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- Welcome to wxWindows/CE 2.5.1
+ Welcome to wxWidgets/CE 2.6.2
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-You have downloaded version 2.5.1 of the Windows CE port of
-the wxWindows GUI library. This runs on PocketPC 2002,
-SmartPhone 2002, and Windows CE .NET 4.x.
+You have downloaded version 2.6.2 of the Windows CE port of
+the wxWidgets GUI library. This runs on Pocket PC 2002/2003,
+Smartphone 2002/2003, and Windows CE .NET 4.x.
-More information about the wxWindows project as a whole
+More information about the wxWidgets project as a whole
can be found at:
- http://www.wxwindows.org
+ http://www.wxwidgets.org
-Information about the Windows CE port in particular
-can be found here:
-
-http://wiki.wxwindows.org/wiki.pl?Windows_CE_Port
+Information about the Windows CE port in particular can be found in
+the wxWinCE topic in the wxWidgets reference manual.
Supported platforms
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These are the supported platforms at the moment:
-- x86 emulator
-- PocketPC (StrongARM)
+- x86 emulator build in eVC 3 and eVC 4.x
+- Pocket PC (StrongARM)
+- Smartphone (StrongARM)
-You can test the library and applications using PocketPC emulator
-and/or Compaq iPAQ or other PDAs using PocketPC
+You can test the library and applications using the Pocket PC emulator
+and/or Compaq iPAQ or other PDAs using Pocket PC.
Compiler installation
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http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/device/embedded/download.asp
You must use Embedded Visual C++ 3.0 or Embedded Visual C++ 4.x.
-
-Install selecting only the two target platforms used:
-
-- WCE x86em (PocketPC emulation)
-- WCE ARM (PocketPC StrongARM)
-
-You can install other targets but you will need
-to create new configurations for them in the
-wxWindows project files.
-wxWindows/CE Configuration
+You can download the Smartphone 2002/3 and Pocket PC 2002/3
+SDKs separately.
+
+wxWidgets/CE Configuration
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You may wish to customize the following file
include/wx/msw/wince/setup.h
-These are some of the Windows CE-specific settings
-you can adjust.
+wxWidgets/CE Compilation
+================================
+
+NOTE: to generate targets not in the standard project files,
+you should rebuild the project files using Bakefile.
+Also, if you are building from a CVS version of wxWidgets,
+you need to create eVC++ project files or get them from
+somewhere, such as the daily makefile builds here:
-wxUSE_POCKETPC_UI
+http://biolpc22.york.ac.uk/pub/CVS_Makefiles/
- If you are compiling with Windows CE .NET, you may
- wish to emulate PocketPC behaviour (set it to 1), or
- take advantage of the greater flexibility of
- Windows CE .NET (set it to 0).
- If 0, the PocketPC-specific toolbar class will be
- used, which uses commandbar to combine the toolbar
- and menubar in one control. If 1, the normal menubar
- and toolbar behaviour will be used, as per
- desktop Windows.
+See technote docs/tech/tn0016.txt for details on using Bakefile,
+and you can get Bakefile from:
-wxUSE_SMARTPHONE
+http://bakefile.sf.net
- Set this to 1 if you wish to compile for the SmartPhone
- platform (with eVC++ 3).
+Open build/wince/wx.vcw, select an ARM or x86 target (or emulator
+target for eVC++ 4), and compile.
-wxWindows/CE Compilation
-================================
+Then open samples/minimal/minimal.vcw, select an ARM, x86 or emulator
+target, and compile. You can use the emulator or real hardware to run
+the sample.
-Open src/msw/wince/wxWindowsCE.vcp, select an
-ARM or x86 target (or emulator target for eVC++ 4),
-and compile.
+There may be long delays while eVC++ computes dependencies, and expect
+to wait a long time for loading and saving workspaces. Do not attempt to
+save the wxWidgets library project file: it will take forever and generate
+a huge file, so make alterations either using Bakefile or by editing the
+project file with a text editor, and reloading. Sample project files are OK
+to save.
-Then open samples/minimal/minimalCE.vcp, select an
-ARM, x86 or emulator target, and compile. You can
-use the emulator or real hardware to run the
-sample.
+To compile using the emulator on eVC++3:
+
+- Open build/wince/wx.vcw, select the
+ WIN32 (WCE x86) Debug Unicode configuration, close the dialog,
+ then select Pocket PC 2002 and Pocket PC 2002 Emulation on the toolbar,
+ and compile.
+
+- Open samples/minimal/minimal.vcw, select the
+ WIN32 (WCE x86 Debug) configuration, and select Pocket PC 2002 and
+ Pocket PC 2002 Emulation as before.
+
+To compile using the emulator on eVC++4:
+
+- Open build/wince/wx.vcw, select the
+ WIN32 (WCE Emulator) Debug configuration, and compile.
+
+- Open samples/minimal/minimal.vcw with eVC++, select the
+ WIN32 (WCE emulator) Debug configuration, and compile.
+
+Note: builds for the different SDKs (Smartphone, PPC, .Net)
+use the same directory and library names, so for the moment
+these builds cannot co-exist simultaneously.
Status
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-Currently under development. For further information
-about what has been done and what needs to be
-done, see:
+It's possible to create working Pocket PC or Smartphone
+applications with this port. For further information
+about how to use wxWidgets with Windows CE, and further
+work that needs to be done, see the wxWinCE topic in the
+reference manual, and also:
http://wiki.wxwindows.org/wiki.pl?Developers_Notebook/WxWinCE
+The "Life!" demo in demos/life has some adaptations for
+wxWinCE, and also demonstrates how to make an installer for
+a Pocket PC application.
+
Disclaimer
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