April 2000
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This release supports the following SDKs:
To use Microsoft eMbedded Visual Tools 3.0, you need to have the following:
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows CE Tools"
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows CE Developer Tools"
"An existing installation of the Windows CE Platform SDK [H/PC Pro or Palm-size PC] was detected on the machine under <Install pathway>. Do you want to continue the installation?"
Although the previously released versions of both the Handheld PC Pro and Palm-size PC Edition 1.2 SDKs appear to be the same, both SDKs have been updated to work correctly with the eMbedded Visual Tools. It is recommended that you uninstall these SDKs first and then install the updated version(s) that are included with eMbedded Visual Tools.
International Setup Issues
Installing the WWE version of eMbedded Visual Tools requires that SP5 is installed if you are using NT4 and that IE 5.1 is installed. When installing the eMbedded Visual Tools on Japanese or German OSes, you are prompted with a message in English asking you to upgrade these two products. If possible, you should upgrade both of these products using the version that matches the language of your OS.
Using German installed folder names causes the uninstall wizard to fail. Do not install eMbedded Visual Tools on a pathway with German characters.
Side-by-Side Visual Studio 6.x Installation Issues
To develop for HPC Pro and Palm-size PC 1.2 devices, you must install the new Windows CE SDKs for those platforms, which are included with eMbedded Visual Tools. To develop for the Pocket PC, you must install the new Windows CE SDK for this platform as well.
If you install VBCE 6.0 after installing eMbedded Visual Basic 3.0, the new HPC Pro SDK will be replaced with the old one. You will have to re-install the new HPC Pro SDK.
If you uninstall VBCE 6.0 after installing eMbedded Visual Basic 3.0, the HPC Pro SDK will be removed. To develop for this platform, you must re-install the new HPC Pro SDK.
Platform Manager and Remote Tools
Changing the Configuration values for PPP or TCP/IP does not prompt a reconnection to the device. If you change the settings in Platform Manager using the Platform Manager Configuration dialog box, you must disconnect your target device and then reconnect the device. Otherwise, your new settings will be ignored.
Pressing the Title bar on the Downloading dialog box during a download may cause the download to halt. Within both IDEs, if you build and download an application to a device, clicking on the title bar of the Downloading dialog box causes the operation to fail.
The remote tools included with eMbedded Visual Tools do not work with Japanese SH4 Jupiter devices. The remote tools have a problem connecting to SH4 H/PC Pro Japanese devices.
Disconnect from the emulator before closing the Remote Tools. If you close the emulator while a remote tool has an existing connection, the tool will stop responding. Always disconnect your remote tool from emulation before you shut down emulation. If a Remote Tool does cease to function, close the Tool using the Task Manager and restart the Tool.
If you have an active connection to a device with File Viewer and the connection is interrupted temporarily, the File Viewer Tool will not recover. Close the File Viewer using the Task Manager and restart it.
If double backslashes (\\) are used in the Platform Manager Open Executable dialog when debugging from the IDE, a Server Busy dialog box appears. The IDE has to be closed to exit from this state.
SDK issues
If uninstalling an eMbedded Visual C++ SDK, always uninstall the eMbedded Visual Basic SDK that is from the same platform. Then reinstall just the eMbedded Visual Basic portion of the SDK. Removing only eMbedded Visual C++ portion of rolled SDK does not remove references to that SDK from the eMbedded Visual C++ IDE. A fatal error results if you try to build the project for the uninstalled SDK in the eMbedded Visual C++ IDE.
HTML Help Collection
In the HTML Help window, the following options on the Help menu do not function: MSDN Library Help and MSDN Online.
UnInstalling eMbedded Visual Tools
Following a complete uninstall of Microsoft eMbedded Tools (including all SDKs), your drive may still contain a utility file under the directory path "Windows CE Tools\bin". You may safely delete this utility file and the directory path without problems.
APIs That Behave Differently Under Emulation
The SipShowIM function requires an undocumented flag, SIPF_DOCKED, to work properly under emulation. Use a C bitwise OR operator to combine the SIPF_DOCKED flag with the SIPF_ON flag to display an input panel, and combine SIPF_DOCKED with SIPF_OFF to hide an input panel. This combination of flags works both for emulation and for Windows CE-Based devices.
GWES: File cannot be saved over an existing file without disconnecting from the service.
In PMail, if a user receives an email with a file attachment, and tries to save the attachment, the save operation will fail if a file by the same name exists in "My Documents". User will receive a Critical Inbox error modal: "Unable to copy this attached file." If user disconnects from the service, the save operation will succeed.
GWES: CreateBitmap expects applications to specify colors in the order blue, green, and red.
If you create a color bitmap by using the CreateBitmap function, specify the colors in the order blue, green, and red, rather than in the order red, green, and blue.
Kernel: Value for the dwProcessorType member of the SYSTEM_INFO structure changed
The PROCESSOR_PPC_821 value that is used in the dwProcessorType member of the SYSTEM_INFO structure in Windows CE 2.12 and earlier has been changed to PROCESSOR_MOTOROLA_821 in Windows CE 3.0.
You can obtain technical support by visiting MSDN Online Support. This site provides resources ranging from self-help tools to direct assistance from a Microsoft technical engineer. These resources include:
If you have accepted the default directories when installing Microsoft eMbedded Visual Tools, additional documentation can be found in the following locations:
| Subject Area | Default Path and File Name |
| Installation and Setup | C:\Program Files\Microsoft eMbedded Tools\README.HTM |
| eMbedded Visual Basic | C:\Program Files\Microsoft eMbedded Tools\EVB\releasenotes.htm |
| eMbedded Visual C++ | C:\Program Files\Microsoft eMbedded Tools\EVC\releasenotes.htm |
| SDK: H/PC Pro | C:\Windows CE Tools\hpcproreadme.htm |
| SDK: Palm-size PC 1.2 | C:\Windows CE Tools\pspc12readme.htm |
| SDK: Pocket PC | C:\Windows CE Tools\pocketpcreadme.htm |
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