WCE7- New and Undocumented Features

The following features are new or undocumented for this release.

Browser New Features
New user interfaces are available for Internet Explorer Embedded. To implement the browser UI
for a device with a medium-sized display, set the SYSGEN variable SYSGEN_IE7_IEEXR =1;

 

to implement the browser for a device with a small display, set the variables
SYSGEN_IE7_IEEXR =1 and IMG_SCREEN_SMALL=1. New features for this release include
an updated UI for the medium-sized display, a full-screen feature for the small display, multi-
touch support, and a new Internet Options control panel. To enable the new Internet Options
control panel, set the SYSGEN variables SYSGEN_CTLPNL2 and SYSGEN_IE7_INETCPL_EXR to 1.

 

BSP New Features

ARM Architecture New Features
This release supports ARMv6 and ARMv7 architectures. 

 

Sigma Designs BSP
The Sigma Designs SMP8654 is a 3-core asymmetric processor used with multimedia platforms
targeted for IPTV, Cable, Network player (DMA), and Thin Client (for IPTV/cable gateways)
markets. The SMP8654 supports video decoding (H.264, VC-1, WMV9, MPEG-2, and MPEG-4),
simultaneous HD and SD output, 2D graphics, HDMI and SPDIF. 

 

Virtual CEPC (vCEPC) Installation Guide
Virtual CEPC (vCEPC) replaces Device Emulator in this release. The installation guide walks
through setting up the vCEPC and can be found in Getting_Started_With_Virtual_CEPC.pdf, in

the documentation subfolder of your Compact 7 root directory (such as C:/Program Files
(x86)/Windows Embedded Compact 7/documentation). 

 

Compact Test Kit (CTK)
A beta version of the Windows Embedded Test Kit (CTK) is included as a preview of upcoming
functionality. Not all features of the CTK are currently functional. The CTK user guide, located in
Windows_Embedded_CTK_User_Guide.pdf, in the documentation subfolder of your Compact 7
root directory (such as C:/Program Files (x86)/Windows Embedded Compact 7/documentation),
contains more detailed information and a quick start guide on how to use some of the core
features of the CTK.

 

Font New Features
This release has updated fonts to match those found in Windows 7 . The Segoe UI font is now
the default font for Latin, Greek and Cyrillic script languages.
The MS Gothic font is available in this release. The catalog item is “MS Gothic,” and the
associated SYSGEN variable is SYSGEN_FONTS_MSG12AND16. This is a Japanese Gothic-style
font set that contains only 12-point and 16-point glyphs. It supports only the Japanese script.

 

Global Platform New Features
The following new features are available for global platform development:
•                    Software-based Input Panel (SIP): enable SIP auto-show/hide on tapping Text Input
Control.
•                    Multiple Input Method Editor (IME) support enhancement: Enable dynamic IME
switching without system reboot
•                    National Language Support (NLS):

         Updated NLS APIs in this release:

•                    Uniscribe: this release contains the same complex script handling capabilities and
performance improvements that are found in Windows 7, including the modules of
Uniscribe, UniStorage and tools for creating UniStorage file. 
•                    Time Zones: this release contains Time Zone IDs for each time zone. Time zones
and daylight saving time have been updated.
•                    Multilingual User Interface (MUI): The MUI build process is enhanced.
•                    Text Stack: Silverlight for Windows Embedded is now able to support complex
scripts and right-to-left text layout so that it can render all of the writing systems
supported by Silverlight 4 text rendering.

 

Networking New Features
The following new networking features are included in this release.

 

Windows Filtering Platform
Windows Filtering Platform (WFP) is a set of API and system services that provide a platform for
creating network filtering applications. You can use the WFP API to write code that interacts
with the packet processing that takes place at several layers in the networking stack of the
operating system. Network data can be filtered and also modified before it reaches its
destination.

Native Wi-Fi
The Native Wi-Fi automatic configuration component configures, connects to, and disconnects
from wireless networks. Native Wi-Fi can store profiles on the networks it interacts with in the
form of XML documents. 

NetIO network stack
The NetIO network stack is a new unified network stack that supports IPv4 and IPv6 .

 

Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) New Features
Audio redirection in remote desktop protocol (RDP) has been extended to support audio
capture redirection (bidirectional audio). You can now send audio from a device to an RDP
server running Windows 2008 R2 Terminal Server. Your device must have audio capture
hardware to use this feature.

