ArcGIS mobile control toolkit in VS2008 not visible?

[AngelGonzalez]

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?

[SeanLo1]

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

[AkhilParujanwala]

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.

[AngelGonzalez]

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

I am using the professional editiion.

[AngelGonzalez]

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.

[AkhilParujanwala]

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.

[DavidMarley]

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...

[AkhilParujanwala]

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

Thats all I can think of.

[AngelGonzalez]

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

[DavidMarley]

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.