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Using Component Help to Ensure Application Compatibility

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Every component that is shipped in the component database is accompanied by component Help. Component Help shows information such as the services and resources associated with the component, the dependencies expressed by the component, and the interfaces exposed by the component.

To use component Help to ensure application compatibility

  1. Use a tool, such as Dumpbin.exe, to discover the interfaces that your application requires.
  2. Use the search function in the Windows XP Embedded Help to find all of the components that expose those interfaces.
    • Open Windows XP Embedded Help and choose the Search tab.
    • Type the name of an interface in the search box.
    • At the bottom of the tab, select the Match similar words checkbox and clear the other two checkboxes.
    • Choose List Topics. All of the topics that mention the interface are listed.
    • Choose Location to sort the list. The component Help topics are grouped.
    • Double-click a component Help topic to view it in the right pane. The title of the component Help topic is the name of the component.
    • In the topic, under Interface Information, choose More Information. The interface appears in the list.
  3. Use Target Designer to add to your configuration the components that expose the required interfaces.

See Also

Application Compatibility

Last updated on Wednesday, October 18, 2006

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