Source Code Control: Application Developers (Windows Embedded CE 6.0)
1/6/2010
This topic provides information about best practices for source code control that application developers can use to develop applications based on the Windows Embedded CE 6.0 OS. You are an application developer if your goal includes the building of applications or dynamic-link libraries that operate on CE 6.0 target devices.
Best Practices for Application Developers
It is recommended that you perform the following steps to prepare for application development.
- Install Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, and make sure that Smart Device development support is included in the installation.
- Install the most recent SDK provided by your team. For information about SDK development, see SDK Development.
Integrating Applications into Team OS Designs
If you want to integrate an application into an OS design that you or your team have created, the best method of doing so is to add the application files as pre-built binaries to the OS design.
- Use the SDK that you have installed to create and build a Smart Device project.
- Check in the compiled binaries to the team OS designs in the source code control database. For more information about OS designs in a source code control system, see OS Designs in a Source Code Control System.
- Add the supporting .pbpxml file, and the binary image builder (.bib) and registry (.reg) files, to the source code control database.