CE8 SDK incompatible with creating Silverlight/XAML app under WEC 7, VS2008 & CE7 SDK

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I am attempting to build a Silverlight/XAML application to run on WEC 7 following the instructions at How to create a Silverlight/XAML Application | Toradex Developer Center.

I successfully installed all of the pieces, including VS2008 and its updates, Expression Blend 3, Windows Embedded Silverlight Tools and the CE7 SDK.

When I got to the step to create a new VS2008 project with the template Silverlight for Windows Embedded Application, filled in the Name and pressed OK, an error dialog popped up with the message:

Windows Embedded Silverlight Tools,
DataSource file could not be found

After several fruitless hours of troubleshooting, I randomly uninstalled the CE8 SDK. This seems to have fixed the problem and I can now create a Silverlight/XAML project with VS2008 for WEC7.
[I had installed CE8 SDK on previous day while playing with WEC 2013].

It would be nice to have both CE7 and CE8 SDKs installed at the same time as I am evaluating both WEC 7 and WEC 2013.

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Thanks sharing this information.

I assume you also found this question on MSDN: Bug in Silverlight Embedded Tools: DataSource file could not be found? Did you check if the XML files are there for your installation?

Did you ever try to install first WEC 2013 and then CE 7?

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Yes, I saw the MSDN forum article. The most recent comment (from you I assume), gave me the clue to look on the WOW6432Node registry path. The xml file C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows CE Tools\SDKs\Toradex_CE800\Properties.xml existed and looked good. However, the registry path HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows CE Tools\Toradex_CE800 was missing the value name SDKInformation. I added SDKInformation and set the value to C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows CE Tools\SDKs\Toradex_CE800\Properties.xml. I could then create a XAML app for WEC7 in VS2008.

Now I get the DataSource file error when I attempt to create a new WEC2013/XAML project in VS2015. I uninstalled both CE7 and CE8 SDKs and reinstalled CE8 SDK. Still get DataSource error. So now I am completely stuck.

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Hello. I have the same problem, using VS2015 Professional, Silverlight 5.0 & Toradex WCE2013 SDK. Registry entries and and files seems to be OK, but cannot create the XAML embedded project.

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You have the same error message as @j.s or you don’t find the project template at all? If it is the missing template, please try to use the latest SDK.

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I never discovered the cause of my problem. Registry and files looked fine.

I finally uninstalled and then reinstalled VS2015, WEC 2013, Toradex CE8 SDK and related software. It took several hours. I can now build XAML projects for WEC2013. I have not tried WEC7 again.