September 2011
Intermediate to advanced
744 pages
19h 4m
English
Content preview from Professional Windows® Embedded Compact 7
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DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT
The primary development environment for Compact 7 is the Visual Studio 2008 integrated development environment (VS2008 IDE). From the VS2008 IDE, you can perform the following development tasks for Compact 7:
- Create an OS design
- Develop a device driver
- Clone and develop board support package
- Develop native code applications
- Develop managed code applications
To develop a Compact 7 OS design and generate a custom OS run-time image for a device, you need Platform Builder for Windows Embedded Compact 7 (Platform Builder).
For Compact 7, Platform Builder is a plug-in to the VS2008 IDE and requires the professional or a higher version to function. Figure 5-1 provides a visual view to the Windows Embedded Compact 7 development environment.
Compact 7 Terminology
Every development environment has a set of commonly used terms, jargon, and abbreviated key words, which are used as part of the documentation, application notes, and marketing purposes. Table 5-1 lists some of the terms and abbreviated key words commonly used in the Windows Embedded Compact environment, which may not be common in other environments.
TABLE 5-1: Compact 7 Terminology
| TERMINOLOGY | DESCRIPTION |
| BSP | Board Support Package is a set of software components that include OEM adaptation layer codes, device drivers, and configuration files for a specific target device. |
| Build release ... |
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