Re: WinCE 6.0 BSP (CEPC) for Virtual PC

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Thanks Paul for your message. The software development group is using VS2008
and developing in C# and .NET 3.0. So, each developer would have to have
VS2005 w/PB installed also, even though they have no intension of building
images. Other non-software team members would have to have VS2005 w/PB
installed to test drive or demo the applications. I do see the value in
using the emulator for some aspects of the software development, but in other
aspects it's a hinderance. I would have a hard time convincing non-software
developers into installing VS2005 + SP1 + PB just to look at our applications.

"Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" wrote:

Platform Builder has an emulator target. I think that makes more sense than
trying to run the OS on a PC within a PC. Download the Platform Builder
evaluation version via the www.microsoft.com/embedded page, install VS2005
Pro and the evaluation and work through some of the tutorials in the help.
That will give you the ability to build some sort of an emulator image which
you can then play with to understand how application development works.

There's also the no-Platform-Builder option, if you aren't going to be
building Windows CE for your target hardware later. Install VS2005 Pro or
better and one of Microsoft-provided SDKs. Something like Windows Mobile 6
would do. That would give you an emulator target that you could play with.
Some of the APIs in WM6 are not available to generic Windows CE platforms,
but, if you carefully avoid those, you should be able to familiarize
yourself with what you have to do.

Paul T.

"GJ" <GJ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:6C109E8C-4AB5-4DC1-9C66-463DC4EA9460@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
We are considering WinCE 6.0 for a new project, and while the hardware
guys
are out looking at/evaluating platforms, I would like to get familiar with
WinCE 6.0 application development. My thought is to run WinCE 6.0 in a
Virtual PC environment (or Vmware). I've searched the web and found vague
references to being able to do this. I will buy a commercial product, and
if
one isn't available I would attempt to build my own BSP (not desireable at
this point).

I can't imagine that I'm the only one who would like to do this. I would
greatly appreciate any info on this subject.

Thanks!



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