Chapter 4. Build System

The Microsoft Windows Embedded CE development toolset uses a unified build system. A developer can build an operating system (OS) from the Visual Studio 2005 integrated environment or from a command-line interface. Visual Studio 2005 menu items launch the necessary batch files. The build tools suite is composed of a set of batch files (batch files) and console utilities. Designated environment variables and the parameters that are passed during calls to the build system control the build process. Batch files initiate environment variables during the initial stage by calling PBInitEnv.bat, which then calls Wince.bat with the necessary parameters. The file blddemo.bat is the main batch file that controls the overall build ...

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