Symbol MK2200 MicroKiosk, Product Reference Manual

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Chapter 9
Software Development Environments
Chapter 9
Chapter 9 Software Development Environments
Overview
The MK2200 operating system is Windows CE.NET 4.2, which supports the major technologies and functions
needed to develop applications in any of the following environments:
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Native Windows
®
CE applications in C and C++
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Managed .NET applications in C# or VB.NET *
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Browser-based applications in VBScript or JScript
* C# and VB.NET require a separate installation of the .NET Compact Framework (.NETCF).
Symbol Mobility Developer Kits (SMDKs)
The following software developer kits are available for the MK2200:
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SMDK for C - for developing native C/C++ applications
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SMDK for the Web - for developing browser-based applications
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PocketBrowser v2.01 support for web development
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SMDK for .NET - for developing managed .NET applications in C# or VB.NET.
All Symbol Mobility Developer Kits are available as free downloads from the Symbol DevZone:
http://devzone.symbol.com/.
Symbol Mobility Developer Kit (SMDK) for C
The Symbol Mobility Developer Kit for C is based on industry-standard Microsoft
®
Windows
®
CE development
tools and enables development of native C and C++ applications. Use this developer kit in conjunction with
Microsoft
®
Embedded Visual C++ 4.0 Service Pack 3 and Symbol’s Platform SDK (PSDK) for MK2000c42.
SMDK for C includes the following components:
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Standard Symbol C API Libraries
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MK2200-specific C API Libraries
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Help file containing a C API Reference Guide
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Sample applications with full source code.