1. Develop and test a Retail version of the OS that includes:
2. Do a clean build of the OS
3. Test the OS.
1. Detach the OS if running.
2. Create a new SDK from within the OS project. Project –> Add New SDK ..
3. Complete the SDK property pages and press [OK]
4. All of the General properties must be entered
Warning: Give the SDK a unique name (e.g. MySDK) because you can’t install two SDKs with the same name on a development system
SDKs are located in the OS Solution tree below Favorites
5. If you want to revisit the SDK property pages, Right-Click on it in Solution Explorer
6. Right-click on the new SDK and select Build to build the SDK
7. Explorer the SDK contents:
Note that that the installer (.msi) is in the MSI subfolder. This is run to install the SDK.
8. Explore the obj\My,SDK folder. This is the files that are added to the SDK:
9. Install the SDK by running its installer.
Note that this SDK can be installed on other development systems that have the following installed (You don’t need Compact 2013 Platform Builder):
The SDK installs templates for new application projects for the OS. To access them: File—>Add—>New Project Depending upon what APIs you have in the OS, the new SDK templates will be located under the programming languages under Windows Embedded Compact\SDK1 as in Figure 16.1
Figure 16.1: SDK Native Code Templates
Do not add an SDK project to the OS solution at this stage.
NEXT: 16.3 Create native code applications with the SDK template
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