Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Bluetooth Virtual COM port application for Windows Embedded Compact 2013

Sample Console Application to demonstrate Bluetooth virtual serial port application which includes device discoverable , paring, exporting the SPP and communicating through COM Port emulator. This application is build and tested in Windows Embedded Compact 2013 and CE 6.0. Click below link to download the source code from CodePlex.
Bluetooth Virtual COM Port Sample application for WEC2013 & CE 6.0
I have already explained it in another blog. Click the below link to read the post.
Enabling Bluetooth Serial Port Profile (SSP) for serial port emulator in Windows Embedded CE 6.0

Thursday, January 9, 2014

Windows Embedded Compact 2013 Custom User interface / Shell Demo


Since Microsoft removed the windows 98 based shell from Windows Embedded Compact 2013, e-con systems has developed a custom shell with a rich user interface for WEC2013 based ALMACH kit. Have a look and enjoy the video..

Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Windows Embedded Compact 2013 – How to set Debug Information

Every Windows based program, DLL and Lib has an option to store the debug information either in the Object (OBJ) file, PDB file (Program Database) or produce no debug information. Following link explains the various options to store the debug information for application development using Visual Studio. We can change this option with the project properties as shown in the below link.
/Z7,/Zi, /ZI (Debug Information Format)
Let us see how can we play the same options in Windows Embedded Compact 2013 build environment. Click the below link and Go head.
http://www.e-consystems.com/blog/windowsce/?p=1109 

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

VMR Features - Sample Application for Windows Embedded Compact 2013

I have already released a sample to demonstrate VMR Features such as Bitmap mixing and alpha blending for Windows Embedded Compact 7. This is just a re compiled / tested version on Windows Embedded Compact 2013. Click the below link to download the source code.
https://vmrwec7.codeplex.com/downloads/get/773974
To know more about this code, you can see the below blog link.
Exploring VMR Features on Windows Embedded Compact 7