Re: Windows CE ABI

From: Alessandro Santos (alcarvalhal_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 05/11/04 

Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 19:29:01 -0300

Thanks once again.

I think now I can start to walk by my self.

Alessandro

"Michael J. Salamone [eMVP]" <mikesa#at#entrek#dot#com> escreveu na mensagem
news:eYXOZJ2NEHA.1392@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Use dumpbin /imports to find out what DLLs an exe/DLL is importing, as
well
> as the entrypoints it is calling in those DLLs. Use dumpbin /? to see
other
> options. There is also a dumpbin reference in MSDN (you can search
> msdn.microsoft.com if you don't have MSDN Library installed).
>
> The first question - how exe files access the OS - is a bit ambiguous. I
> think the answer you're looking for is through the OS APIs (again, we
don't
> use ABI in the Windows world). You will see by using dumpbin any OS calls
> the application might be making. However, most of those APIs reside in
> coredll.dll, and imports by ordinal number instead of name (makes the
> applications smaller), so you would have to resolve the ordinal numbers to
> names manually. If you get the Platform Builder eval, you can see
> coredll.def which has the ordinals and corresponding names. For PB 4.20,
it
> would be in \win420\private\winceos\coreos\core\dll.
>
> If you mean how do exe files become processes, that would be by the
> CreateProcess() API. That invokes the loader, which gets the exe file
into
> memory and executing.
> --
>
> Michael Salamone [eMVP]
> Entrek Software, Inc.
> www.entrek.com
>
>
>
> "Alessandro Santos" <alcarvalhal@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:e$cwaL1NEHA.268@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > Thanks again Mike,
> >
> > Since I am trying to emulate the XScale processor and WindowsCE I will
> need
> > to know some other information that I expected to find in the ABI. Can
you
> > help me ?
> >
> > How the exe files access the OS ? Can I find this information in the
> > Platform Builder help ?
> > Which OS DLLs are linked in an exe file as default?
> >
> >
> > "Michael J. Salamone [eMVP]" <mikesa#at#entrek#dot#com> wrote in message
> > news:%23riKaMwNEHA.892@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > > Well, it's not really called a binary interface - at least not in the
> > > Windows world.
> > >
> > > Most likely dumpbin.exe will give you what you want. It runs on the
> > > desktop, but works on Windows CE binaries, too. It comes eVC, Visual
> > > Studio, and PB I believe, so you should have it.
> > > --
> > >
> > > Michael Salamone [eMVP]
> > > Entrek Software, Inc.
> > > www.entrek.com
> > >
> > >
> > > "Alessandro Santos" <alcarvalhal@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > > news:%2330T0asNEHA.3556@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > > > Thanks Mike,
> > > >
> > > > But I need the binary interface also. I need to dump the binary file
> > (exe
> > > > file) and get
> > > > the XScale processor hexa/binary instructions.
> > > >
> > > > Do you know where I can find it ?
> > > >
> > > > "Michael J. Salamone [eMVP]" <mikesa#at#entrek#dot#com> wrote in
> message
> > > > news:OfRn4PrNEHA.644@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > > > > You can find API (Application Programming Interface) in either
> > Platform
> > > > > Builder help or any of the CE-based SDKs from Microsoft
> > > > >
> > > > > Platform Builder is a tool used to make a new platform based on
> > Windows
> > > > CE.
> > > > > There is a free eval of it you can download from Microsoft. In
it,
> > you
> > > > can
> > > > > find help for APIs that *may* be included in a Windows CE-based
> > > platform,
> > > > > such as Pocket PC, Smartphone, WCeFA, or any other number of
> platforms
> > > > > derived from CE.
> > > > >
> > > > > You can also download free from Microsoft Pocket PC and Smartphone
> > SDKs.
> > > > > The help includes some/most of the Windows CE APIs, especially
those
> > > ones
> > > > > included in the Pocket PC/Smartphone configs, as well as APIs
> specific
> > > to
> > > > > those platforms. That is, those platforms have additional APIs
that
> > are
> > > > not
> > > > > part of the basic Windows CE APIs.
> > > > > --
> > > > >
> > > > > Michael Salamone [eMVP]
> > > > > Entrek Software, Inc.
> > > > > www.entrek.com
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > "Alessandro Santos" <alcarvalhal@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > > > > news:uUb4DfpNEHA.2976@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > for my thesis I'm working with Windows CE.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > And I am looking for Windows CE ABI (application binary
interface)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Does anybody know where I can find it ?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Tks in advance,
> > > > > > Alessandro
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>