Author: Paul Massie
Date: 16:34:28 08/12/01
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I just finished porting a program to the PocketPC. It was previously compiled on MSVC 6.0, with mostly ANSI C. About 90% of it was just a re-compile. The rest had to be re-written in some non-obvious ways. You MUST have a graphic UI, and it MUST conform to Microsoft standards. There are a few, but important, ANSI functions that just aren't there. They've been supplanted with Microsoft functions. If you're contemplating this I would recommend getting the book "Programming Microsoft Windows CE, Second Edition" by Doug Boling. It's expensive, at about $65, but has a number of valuable tips in it. It also has a copy of the compiler on CD. Paul On August 12, 2001 at 17:45:27, Tim Foden wrote: >On August 12, 2001 at 16:45:53, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: > >>Someone recently asked me if I would consider porting >>my program over to Pocket PC's. >> >>My question is how much work would this be? I can >>imagine it's not going to be a straight recompile, >>but what is involved in doing this kind of port? >> >>My engine is ANSI C, no assembly or anything, and >>only has a text mode. > >There is no command line mode in Pocket PC. You would have to write a graphic >UI of some sort. > >Also, the OS is based on Unicode, not Ansi, so strings may need to be ported. > >There are very few ways to get the current time, so your time code will probably >have to change. > >There may be a few other things, but I can't remember them right now. I have a >version of GLC that runs on Pocket PC. If you have any more questions I'll try >to answer them. > >At least the compiler, etc., is free for download, or $15 on a CD (I went for >the latter as the download is very large). > >Cheers, Tim.
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