Symbol PDT 8000, Product Reference Manual

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Software Installation on Development PC
Introduction
To develop applications to run on the terminal, the following are required:
• Symbol Mobility Developer’s Kit (SMDK) for Embedded Visual C 4.0 (eVC4)
• Symbol Mobility Developer’s Kit (SMDK) for .NET
• Symbol Device Configuration Package (DCP) for PDT 8000.
The SMDK for eVC4 is a development tool used to create native C and C++ applications
for all Symbol terminals running the Microsoft Windows Mobile 2003 Software for Pocket
PCs operating system. It includes documentation, header files (.H), and library files (.LIB)
for native code application development that targets Symbol value-add APIs.
The SMDK for .NET provides all of the tools necessary to develop C# and VB.NET
managed applications for Symbol terminals. These tools include class libraries, sample
applications, and associated documentation. SMDK for .NET allows Microsoft
®
.NET
Compact Framework developers to programmatically access the Symbol value-add
features of the terminal.
The DCP provides the Product Reference Guide (PRG), flash partitions, Terminal
Configuration Manager (TCM) and the associated TCM scripts. With this package hex
images that represent flash partitions can be created and downloaded to the terminal.
The minimum system configuration required to install the SMDK and DCP is:
• IBM-compatible host computer with Pentium 450 MHz processor or higher
• Microsoft Windows XP or Microsoft Windows 2000 operating system
• 128 MB RAM
• 100 MB available hard disk space
• CD-ROM drive
• One available serial port
• Mouse
• ActiveSync software, available at http://www.microsoft.com.
In order to install the SMDK for eVC4, the following components must first be installed on
the development PC:
• Microsoft Windows XP or Windows 2000
• Microsoft Embedded Visual C++ v4.0 with SP2