Programming MS WinCE (3rd edition)-preface-why should I read this book

Why should you read this book?
Microsoft Windows CEProgramDesign is written by anyone who wants to write applications for a Windows CE or. NET simplified framework. Embedded System programmers use Windows CE for specific applications. Windows programmers are very interested in writing or porting an existing windows program, and can even manageCodeDevelopers can use the information in this book to make their work easier.

Programmers on embedded systems may not be familiar with Win32 APIS by Windows programmers. They can read Part 1 of this book to familiarize themselves with windows programming. Although this part is not as good as the windows programming book (by Charles Petzold), it does provide some basic information so that readers can understand the following content. It also helps embedded system programmers to develop complex but useful Windows CE programs.

Experienced windows programmers can use this book to learn about the differences between Windows CE and Windows XP Win32 APIs. The differences between the two are significant. The small size of Windows CE means that many APIs in Win32 mode are not supported. Some parts of Win32 API are not supported at all. On the other hand, due to the particularity of Windows CE, Windows CE has extended Win32 APIs in many fields, which will be described in this book.

This book is also useful for developers who use. Net cf. Currently, CF has some functional defects: You need to use manageable applications to call the operating system to execute a task. This book provides good guidance on what can be obtained from the operating system. This document describes the features involved in developing manageable code on a Windows CE-based device.

This book uses examples to teach. I wrote many Windows CE sample programs specially for this purpose. The original code of the example is listed in the book.Source codeAnd finally compiled programs can be found in the appendix CD, these are suitable for many Windows CE supported processors.

examples in the book are directly written using APIs, that is, the so-called "Petzold" programming method. Because the goal of this book is to teach you how to write programs for Windows CE, examples should avoid using class libraries such as MFC, which will cause confusion about the features involved in writing applications for Windows CE. Some may think that there is MFC in Windows CE, and the necessity for understanding Windows ce apis is not that great. I don't think so. The knowledge of Windows CE APIs can help you use MFC more effectively. I think that a true understanding of the operating system can effectively simplify application debugging.