 

Pocket Outlook Object Model (POOM) New Features
The Pocket Outlook Object Model (POOM) component is available in this release at the
following location in the Catalog Items View:

 

Security New Features
Kerberos NTLM Security Security Mode Loader Verifier Module (LVMOD) Crypto Next Generation (CNG) Standard

 

Silverlight for Windows Embedded New Features
The how-to documentation for Silverlight is available in Silverlight for Windows Embedded
Cookbook.pdf, in the documentation subfolder of your Compact 7 root directory (such as
C:/Program Files (x86)/Windows Embedded Compact 7/documentation).

 

OpenGL Rendering Plug-in
This release supports the OpenGL rendering plug-in for Silverlight for Windows Embedded. To
enable the plug-in, the BSP must have the BSP_XRPLUGIN_OPENGL environment variable set to
1 and the OEM must set the SYSGEN_XAML_RUNTIME variable to 1.
To support OpenGL ES hardware acceleration in Silverlight for Windows Embedded, your board
support package (BSP) must contain OpenGL ES 2.0 drivers, a simple vertex shader, and a simple
fragment shader.  Silverlight uses these shaders to draw textured rectangles on the screen. You
can find sample code for these shaders
in %_WINCEROOT%/public/COMMON/oak/xamlrenderplugin/OpenGL/Shaders.

 

Windows Embedded Silverlight Tools
The how-to documentation for Windows Embedded Silverlight Tools is available in
Rapid_Development_With_West.pdf, in the documentation subfolder of your Compact 7 root
directory (such as C:/Program Files (x86)/Windows Embedded Compact 7/documentation).This
document contains an overview, instructions, a list of known issues, and information about
using Expression Blend templates.
You can download a trial version of Microsoft Expression Blend 3 at:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=193531

The XAML Resource Manager (XRPack)
The XAML Resource Packager (XRPack) extracts all of the resources (strings, images, and XAML)
needed for a Silverlight for Windows Embedded project and compiles them into a resource
file.  These resource files can then be localized.

 

Software-based Input Panel New Features: QWERTY Finger Keyboard
QWERTY Finger Keyboard is a Silverlight-based onscreen keyboard, which the end user uses to
input text with thumbs or fingers on the touch-screen device. QWERTY Finger Keyboard
functions as sample code to the OEM. 

 

Windows Media Player
Windows Media Player consists of three application components: a music player, a video player,
and a photo viewer. Each application has two versions:  one for medium-screen devices and one
for small-screen devices.
To enable Media Player components, set SYSGEN_MUSIC_PLAYER, SYSGEN_VIDEO_PLAYER, and
SYSGEN_PHOTO_VIEWER to 1.

 

ARMv4i Architecture Support
ARMv4i support is not available in this release. ARMv5 is the earliest supported ARM
architecture. You can no longer build or deploy to ARMv4i platforms, including Device Emulator.

Board Support Package (BSP) Test Suite 
The BSP Test Suite is now a collection of BSP-specific tests accessed within the normal use of the
Test Kit tool instead of a plug-in.

BSPs in OS Design Wizard
The list of available board support packages (BSPs) in the OS Design Wizard may be inaccurate
and may contain deprecated or untested BSPs that Microsoft does not intend to ship in the
Compact 7 release. The following BSPs are approved for use:
         3DS_iMX27:  ARMv5
         CEPC: x86
         eBox 3300: x86
         Freescale i.MX31 SDS: ARMv6
         NEC NE1TB: ARMv6 MP
         Samsung SMDK6410: ARMv6
         Sigma Designs SMP8654: MIPS II, MIPS II FP
         TI_EVM_3530: ARMv7
         vCEPC: x86

Note   This list should in no way be interpreted as indicating the final list of BSPs for the
Compact 7 release.

Infrared Communications Support 
There is no support in this release for infrared networking.

 

Networking Deprecated Features
The following networking features are deprecated in this release:
         VoIP/SIP/RTC
         Reference Gateway User Interface
         Remote Configuration Framework
         Parental Controls
         SNTP
         IP Firewall
         Web Admin
         Remote Admin
         islp2nds.dll
         USB Flash Config Tool
         IRDA

PC Card (PCMCIA) Support
PCMCIA (PC Card) is not supported in this release. If you experience difficulty building your OS
because it supported these buses, remove references to the deprecated components.

SDK Samples 
This release does not include SDK samples..

Security Features
The Certificate Module (CertMod) and the SYSGEN_CERTMOD variable are not available in this
release. Instead you can use the Loader Verifier Module (LVMOD).

SH-4 Architecture Support
SH-4 is not supported in this release.

Managed Provider to Connect to SQL Server
The feature Managed Provider to Connect to SQL Server is not available in this release. The
SYSGEN variable for this feature in Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3 was
SYSGEN_SQLCOMPACT_SQLMP.