Setting Up Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Phone
Visual Studio Express 2012 is automatically installed with Windows Phone SDK 8.0.
Use this procedure to set up Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Phone and download the WPToolkit library package.
To set up Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Phone
1. Start Visual Studio.
2. Follow the prompts to register Visual Studio with Microsoft for a developer's license.
3. Ensure that the version of NuGet installed with Visual Studio is the latest version by selecting Tools > Extensions and Updates in Visual Studio.
4. Create a new project so that you can download the WPToolkit.
Note: | You download the WPToolkit library package from within a project. As a result, to install WPToolkit, you need to set up a new project. |
a. In Visual Studio, close the Updater window, and select File > New Project.
Visual Studio opens the New Project wizard.
b. In the tree on the left, expand Installed > Templates > Visual C#, and select Windows Phone.
c. In the middle panel, select Windows Phone App.
d. In the Name field, type a name for the project, for example, PhoneApp1.
e. Note the location where Visual Studio will create the project’s root directory, for example:
C:\Users\developer\Documents\Visual Studio 2012\Projects\PhoneApp1
Note: | You will need to find this location in a subsequent step. Visual Studio displays the location at the bottom of the window. |
f. Click OK to create the project.
5. Install WPToolkit by performing the following steps:
a. In Visual Studio, select Tools > Library Package Manager > Package Manager Console.
Visual Studio opens the package manager terminal inside the Visual Studio window. By default, this is in the bottom-left.
b. In the console, type the following, and then press ENTER.
Install-Package WPToolkit
The package manager installs the WPToolkit extras inside your new project.
6. Save a copy of the WPToolkit folder.
a. Navigate to the root directory of the project that you created, for example:
C:\Users\developer\Documents\Visual Studio 2012\Projects\PhoneApp1
b. Open the packages folder and locate the WPToolkit folder, which will have a name, such as, WPtoolkit.4.2012.10.30.
c. Copy the WPToolkit folder to a convenient location on your hard drive, for example, C:\Development\WPToolkit.
d. Note the location where you copied the WPToolkit folder.
Note: | When configuring Mobile Designer for the Windows Phone 8 platform, you will configure a property for the location where you copy the WPToolkit folder. |
7. Install the SQLite package by performing the following steps.
Note: | Install the SQLite package if you require applications running on Windows Phone 8 to access database information. For more information about using databases, see Run-Time Database Classes. |
a. In Visual Studio, select Tools > Extensions and Updates.
b. Select the Online tab and type SQLite in the search field.
c. In the search results, locate the row for SQLite for Windows Phone and click Download.
d. Install the SQLite for Windows Phone package.
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