platform-builder

How do I enable Platform Builder mode in VS2008

After installing VS2008, the platform builder mod, and the WM7 aku, VS usually prompts you, upon first startup, for your default mode. If you make a mistake and select something other than PB7, how do you get back into PB mode? I can get the device window, but it is always greyed out. I can also configure my normal connection settings, ...

Platform Builder command line building question

I'm building a project from command line , using WinCE platform builder , and I need RTTI to be enabled , so that my project works correctly . I tried setting the option RTTI="YES" in the sources and in the makefile of each dir , and I also tried to add it at the end of CDEFINES , but when I try to build the project , I get the D9025 w...

Windows CE 5.0 image building: Possible without Platform Builder?

Is it possible to create Windows CE 5.0 images (ie: nk.bin) from VS2005/VS2008 without using Platform Builder? If so, how? Can a vendor BSP for WinCE 5 be loaded into VS2005/2008? Are there the parts to do this available for download from Microsoft (ie: the SDK), or must you buy the special bits (a la PB) from a "special distributor"?...

Creating a lib from other libs : is it possible ?

I'm using Windows CE Platform Builder and my code is written in C++ . For each of the folders in the project I'm creating a lib ( the code is statically linked ) . However , there are about 20 libs so far . Is there a way to reduce their number ? I was thinking of creating a lib from other libs , but I don't know if that's even possible ...

Access desktop release diretory from windows ce device

I am writing a test program to copy some file in Applicaiton data folder on device to release directory on desktop. I am not sure how to access release dir on desktop? Is there any shell command to do that? Basically I want to write c++ program that will run on device to accomplish this task. ...

using #include directives in Platform Builder DAT files

So I know I can use #include in BIB and REG files to pull in other files like this: #include $(_PLATFORMROOT)\MYPLATFORM\FILES\MYBIB.BIB but it seems that I can’t get DAT files to behave the same way. Am I missing something here? I have a component that has a fairly large DAT file and I’d rather not have users forced to paste the wh...

Platform Builder and C#

Platform Builder is a tool for building a Windows CE Operating system on your computer and then loading it on a Windows CE device. All this is done through Platform Builder. And I do it all through the Microsoft Visual Stuido Development Environment (IDE). I want to automate the process of using the Platform Builder. So far, I only k...

Window CE 6 Wordpad replacement

Hi, I'm developing a Win CE 6 OS image and want to make it fit in the "Windows Embedded CE 6.0 Core Run-Time License". This means, among other things, that I have to remove the Wordpad application. From a product service and development perspective I'd like to replace it with something similar but free. One thought was to do a simple ...

Oracle form builder not getting values from server

Hey all, I am logged into a sql server. when i insert values via SQL*Plus server, they are not registered by Form builder, but when i insert them using form builder, they do appear when i search for them on SQL*Plus... what is going on and how do i get form builder to register the values entered in SQL*Plus?? ...

How do I Emulate/Debug Windows CE 5.0 applications in C#?

Here's my problem. I'm currently trying to develop a .Net Compact Framework 2.0 application (in C#) to a Windows CE 5.0 device. Firstly: How do I debug/emulate the application in Visual Studio 2008 ? I doesn't mean debugging an application already deployed on the device, but debugging the version on my desktop. I have limited or no acc...

Can't write eboot.bin in a PXA310 bootloader with NAND flash

I've modified my bootloader to be able to download an eboot.bin from my desktop using eshell and verified that the entire image is in memory correctly, but even though it appears to flash correctly, it won't boot from the new image. I'm using a Sophia Systems Sandgate III-P PXA310-based development kit running CE 6.0 R2 with all of the ...

How can I add a binary device driver in Platform Builder for Windows CE 6.0?

I need to add a device driver to a Windows CE image, I have the driver in .dll and .reg files and in a .cab package. I'm using Visual Studio 2005 with Platform Builder for Windows CE 6.0. How can I do that? ...

VS2005 debugger disassembly window

I use PB 6.0 to debug my Windows-CE image. Whenever I run in this mode VS2005 opens the disassembly window each time it hits a debug break in a file that it does not have its source (pdb file for the module). This is really annoying as I would like to stick to the output view. I could find a setting to disable this disassembly window aut...

Why can I not enable breakpoints in Visual Studio 2005?

I have seen that sometimes breakpoints cannot be enabled in Visual Studio, they appear as empty circles, with a warning sign when enabled. This icon change is all the information VS gives. Particularly I'm suffering that in a Windows CE 6.0 project where I cannot enable any breakpoint in any of the sub-projects or in the OS design. The ...

How To: Platform builder for windows CE 6.0

I am a novice to Platform Builder. I need to know how to work with platform builder. As I googled I was not able to find where to start from. Following is what I am looking for. What exact tools to download? As I searched there is no tool called as platform builder. So what to download. Any books or articles on the same. Walkthrough...

How to export a Project Builder for CE 6.0 subproject as a project?

I have an OS design project with some subprojects, I would like to try to compile one of this subprojects using the SDK of other platform. I don't have the BSP used to create this SDK, so I cannot simply add the subproject to a new OS Design for this platform. I think that the only way is to convert the subproject to a new project and co...

What are the common issues that can cause slow boot times of Windows CE6 Images?

I am relatively new to Platform Builder, and whilst I am able to produce nk.bin files, they boot very slowly, 80-100 seconds, so I think there may be some checkbox somewhere that I need to set (or clear)! I've already removed kitl, profiling, etc in the project settings, and set the project to 'release build' & 'ship'. When I looked at...

Does ConManClient2 have any prerequisites on WinCE6?

I have created a Windows CE6 Image through Platform Builder, and I now want to develop c++ applications on this device with VS2005. With Visual Studio 2005 comes ConManClient2, compiled for each patform, which can be placed onto the target platform to allow for remote degugging from VS. On previous platforms, ones I haven't designed th...

NETCF app and "Program memory low" dialog

I have a memory leak somewhere in my NETCF app, but instead of getting the "OutOfMemoryException" with the nice stack trace to track it down, I get the big white wince "Program memory..." dialog and have to restart the device. Can anyone give me or point me to a good set of directions to disable the "Program memory" dialog, and have the ...

Problem related to dll

Hi all! Can anyone guide me what could be the problem in the mentioned below:- This PP folder is present in the following path at my desk "E:\WINCE600\PLATFORM\COMMON\SRC\SOC\COMMON_FSL_V2_PDK1_7\IPUV3" In this IPUV3 folder, PP folder is present which does the resize,rotation & conversion task of an image. This PP folder consists of...