Build an OS Design (Compact 2013)
3/26/2014
After you finish creating your Windows Embedded Compact 2013 OS design (as described in Design an OS), you can build it. Although Platform Builder provides various options for partial builds, you must run a complete build the first time that you build your OS design to create a run-time image that is deployable to a device.
To run a complete build
In Visual Studio, on the Build menu, click Build Solution.
Alternatively, right-click the project in Solution Explorer and select Build Solution from the context menu.
Both options execute the Build Demo Tool (Blddemo.bat), the root batch file that builds the project subcomponents.
Note
After the initial build of an OS design, you can deploy the OS design to a device. In a typical development scenario, you download the OS design image to the target device for testing. Windows Embedded Compact provides a way to deploy a built OS design image using a virtual CEPC so that you can develop and test your OS design without special hardware. Instead of hardware, you deploy using a virtual device that you create on your development computer.
For more information about deploying to a virtual device, see Download the OS to the Device in the Getting Started section.
You can run a variety of build commands — for example, rebuilding the solution or running a build on the current board support package — from the Platform Builder IDE. For more information about the most frequently used options on the Build menu, see Most Common Build Type Options.
When you build your OS design in Platform Builder, the build system runs command-line tools to perform the build steps. For more information, see How the Build System Works.