X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/d716e4531512ba8699e551bc8449f20feba0ba02..5b608795d46800953d721f1c09b4c24b534c5775:/docs/msw/wince/readme.txt?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/docs/msw/wince/readme.txt b/docs/msw/wince/readme.txt index aa837604cc..d48ba9a8ea 100644 --- a/docs/msw/wince/readme.txt +++ b/docs/msw/wince/readme.txt @@ -3,132 +3,64 @@ Welcome to wxWidgets/CE ================================================= -You have downloaded 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. +This is the readme file for the Windows CE port of the wxWidgets GUI library +which runs on Pocket PC 2002/2003, Smartphone 2002/2003, Windows CE .NET 4.x, +and Windows Mobile 5. This port requires the use of Microsoft Visual Studio +2005 and 2008, in particular eVC (Visual C++ Embedded) is not supported any +longer. -More information about the wxWidgets project as a whole -can be found at: +More information about the wxWidgets project as a whole can be found at: - http://www.wxwidgets.org + http://www.wxwidgets.org/ 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 build in eVC 3 and eVC 4.x -- Pocket PC (StrongARM) -- Smartphone (StrongARM) -- Windows Mobile 5 - -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. - -You can download the Smartphone 2002/3 and Pocket PC 2002/3 -SDKs separately. - -2. Visual Studio 2005 ---------------------- - -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 -before compiling wxWinCE: +You may wish to customize the file include/wx/msw/wince/setup.h before building +wxWinCE to disable any features that your program doesn't need and minimize the +size of the library. -include/wx/msw/wince/setup.h 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: - -http://biolpc22.york.ac.uk/pub/CVS_Makefiles/ - -See technote docs/tech/tn0016.txt for details on using Bakefile, -and you can get Bakefile from: - -http://bakefile.sf.net - -Open build/wince/wx.vcw, select an ARM or x86 target (or emulator -target for eVC++ 4), and compile. +Unless the archive you downloaded already included CE-specific project files, +you first need to generate them yourself. For this please install bakefile +(from http://www.bakefile.org/, see technote docs/tech/tn0016.txt for more +details about it) and create the file build/bakefiles/Bakefiles.local.bkgen +with the following contents for Visual Studio 2008 (replace 2008 with 2005 +everywhere for the previous version): -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. + + msvs2008prj(arm) + + -o ../msw/wx_vc9arm.sln -DMSVS_PLATFORMS=pocketpc2003 -DCOMPILER_PREFIX=vc9arm + + + -o $(INPUT_FILE_DIR)/$(INPUT_FILE_BASENAME_NOEXT)_vc9arm.sln -DMSVS_PLATFORMS=pocketpc2003 -DCOMPILER_PREFIX=vc9arm + + -To compile using the emulator on eVC++3: +Notice that this will create the output files in the directories using "vc9arm" +prefix instead of the usual "vc" one which allows to build the normal wxMSW and +wxCE in the same wxWidgets source tree. You're, of course, free, to use +different names for the project files suffix and the output directories prefix +if you wish. -- 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. +Then do -- Open samples/minimal/minimal.vcw, select the - WIN32 (WCE x86 Debug) configuration, and select Pocket PC 2002 and - Pocket PC 2002 Emulation as before. +cd %WXWIN%\build\bakefiles +bakefile_gen -f msvs2008prj -To compile using the emulator on eVC++4: +to create all *vc9arm.vcproj files. After this, simply open the solution file +in Visual Studio and build it. -- 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: - -..\..\lib\$(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 ====== @@ -139,15 +71,8 @@ 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 +http://wiki.wxwidgets.org/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 -========== - -All product names are used for identification purposes and are trademarks -or registered trademarks owned by their respective companies. -