
VDX-6318 Windows Embedded Compact 7 - Getting Started Guide
Windows Embedded Compact 7 Getting Started Rev 2.00
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Appendix I –
CoreCon Connectivity
CoreCon connectivity is needed to establish link between the Compact 7 target device and the Visual
Studio 2008 IDE to support application development for the target device.
The CoreCon files are installed to the development station as part of the VS2008 installation to the
following folder on the development station:
32-bit development station
\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft shared\CoreCon\1.0\Target\WCE400\<CPU>
64-bit development station
\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft shared\CoreCon\1.0\Target\WCE400\<CPU>
There are multiple set of CoreCon files installed to sub-folders under the above directory, to support
ARM, MIPS and x86 processors, with the processor family as the sub-folder name. Each of these
CoreCon files supports a designated processor family.
The SBC is engineered with an x86 processor. The required CoreCon files to support the SBC are in the
following folder:
32-bit development station
\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft shared\CoreCon\1.0\Target\WCE400\x86\
64-bit development station
\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft shared\CoreCon\1.0\Target\WCE400\x86\
To establish connectivity between the Visual Studio IDE and Compact 7 target device, the appropriate
CoreCon files need to be launched on the target device when Compact 7 starts. In order to use these
CoreCon files, they must be included to the Compact 7 OS run-time image, copied to the target device’s
local storage or make available to the target device via Network share or external storage attached to
the target device.
To help simplify the process to include the required CoreCon files to the OS design, a CoreCon
component, provided as a sub-component to the
AutoLaunch_v300_Compact7
component, is included
with this jump start kit.
The
AutoLaunch_v300_Compact7
component is installed to the
C:\WINCE700\3rdParty
directory.
After installation, the
AutoLaunch_v300_Compact7
component is available as part of the Compact 7
catalog component, in the
\Third Party\Embedded101
folder. The CoreCon component is a sub-
component, included as part of the
AutoLaunch_v300_Compact7
component, as follow:
AutoLaunch_v300_Compact7\Autolaunch CoreCon
The CoreCon component does not include the actual CoreCon binary files. When the CoreCon
component is included in the OS design, it references and adds the necessary build steps to include the
CoreCon files already installed to the development station, to the OS run-time image.
In addition to including the necessary CoreCon files to the OS run-time image, in order for the Visual
Studio IDE to establish connectivity to the target device, the following CoreCon executable must be
launched from the target device, after the Compact 7 OS is started:
Conmanclient2.exe
CMaccept.exe