Application Development (Compact 7)

3/12/2014

To develop applications that will run on the operating system that you build for your Windows Embedded Compact powered device, add support for application development features.

For example, you can implement Windows Embedded Compact APIs to develop managed applications, Active Template Library (ATL) or Component Object Model (COM) applications, or other applications that use XML data.

In This Section

• .NET Compact Framework
  Microsoft .NET Compact Framework is a hardware-independent program execution environment for managed code that runs on Windows Embedded Compact applications.

• Active Template Library (ATL)
  ATL provides a development framework for creating C++ applications for Windows Embedded Compact.

• C/C++ Libraries for Windows Embedded Compact
  Provides reference information about the C function library, including the replacement floating-point C run-time library.

• COM and DCOM
  COM is a platform-independent, distributed, object-oriented system for creating binary software components that can interact.

• Internet Explorer Script Support
  Microsoft JScript and Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) are scripting languages that Windows Embedded Compact supports.

• Messaging API (CE MAPI)
  Messaging API (MAPI) supports developing email messaging applications.

• Pocket Outlook Object Model
  Pocket Outlook Object Model (POOM) provides access to Personal Information Manager (PIM) data stored in Microsoft Outlook on a computer connected to the device.

• XML
  Windows Embedded Compact supports a subset of XML.

• XmlLite
  By using XmlLite you can build XML-based applications that can interoperate with other applications that adhere to the XML 1.0 standard.

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