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Applications and Services Development Catalog Items (Windows Embedded CE 6.0)

1/6/2010

You can add catalog items for applications and services to a Windows Embedded CE OS design.

User Applications Catalog Items

The following table shows the catalog items under the Applications - End User node.

Catalog item SYSGEN variable Description

ActiveSync

SYSGEN_AS_BASE

Adds base data synchronization components and the application installer and uninstaller. For more information, see ActiveSync.

File Sync

SYSGEN_AS_FILE

Adds the file synchronization component.

Inbox Sync

SYSGEN_AS_MAIL

Adds synchronization for Inbox mail.

Pocket Outlook Database Sync

SYSGEN_AS_PIM

Adds synchronization for Inbox contacts, tasks, and appointments.

CAB File Installer/Uninstaller

SYSGEN_WCELOAD

Adds support for installing .cab files on a device. For more information, see Cabinet (.cab) File Overview.

Freecell

SYSGEN_FREECELL

Adds Microsoft FreeCell for a user to play on the device.

Solitaire

SYSGEN_SOLITARE

Adds the solitaire card game for a user to play on the device.

User Help

SYSGEN_HELP

Adds user help capabilities for device applications.

For more information, see User Help.

Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)

SYSGEN_RDP

Adds base RDP functionality that includes the CETSC executable, the MSTSCAX ActiveX DLL, 32-bit color, Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security (SSL/TLS), Server Authentication, and Network Level Authentication (NLA). For more information, see Remote Desktop Protocol.

Audio Playback Redirection

SYSGEN_RDP_AUDIO

Enables audio redirection from the server to the RDP client.

Note    SYSGEN_RDP_AUDIO does not automatically bring in the ACM WMA or MP3 audio codecs. For this, you must add SYSGEN_DSHOW_ACMMP and SYSGEN_DSHOW_ACMWMA.

Printer Redirection

SYSGEN_RDP_PRINTER

Enables printer redirection from the server to the RDP client.

Smard Card Redirection

SYSGEN_RDP_SMARTCARD

Enables smart card redirection for terminal server logon and application usage. OS developers must add the smart card driver appropriate for their system together with a custom CSP provided by the third-party Smart Card reader provider.

Serial and Parallel Port Redirection

SYSGEN_RDP_PORT

Enables serial and parallel port redirection.

Cut/Copy/Paste Clipboard Redirection

SYSGEN_RDP_CLIPBOARD

Enables cut, copy, and paste clipboard redirection.

User Interface Dialog Boxes

SYSGEN_RDP_UI

Enables user interface dialog boxes.

File Storage Redirection

SYSGEN_RDP_DRIVE

Enables file storage redirection.

Filtered File Storage Redirection

SYSGEN_RDP_FILTERFSD

Enables filtered file storage redirection.

License Information

SYSGEN_RDP_LICINFO

Adds the RDP Client Activation License utility.

Windows Network Projector

SYSGEN_RDP_PROJECTOR

Adds support for an IP-based display device that uses RDP over an IP network to display the contents from a Windows Vista computer.

Sample Network Projector UI

SYSGEN_RDP_PROJECTOR_UI

Adds a sample UI for a network projector, provided in English.

Terminal Emulator

SYSGEN_PEGTERM

Adds a sample terminal emulation application that lets you use TTY or VT100 emulation mode to connect to a remote host by using a TAPI device.

Windows Messenger

SYSGEN_MESSENGER

Adds the Windows Messenger application that detects contacts and provides text and voice messaging and file transfers by using .NET Messenger and Real-time Communications (RTC) services.

WordPad

SYSGEN_PWORD

Adds support for text (.txt) files.

Applications and Services Catalog Items

The following table shows the catalog items under the Applications and Services Development node.

Catalog item SYSGEN variable Description

.NET Compact Framework

SYSGEN_DOTNET

Adds .NET Compact Framework and the .NET Compact Framework Service Pack 2 to your OS design.

For more information, see .NET Compact Framework.

Adobe Flash Lite ActiveX Control

SYSGEN_IE_FLASHLITE

An ActiveX control that supports Adobe Flash Lite in Internet Explorer Embedded.

OS Dependencies for .NET Compact Framework

SYSGEN_DOTNET_SUPPORT

Adds all the necessary files and OS dependencies to enable .NET Compact Framework. However, these files do not include .NET Compact Framework.

For more information, see .NET Compact Framework OS Design Development.

Smart Device Authentication Utility

SYSGEN_VS_SD_AUTH

Adds the Smart Device Authentication Utility, SDAuthUtilDevice.exe, a tool to use during application development when you connect a development board to Visual Studio through Ethernet instead of ActiveSync.

Active Template Library (ATL)

SYSGEN_ATL

Includes support for Active Template Library for Windows Embedded CE.

C++ Runtime Support for Exception Handling and Runtime Type Information

SYSGEN_CPP_EH_AND_RTTI

Includes support for compiler C++ exception handling the same as the desktop C++ compilers.

Full C Runtime

SYSGEN_FULL_CRT

Includes full C run-time support in your run-time image.

Standard I/O (STDIO)

SYSGEN_STDIO

Includes standard I/O support.

Standard I/O ASCII (STDIOA)

SYSGEN_STDIOA

Includes standard I/O ASCII support.

