Build a development environment for Windows Phone 7

WP7 installation package name

Vs upgrade package name: vs2010sp1dvd1.exe

SDK simulator name: wpsdkv71_chs1.exe or online installation package name: vm_web2.exe

Art Design name: ExpressionStudio_UltimateTrial_zh-Hans.exe

Windows Phone 7 Development Environment setup

This article uses the step by step mode to describe how to build a Windows Phone 7 Development Environment from 0, if a simple Windows Phone 7 program is developed. It's just an introductory article, but it's easy to develop Windows Phone 7. Let's develop Windows Phone 7 together.

Windows 7 Installation

Currently, Windows Phone 7 only supports Windows 7 and Vista. I recommend Windows 7. The following describes how to build a Windows 7 environment.

Prerequisites

1. Windows XP system.

2. 100 Gb hard disk space

3. 2 GB memory

4. If you want to develop an xNa program, the display card supports DirectX 10 or a later version, along with the wddm 1.1 driver.

Installation Steps

1. Download Windows 7 ISO

2. Download Windows 7 USB/DVD download Tool

3. Install Windows 7 USB/DVD download tool.

Format a USB disk larger than 4 GB.

• Run Windows 7 USB/DVD download tool.

  Select the ISO file path.

  Select USB device

  Select a USB drive letter.

  The ISO is automatically stored on the USB disk.

  Restart the machine to automatically enter the installer and click Next next to complete the installation. The installation program is simpler than Windows XP, and the network does not need to be manually configured. You can use it normally.

  Installation in Windows Phone 7 Development Environment

  1. Download Windows Phone Developer Tools CTP-CMDL refresh

  Download Windows Phone Developer Tools CTP-CMDL refresh, which contains all the following components. It is OK for one installation.

  Visual Studio 2010 express for Windows Phone CTP
  Windows Phone emulator CTP
  Silverlight for Windows Phone CTP
  XNa game studio 4.0 CTP

  2. Click to install vm_web.exe.

  Click Install now

  Click accept. This is the Free Software, enjoy it.

  The installation is completed in about 20 minutes and the machine needs to be restarted.

  Write the first Windows Phone 7 program

  Start Visual Studio 2010 express for Windows Phone

  Open the welcome page. Here are some links to download documents and Videos related to Windows Phone 7.

  Create a window phone application project called helloworldwindowsphone.

  Modify textblock textblockpagetitle and textblocklisttitle of mainpage. Xmal

  Code snippet
  2. <Grid X: Name = "titlegrid" grid. Row = "0">
  3. <Textblock text = "Hello world application" X: Name = "textblockpagetitle" style = "{staticresource phonetextpagetitle1style}"/>
  4. <Textblock text = "Say hello World" X: Name = "textblocklisttitle" style = "{staticresource phonetextpagetitle2style}"/>
  5. Grid>

  Add a button

  Code snippet
  2. <Grid X: Name = "contentgrid" grid. Row = "1">
  3. <Button content = "say hi" Height = "70" horizontalalignment = "Left" margin = "144,65, 160 "name =" button1 "verticalignment =" TOP "width =" "Click =" button#click "/>
  4. Grid>

  Add button to process events

  Code snippet
  1. Private void button#click (Object sender, routedeventargs E)
  2. {
  3. Textblocklisttitle. Text = "say hi! ";
  4. }

  A demo program is complete.

   

  Click F5 to start emulator for debugging.

  Go to the program we compiled.

  Click

  The development environment of Windows Phone 7 is very easy to deploy. Start the journey of Windows Phone 7. What are you waiting? Let's go!