How to Add an Application to the Catalog (Windows CE 5.0)
After you create an application for an OS design, you can add the application to the Catalog so that subsequent OS designs created on the same development workstation can use the application.
Having the application in the Catalog removes the need to recreate the application, and makes adding it to your OS design easier.
Hardware and Software Assumptions
- You are familiar with creating and building run-time images and applications in the IDE.
- You are familiar with editing Catalog item (.cec) files. For more information, see Catalog Item Files.
To track your progress in the following table, select the check box next to each step.
| Step | Topic | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Open an existing OS design, or create and build an OS design. | Opening an Existing Workspace
How to Use the IDE to Create, Customize, and Build a Run-Time Image |
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| 2. Open an existing application, or create and build an application.
If you build a new application for an existing OS design, rebuild your run-time image before building the application. For example, you can use the New Project Wizard to create a standard Hello World application, which is added to your OS design as a project with an associated .pbpxml file. |
Creating a New Project | |
| 3. Create a .cec file for your application.
This provides Platform Builder with information required to display your application in the Catalog. |
Creating a .cec File for an Application | |
| 4. Edit the .cec file to add an implementation for your application.
This provides Platform Builder with information about the item you are adding to the Catalog, and specifies how to categorize the item in the Catalog's tree. |
Adding an Implementation | |
| 5. Configure the implementation you created. | Configuring a Catalog Item | |
| 6. Insert a link to your application into the .cec file. | Inserting a Link into a .cec File | |
| 6. In the CEC Editor window, from the Catalog menu, choose Add to Catalog to add your application to the Catalog. | CEC Editor Tool | |
| 7. In the IDE, in the Catalog window, navigate to Third Party and verify that you added your application to the Catalog.
If the Catalog item associated with your application does not appear in the Catalog, right-click in the Catalog window to display the context menu and select Refresh Catalog. |
Adding an Item from the Catalog |
See Also
How-to Topics | Catalog Item Files | Binary Image Builder File | CEC Editor | Catalog Customization | Tutorial: Creating a Catalog Item and Adding It to an OS Design
Last updated on Thursday, February 02, 2006
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