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Concepts in the Platform Builder IDE (Windows Embedded CE 6.0)

1/6/2010

The integration of Platform Builder into Visual Studio brings changes to terminology and concepts for Windows Embedded CE.

For information about Windows Embedded CE terms and concepts not specific to the transition to Visual Studio, see Terminology in Windows Embedded CE.

  • solution
    A container that a user can open in Visual Studio. This term is a standard Visual Studio term. A solution can contain more than one project, and it can contain more than one Windows Embedded CE OS design and corresponding subprojects.
  • project
    A container that a user can open in Visual Studio from within a solution. This term is a standard Visual Studio term. In previous versions of Windows Embedded CE, the term project had a different meaning.
  • subproject
    A container that is the Windows Embedded CE 6.0 counterpart to a Windows CE 5.0 project.

File Name Extensions

  • .pbxml
    File format for the metadata that defines a Windows Embedded CE OS design.
  • .pbpxml
    File format for the metadata that defines a Windows Embedded CE subproject. For more information, see Subprojects.

See Also

Other Resources

Migrating to the Windows Embedded CE 6.0 IDE
Terminology in Windows Embedded CE