X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/a96b4743ff1eb85279194a28f7c388dc5fcab648..17b1d76b4add82305463d10b9f65668d06169363:/docs/msw/wince/readme.txt diff --git a/docs/msw/wince/readme.txt b/docs/msw/wince/readme.txt index 8fae0bead1..17cefa6e69 100644 --- a/docs/msw/wince/readme.txt +++ b/docs/msw/wince/readme.txt @@ -1,51 +1,56 @@ ================================================= - Welcome to wxWindows/CE 2.5.1 + Welcome to wxWidgets/CE 2.7.0 ================================================= -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 2.7.0 of the Windows CE port of +the wxWidgets GUI library. This runs on Pocket PC 2002/2003, +Smartphone 2002/2003, Windows CE .NET 4.x, and Windows Mobile 5. -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 =================== 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) +- Windows Mobile 5 -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 ===================== +1. Embedded Visual C++ +---------------------- + Get the Visual C++ embedded (FREE) from Microsoft website 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 download the Smartphone 2002/3 and Pocket PC 2002/3 +SDKs separately. -You can install other targets but you will need -to create new configurations for them in the -wxWindows project files. +2. Visual Studio 2005 +--------------------- -wxWindows/CE Configuration +VS 2005 Professional is required to write Windows Mobile 5 applications, although Pocket PC +2003 applications should also run on Mobile 5. VS 2005 must +be purchased, and you can then download the Mobile 5 2005 SDK +from Microsoft's site. + +wxWidgets/CE Configuration ================================ You may wish to customize the following file @@ -53,47 +58,93 @@ before compiling wxWinCE: 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. + +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. + +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 src/msw/wince/wxWindowsCE.vcp, select an -ARM or x86 target (or emulator target for eVC++ 4), -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. -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++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. + +To use Visual Studio 2005, you need to allow VS to convert the projects +first (but install all the SDKs you need to _before_ converting), and then +you need to adjust the library settings of each wxWidgets and sample project. + +Edit the configuration properties for each configuration and in the Librarian, +add a relative path ..\..\lib to each library path. For example: + +..\$(PlatformName)\$(ConfigurationName)\wx_mono.lib + +Then, for a sample you want to compile, edit the configuration properties +and make sure ..\..\lib\$(PlatformName)\$(ConfigurationName) is in the Linker/General/Additional +Library Directories property. Also change the Linker/Input/Additional Dependencies +property to something like: + +coredll.lib wx_mono.lib wx_wxjpeg.lib wx_wxpng.lib wx_wxzlib.lib wx_wxexpat.lib commctrl.lib winsock.lib wininet.lib + +since the library names in the wxWidgets workspace were changed +by VS 2005. Status ====== -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 ==========