SDK API Reference (Handheld 8.1)

7/17/2014

Windows Embedded 8.1 Handheld represents the next generation of Microsoft’s leading platform for industrial handheld and point of service (POS) devices. Built on top of the Windows Phone 8.1 core platform, Handheld 8.1 takes advantage of the full power of the Windows Phone API. In addition, Handheld 8.1 incorporates features of the WinRT API that are not supported in Windows Phone, providing a new programming interface for modern applications to access POS peripheral devices, such as barcode scanners and magnetic stripe readers (MSR).

This section contains API reference information for building applications with the Windows Embedded 8.1 Handheld SDK.

In this section

• Windows Embedded 8.1 Handheld Namespaces

  • Windows.Embedded.DeviceLockdown namespace
  • Windows.Embedded.DeviceManagement namespace

• Windows Phone 8.1 Namespaces
  The entire Windows Phone 8.1 API surface area is available for use in Handheld 8.1 apps. For more information, visit the Windows Phone Dev Center.

• WinRT Namespaces

  • Windows.Devices.PointOfService
  • Windows.Devices.Usb

  Warning

  These WinRT namespaces and classes are available for use in Handheld 8.1 apps; however, they are not supported for Windows Phone app development.

See Also

Concepts

Windows Embedded 8.1 Handheld
Develop Applications (Handheld 8.1)