1. Application Development for Windows CE Devices
Frank Prengel
Embedded Developer Evangelist
Microsoft Germany
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2. Quick facts: What is Windows CE? What does „development“ mean?
What you will learn
Quick facts: What is Windows CE?
What does „development“ mean?
Visual Studio 2005 for Devices
Developing native & .NET applications
Creating & using a custom device SDK
Future tools: Windows CE "6"

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Thin Clients
Windows Mobile
Smartphone
Industrial Automation
Windows Mobile
Pocket PC Phone
ATMs / Kiosks
Windows Automotive
Office Automation
Retail Point-of-Sale
Tablet PC
.netcpu
Portable Media Center
Medical Devices
VoIP Phones
Windows-based Terminals
Mobile
Handhelds
Smart Personal Objects
Set-top Boxes
Entertainment Devices
Notebook PC
Gateways
Set-top Box
.NET MicroFramework
Windows XP
Functionality
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4. Quick facts: What is Windows CE?
A small embedded 32-bit OS
Virtual memory & multithreading
Componentized & configurable
Hard real-time capabilities
Multiple CPU architectures (ARM, x86, SH4, MIPS)
Subset of Win32 API
Comes with source code (!)
Lots of features...

5. What does „development“ mean?
BSP
(OAL, Boot Loader, Drivers)
Embedded Visual C++
Standard SDK
Platform Builder
Visual Studio 2005
Export SDK
Configuration
OEM ISV
Build
Device Under Development
Download
Debug
Device Emulation

6. Development Tools for Windows CE
Platform
Builder
eMbedded
Visual C++
Visual Studio
2005
Native Applications
.NET Applications
C/C++
C# / VB.NET
Win32
.NET Compact
Framework 2.0
Windows CE 5.0 Operating System

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Platform Builder
Builds the OS from source code + binary libraries
Can Build C/C++ applications
... that become part of the OS image
Reduced IDE Code editor support
Win32, MFC, ATL, ...
Kernel debugger
Remote Tools
Emulator (x86)
This is the tool for OEMs, not ISVs
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8. Source!

9. Similar to Microsoft Visual C++ V6.0
eMbedded Visual C/C++ 4.0
Similar to Microsoft Visual C++ V6.0
Source code branch from VS6
Special features specific to Windows CE
Built in compilers and linkers for supported processors
Debug tools, remote tools, and platform manager
Emulation environment to develop without device
Support for CE 5.0 w/ SP4 & SDK

10. eVC++ Support Life Cycle
First released: 4/4/2002
Mainstream support ends: 6/30/2007
Public download ends: June 2007
Extended support ends: 6/30/2009
Online support ends: 6/30/2013
Migrate rather sooner than later 

11. Visual Studio 2005: State of the Art
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Visual Studio 2005: State of the Art
Testers
Architects
Enterprise Devs
Consultants
Professionals
VB6 Devs
Part-Timers
Hobbyists
Students
Enthusiasts
Novices
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12. Visual Studio for Devices
Device development w/ Standard Edition & above
Replaces Visual Studio .NET for "managed" development
CF 1.0 & 2.0
Replaces eMbedded Visual C++ for native development
MFC 8.0, ATL 8.0, STL, CRT
New tools (designer, data, ...)
New device emulator (ARM based)
Deployment & Signing

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More Enhancements
Device Development in C/C++
Migrate projects from eMbedded Visual C++ 4.0
Updated Device Compilers and Native Libraries
Orders of magnitude faster native debugger
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Mobile Edition
Remote Tools for Devices
Code Snippets
Support for Device CAB (Setup) Projects
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.NET Compact Framework
Visual
Studio FX
Rich class libraries to make your life easy!
GUI: Forms
GUI: Drawing (2D & 3D)
Collections
IO, Networking, Crypto
Native interop
Web services
Data & Xml
Globalization
CLR
Execution Engine provides typesafe runtime for managed code
Type system
Loader
JIT Compiler
Garbage collector
Debugger
Windows CE
Low level operating system-specific functionality
Threads
Memory
File I/O
Networking
Localization
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15. + (RTM) + o (SP1) VS2005 - VS.NET 2003
CF: OS & Tools Support
CF 2.0
CF 1.0
WinCE 5.0
+ (RTM) +
WinCE 4.1, 4.2
o (SP1)
CF 2.0
CF 1.0
WinCE 5.0
VS2005 -
WinCE 4.1, 4.2
VS.NET 2003

