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Windows CE enables you to implement a wide variety of shells from simple command line interfaces to fully customized graphical user interfaces adapted to your target device. A Windows CE shell consists of modules and components that each provide a specific area of shell functionality.
Modules and Components
The following table shows the components and modules that implement Shell.
| Item | Module | Component |
|---|---|---|
| Shell | coredll | accel_c, rectapi, wmgr_c, mgdi_c, shcore, shortcut, shexec, shmisc, fileopen, fileinfo, shellapis |
| commdlg | None | |
| commctrl | toolbar, updown, status, propsheet, listview, treeview, date, tab, progress, trackbar, capedit, rebar, cmdbar, dsa, tooltips | |
| Standard Shell | cplmain | network, datetime, keyboard, password, owner power, system, display, pointercmn, mouse |
| control | None | |
| ctlpnl | None | |
| asform | None | |
| ceshell | None | |
| explorer | None | |
| Taskman Sample Shell | taskman | None |
| Windows Thin Client Shell | ceshell | None |
| ctlpnl | none |
The following table shows the Sysgen variables for Shell.
| Sysgen variable | Description |
|---|---|
| SYSGEN_AYGSHELL | When this variable is set, the AYGShell API extensions are included in the OS design. |
| SYSGEN_COMMCTRL | When this variable is set, the common control functionality is included in the OS design. |
| SYSGEN_COMMCTRL_ANIMATE | When this variable is set, the animation control functionality is included in the OS design. |
| SYSGEN_COMMDLG | When this variable is set, support for common dialogs is included in the OS design. |
| SYSGEN_CTLPNL | When this variable is set, support for the Control Panel applications is enabled in the OS design. |
| SYSGEN_PPC | When this variable is set, support for Controls Option B is included in the OS design.
Controls Option B enables a set of controls with slightly different behavior than the default option, to enable Pocket PC applications to be compatible with Windows CE-based devices. The default option is Controls Option A. This enables standard Windows controls and other common controls necessary to develop GUI based applications on Windows CE-based devices. |
| SYSGEN_QVGAP | When this variable is set, support for Quarter VGA Resources (Portrait Mode) is included in the OS design. |
| SYSGEN_STANDARDSHELL | When this variable is set, Standard Shell functionality is included in the OS design. |
| SYSGEN_WBTSHELL | When this variable is set, Windows Thin Client Shell functionality is included in the OS design. |
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