Windows CE Programming For Pocket PC In A Nutshell

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It’s generally pretty easy to take a C or C++ Windows CE program and … To program a Windows CE application, one can use either Embedded Visual C++ or …

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Windows CE Programming For Pocket PC
In A Nutshell
This document tries to explain in a small number of pages the essentials of the Windows
application model on Windows, particularly Windows CE on the Pocket PC platform.
More specifically, the course uses Windows Mobile 2003 as running on the HP IPAQ
4150, 4350, and 5550 Pocket PCs.
What the heck is Windows CE?
The core Windows API at this point in time is called Win32. A 64 bit version of the
Windows API is in the works. There are currently three extant Windows operating
systems and one dead version
?Dead 16 bit versions. These include Windows 1.0 (1985) through Windows 3.1
(1992). These support a version of the Windows API called Win16. In many
ways, the core Windows application model has not changed much since those
days.
?Dying 32 bit versions. These include Windows 95, 98, and ME. They support
Win32, but are largely transitional at this point in time.
?Extant 32 bit versions. These include NT (1992-2000), 2000, XP, and the next
version of NT, whatever…