Attach Windows CE 5.0 emulator to Visual Studio 2005

Attach Windows CE 5.0 emulator to Visual Studio 2005

• ProD

  Totally in accord with you.

  I left the linux word as I thougth it was too complicated. But after months of trials and after reading tons of confusing informations I can't start my project.

  Do you think my customer wil be satisfied when I explain about all those downloads and patches and troubles

  Really a bad experience.

  
  

• coln

  ok, warren you  will install plaform builder according to your processor

  in device

  
  
  

• Earl Hood

  Michael

  my question was to connect wince emulator to vs2005 not device

  what is basic difference between developing environs of wince emulator and pocketpc emulator 2003

  as there is no default wince emulator in vs2005

  thanks

  arvind

   

   

   

  
  
  

• startlet

  There are two ways:

  1) Treat the x86 emulator like a networked hardware device and use the instructions at http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/ms228708.aspx. There is no way to integrate with the Device Emulator Manager, as it manages only the DeviceEmulator, not the x86 emulator.

  2) Download the DeviceEmulator BSP for Windows CE 5.0 from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx FamilyID=474b03a6-e87d-455d-bc16-b8cf18ef39b4&displaylang=en and roll an ARMv4i image. The download has instructions on how to create a Windows CE 5.0 SDK that includes seamless DeviceEmulator integration into Visual Studio 2005 and the Device Emulator Manager.

  Barry

  
  

• Giri

  Hi George

  Platform Builder 5.0 is not a free download. This is the Tool suite to build Windows CE OS designs for custom hardware.

  Trials (for 6.0) can be downloaded from here: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/embedded/eval/trial.mspx

  To get PB 5.0: I'd directly contact one of the Windows Embedded Authorized Distributors listed here: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/embedded/disti/distributors.mspx.

  They should be able to get you a copy of PB 5.0.

  HTH

  Michael

  
  
  

• Dumbo51

  Make sure you include all dependant OS components to get DMA to work. The files platform.bib and platform.reg do conditionally include drivers (including SERDMA) based on selected OS. Make sure you include these components.
  
  

• ckoest

  Barry
  
  For those of us on Win2k3, PB which is needed for the 'rolling' process, will not install. Is there a way around this
  
  Thanks very much in advance.
  
  

• Jing-ta

  Ok, I ran the install (Device Emulator BSP for windows CE 5.0 Import) , but the system says I need the Platform Builder so I went to Microsoft downloads and I am not sure what version I need to download... Any ideas I am using MS Visual Studio 2005, we plan to deploy to a windows ce 5.0 framework 2.0 device...

  It is amazing to me that this entire process to just get to the point where I can just begin to code is so convoluted...

  
  

• Jan L.

  Hi

  Using the method described here:
  http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=762812&SiteID=1

  Michael

  
  
  

• erikkl2000

  hi

  how to debug and run application in visual studio 2005 and device emulator 5.0

  regards

  arvind

• Spider-link

  Hi there,

  "- Get Platform Builder 5.0" - From where Is this a free download Can you provide the link where we can download it from

  Thanks & Regards

  George Papadopoulos

  
  

• borice

  Hi Arvind

  The Visual Studio 2005 Device Emulator provides a 'virtual' ARM based device that is capable of running a Windows Mobile (or Windows CE) OS image.
  The only difference is the OS and its SDK (Pocket PC 2003, a Windows CE 5.0 based OS..) that define the availabe features to application developers.

  Here are the basic steps needed to get a custom Windows CE 5.0 based SDK integrated in Visual Studio 2005.
  - Get Platform Builder 5.0
  - download and install the DeviceEmulator BSP
  - Build an OS Design: choose 'DeviceEmulator as target platform
  - Roll an SDK for the created OS design
  - Install SDK
  
  Now you should have a Windows CE 5.0 emulator you can use from VS2005.
  For more details: see Barry Bond's answer in this thread.

  Michael

  
  
  

• chubbysilk

  I have to say this is a total F'enn mess ....

  why in the heck did msft not ship a basic ce 5 emulator package for us

  with vs 2003 / .net 1.x they did, it worked, was not so hard ....

  now we have to wade thru a morrass of downloads, builds, options etc...

  just to do a .net "Hello, World" app

  makes me think I'm going back to slackware linux or somethin!

  
  

• derekyeong

  - Get Platform Builder 5.0
  - download and install the DeviceEmulator BSP
  - Build an OS Design: choose 'DeviceEmulator as target platform
  - Roll an SDK for the created OS design
  - Install SDK

  
  I have done all based on the instructions, but after installing SDK, there is no "DMA Transport" item in the MicrosoftEmulator properties dialog in Visual Studio 2005, only "TCP/IP Transport". While other Emulators, binding in VS2005, like PocketPC Emulator, SmartPhone Emulator all have both the "DMA Transport" and "TCP/IP Transport" selection.What's wrong with my BSP

  
  
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