Offline installation of CE 6.0 R3
I already provided a way to "download once install often" for the Windows CE 6.0 R2 update, and now I've modified the sources to do the same for the R3 update (1.19 GB). Full source and executable...
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VisualSVN (Subversion) and Mantis Integration
This post is a bit off-topic for this blog, but since source control and bugtracking are important for Windows CE development as well I thought I'd post about my experiences for (my own) future...
View ArticleGoodbye NNTP, hello webforums!
Microsoft has decided to retire the newsgroups and move community support to webforums, so it's...
View ArticleTopaz
GuruCE is the official supplier and support center for Windows CE/Windows Embedded Compact on Device Solution's Topaz i.MX25 CPU Module and the Topaz i.MX25 Development Kit.For more information and...
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Installing CE 6.0 SDK's on systems with only VS2008 installed
If you are a device manufacturer or are in any other way involved in building Windows CE 6.0 kernels, you undoubtedly also have to generate an SDK for your device so that application developers can...
View ArticleNew version of the Topaz BSP and Topaz Flasher
We have just released a new version of the BSP (r298) and a new version of the Topaz Flasher.The r298 Topaz BSP now includes a fully configurable GPIO driver and SDK libraries / headers (amongst other...
View ArticleNew release of Topaz BSP
We have just released a new version of the BSP (r366).Here are the fixes/additions in this release:Improved LCD autodetection routinesAdded support for LCD autodetection in 24LC32+ EEPROMsAdded support...
View ArticleCloning CalibrUi in Windows CE 6.0
If you have a need to clone the calibration application in Windows CE 6.0 you'll run into several problems when following the instructions in MSDN. The instructions on that page seem to be working fine...
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Hosting webservices on Windows Embedded Compact (Windows CE) using gSOAP
In this blog post I'd like to discuss how to host webservices on a Windows Embedded Compact device. You can certainly consume webservices on a smart device using managed code, but hosting a webservice...
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How to remove the demonic "Build and Sysgen" commands from Platform Builder...
By now, all of you reading this blog should know that you should NEVER EVER DO A BUILD AND SYSGEN (a "blddemo" without "-q") on your build tree.The reason for this is that this command will try to...
View ArticleSpeeding up the Windows Embedded Compact 7 build process
When you modify something small in your BSP's code and parameter files (like platform.reg) and want to build it, the right way is to right click your BSP and select "Build and Sysgen" (note that this...
View ArticleWindows Embedded Compact 7 BSP
Today GuruCE released the first version of the Topaz iMX25 Windows Embedded Compact 7 BSP and image binaries and a new release of the CE 6.0 R3 BSP and image binaries.Release notes and the latest...
View ArticleWindows Embedded QFE's (updates)
Since the change to Silverlight/Bing on Microsoft downloads, the download search has become completely useless (for fun, try searching for "CE 6.0", then try "CE") [Update: MS seems to have fixed the...
View ArticledwNKWatchDogThreadPriority
Windows CE supports a hardware watchdog implementation. The watchdog's properties can be set through two exported kernel variables; dwOEMWatchDogPeriod (to set the period in ms between feeding the dog)...
View ArticleCustomizing a UI Component
In this blog post I will show you how you can customize all Windows CE dialogs without the need to change ANY file in the PUBLIC tree. As you no doubt know changing any code in the Windows CE PUBLIC...
View ArticleLoad, unload or reload a driver at runtime
If you develop drivers for Windows CE or Embedded Compact you know it is a major PITA to have to reload the entire kernel every time you change something in the driver code. You need to do this even in...
View ArticleFlexCAN usage example
Since we included our iMX FlexCAN driver in the iMX25 Topazimage binaries we have received a couple of requests for sample code, so here it is:#include "DebugZones.h" #include "FlexCANSDK.h"#define...
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Hosting webservices on Windows Embedded Compact using gSOAP: Uploading a file
By popular demand here's a simple example how to upload a file using a gSOAP webservice. This is a follow up post; for this example you first need to read and implement the code from the first post in...
View ArticleReconstructing WEC7 web updates for offline installation
[UPDATE: This issue has been resolved through the "Offline Layout" feature]Microsoft changed the update mechanisms in the new version of Windows CE; Windows Embedded Compact 7. The update mechanism...
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Hosting webservices on WEC using gSOAP: Windows Phone 7.5 Mango Client...
In the previous 2 articles (this and this one) I showed you how to create .NET C# based client applications consuming a webservice running on a Windows Embedded Compact device. In this blog post I will...
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