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The platform/win32/ directory contains a showcase of Contiki 1.x technologies
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ported to the Contiki 2.x environment. As such it serves primarily two purposes:
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- Allow for easy interactive experience of the Contiki applications with user
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interface, especially the Contiki web browser.
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- Allow for easy regression tests of the code in core/ctk/ and most of the code
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in apps/.
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The employed Contiki 1.x technologies include:
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- The 'Contiki Tool Kit' (CTK) UI framework in general
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- CTK running in a character based environment (here the Win32 Console API)
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- CTK mouse support
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- Dynamic loading and unloading of Contiki programs (.PRG) and Contiki program
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descriptions (.DSC) based on dynamically loadable libraries (here Win32 DLLs)
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A typical Contiki 1.x implementation consists of a core binary (containing among
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others the uIP and CTK libraries) and the program (and program description)
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binaries which are both loaded by the core and reference the core libraries.
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Therefore the Contiki 2.x project-based build system doesn't suit exactly. So
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in order to be able to leverage the Contiki 2.x build system to its maximum
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extend two makefiles are necessary:
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- Makefile plays the role of a Contiki 2.x project Makefile
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- Makefile.win32 is an ordinary (yet complex) Contiki 2.x Makefile.$(TARGET)
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As an alternative to building with Cygwin, gcc and the Contiki 2.x build system
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it is also possible to use Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 (including the Express
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Edition) by loading platform/win32/contiki.sln.
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As platform/win32/Makefile.win32 includes cpu/native/Makefile.native the WinPcap
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library is used for network I/O. Please consult cpu/native/net/README-WPCAP for
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further details.
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Both a Cygwin Bash Shell and an ordinary Windows Command Prompt are fine for
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runtime. But in order to experience the CTK mouse support it is necessary to
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deactivate the 'QuickEdit Mode' of the window used. This option is found in its
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Windows system menu under 'Properties'.
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As the console is used for displaying the actual user interface the log output
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is routed to the debug output. DebugView is a very lean program for displaying
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the debug output in case no debugger is active and does so. It is available at
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http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/debugview.mspx.
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