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This document describes how to build Crosswords for PocketPC (and for
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desktop Windows). You can build using Debian Linux, or using
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Microsoft's embedded visual tools (which are free provided you have a
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copy of Visual Studio.)
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(Caveat: I've had to make modifications to the MinGW and pocketpc-sdk
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packages to support Crosswords. I have submitted the changes back to
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the tool maintainers, but it may take some time before they appear in
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Debian. Please contact me if you need them in the meantime, at
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ehouse@users.sf.net.)
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To build for PocketPC with Debian, you need to install the MinGW and
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pocketpc packages:
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sudo apt-get install pocketpc-binutils pocketpc-gas pocketpc-gcc \
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pocketpc-sdk mingw32-runtime
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If you're building for Windows, you also need the mingw tools:
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sudo apt-get install mingw32-binutils mingw32
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Once those are installed, it's just a matter of typing
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make TARGET_OS=wince
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or
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make TARGET_OS=win32
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at the commandline in this directory.
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******************************************************************************
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The rest of this file is older, and talks about building with
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Microsoft's tools.
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First, you need to install Microsoft's SDK for Wince/PocketPC. It's
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available for about $8 shipping and handling from Microsoft, and is
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included with many books on PocketPC/Wince programming. Here's a link
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where I was able to get it:
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https://microsoft.order-5.com/trialstore/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=MSTrialandEval&category%5Fname=Developer+Tools&product%5Fid=X09%2D17298
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1. Launch eMbedded Visual C++ (EVC++).
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2. Choose "Open" from the "File" menu, and open xwords.vcp in this
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directory.
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*** To build for the emulator (best for development work): ***
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3. On the "Build" menu, choose "Set active conguration". Select
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"xwords - Win32 (WCE x86) Debug" and click on the "OK" button.
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4. Choose "Build xwords.exe" from the "Build" menu. You will see the
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names of files appear in the Build window, and a few warnings that
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you can safely ignore (though fixes are welcomed!) After the link
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finishes, you'll see a dialog announcing that the emulator is
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being started. The emulator will appear, and once the dialog
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disappears, if you go to the Start menu in the emulator you'll see
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a listing for "xwords".
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5. Before you can run Crosswords/xwords, you need to install a
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dictionary on the emulator. To do this, go back to EVC++ and
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choose "Remote file viewer" from the "Tools" menu.
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6. From the "Connection" menu of the file browser that appears, choose
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"Add connection", select "Pocket PC 2002 Emulation" and click "Ok".
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7. Now navigate to a directory. (I usually use "\My
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Documents\Personal", but it shouldn't matter.) From the "File"
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menu, choose "Export file". Then select the file
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"BasEnglish2to8.xwd" from the directory dawg/English. (The
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directory dawg lives in the same directory as the wince directory
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this document is in.)
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8. Now when you launch xwords on the emulator it will not complain
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that there's no dictionary, and you'll be able to navigate to
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BasEnglish2to8.xwd when starting your first game.
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*** To build for a device ***
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9. On the "Build" menu, choose "Set active conguration". Select
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"xwords - Win32 (WCE ARM) Release" or "xwords - Win32 (WCE x86)
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Debug" and click on the "OK" button. The "Debug" version has a
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number of asserts and other debugging aids compiled in, and logs
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to the file "/My Documents/Personal/xwDbgLog.txt" on the device.
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The "Release" version does no logging, and is smaller and faster
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and in general better suited for non-developers.
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10. Choose "Build xwords.exe" from the Build menu. Once the link is
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finished, EVC++ will try to upload the executable to your device.
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If that works, fine. Otherwise, you'll need to get the file
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wince/ARMRel/xwords.exe (or wince/ARMDbg/xwords.exe) to your
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device on your own. I use either an SD card or IR beaming for
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this. You'll also need a dictionary such as BasEnglish2to8.xwd
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from dawg/English.
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11. Once xwords.exe and a dictionary are on your device, just use the
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File Explorer to lauch xwords.exe.
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12. Enjoy! And please report bugs and/or submit fixes.
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