Standard String Functions - ASCII (coresta)

SYSGEN_CORESTRA

Includes standard string functions.

String Safe Utility Functions

SYSGEN_STRSAFE

Includes string safe utility functions.

COM

SYSGEN_OLE

Adds a midrange implementation of COM and Automation that supports only in-process free-threaded objects.

For more information, see Component Services (COM and DCOM).

CoCreateGuid functionality for OLE32

SYSGEN_OLE_GUIDS

Adds support for CoCreateGuid used with the standard COM implementation.

For more information, see Component Services (COM and DCOM).

COM Storage

SYSGEN_OLE_STG

Adds structured storage functionality to the standard COM implementation.

For more information, see Component Services (COM and DCOM).

DCOM

SYSGEN_DCOM

Adds a full-featured COM implementation the same as Microsoft Windows NT® 4.0 Service Pack 5.

This catalog item no longer brings in the DCOM component libraries.

For more information, see Component Services (COM and DCOM).

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Distributed COM (DCOM) is not included in Windows Embedded CE. For more information, see Remote DCOM Support.

COM Storage

SYSGEN_DCOM_STG

This catalog item adds structured storage functionality to DCOM.

For more information, see Component Services (COM and DCOM).

Minimal COM (No OLE Support)

SYSGEN_MINICOM

Adds a minimal COM implementation that provides a baseline API for COM object creation.

For more information, see Component Services (COM and DCOM).

CoCreateGuid functionality for OLE32

SYSGEN_MINICOM_GUIDS

Adds support for CoCreateGuid used with the minimal COM implementation.

For more information, see Component Services (COM and DCOM).

COM Storage

SYSGEN_MINICOM_STG

For more information, see Component Services (COM and DCOM).

Exchange Client

SYSGEN_FPVOIP_OWAEXCHANGE

Applies to Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R2

Includes the Exchange client in the run-time image.

For more information, see Exchange Client.

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Client

SYSGEN_LDAP

Includes the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) client in the run-time image.

For more information, see Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Client.

Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC)

SYSGEN_MFC

Includes support for Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC). MFC for Windows Embedded CE is a comprehensive class library and complete object-oriented application framework designed to help build applications, COM components, and controls. You can create anything from a simple dialog box–based application to a sophisticated application that uses the full MFC document or view architecture.

This catalog item is available only in display-based OS designs.

Pocket Outlook Object Model (POOM)

SYSGEN_POOM

Includes support for Outlook Mobile-related data stores and the API modules.

For more information, see Pocket Outlook Object Model (POOM).

SOAP Toolkit Client

SYSGEN_SOAPTK_CLIENT

Adds SOAP Toolkit client support that enables Web services invocation.

For more information, see SOAP Toolkit.

SOAP Toolkit Server

SYSGEN_SOAPTK_SERVER

Adds SOAP Toolkit server support that maps Web service requests to COM method calls.

For more information, see SOAP Toolkit.

Speech API (SAPI) 5.0

SYSGEN_SPEECH

Adds a subset of the Microsoft Speech API (SAPI) version 5.0. SAPI 5.0 is a programming standard for speech recognition and text-to-speech.

Available in both display-based devices and devices that have no display screens.

For more information, see Speech API (SAPI) 5.0.

Standard SDK for Windows Embedded CE 

SYSGEN_USDK

The Standard Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows Embedded CE Catalog item includes a common baseline of Windows Embedded CE technologies to make it easy to port applications.

This catalog item is available only in display-based OS designs.

XML Core Services and Document Object Model (DOM)

SYSGEN_MSXML_DOM

Supports basic DOM for MSXML. This catalog item performs DTD and schema verification on documents if you want and includes XML error strings not included in xmlminisax. It also supports schema caching. This catalog item is required by all other core XML catalog items except xmlminisax. Selecting this catalog item automatically selects xmlnetful networking.

For more information, see XML Core Services and Document Object Model.

XML Error Strings

SYSGEN_MSXML_ERROR_STRINGS

Includes error strings in the OS design. Setting this Sysgen variable increases the image size by 40 KB, but provides more meaningful information to developers when there are errors parsing XML text.

For more information, see XML OS Design Development.

XML HTTP

SYSGEN_MSXML_HTTP

Includes the XMLHTTP object, which enables Web services.

For more information, see XML HTTP.

XML Query Language (XQL)

SYSGEN_MSXML_XQL

Provides support for the XML Query Language (XQL).

For more information, see XML Query Language (XQL).

XML Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT)

SYSGEN_MSXML_XSLT

Provides support for the XML Stylesheet Language Transformation (XSLT). Requires the XML Query Language (XQL) catalog item.

For more information, see XML Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT).

XML SAX

SYSGEN_MSXML_SAX

Provides support for XML SAX that includes xmldom. Unlike xmlminisax, xmlsax performs DTD validation of documents, includes MXXMLWriter, and can be used from Visual Basic.

For more information, see XML SAX.

XML Minimal Parser

SYSGEN_MSXML_MINI

Provides the smallest possible combination of XML options for devices that require some XML parsing, but have very limited resources. This option must be the only core XML catalog item specified. No other catalog items rely on it. Selecting this catalog item automatically selects xmlnetmini networking.

For more information, see XML Minimal Parser and XML OS Design Development.

See Also

Other Resources

Applications and Services
Windows Embedded CE Features