Build OS Menu Options (Windows CE 5.0)
The Build OS menu provides a variety of options for your OS design, such as building run-time images. For information about the build process, see Build Phases.
This menu contains build commands and flags the modify these commands, resulting in more flexibility when determining the settings for a build.
This functionality is similar to the functionality available in a command-line prompt build window. The results of a build depend on the settings that you choose, and can vary widely.
You can customize the settings for a build according to your needs by selecting the build flags you want to set, then choosing a build command to begin the build.
For more information about these build options, see Advanced Build OS Menu Options.
The following build options are available on the Build OS menu.
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| Sysgen | Runs the Sysgen tool on files related to the OS design. This assumes that the files have not changed from a previous build process.
Projects in the workspace are included in the build process. No files are copied to the release directory. |
| Build and Sysgen | Builds, and then runs the Sysgen tool on files in the OS design.
Select this command when you modify files in the OS design. Projects in the workspace are included in the build process. No files are copied to the release directory. |
| Build Current BSP | Builds and then runs the Sysgen tool on files in the directory for the current BSP.
No files are copied to the release directory. |
The following flags are available on the Build OS menu.
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| Clean Before Building | Select to remove intermediate and output files built during a previous Sysgen phase before running a build. |
| Copy Files to Release Directory After Build | Select to use the Buildrel tool to copy output files to the release directory after the build completes.
By default, this menu option is selected when you create a new workspace. |
| Make Run-Time Image After Build | Select to use the Makeimg tool to use files in the release directory to create the run-time image after the build completes.
By default, this menu option is selected when you create a new workspace. |
The following other menu options are available on the Build OS menu.
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| Copy Files to Release Directory | Use to copy output files to the release directory after the build completes, using the Buildrel tool. |
| Make Run-Time Image | Use files in the release directory to create the run-time image, using the Makeimg tool. |
| Stop Build | Use to stop the build when the build system reaches the end of the current executing command or the next phase.
If you select Clean Before Building, it is recommended that you allow the build to complete. |
| Batch Build | Use to select multiple configurations to build run-time images from. |
| Open Release Directory | Use to open a command prompt build window in the release directory for your OS design. |
| Set Active Configuration | Use to select an active configuration for your OS design. |
| Configurations | Use to add or remove configurations for your OS design. |
See Also
Run-Time Image Build Process | Platform Builder User Interface | Build Demo Tool | Command-Line Tools
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