
VDX-6318 Windows Embedded Compact 7 - Getting Started Guide
Windows Embedded Compact 7 Getting Started Rev 2.00
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Development Environment Overview
The Windows Embedded Compact 7 Platform Builder (Platform Builder) development tool is a plug-in to
the Visual Studio 2008 integrated development environment (VS2008 IDE). All Compact 7 development
tasks are supported within the VS2008 IDE, a developer friendly, efficient and intuitive development
environment with templates and wizard to help simplify complicate development tasks.
Windows Embedded Compact 7
Windows Embedded Compact 7 is a hard Real-time operating system with ability to handle 32,000
concurrent processes and 2GB memory footprint for each process. Compact 7 delivers reliable,
secure performance in a small footprint package along with the latest networking, multimedia and
communications technologies. Compact 7 provides broad range of device support with enhanced
features, including robust file system, Web services for device, Silverlight for Windows Embedded,
voice over IP, network gateway configurations, platform development tool enhancements, greater
application compatibility with other Windows Embedded Compact based devices, Internet Explorer,
Windows Media CODECs, Microsoft .NET Compact Framework, and a number of other newly
supported protocols and services.
Combining large pool of production quality BSPs, device drivers, programming libraries and effective
development tools, Compact 7 provides an ideal rapid application development environment to help
create the next generation of smart, media rich, connected and service oriented devices. For more
information about Compact 7, visit:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsembedded/en-us/products/windowsce/compact7.mspx
Windows Embedded Compact 7 – Platform Builder
Platform Builder is the development tool used to create Compact 7 OS design projects, build custom
Compact 7 OS run-time images and develop Compact 7 device drivers. It also provides the remote
tools to debug Compact 7 OS run-time image, device drivers and software components on a target
device.
Platform Builder for Compact 7 is a plug-in to the VS2008 IDE, and requires the VS2008 IDE to
function.
Note:
The previous version, Windows Embedded CE 6.0 Platform Builder, is a plug-in to the Visual Studio
2005 IDE.
For Windows CE 5.0 and earlier versions, Platform Builder was a standalone development tool.
Windows Embedded Compact 7 Remote Tools
Using remote tools provided as part of the Compact 7 development environment, you are able to
remotely debug Compact 7 OS run-time image running on a target device, built with KITL enabled.
The following remote tools are provided as part of the Compact 7 development environment:
File Viewer
Kernel Tracker
Performance Monitor
Power Monitor