Windows CE

    /C E/ A version of the Microsoft Windows
   operating system that is being used in a variety of
   embedded products, from handheld PCs to specialised
   industrial controllers and consumer electronic devices.
   Programming for Windows CE is similar to programming for other
   Win32 platforms.

   Windows CE was developed to be a customisable operating system
   for embedded applications.  Its kernel borrows much from
   other Microsoft 32-bit operating systems, while eliminating
   (or replacing) those operating system features that are not
   needed for typical Windows CE-based applications.  For
   example, as on Windows NT, all applications running on
   Windows CE run in a fully preemptive multitasking
   environment, in fully protected memory spaces.

   The Win32 (API) for Windows CE is smaller than the Win32 API
   for the other 32-bit Windows operating systems.  It includes
   approximately half the interface methods of the Windows NT
   version of the API.  But the Win32 API for Windows CE also
   includes features found in no other Microsoft operating
   system.  The notification API, for example, makes it possible
   to handle user or application notification events (such as
   timer events) at the operating-system level, rather than in a
   running application.  The touch screen API and the built-in
   support for the Windows CE database are not found in other
   Windows operating systems.  The touch screen API makes it easy
   to manage screen calibration and user interactions for
   touch-sensitive displays, while the database API provides
   access to a data storage facility.

   <http://channels.microsoft.com/windowsce/developer/default.htm>.

   
<http://channels.microsoft.com/windowsce/developer/technical/default.htm>.

   (1997-12-20)