[Lazarus] Windows CE

[Sven Barth]

On 23.05.2015 21:29, patspiper wrote:
> On 23/05/15 21:57, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote:
>> patspiper wrote:
>>> On 23/05/15 16:20, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote:
>>>> patspiper wrote:
>>>>> On 22/05/15 09:59, Koenraad Lelong wrote:
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I could be able to purchase a number of second hand intelligent
>>>>>> barcode scanners. I have project in mind where I could use such
>>>>>> devices.
>>>>>> The scanners run Windows CE 5. Is it possible and advisable to
>>>>>> develop for these devices using Lazarus ?
>>>>>> I know Lazarus has support for Windows CE, but at the moment I
>>>>>> don't find which versions are supported.
>>>>>
>>>>> Lazarus (LCL) supports WinCE. I use it for Windows Mobile 6.5.
>>>>
>>>> To what extent does the choice of CPU matter?
>>>>
>>> In what sense?
>>
>> Sven mentions x86. I see Loongson (MIPS-compatible) runs it. There was
>> ARM, obviously, and I think there was some other obscure architecture.
>> In the case of ARM, and I'm particularly thinking about Linux on the
>> Raspberry Pi here, there's different subarchitectures.
> Arm has different sub architectures indeed. Lazarus has a selection
> dropdown list that lists a few of them. But IIRC, WinCE is limited to
> ARMv4 or below.

Wrong. Windows CE also runs on more modern ARM processors. It's the core 
of Windows Phone 7 after all.

>>
>> So I think there's a real possibility that there's CE-compatible
>> boards which could give FPC problems. I'd be happy to be told that's
>> wrong.
> In general:
> - FPC should be able to compile for the target CPU.
> - WinCE should run on the target.
> - Now you can worry if Lazarus WinCE programs could give problems on
> that target.

The order should be:
- WinCE should run on the target
- FPC should be able to compile for WinCE on that target
- worry about LCL

Regards,
Sven