Introduction

Many of our demo projects are developed in Visual Studio 2008, if you are working on the latest Windows Embedded Compact compatible Visual Studio versions like VS2013/VS2015, this article will provide you with step by step instructions to easily migrate the project from VS2008 to VS2013/VS2015.

Note: Before migrating, first check if your project is clean. This means that there should not be any Intellisense File (.ncb), solution user options file(.suo) and user options file(*.user).

Instructions

You must have all generic settings in the ** *.vcproj** file. Basically, the project files need to be nearly empty (only file references and platforms need to be listed there).

1. Create a copy of the *.sln file of the project.

   • Rename *.sln and add _VS2015.sln or _VS2013.sln suffix

2. Open *_VS2015.sln or _VS2013.sln file in a text editor like Notepad++.

   • Search for Toradex_CE800 (ARMV7) or Toradex_CE600 (ARMv4I) and replace it by Toradex_CE800
     
   • Open *.vcproj file in a text editor.
     
   • Search for Toradex_CE800 (ARMV7) or Toradex_CE600 (ARMv4I) in the configuration loop of file and replace it by Toradex_CE800. Do not replace them with the library paths.
     

3. Open *_VS2015.sln file in VS2015 or VS2013

   • Run the migration process and click yes on the missing platforms

   • Once the migration is done, remove the Win32 platforms which have been added automatically
     [Build][Configuration Manager][Active solution platforms]

   • Revert the changes on the *.vcproj files

   • As most required settings are part of the *.props files, you should now be able to build the project.