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This page contains general instructions on building Berkeley DB for Windows Mobile platforms using specific compilers.
The build_wince directory in the
Berkeley DB distribution contains project files for Microsoft
Visual 2008 with the Mobile SDK installed:
| Project File | Description |
|---|---|
| Berkeley_DB.sln | Visual Studio 2008 solution |
| VS8\*.vcproj | Visual Studio 2008 project files |
These project files can be used to build Berkeley DB for the Windows Mobile platform.
build_wince directory,
select Berkeley_DB and click
Open.
The results of your build will be placed in any one of the following Berkeley DB subdirectories, depending on the configuration that you chose:
build_wince\(Platform)\Debug
|
build_wince\(Platform)\Release
|
build_wince\(Platform)\Debug_static
|
build_wince\(Platform)\Release_static
|
When building your application during development,
you must link against
libdb_small62sd.lib
or against
libdb_sql62sd.lib
for SQL features. You can also build using a release
version of the Berkeley DB libraries and tools, which
will be placed in the
build_wince\(Platform)\Release_static
directory. You must add the
build_wince directory to the
list of include directories of your application's
project, or copy the Berkeley DB include files to a
location in your Visual Studio include path.
This section contains information on how to change between a dynamic library (.dll) and static library (.lib). The library projects and their default output and configuration in the Release build is as follows:
| Project | Default Output | Default Configuration |
|---|---|---|
| db_small_static | libdb_small62s.lib | Static Library |
| db_static | libdb62s.lib | Static Library |
| db_sql | libdb_sql62.dll | Dynamic Library |
| db_sql_static | libdb_sql62s.lib | Static Library |
To change a project configuration type in Visual Studio 2008, select a project and do the following:
Configuration
Properties.Project Defaults,
change the Configuration Type to
your desired type.
Note: After this change, the output file names change to the Visual Studio 2008 defaults based on the project name.
There are many possible target CPU architectures for a Windows Mobile application. This section outlines the process required to add a new target architecture to the project files supplied with Berkeley DB.
The Visual Studio 2008 project files will by default build for Windows Mobile 6.5.3 Professional. If you want to build for other platforms such as Windows Mobile 6.0, 6.1, or 6.5, you need to follow the steps provided in this section.
Different target architectures are available in different Platform SDK or DTK downloads from Microsoft. The appropriate SDK must be installed for your mobile architecture before you can build for that platform. You can find the downloads at the Microsoft Developer Center page.
build_wince directory,
select Berkeley_DB and click
Open.
Solution
explorer window, right-click the
Solution Berkeley_DB and
select Configuration manager...Active solution
platform: drop down box select
New...Type or select the new
platform drop-down box, select a
configuration from the ones available and click
OK.Close from the
Configuration Manager
dialog box.
After building for a different platform, change the
deployment remote directory for the
db_sql project to run the
wce_sql sample application:
db_sql from the
Solution explorer
window.
Configuration
Properties.
Deployment, change
the remote directory to
%CSIDL_PROGRAM_FILES%\wce_sql.