<s>
Embedded	B-Language
Visual	I-Language
Basic	I-Language
or	O
eVB	O
,	O
is	O
an	O
implementation	O
of	O
Microsoft	O
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
which	O
is	O
geared	O
towards	O
generating	O
programmes	O
for	O
embedded	O
systems	O
such	O
as	O
PDAs	B-Application
,	O
cellular	O
telephones	O
,	O
pocket	B-Device
computers	I-Device
and	O
other	O
programmable	O
electronic	O
systems	O
and	O
devices	O
,	O
generally	O
for	O
use	O
under	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
CE	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
tools	O
themselves	O
run	O
on	O
desktop	O
operating	O
systems	O
such	O
as	O
Windows	B-Device
98	I-Device
,	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
,	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
and	O
subsequent	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
tools	O
are	O
also	O
capable	O
of	O
compiling	O
executables	O
for	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
NT	I-Operating_System
Embedded	I-Operating_System
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Embedded	B-Language
Visual	I-Language
Basic	I-Language
is	O
available	O
from	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
as	O
are	O
other	O
such	O
tools	O
including	O
Embedded	B-Application
Visual	I-Application
C++	I-Application
(	O
eVC++	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
discussed	O
in	O
the	O
Wikipedia	O
article	O
about	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Visual	I-Application
C++	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Embedded	O
Visual	B-Application
J++	I-Application
(	O
eVJ++	O
)	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
other	O
development	O
tools	O
and	O
a	O
relational	O
database	O
system	O
for	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
CE	I-Operating_System
(	O
a	O
de	O
facto	O
Visual	B-Application
FoxPro	I-Application
replacement	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
centrally	O
important	O
Windows	O
CE-related	O
tool	O
is	O
ActiveSync	B-Operating_System
,	O
which	O
allows	O
access	O
of	O
a	O
device	O
from	O
a	O
desktop	O
computer	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Control	O
Panel	O
functionality	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
Amongst	O
other	O
tools	O
is	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
RegEdit	B-Protocol
for	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
CE	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
implementations	O
of	O
these	O
tools	O
provide	O
objects	O
and	O
components	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
write	O
programmes	O
which	O
automate	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
's	O
Pocket	O
versions	O
,	O
which	O
would	O
be	O
the	O
one	O
way	O
to	O
get	O
scripting	O
and	O
macro	O
capability	O
for	O
the	O
Pocket	B-Application
office	I-Application
suite	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
not	O
an	O
Embedded	O
Visual	B-Application
InterDev	I-Application
version	O
,	O
nor	O
have	O
MSDN	O
or	O
Visual	B-Protocol
Source	I-Protocol
Safe	I-Protocol
been	O
ported	O
to	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
CE	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
other	O
means	O
of	O
obtaining	O
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
functionality	O
under	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
CE	I-Operating_System
is	O
to	O
install	O
the	O
Windows	O
Script	O
Host	O
implementation	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
non-default	O
install	O
available	O
from	O
the	O
installation	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
3	O
of	O
the	O
embedded	B-Language
Visual	I-Language
Basic	I-Language
,	O
Visual	B-Application
J++	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
tools	O
approximate	O
the	O
language	O
and	O
implementation	O
of	O
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
6.0	I-Language
,	O
Visual	B-Application
J++	I-Application
6.0	O
,	O
and	O
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
6.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
CD-Roms	B-Device
for	O
installation	O
of	O
these	O
tools	O
have	O
been	O
provided	O
for	O
free	O
from	O
Microsoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
Basic	O
development	O
tool	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
run	O
on	O
board	O
the	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
CE	I-Operating_System
machines	O
themselves	O
is	O
the	O
third-party	O
NS	B-Device
BASIC	I-Device
.	O
</s>
