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3.4 Application program development
The FPC-8057 is bundled with built-in Windows CE.NET operating
system and with Compact Framewrok. In real applications users need to
execute various applications programs on it. However, unlike its other
family the Windows CE.NET is a hardware-dependent operating system. That
is to say, Windows CE.NET application programs are only portable in the
source code level. Users must rebuild the runtime file for a different
Windows CE.NET platform even though the source code may not be
changed at all.
To develop your application program, you can use two development
tools. Visual Studio.NET or eMbedded Visual C++ 4.0.
For Visual Studio.NET, you can download newest version of Compact
Framework from Microsoft website.
For eMbedded Visual C++4.0; the following development tools must be
installed on the PC:
z Microsoft eMbedded Visual C++ 4.0
z Microsoft eMbedded Visual C++ 4.0 Service Pack 1 z FPC-
8057 SDK
3.4.1 Microsoft eMbedded Visual C++ 4.0
System
Requirements
To use Microsoft eMbedded Visual C++ 4.0 you need the following:
z A desktop computer with a Pentium-II class processor, 450 MHz or
faster
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