IDE for development on WM 6.0 (ARMv6)

Hi All,

I have some queries regarding development on WM6

1: Does SDK for WM6 supports ARMv6(as I only see ARMv4 on VS2005 and VS2008
when I install the WM6 SDK) ?

2: which IDE shall I use for development for WM6 on ARMv6 ?

Thanks in advance

Dean
Mon Jun 16 11:33:54 PDT 2008

ARMv6 is backwards compatible with ARMv4. So the SDK supports ARMv6
processors. There are no ARMv6 issues you need to worry about for
application development.

--
Dean Ramsier - eMVP
BSQUARE Corporation


"Zender" <Zender@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:43EED8F4-493F-421C-9594-726842860C32@microsoft.com...
> Hi All,
>
> I have some queries regarding development on WM6
>
> 1: Does SDK for WM6 supports ARMv6(as I only see ARMv4 on VS2005 and
> VS2008
> when I install the WM6 SDK) ?
>
> 2: which IDE shall I use for development for WM6 on ARMv6 ?
>
> Thanks in advance
>

Michel
Mon Jun 16 21:37:39 PDT 2008

And you should use Visual Studio 2008 for app development targeting WM6.
Install the correct WM6 SDK (professional or standard) and create a new
"Smart Device" project. Select the SDK you want to build against from
the dropdown in the 2nd screen of the "New Project Wizard".

Good luck,

Michel Verhagen, eMVP
Check out my blog: http://GuruCE.com/blog

GuruCE Ltd.
Microsoft Embedded Partner
http://GuruCE.com
Consultancy, training and development services.

Dean Ramsier wrote:
> ARMv6 is backwards compatible with ARMv4. So the SDK supports ARMv6
> processors. There are no ARMv6 issues you need to worry about for
> application development.
>

BitCrazed
Tue Jun 17 14:36:30 PDT 2008

You must use Visual Studio 2005 when using Platform Builder to create a
Windows CE image. If you want to build Windows CE applications it's
recommended that you use Visual Studio 2008, although Visual Studio 2005
will still work.

ARMv4 code should run fine on an ARMx6 processor. If you want to take
advantage of ARMv6 specific features, you may have to hand-code callable
routines in ARMv6 assembly (which Microsoft's ARM assembler supports through
a command-line switch).

HTH.

BitCrazed.


"Zender" <Zender@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:43EED8F4-493F-421C-9594-726842860C32@microsoft.com...
> Hi All,
>
> I have some queries regarding development on WM6
>
> 1: Does SDK for WM6 supports ARMv6(as I only see ARMv4 on VS2005 and
> VS2008
> when I install the WM6 SDK) ?
>
> 2: which IDE shall I use for development for WM6 on ARMv6 ?
>
> Thanks in advance
>

Michel
Tue Jun 17 16:38:37 PDT 2008

He is asking for WM, which is Windows Mobile, and WM has nothing to do
with VS 2005, that's only CE 6.0 (and WM6.0 is based on CE 5.0 which you
debug with Platform Builder for Windows Mobile and build on the command
line).


Good luck,

Michel Verhagen, eMVP
Check out my blog: http://GuruCE.com/blog

GuruCE Ltd.
Microsoft Embedded Partner
http://GuruCE.com
Consultancy, training and development services.

BitCrazed wrote:
> You must use Visual Studio 2005 when using Platform Builder to create a
> Windows CE image. If you want to build Windows CE applications it's
> recommended that you use Visual Studio 2008, although Visual Studio 2005
> will still work.
>
> ARMv4 code should run fine on an ARMx6 processor. If you want to take
> advantage of ARMv6 specific features, you may have to hand-code callable
> routines in ARMv6 assembly (which Microsoft's ARM assembler supports
> through a command-line switch).
>
> HTH.
>
> BitCrazed.
>
>
> "Zender" <Zender@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:43EED8F4-493F-421C-9594-726842860C32@microsoft.com...
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I have some queries regarding development on WM6
>>
>> 1: Does SDK for WM6 supports ARMv6(as I only see ARMv4 on VS2005 and
>> VS2008
>> when I install the WM6 SDK) ?
>>
>> 2: which IDE shall I use for development for WM6 on ARMv6 ?
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>>