Modify and Refine an OS Design (Compact 2013)
3/26/2014
A catalog item is a component of a Windows Embedded Compact 2013 OS design. Catalog items provide functionality or support for a specific feature when you add them to your OS. Typically, they are not hardware-specific. The OS designer is responsible for selecting which catalog items to include in the design. The build system does not build excluded items or include them in the OS image. Though your initial catalog item and board support package (BSP) selections are a starting point for your Windows Embedded Compact 2013 OS design, you can add and remove catalog items or BSPs throughout development.
Using the Visual Studio Catalog Items View, you can add and remove both catalog items and BSPs from your OS design as needed. You can implement your own BSP and boot loader before you develop your OS, or you can choose from the set of preconfigured BSPs that ship with Compact 2013.
For more information about importing an existing BSP, see Import a BSP.
To add or remove a catalog item
In Visual Studio, open your Windows Embedded Compact project.
Go to View > Other Windows > Catalog Items View.
Expand the Core OS folder to see the hierarchy of all available catalog items.
Select a catalog item to add it, or clear its check box to remove it.
Selected catalog items are explicitly included. A green box next to a catalog item indicates that another catalog item depends on it. The catalog item with the green box is included as long as its dependent item is included. To get more information about dependencies, right-click a catalog item and click either Reasons for Inclusion of Item or Show Dependencies.
For information about catalog changes in Windows Embedded Compact 2013, see Catalog Changes from Compact 7 to Compact 2013.
To add or remove a BSP
In Visual Studio, open your Windows Embedded Compact project.
Go to View > Other Windows > Catalog Items View.
Expand the BSP folder to see the hierarchy of all available BSPs.
Select a BSP to add it, or clear its check box to remove it.
After you create your OS design, the Catalog Items View window might display notifications, denoted by a red exclamation point, for individual catalog items.
To review catalog item notifications
In Visual Studio, open your Windows Embedded Compact project.
Go to View > Other Menus > Catalog Items View.
To view the notification for a particular catalog item, right-click the item and click Show Notification on the context menu.