows Embedded CE 6.0.

Windows CE 5.0 Monthly Update November 2013:

Fixes made in this update:

 

Component:  IE

131121_KB2909688 - An update rollup is available that includes several cumulative security updates for Internet Explorer for Windows CE 5.0.

REMEMBER: It’s important to keep your system up to date!

Have fun!

Windows Embedded Compact QFEs for October 2013 have arrived!

Hi all,

the October updates for Windows Embedded Compact are available for download:

Windows Embedded Compact 7 Monthly Update October 2013:

Fixes made in this update:

Component: Networking

131031_KB2783856 -  This update addresses slow wi-fi reconnect after resuming a device.

131031_KB2875178 -  This update addresses an issue where active socket connections are disconnected in quick roaming and slight out of coverage scenarios.

Component: Timezone/DST

131031_KB2899978 - DST update for West Asia.

Windows Embedded CE 6.0 Monthly Update October 2013:

Fixes made in this update:

Component:  Storage

131031_KB2774445 - This update addresses an issue with PNPUnloadDelay not working as expected when we remove and re-insert the same storage card.

Component:  TimeSVC

131031_KB2900420 - DST Update for West Asia.

Windows CE 5.0 Monthly Update October 2013:

Fixes made in this update:

 

Component:  TimeSVC

131031_KB2900372 - DST update for West Asia

REMEMBER: It’s important to keep your system up to date!

Have fun!

Windows Embedded Compact QFEs for September 2013 have arrived!

Hi all,

the September updates for Windows Embedded Compact are available for download:

Windows Embedded Compact 7 Monthly Update September 2013:

Fixes made in this update:

Component: Browser

130926_KB2888627 -  This update addresses a memory leak which occurs when IInternetProtocolSink::ReportProgress() is called with a status code BINDSTATUS_MIMETYPEAVAILABLE.

130930_KB2886720 -  An update rollup is available that includes several cumulative security updates for Internet Explorer for Windows Embedded Compact 7.

Component: DirectX

130930_KB2869657 - This update addresses an issue with DirectDraw cannot enumerate the primary monitor when multimon is enabled.

Component: File System

130930_KB2863141 - Some handle leaks occur when USB flash drive fails to be mounted on a Windows Embedded Compact 7-based device.

Component: Shell

130925_KB2817593 - This update addresses an issue with WEC7 Out Of Memory dialog getting hidden by other windows.

Component: Silverlight

130613_KB2846804 - This update addresses an issue with the property changed callback method for a dependency property of VTYPE_PROPERTYBAG value type cannot be invoked in Silverlight.

130613_KB2842568 - This update addresses an issue with the scrollbars of ListBox control aren't displayed correctly on WEC7.

130821_KB2871813 - You cannot input characters in a Microsoft Silverlight for Windows Embedded application on a Japanese version of Windows Embedded Compact 7-based device.

130821_KB2871837 - Full-width spaces are not displayed in a Microsoft Silverlight for Windows Embedded application on a Japanese version of Windows Embedded Compact 7-based device.

130916_KB2877825 - This update addresses an issue with the XRScrollEventType_EndScroll event type is not received when you scroll a scrollbar in Silverlight.

130923_KB2863138 - This update addresses an issue with the event handler method of LayoutUpdated event cannot be triggered on an IXRFrameworkElement in Silverlight.

130930_KB2881753 - This update addresses an issue with the incorrect behaviors of scrollbar thumb on ListBox control.

Component: Tools

130930_KB2870641 -  Log files that are generated by Netlog tool will contain corrupted timestamp values after it has run for more than two hours.

130930_KB2842510 -  Locales are built incorrectly when you add them to a Windows Embedded Compact 7 image

Windows Embedded CE 6.0 Monthly Update September 2013:

Fixes made in this update:

Component:  IE

130925_KB2886717 - An update rollup is available that includes several cumulative security updates for Internet Explorer for Windows Embedded CE 6.0.

Windows CE 5.0 Monthly Update September 2013:

Fixes made in this update:

 

Component:  IE

130929_KB2886715 - An update rollup is available that includes several cumulative security updates for Internet Explorer for Windows CE 5.0.

REMEMBER: It’s important to keep your system up to date!

Have fun!

Viewers for Windows Embedded Compact 7 - Microsoft Office 97, 2000, 2003, XP and 2007 file format support

Hi Folks,

Need to display Microsoft Office 2003 or 2007 documents on your Windows Embedded Compact 7 platform, then get the viewers for PlatformBuilder :


Windows Embedded Compact 7 viewers : http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8979



- Nicolas

.NET Compact Framework Prefetch Abort

Hi Folks,

When doing debugging of .NET Compact Framework 3.5 applications you can encounter Prefetch Abort errors, due to the amount of RAM used by your application. This happens only when the JIT Debugger is attached to your Windows Embedded CE 6.0 or Windows Embedded Compact 7 target.

In that case Microsoft is providing a registry fix-up that allows the debugger to catch this use case. Add the following to your device registry :

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\.NETCompactFramework]
"JITCodeBufferSizeLimitEnabled"=dword:00000001

Microsoft fixup page link.

-Nicolas