How to Create a Mobile Handheld

The Mobile Handheld configuration provides a starting point for mobile devices with a clamshell-and-keyboard styled design. For more information, see Mobile Handheld Configuration.

To create a Mobile Handheld configuration, you can use the New Platform Wizard that includes a pre-configured option, or you can build a custom platform by selecting the appropriate features for your device.

Hardware and Software Assumptions

To track your progress in the following table, select the check box next to each step.

  Step Topic
1. Create a platform for the Mobile Handheld. The following list shows the choices to make:
  • From the Available BSPs list in the New Platform Wizard, select CEPC: x86.
  • From the Available configurations list, choose Mobile Handheld.
Creating a Platform
2. (Optional) Include additional networking and communications features to the platform. Additional Networking and Communications Features
3. (Optional) Modify the shell.

Customize the user interface to adapt to your hardware device.

Creating a Custom Shell
4. Prepare to build the Mobile Handheld. Preparing to Build a Project
5. Build the platform for the CEPC.
  • From the Set Active Platform Configuration dialog box, choose <Platform Name> CEPC: x86 Win32 (WCE x86) Debug.
Building a Platform
6. Configure a connection to a CEPC. The following list shows the choices to make:
  • For both the Download and Kernel Transport options, choose Ethernet from the list, and then click Configure
  • From the Available Devices list, choose your CEPC.
Configuring a Connection for Downloading and Debugging
7. Download the OS image to the CEPC. Downloading an OS Image to a Target Device

See Also

Mobile Handheld Features | Platform Modification |CEPC How-to Topics | OS Configurations How-to Topics | Creating an Application-Defined Window Control

Last updated on Wednesday, April 13, 2005

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