Windows CE E-learning client Feasibility test

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Windows CE E-learning clientFeasibility test
Dan Porat Adi Magal Supervisor Evgeny Rivkin
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THE GOAL
Research and Feasibility test of the Windows CE
operating system, as an E-learning client
system. Implement as much as possible in order to
bring the vision of an e-learning client on
Windows CE to reality.
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The Means

• Windows Ce based 486 machines with workstations
  connected to them.
• Windows Ce based pocket pc
• Software environment for developing the
  applications involved Visual interdev ,
  Microsoft Visual Studio , and embedded
  environment development tools by Microsoft.

(ipaq)
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The research E-learning software side

• The site we studied was ww.tegrity.com
• Tegrity is an israeli company which specializes
  in e-learning . It developed a system to pack and
  synchronize a whole presentation with slides in
  just one click.
• We studied the way an internet connection works
  between a client and a server.
• We researched the content of a presentation which
  was downloaded to the client side.
• We studied Java Applets and they way they work.

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The research Client Software

• Searching and pin pointing all the relevant
  issues in the Windows CE operating system.
• Looking ahead for possible problems
  configuration problems , incompatibility issues
  and childhood problems for the Windows CE
  operating system.
• Learning the capabillities of the Internet
  Explorer which is supplied with the windows CE
  3.0 platform.

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Client side problems

• The client-side of the application uses Java
  Applets , which requirea Java Virtual machine.
• Windows CE does not have Java Virtual machine
  built-in.
• JavaScript is an integral part of the
  client-side code , which also , isnt supported
  by Microsoft .
• Microsoft Windows CE only allows one Application
  at a time to be shown in front of the screen .
  This means it wouldnt look the same as it would
  on a desktop.

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Server side problems

• The presentation format is ASF, which is a
  streaming format.
• No version till this day, of Windows Media
  Player for pocket pc, supports ASF files.
• Some of the code which synchronizes and shows the
  presentation comes as compiled Java classes to
  the client.
• Therefore we couldnt study them thoroughly.

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Solution no. 1

• The main problem which stems from the design and
  structure of the presentation we took as a study
  case, is the Java part of it.
• The solution we thought of was
• acquiring a Java Virtual Machine for
• win ce system.
• Insignia Solutions offer that
• solution.

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Solution No. 2

• Changing the Way the presentation is designed and
  implemented.
• Change the code involved from Java and Javascript
  to C/C code and Jscript, so it will be able
  to run on any WIN32 environment including a
  WINDOWS ce system.
• Alternatively build a different site which will
  have content which fits WINDOWS CE.