INFO: MFC and ATL Are Not Supported on Windows CE Palm-size PC

ID: Q192097

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows CE Toolkit for Visual C++

SUMMARY

Neither MFC nor ATL are supported on Windows CE version 2.0 for the Palm- size PC. When you build applications for the Palm-size PC using the Windows CE Platform SDK, Palm-size PC Edition, you might receive compiler errors if you are using ATL or MFC.

Do not use MFC or ATL in applications targeted for Windows CE for the Palm- size PC.

MORE INFORMATION

A symptomatic error when building a project using MFC or ATL for the Palm- size PC is:

fatal error RC1015: cannot open include file 'winres.h'.

NOTE: The Windows CE Toolkit for Visual C++ 6.0 includes MFC and ATL support for the Palm-size PC.

REFERENCES

Ppcreadme.htm from the Windows CE Platform SDK, Palm-size PC Edition contains the following statement in the Known Problems section:

the Palm-size PC does not support MFC

Keywords : kberrmsg kbATL kbMFC kbVC500 kbWinCE200
Version : WINDOWS:
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbinfo