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Steps
to Run AP on Advantech's Windows® CE Platform
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Microsoft
offers the Windows® CE Toolkit for Visual C++ that provides all of the tools needed
to develop, emulate, and debug Windows® CE applications on a Windows NT platform. The package also includes
all tools needed to cross compile these programs for a particular
Windows® CE target
platform. The procedure is as follows:
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1.
Setup the host system platform with Windows NT 4.0 and proper
software development environment such as Microsoft Visual C++5.0
or above plus Windows® CE Toolkit for C++5.0 or above.
2. Develop
your own Windows® CE application software. You can choose to test the application
with the Windows® CE emulation environment that comes with Microsoft Visual C++
for Windows® CE but since this environment emulates only a feature limited
Hand Held PC, chances are that you would like to test your application
on a real platform.
3. Rename
your application as AUTO.EXE. Copy AUTO.EXE together with necessary
DLLs such as MFCCE.DLL (if you are using Visual C++) to a floppy
diskette.
4.
Boot up the Embedded PC platform with a DOS/Win95/Win98 bootable
diskette, which appear as drive A:. The DOC®
2000 will appear as C:. Copy the AUTO.EXE from Windows® CE 2.1
Utility Disk to C:\ A:>COPY AUTO.EXE C:\
5. Take out
the diskette and reset the system. Your application will be running
automatically when Windows® CE has finished loading.
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If you want to have
a quick run on Advantech Windows® CE platform,
there are some example EXE and source code files on the included utility
disk. You can compile or download them yourself to try them out.
What
can I do to get a special device driver for my Windows® CE system
Windows® CE is tied
directly to the hardware, so many of the standard PC peripherals requiring
drivers have been left out. It is not the case as with Windows 95 or
98 on which you can freely install whichever device drivers one needs.
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Tel:
886-2-2218-4567
Fax: 886-2-2218-3875
Contact the editor
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 Advantech
has developed hardware-specific drivers for the on-board functions of
its single board computers such as FDD, HDD, COM, PS/2, network, VGA,
I/O, audio etc (but some functions perform less due to Windows® CE ver. 2.1
limitations). For the specific Windows® CE platform
from Advantech, we have combined all the required drivers for on-board
devices into the integrated image file. Due to intellectual property
limitations, the drivers are not sold seperately. If customers need
anything different from our standard Windows® CE platform
package, Advantech and its alliance software vendor also provide customization
software development services to meet OEM sparticular needs. This includes
customized device driver development, modification and driver porting
to Advantech Windows® CE image.
Please feel welcome
to contact one of Advantech's local sales representatives for a discussion
about your application and how Advantech can help.
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