16. Native Development – Some Facts
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Native Development – Some Facts
Debugging
Attach to Process, Just-in-time (JIT), Post-mortem (kdump)
Code Signing
Adding test certificates, Signing and provisioning
Emulator
ActiveSync, Folder sharing, Save State
Multi-platform development
Unsupported:
Interoperability debugging, driver development, Edit and Continue
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17. Mixing native & managed code
Possible to mix & match native & managed projects in one solution
Be sure to target the same platform...
Build order, dependencies, deployment dirs, etc., can be specified
No seamless debugging at this point
Can't attach native & managed debugger at the same time
Set reg key to enable attaching the managed debugger to a running process (CF 2.0 only!)
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\.NETCompactFramework\Managed Debugger]
"AttachEnabled"=dword:

18. native!
.NET!

19. Developing an Application
What you need:
Visual Studio 2005
Device & SDK or Emulator & SDK
Connectivity
USB, ethernet, DMA (emulator)

20. Use Platform Builder SDK Wizard:
Creating a Device SDK
Use Platform Builder SDK Wizard:

21. Creating a Device SDK for VS2005
Some things to note:
You must use the VS2005 Emulator BSP
Include the necessary stuff (.NET CF, toolhelp, app installer, ActiveSync, etc.)
If you want to support debugging without ActiveSync, include connection manager files in image (see later)
Uncheck "Enable CE Target Control Support (SYSGEN_SHELL=1)" and "Enable KITL (no IMGKITL=1)"
If you want to include a VS2005 emulator image, use the VS2005 Device Emulator BSP ( and follow the instructions included in "Using the CE DeviceEmulator.rtf"

22. Using a device SDK with VS2005
Install SDK on development machine
New platform available for native development
Managed development is SDK-(quasi)independent
Configure your emulator image if necessary
Connect using ActiveSync, DMA (emulator), or ...

23. Debug without ActiveSync
Without AS, VS2005 does not automatically copy connectivity binaries to device
Must do it yourself, or include them in the device image
You need Clientshutdown.exe, ConmanClient2.exe, CMaccept.exe, eDbgTL.dll, TcpConnectionA.dll from \Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\CoreCon\1.0\Target\wce400\<CPU>
Manually launch ConmanClient2.exe on device
Set correct device IP address in VS2005
Run CMaccept.exe on device
You have 3 minutes to connect now 
For more details see

24. Does it have to be that hard?

25. Introducing Windows CE "6"
Next-generation kernel
Backward compatibility
Enhanced robustness and security
User-mode driver model
Updated development tools
No regressions on performance and size
Plus many more new features

26. IDE tools: Visual Studio 2005 add-on
Platform Builder 6
IDE tools: Visual Studio 2005 add-on
Benefits
Latest-and-greatest Editors and Intellisense
One set of tools for desktop, Windows CE kernel, and Windows CE applications
Automation support

27. Platform Builder 6 Tools
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Platform Builder 6 Tools
Integrated into Visual Studio 2005
Documentation integrated with Visual Studio 2005
Updated catalog functionality
Device Emulator integrated into Platform Builder
New editors
New debugger transports supported
Postmortem debugging
Runtime Image Viewer
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This presentation is for informational purposes only. Microsoft makes no warranties, express or implied, in this summary.

28. What does "development" mean? Visual Studio 2005 for Devices
What you have learned
What is Windows CE?
What does "development" mean?
Visual Studio 2005 for Devices
Developing native & .NET applications
Creating & using a custom device SDK
Future tools: Windows CE "6"
Enough...

29. Resources Windows Embedded Home Embedded development
Embedded development
Windows CE development
Microsoft Windows CE eHow-tos and Tutorials
getstart/basics/tutorialsce/default.aspx
Windows CE 6 Beta Virtual Labs
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30. Contact

31. Questions ?

32. © 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
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© 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
This presentation is for informational purposes only. Microsoft makes no warranties, express or implied, in this summary.
© 2004 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
This presentation is for informational purposes only. Microsoft makes no warranties, express or implied, in this summary.