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SangminKim
SangminKim

Reputation: 9156

Does windows CE 7.0 has same API and functionality with normal windows system programming?

I Want to know if Windows CE 7.0 has same API and functionality with normal Windows system programming.

For example, i have to deal with serial(RS-232), TCP/IP, select() and so on in Windows CE 7.0.

Can i use all of API same as normal Windows?

Or there are some Difference between them ?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 98

Answers (1)

Valter Minute
Valter Minute

Reputation: 2210

The API are similar, but you should expect some differences. For example serial port drivers may not support asynchronous read/writes. This is supported in the OS (since ver 7.0), but I have seen no drivers actually using it. Also socket API is similar but, as you know, evil hides in details. As a general rule you can't take for granted that software running on Windows desktop (or "normal" if you prefer :)) will just need a rebuild to run on CE. It will need at least a rebuild (and sometimes this may be clumsy if you are using different releases of Visual Studio).

Upvotes: 1

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