Dolphin application development – Hand Held Products 7200/UG User Manual

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The following Utilities are included in the Dolphin ROM image and are automatically

loaded when the terminal boots. They are NOT included on the Dolphin OS and

Development System Disk.

Utility Description

EVS.EXE

Enhanced Video System (EVS) is a TSR

that traps standard video BIOS (INT 10H)

calls, and overlays hardware-specific

support for the Dolphin’s LCD. In

addition, EVS provides application and

system level Status line support.

POWERMON.EXE

POWERMON.EXE is a TSR that

monitors battery status and power usage.

POWERMON.EXE is automatically

loaded when the terminal boots.

Dolphin Application Development

Compiling Applications for the Dolphin

Dolphin application development is straightforward. Since Dolphin is DOS-

compatible, most of the application can be tested on a desktop computer.

Although Dolphin is DOS-compatible, it provides many unique features that are not

built into most PCs. For example, it has an integrated bar code scanner. The Dolphin

libraries provide an API that allows an application to use these features. There are four

libraries provided for linking into applications:

dolphins.lib for small memory models

dolphinm.lib for medium memory models

dolphinc.lib for compact memory models

dolphinl.lib for large memory models

The header file, dolphin.h, in the c:\dolphin\devtools\ directory contains useful

declarations for using these libraries.

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