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Harsha - 23 Jul 2008 13:24 GMT

Hi friends. I am new to WinCE 5.0 I have pplatform builder installed in my
PC.I can able to build OS image for my target platform by using platform
builder.To create the applications can I use the platform builder? or I need
to use Embedded VC++ ?
If I can use platform builder then where is the option to develop GUI(Like
buttons ,lables)? Are the API's for WinCE are same as Win32 API's are
different?
Where can i get the WinCE API reference?

Thank you.

Regards,
Harsha

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Luca Calligaris - 23 Jul 2008 13:32 GMT

For native (C, C++) you can use both eVC++ or Platform Builder. In PB you
will create an application project as a subproject of your OS image; the
Win32 API set is a subset of the desktop (although some parameters in some
functions are not used in Windows CE) with some functions specific to
Windows CE. You can find API reference in both eVC++ and PB help

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> Hi friends. I am new to WinCE 5.0 I have pplatform builder installed in my
> PC.I can able to build OS image for my target platform by using platform
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> Regards,
> Harsha

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Paul G. Tobey [eMVP] - 23 Jul 2008 16:20 GMT

I'll add on a bit to that. For CE5, you can also use Visual Studio 2005 or
2008 for C++ application development. If you use the Visual Studio help,
you can use the built-in filter Smart Device Development to limit the topic
display to the type of thing you're doing. You can also use VS2005/VS2008
and VB.NET or C# for application development for Windows CE 5.0. Adding the
.NET Compact Framework 2.0 or 3.5 to your operating system configuration
will allow you to do this without installing .NET CF onto the device, too.
For Smart Device Development, you need the Professional version of Visaul
Studio, not Standard or Express.

Paul T.

> For native (C, C++) you can use both eVC++ or Platform Builder. In PB you
> will create an application project as a subproject of your OS image; the
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>> Regards,
>> Harsha

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Harsha - 24 Jul 2008 06:18 GMT

Hi Paul and Luca,

Thanks for your replyes.

As luca said we can even use Platform builder for application
development,then where is the option for GUI development?Like the way in
VC++. Do we need to manually write the code to create
forms,Buttons,sliders....?

One more option is eVC++. Is this same as Visual studio? or do we need to
install seperate software?

Thanks once again.

Regards,
Harsha

> I'll add on a bit to that. For CE5, you can also use Visual Studio 2005 or
> 2008 for C++ application development. If you use the Visual Studio help,
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> >> Regards,
> >> Harsha

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Paul G. Tobey [eMVP] - 24 Jul 2008 16:19 GMT

It's been so long since I did any desktop Windows development with anything
but .NET Framework, that I don't remember how VC++ is supposed to work for
that stuff. PB will allow you to edit resources, so, if you're building a
dialog, that's no problem. If you're creating a main window for an ordinary
application and you want to add a control or two to the client area, yes,
you have to do that in code.

eVC++ is a stand-alone development environment created by Microsoft
specifically for Windows CE development. It's based on one of the very old
VS IDE versions. It's small, quick to install, free, but it doesn't have
nearly the capability that VS2005/2008 has.

Paul T.

> Hi Paul and Luca,
>
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>> >> Regards,
>> >> Harsha

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vaisakh p s - 04 Aug 2008 08:31 GMT

Hello harsha.

You can use the SDK for that BSP. So you can install it.

After installation, when you create a smart devive project for VC
or .Net CF (if that BSP has .net support also), then the board will be
listed in the new project wizard.

Regards
Vaisakh

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> It's been so long since I did any desktop Windows development with anything
> but .NET Framework, that I don't remember how VC++ is supposed to work for
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> >> >> Regards,
> >> >> Harsha

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