| Prerequisite | Required / Optional | Description |
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Visual Studio 2005 Standard Edition, Professional Edition, or Team System | Required | Visual Studio 2005 is the development environment that you use to create Windows Mobile applications. |
Windows Mobile 6 Professional SDK or Windows Mobile 6 Standard SDK | Required | Provides the tools, header files, emulator images, and Visual Studio 2005 project types to develop Windows Mobile 6 applications. |
ActiveSync 4.5 or greater (XP) or Windows Mobile Device Center (Vista) | Required | Provides the necessary connectivity to cradle a Windows Mobile 6 emulator image or device. |
Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 | Optional (Windows XP) Required (Windows Vista™) | Incorporates minor fixes and updates all data-oriented dialogs in Visual Studio 2005 to show the SQL Server Compact Edition product name. For Windows Vista users, this service pack updates necessary for Visual Studio 2005 to run on Windows Vista. |
.NET Compact Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 | Recommended | Without this service pack, Visual Studio 2005 will deploy .NET Compact Framework 2.0 to your Windows Mobile 6 device each time you deploy your application. Also adds support for command line debugging and provides new utility to review performance data provided by the .NET Compact Framework 2.0 runtime. |
SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition Tools for Visual Studio 2005 | Optional | Provides tools and assemblies required to develop Windows Mobile 6 applications that use SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition. Before installing this tool, you need to first install Visual Studio 2005 SP1. |