Steps to compile Helloworld for Symbian OS using visual c++ 6 for Nokia 6600

1. the first option is choosing which SDK to use. the lower versions have less documentation and examples but have integration with visual c++ 6. the higher versions ( > 2nd edition) have no integration with visual c++ 6 but have better documentation. so i recommend to install multiple SDKs as long as space is no limit. note that multiple sdks can coexist very easily.

2. first of all install sdk 2nd edition. the only reason to install this is for visual c++ 6 integration. there are two folders inside C:\Symbian\7.0s\Series60_v20\Series60Tools named 'applicationwizard' and 'epoctoolbar'. copy them to some other location. we need this later on..

3. now uninstall the 2nd edition sdk. this sdk has a problem that the gui softwares need exactly 1.3.1 version of java and cant work with higher.. (duh)

4. now install any higher version of sdk (in our case, 2nd ed, fp2). higher versions usually have more examples and better documentations.

5. copy the help and examples from the installation folder.

6. now u may uninstall this sdk. (reason - binaries produced by higher versions maynot work with lower version models)

7. install sdk 2nd edition fp1 (aka 2.1). both '2nd edition' and '2nd edition fp1' support 7.0s Symbian OS, but the later works with any java version higher than 1.3.1 plus it has some more functionalities.

8. install java

9. install activeperl

10. Open My Computer > Properties > Advanced > Environment. Add C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_04\bin to the PATH variable. Add .pl to PATHEXT (so that perl scripts dont need trailing .pl ** VERY IMPORTANT!!! **)

11. Perl setup usually associates perl scripts with perl. To check, My Computer > Tools > Folder Option > File Types. Go to pl extension, n check if it is setup. if not, create a new and make it to open with perl.exe

12. now add application wizard and epoctoolbar from 'applicationwizard' and 'epoctoolbar' folders we copied in step 2. instruction on how to install is given in the readme file in the folders.

13.start visual c++ 6.0 and create an application using a wizard. Suppose the application is named Helloworld and is located at c:\HelloWorld. Once the files are created, you can edit it, but lets first compile it as it is..

14. the vc++ toolbar can be used to compile but the command line is more flexible.

15. Run > cmd

16. Go to project's group folder. cd c:\Helloworld\group

17. type -

bldmake bldfiles

This makes abld.bat and some other info files..

18. to compile for emulator type,

abld build wins udeb

Meanings:
abld - build utility command
build - build the program
wins - for emulator
udeb - debug build (u means unicode)

19. now run emulator (debug) from emulator. there is the compiled application at the bottom

20. to compile for cell phone type,

abld build thumb urel
or
abld build thumb udeb

Meanings same as 18, except that thumb refers to compressed code for armi processor in the cell phone.

21. beore transferring it to phone, we need to make a package.

24. now back to command line, go to install folder n type

makesis helloworld.pkg

25. helloworld.sis is created. transfer this to the mobile phone, install n run..


enjoy!