docs/msw/wince/readme.txt

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   3   Welcome to wxWidgets/CE 2.8.0
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   5
   6 You have downloaded version 2.8.0 of the Windows CE port of
   7 the wxWidgets GUI library. This runs on Pocket PC 2002/2003,
   8 Smartphone 2002/2003, Windows CE .NET 4.x, and Windows Mobile 5.
   9
  10 More information about the wxWidgets project as a whole
  11 can be found at:
  12
  13   http://www.wxwidgets.org
  14
  15 Information about the Windows CE port in particular can be found in
  16 the wxWinCE topic in the wxWidgets reference manual.
  17
  18 Supported platforms
  19 ===================
  20
  21 These are the supported platforms at the moment:
  22
  23 - x86 emulator build in eVC 3 and eVC 4.x
  24 - Pocket PC (StrongARM)
  25 - Smartphone (StrongARM)
  26 - Windows Mobile 5
  27
  28 You can test the library and applications using the Pocket PC emulator
  29 and/or Compaq iPAQ or other PDAs using Pocket PC.
  30
  31 Compiler installation
  32 =====================
  33
  34 1. Embedded Visual C++
  35 ----------------------
  36
  37 Get the Visual C++ embedded (FREE) from Microsoft website
  38  http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/device/embedded/download.asp
  39
  40 You must use Embedded Visual C++ 3.0 or Embedded Visual C++ 4.x.
  41
  42 You can download the Smartphone 2002/3 and Pocket PC 2002/3
  43 SDKs separately.
  44
  45 2. Visual Studio 2005
  46 ---------------------
  47
  48 VS 2005 Professional is required to write Windows Mobile 5 applications, although Pocket PC
  49 2003 applications should also run on Mobile 5. VS 2005 must
  50 be purchased, and you can then download the Mobile 5 2005 SDK
  51 from Microsoft's site.
  52
  53 wxWidgets/CE Configuration
  54 ================================
  55
  56 You may wish to customize the following file
  57 before compiling wxWinCE:
  58
  59 include/wx/msw/wince/setup.h
  60
  61 wxWidgets/CE Compilation
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  63
  64 NOTE: to generate targets not in the standard project files,
  65 you should rebuild the project files using Bakefile.
  66 Also, if you are building from a CVS version of wxWidgets,
  67 you need to create eVC++ project files or get them from
  68 somewhere, such as the daily makefile builds here:
  69
  70 http://biolpc22.york.ac.uk/pub/CVS_Makefiles/
  71
  72 See technote docs/tech/tn0016.txt for details on using Bakefile,
  73 and you can get Bakefile from:
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  75 http://bakefile.sf.net
  76
  77 Open build/wince/wx.vcw, select an ARM or x86 target (or emulator
  78 target for eVC++ 4), and compile.
  79
  80 Then open samples/minimal/minimal.vcw, select an ARM, x86 or emulator
  81 target, and compile. You can use the emulator or real hardware to run
  82 the sample.
  83
  84 There may be long delays while eVC++ computes dependencies, and expect
  85 to wait a long time for loading and saving workspaces. Do not attempt to
  86 save the wxWidgets library project file: it will take forever and generate
  87 a huge file, so make alterations either using Bakefile or by editing the
  88 project file with a text editor, and reloading. Sample project files are OK
  89 to save.
  90
  91 To compile using the emulator on eVC++3:
  92
  93 - Open build/wince/wx.vcw, select the
  94   WIN32 (WCE x86) Debug Unicode configuration, close the dialog,
  95   then select Pocket PC 2002 and Pocket PC 2002 Emulation on the toolbar,
  96   and compile.
  97
  98 - Open samples/minimal/minimal.vcw, select the
  99   WIN32 (WCE x86 Debug) configuration, and select Pocket PC 2002 and
 100   Pocket PC 2002 Emulation as before.
 101
 102 To compile using the emulator on eVC++4:
 103
 104 - Open build/wince/wx.vcw, select the
 105   WIN32 (WCE Emulator) Debug configuration, and compile.
 106
 107 - Open samples/minimal/minimal.vcw with eVC++, select the
 108   WIN32 (WCE emulator) Debug configuration, and compile.
 109
 110 Note: builds for the different SDKs (Smartphone, PPC, .Net)
 111 use the same directory and library names, so for the moment
 112 these builds cannot co-exist simultaneously.
 113
 114 To use Visual Studio 2005, you need to allow VS to convert the projects
 115 first (but install all the SDKs you need to _before_ converting), and then
 116 you need to adjust the library settings of each wxWidgets and sample project.
 117
 118 Edit the configuration properties for each configuration and in the Librarian,
 119 add a relative path ..\..\lib to each library path. For example:
 120
 121 ..\..\lib\$(PlatformName)\$(ConfigurationName)\wx_mono.lib
 122
 123 Then, for a sample you want to compile, edit the configuration properties
 124 and make sure ..\..\lib\$(PlatformName)\$(ConfigurationName) is in the Linker/General/Additional
 125 Library Directories property. Also change the Linker/Input/Additional Dependencies
 126 property to something like:
 127
 128 coredll.lib wx_mono.lib wx_wxjpeg.lib wx_wxpng.lib wx_wxzlib.lib wx_wxexpat.lib commctrl.lib winsock.lib wininet.lib
 129
 130 since the library names in the wxWidgets workspace were changed
 131 by VS 2005.
 132
 133 Status
 134 ======
 135
 136 It's possible to create working Pocket PC or Smartphone
 137 applications with this port. For further information
 138 about how to use wxWidgets with Windows CE, and further
 139 work that needs to be done, see the wxWinCE topic in the
 140 reference manual, and also:
 141
 142 http://wiki.wxwindows.org/wiki.pl?Developers_Notebook/WxWinCE
 143
 144 The "Life!" demo in demos/life has some adaptations for
 145 wxWinCE, and also demonstrates how to make an installer for
 146 a Pocket PC application.
 147
 148 Disclaimer
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 150
 151 All product names are used for identification purposes and are trademarks
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