Catalog Changes from Windows CE 5.0 to Windows Embedded CE 6.0

1/6/2010

In Windows Embedded CE 6.0, the Catalog functionality has significantly changed from previous versions of Platform Builder. For information about the functionality changes, see Migrating to the Windows Embedded CE 6.0 Catalog.

The following table shows the Catalog Items that have been added for Windows Embedded CE 6.0.

Catalog Item	SYSGEN Variable	Description
ATAPI CD/DVD Driver	SYSGEN_ATAPI_PCIO_CD	Provides support for ATA CD/DVD-ROM devices.
ATAPI PCI Driver	SYSGEN_ATAPI_PCIO	Provides support for ATA PCMCIA/PC card disks.
Extended FAT File System	SYSGEN_EXFAT	Provides support for the Extended FAT File System.
FAT File System Silent UI	SYSGEN_FATUTIL_NOUI	A functionality that replaces the normal FATFS UI components with a version that has no Windows UI.
File Server Customizable Web UI	SYSGEN_SMB_UI	A sample Web-based UI that enables client-side configuration of the file server. You can customize this UI.
Intel StrataFlash Memory Driver	SYSGEN_MSFLASH_STRATAD	Provides support for the Intel StrataFlash NOR driver.
Location Framework	SYSGEN_LOCATION_FRAMEWORK	Includes the location framework in an OS design.
MSHTML Data Binding	SYSGEN_MSHTML_DBIND	Provides support for MSHTML data binding.
NDIS user Mode I/O NDIS protocol driver.	SYSGEN_NDISUIO	A protocol driver that supports sending and receiving Ethernet frames and OID query/set via the stream device driver interface.
RDP Client Activation License utility	SYSGEN_RDP_LICINFO	Includes the licinfo module in an OS design.
Release Directory File System	SYSGEN_RELFSD	Provides support for the Release Directory File System
UI Proxy for Kernel-Mode Drivers	SYSGEN_UIPROXY	Allows kernel-mode device drivers to display a UI. For more information, see Displaying a User Interface from a Kernel-Mode Device Driver.
USB Fn Composite Devices	SYSGEN_USBFN_COMPOSITE	Includes support for USB Fn multiple configuration.
USB Fn Printer Client Driver	SYSGEN_USBFN_PRINTER	Includes support for the USB Fn printer client driver.
USB Function Modem Driver	SYSGEM_USBFN_SERIAL	Includes support for the USB function modem driver.
USB Host AS and Modem Driver	SYSGEN_USB_SER	Includes the USB Host AS and USB Modem driver.

The following table shows the Catalog Items that have been removed for Windows Embedded CE 6.0.

Catalog Item	SYSGEN Variable	Description
COM and DCOM	SYSGEN_DCOM_REMOTEACCESS	Distributed COM (DCOM) has been removed.
IEEE1394 Device Driver	SYSGEN_1394_DIAG SYSGEN_1394_DIAG_VIRTUAL SYSGEN_1394_DCAM SYSGEN_1394_DCAM_VIRTUAL SYSGEN_1394_AVC_VCR_VIRTUAL SYSGEN_1394_AVC_VIRTUAL SYSGEN_1394_AVC_VCR SYSGEN_1394_AVC_STREAMING SYSGEN_1394_AVC SYSGEN_1394_SBP2_SCSI SYSGEN_1394_SBP2 SYSGEN_1394_TOOLS SYSGEN_1394	The IEEE1394 driver has been removed.
Intel EtherExpress PRO Adapter Driver	BSP_NIC_E100BEX	The Intel EtherExpress PRO Adapter Driver (E100BEX) has been removed.
ISAPI Extension	SYSGEN_SYSISAPI	ISAPI Extension has been removed.
Networking	SYSGEN_ETH_OTHER	SYSGEN_ETH_OTHER has been removed.
Pocket Internet Explorer	SYSGEN_PIE SYSGEN_WEBVIEW	The SYSGEN_PIE and SYSGEN_WEBVIEW variables have been removed.
Standard SDK for Windows Embedded CE	SYSGEN_USDK	Provides support for OS designs created using a previous version of Windows Embedded CE. This is provided for backward compatibility because Windows Embedded CE 6.0 no longer supports the Universal SDK.

The following table shows the Catalog Items that have been changed for Windows Embedded CE 6.0.

Catalog Item	SYSGEN Variable	Description
Agfa AC3 Font Compression	SYSGEN_AGFA_FONT	The company Agfa Monotype has been renamed to Monotype Imaging, and the Agfa AC3 Font Compression technology is now called Monotype Imaging AC3 Font Compression. Constants and variables in Windows Embedded CE 6.0 using the name Agfa have not been changed.
Bluetooth Device Support	Not Applicable	The Bluetooth Protocol stack with Transport Driver Catalog item has been changed to Bluetooth Device Support.
Bluetooth HID Device Support	Not Applicable	Bluetooth HID Device Support has moved from the main Bluetooth node to the Bluetooth Profiles Support Node.
Bluetooth PAN	SYSGEN_BTH_PAN	Bluetooth PAN has moved from under the main Bluetooth node to under the Bluetooth Profiles Support node.
Bluetooth Profiles Support	Not Applicable	The Bluetooth Profiles Catalog item has changed to Bluetooth Profiles Support.
COM and DCOM	SYSGEN_DCOM	This catalog item no longer brings in the DCOM component libraries. Note: Distributed COM (DCOM), sometimes also referred to as COM Remoting, has been removed from Windows Embedded CE.
Compact Database Standard Database	SYSGEN_IMEJPN_DB_COMPACT SYSGEN_IMEJPN_DB_STANDARD	A check was added to the IDE and command line build to verify that these two mutually exclusive variables, which set the type of Input Method Editor (IME) 3.1 database, are not both set.
EDB	SYSGEN_EDB	This Catalog item was moved to File Systems and Data Store\Database Support to increase user visibility.
File Server (SMB/CIFS)	SYSGEN_SMB_FILE	The File Server Catalog item has changed to File Server (SMB/CIFS).
File Server Customizable UI Sample	SYSGEN_SMB_UI	The File Server Customizable UI Catalog item has changed to File Server Customizable Web UI.
Help System	SYSGEN_HELP	The deprecation of Pocket Internet Explorer means that the inclusion of SYSGN_HELP will have no effect unless one of the Internet Explorer 6 items (SYSGEN_IE or SYSGEN_IESAMPLE) is included.
MSFlash Drivers	SYSGEN_MSFLASH_SDNPCID SYSGEN_MSFLASH_FASLD	A check was added to the IDE to ensure that these two variables may both be set.
MSPY 3.0 for Windows Embedded CE Pocket IME	SYSGEN_MSPY3_SC SYSGEN_PIME_SC	A check was added to the IDE and command line build to verify that these two mutually exclusive variables, which set the type of Input Method Editor (IME) in Simplified Chinese, are not both set.
Networking – General	Not Applicable	Networking Features text in the catalog changed to Networking - General.
Print Server (SMB/CIFS)	SYSGEN_SMB_PRINT	The Print Server Catalog item has changed to Print Server (SMB/CIFS).
Printer re-direction for WTC	SYSGEN_RDP_PRINTER	Includes printer redirection in the Windows Thin Client OS image.

See Also

Concepts

Welcome to Windows Embedded CE 6.0
What's New in Windows Embedded CE 6.0

Other Resources

Migrating from an Earlier Version of Windows Embedded CE