Installing The Sdk; Software Updates - Symbol MC9000-G Product Reference Manual

8-4 MC9000-G for Embedded Windows® CE .NET Product Reference Guide
The Symbol Windows CE SDK for Series 9000 includes the following components:
• Help
• PRG
• Readme
• Samples Sample source code, showing how to interface with Symbol API functions.
• Emulator Series 9000 Desktop emulation environment.
• TCM

Installing the SDK

1. Download the SDK from the Symbol website, http://devzone.symbol.com.
2. Double-click the executable file and follow the install screen prompts.
3. Once installed, the major components of the SDK can be accessed from the Symbol
Windows CE SDK (PDT9000) program group of the Windows Start Menu. The components
include: Help, PRG, Readme, Samples, TCM, Emulator and Updates.
4. The sample applications provide a good overview of the SDK usage. To build a sample
application, open the Samples folder from the Windows Start menu. Open the folder for the
desired sample and then open the project file. The project file has an extension of VCP.
Microsoft Visual C++ v4.0 will automatically launch. Select PDT9000 as the Active WCE
Configuration. Select Win32 (WCE ARMV4) Debug as the Active Configuration.
If both Microsoft Visual C++ v3.0 and Microsoft Visual C++ v4.0 are installed on
the development computer then confirm that Microsoft Visual C++ v4.0 is the
one being launched.

Software Updates

Updates to the SDK can be downloaded from the Symbol Developer Zone web site at http://
devzone.symbol.com. This site can be easily accessed using a shortcut added to the Windows start
menu. It should be checked periodically for important updates and new software versions.
HTML-based help file containing the Symbol API definitions.
Product Reference Guide containing information about the setup and use of the
mobile computer.
HTML-based file containing release notes and last minute help updates.
Terminal Configuration Manager program used to customize and load software.