Starting a Project

The first step in creating a Visual Basic for Windows CE application is to create a project. A project is the collection of files you use to build an application. Projects contain all the files you need to develop, compile, and debug.

To start a project, you first need to determine the forms package you will use in your application. The toolkit comes with a default forms package, pvbform2.dll, which provides standard objects such as the Clipboard object and the Screen object, as well as forms and intrinsic controls. The toolkit also supports custom forms packages that you can create or purchase.

Additionally, the toolkit supports formless applications, which you can create when your application does not require a graphical user interface (GUI). The following sections explain how to start a project that uses the default forms package and how to start a project that does not use a forms package.