topic Re: vs 2008 sp1 express in ArcGIS for Windows Mobile Questions

ArcGIS mobile control toolkit in VS2008 not visible?

AngelGonzalez — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:00:12 GMT

I have installed ArcGIS 10 deskstop on a machine and proceed to install ArcGIS 10 mobile on the same machine which already had VS2008 sp1. When I tried to do a mobile walkthrough I notice the ArcGIS mobile control ( and the WPF toolkit) were not showing in VS.

Any clues?

vs 2008 sp1 express

SeanLo1 — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 06:48:03 GMT

Are you using vs 2008 sp1 standard edition or professional edition?

Re: ArcGIS mobile control toolkit in VS2008 not visible?

AkhilParujanwala — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:16:18 GMT

Hi, I made a simple mistake when I installed ArcGIS Mobile, you might have made the same mistake as me.

Insert your ArcGIS Mobile CD (or run from ISO) and when you install it you should click on Custom installation and you should see that the SDK may not have been installed.

In this case you have already installed both Desktop and Mobile.
So you will need to insert the Mobile CD, click on Modify, then install the SDK.

Do the Same for the ArcGIS Desktop Cd, click on Modify.

If for some reason you don't see this option. Go to Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs (Depending on OS) > Click on ArcGIS Desktop or Mobile > Change > Modify (make sure CD is inserted).

Click custom installation and install the SDKs for both Mobile and Desktop (to get ur ADF).

Do the same for the ArcGIS Server.

If you have further questions please let me know.

Re: vs 2008 sp1 express

AngelGonzalez — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:32:45 GMT

Are you using vs 2008 sp1 standard edition or professional edition?

I am using the professional editiion.

Re: ArcGIS mobile control toolkit in VS2008 not visible?

AngelGonzalez — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:40:55 GMT

Hi, I made a simple mistake when I installed ArcGIS Mobile, you might have made the same mistake as me.

Insert your ArcGIS Mobile CD (or run from ISO) and when you install it you should click on Custom installation and you should see that the SDK may not have been installed.

In this case you have already installed both Desktop and Mobile.
So you will need to insert the Mobile CD, click on Modify, then install the SDK.

Do the Same for the ArcGIS Desktop Cd, click on Modify.

If for some reason you don't see this option. Go to Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs (Depending on OS) > Click on ArcGIS Desktop or Mobile > Change > Modify (make sure CD is inserted).

Click custom installation and install the SDKs for both Mobile and Desktop (to get ur ADF).

Do the same for the ArcGIS Server.

If you have further questions please let me know.

I checked the installation and the SDK is already installed.

Re: ArcGIS mobile control toolkit in VS2008 not visible?

AkhilParujanwala — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:41:49 GMT

Hmm, ok all that's left is that make sure you are using C# in VS2008 and that you are using VS2008 SP1. Other than that I don't know, and you may want to contact ESRI.

Re: ArcGIS mobile control toolkit in VS2008 not visible?

DavidMarley — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 17:36:01 GMT

I'm having the exact same problem as Angel. I have verified that the Mobile SDK is installed. Visual Studio 2008 SP1 and .NET 3.5 were both installed prior to the ArcGIS Mobile 10 install.

I do not see the Mobile controls in the Visual Studio toolkit, and if I try to run a WPF sample from "C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Mobile10.0\DeveloperKit\Samples" I get an error "Could not find dll ESRIMobileCore.dll" (not sure if that is in any way related).

Any thoughts/suggestions are much appreciated...

Re: ArcGIS mobile control toolkit in VS2008 not visible?

AkhilParujanwala — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 17:58:24 GMT

Uninstall ArcGIS Mobile? Uninstall everything related to ArcGIS Mobile 10, restart computer and then reinstall ArcGIS Mobile 10.

Thats all I can think of.

Re: ArcGIS mobile control toolkit in VS2008 not visible?

AngelGonzalez — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 18:22:22 GMT

David,

Make sure you are a local admin on your machine before installing ArcMobile 10. I am working with ESRI to resolve this issue and today we figured out that is why the ArcGIS controls for windows mobile sdk did not appear in VS2008. I am still having issues with the WPF controls not appearing and I am working with ESRI on that part. Note: if you added yourself as a local admin then you need to uninstall ArcMobile, reboot your machine and install ArcMobile again. Then try to create a WindowsFormApplication and see if the ArcGIS controls are in VS. The WPF controls are still an issue.

Akhilp, did you have the WPF toolkit from codeplex installed in VS before installing ArcMobile 10??

Thanks

Re: ArcGIS mobile control toolkit in VS2008 not visible?

DavidMarley — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 19:18:17 GMT

Thanks for the quick replies guys...

Akhil - Yes I tried uninstall/reinstall multiple times, as well as repair of existing install. No luck.

Angel - Yup I am local admin. Good suggestion to try a Windows Forms Application - I did that and I CAN see the WinForms Mobile controls in the toolbox. I can also build and run the Walkthrough_Win sample. So my issue, like yours, appears to be limited to the WPF controls. Glad to hear that you've got a dialog started with ESRI about the WPF issue. PLEASE post any solution you may get from ESRI. I'm totally stuck until I can start using these WPF controls and related samples.

Thanks.

Re: ArcGIS mobile control toolkit in VS2008 not visible?

DavidMarley — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 19:20:50 GMT

Also, I do not have the WPF Toolkit from Codeplex installed. Am I suppose to?

Re: ArcGIS mobile control toolkit in VS2008 not visible?

AngelGonzalez — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 19:57:53 GMT

Also, I do not have the WPF Toolkit from Codeplex installed. Am I suppose to?

Not sure. ESRI support is checking to see if codeplex WPF toolkit is needed and if so what version. As soon as I get an answer I will post it here on the forum.

Re: ArcGIS mobile control toolkit in VS2008 not visible?

MelindaFrost — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 08:40:56 GMT

Hi,
I do have the WPF toolkit because I use the datagrid control but it is not required. But doesn't hurt to try.
And to get going- you can manually type in the tags for the controls you need. Here is an example to add the map control

<my:Map Margin="12,84,9,8" Name="map1" xmlns:my="clr-namespace:ESRI.ArcGIS.Mobile.WPF;assembly=ESRI.ArcGIS.Mobile"/>

Re: ArcGIS mobile control toolkit in VS2008 not visible?

DavidMarley — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 16:22:48 GMT

Unfortunately I can't manually type the tags because the ESRI Mobile assemblies don't even show up as registered in my GAC.

Angel - Did you look in your GAC (C:\WINDOWS\assembly) to see if the ESRI.ArcGIS.Mobile assembly (or assemblies - maybe there should be more than 1, not sure) is there? It is not listed in mine, and I'm pretty sure this is related to the issue, if not the direct cause.

Re: ArcGIS mobile control toolkit in VS2008 not visible?

AngelGonzalez — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 16:33:07 GMT

David,

ESRI.ArcGIS.Mobile assembly is not installed in my GAC. I am still waiting on ESRI regarding the WPF. My guest is that a version for the codeplex WPF toolkit needs to be install first but their is no mention of this in the install instruction. Will keep you posted.

Re: ArcGIS mobile control toolkit in VS2008 not visible?

DavidMarley — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 16:39:14 GMT

Angel - Thanks for the quick replies and the good information. Sounds like we have the exact same problem/situation.

Re: ArcGIS mobile control toolkit in VS2008 not visible?

AngelGonzalez — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 15:36:20 GMT

Here is ESRI solution. The WPF Toolkit is a prerequisite for using ESRI WPF mobile tools. In addition after installing the WPF Toolkit from codeplex you must manually add ESRI WPF mobile tools to the WPF Toolkit section in VS.

After installing the codeplex Toolkit ( I used Feb. 2010 release) open or create a WPF application in VS. Expand the WPF Toolkit section in the toolbox and right click somewhere in the WPF Toolkit section and click on "Choose Items..." from the menu that pops up. Then select the "WPF Components" tab from the "Choose Toolbox Items" dialog box. Sort the Namespaces and select the five listing for ESRI.ArcGIS.Mobile.WPF" and click OK. The tools should now appear in your toolbox.

Hopefully the next version of ArcMobile will be less painful when installing the WPF.

Re: ArcGIS mobile control toolkit in VS2008 not visible?

DavidMarley — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 16:26:22 GMT

OK great, I will give this a try this afternoon. Thanks for posting the information.

Re: ArcGIS mobile control toolkit in VS2008 not visible?

DavidMarley — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 18:34:11 GMT

I installed the WPF Toolkit this afternoon, and yes that did the trick. I can now use the WPF controls.

Thanks for posting the solution.

Re: ArcGIS mobile control toolkit in VS2008 not visible?

AshwinSrinivas — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 06:20:59 GMT

Hi,

I am new to this forum and i just went through this thread as it was relevent to an issue that I am facing.

The issue is when I try to open a smart phone project I do not get the ArcGIS Mobile controls in the toolbox when the frame work chosen is 3.5 but it appears when i select the framework as 2.0. Any thoughts on this?

P.S. I am just begining to work on this so I may not be aware of any compatibility issues which may have already been discussed here.