Platform Builder is a programming tool that allows building a customized version of Windows CE (Windows Embedded CE/Windows Embedded Compact) or Windows Mobile.It is also used on development of device drivers, BSP (Board Support Packages) and other additional applications that can be integrated into the Operating System Image.
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How to download Platform Builder for Windows CE 5.0?
I'm developing an application on a device that has Windows CE 5.0.
I need to change the OS, e.g. language installation & ... , and it seems that i need an IDE named Microsoft Platform Builder.
But how can i get it? is there any free release for…

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How To: Platform builder for windows CE 6.0
I am a novice to Platform Builder.
I need to know how to work with platform builder.
As I googled I was not able to find where to start from.
Following is what I am looking for.
What exact tools to download? As I searched there is no tool called as…

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Add device driver to Windows CE 6.0 through Platform Builder
I'm trying to add a device driver to a Windows CE 6.0 image that I'm creating through Platform Builder.
The driver in question, for the VIA 6656 chipset (used in many USB Wi-Fi adapters/dongles), is available in the manufacturer's website and…

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How do I enable Platform Builder mode in VS2008
After installing VS2008, the platform builder mod, and the WM7 aku, VS usually prompts you, upon first startup, for your default mode. If you make a mistake and select something other than PB7, how do you get back into PB mode?
I can get the device…

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Install WinCE 5.0 Platform Builder SDK - build code with Visual Studio 2012 or higher
I have a Windows CE 5.0-based Platform Builder image. It is intended to be installed on Visual Studio 2005. My team would like to upgrade our build tools to utilize Visual Studio 2012, but Visual Studio 2012 does not support this platform…

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How can I add a binary device driver in Platform Builder for Windows CE 6.0?
I need to add a device driver to a Windows CE image, I have the driver in .dll and .reg files and in a .cab package.
I'm using Visual Studio 2005 with Platform Builder for Windows CE 6.0.
How can I do that?

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Customize bootloader splash screen for non x86 targets
I'm building an OS in Windows CE 6.0R3 targeted for the ARM9 architecture (Specifically it's for the iMX28 series) and I'd like to change the boot screen to display a custom image when the device is first booted up.
How can I do this? I read through…

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Windows CE 6.0 - Installing SQL Server CE 3.5 into the run-time image
I made an application that I put onto the hard disk of Win CE (the Compact Flash card). My problem is that the application is using the SQL Server CE 3.5 database but it looks like that the image is created with the SQL Server CE 3.0. I couldn't…

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How to inbuild a package to Nk.bin?
I am developing windows CE 6.0 for VIA board. I have a MFC application as exe file. I want to include my application in the NK.bin image. how to do this?

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Where is Windows CE Platform Builder 3.00?
I need to emulate a Windows CE executable on my Windows 7 64-bit machine. Back in the day, I used eMbedded Visual C++ 4.0's bundled device emulator, but nowadays the cool kids want me to use "Platform Builder" and ActiveSync. So I found a Windows CE…

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How to debug wince6.0 r2 image using KITL?
I am new in wince .I have a image in wince 6.0 r2.I want to debug that image and print messages.I know only that KITL is use for debugging.... but how to use that?

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PlatformBuilder: INCLUDE path name with spaces
I've inherited a PlatformBuilder subproject that needs the ATLMFC includes. It was installed at C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\ce\atlmfc\include When trying to include this (in the sources file): INCLUDES=C:\Program…

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Unable to get milliseconds from GetSystemTime()
I am trying to print out seconds and milliseconds resolution timing and i am using GetSystemTime().
This is my code:
GetSystemTime(&datetime);
RETAILMSG(1,(_T("Time After Data Sent to USB: %d:%d\r\n"), datetime.wSecond, datetime.wMilliseconds)); …

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Platform Builder for WinCE 7.0
I'm using Windows XP 32-bit OS. I installed Visual Studio 2008 initially. Then, I installed WinCE 7.0 Evaluation version. Now, when I check for Platform Builder in Visual Studio, there is no such tool. I haven't installed VS SP1. Is it anything to…

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TeamCity linking issue with mspdb80.dll using PlatformBuilder 6.0
I kind of have a good idea of whats going on, just no idea how to fix it. We are using TeamCity 6.5 to build a platform builder 6.0 project via command line script. The problem we are running into is with multiple visual studios installed.
Team City…

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