Chapter 9 Developing Applications - Dolphin 7400 User Manual

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Developing Applications
Applications for the Dolphin 7400/7450 hand held computer are
developed in the Microsoft® Windows® CE environment.
Microsoft Windows CE is a compact, highly efficient, scalable
operating system designed for embedded systems and products. Its
modular platform allows developers flexibility to customize it for a
variety of small footprint and mobile 32-bit devices. Windows CE
supports various hardware peripherals, devices and networking
systems. These include keyboards, touchscreens, serial ports,
Ethernet connections, and storage devices, such as PC cards.
The Dolphin 7400/7450 platform contains most components of the
basic Windows CE kernel except for Pocket Word, Pocket Excel and
Pocket Outlook. The kernel is the central module of the operating
system. It is the part of the operating system that loads first, and it
remains in main memory. Because it stays in memory, it is important
for the kernel to be as small as possible while still providing all the
essential services required by other parts of the operating system and
applications. Data synchronization also is not supported as the
Dolphin 7400/7450 terminal is not designed for use as a single target.
To get started with developing applications for your Dolphin 7400/
7450 terminal, see the electronic help file that comes with the SDK.
For more information about Windows CE, check out these websites:
Microsoft Pocket PC (www.pocketpc.com) - General information
Chris De Herrera's Windows CE website (www.cewindows.net) -
General information and FAQs
MSDN (msdn.microsoft.com/embedded) - Technical articles,
developer documentation and downloads
VBCE.com (www.vbce.com) - eMbedded Visual Basic information
and FAQs
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