How to Add an Application to the Catalog
Once you have created an application for a platform, you can add the application to the Catalog so that subsequent platforms 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 platform easier.
Hardware and Software Assumptions
- You are familiar with creating and building platforms and applications in the IDE.
- You are familiar with editing Catalog feature (.cec) files. For more information, see Catalog Feature Files.
To track your progress in the following table, select the check box next to each step.
| Step | Topic | |
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| 1. Open an existing platform, or create and build a new platform. | Opening an Existing Workspace
How to Use the IDE to Create, Customize, and Build a Platform |
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2. Open an existing application, or create and build a new application.
For example, you can use the New Project Wizard to create a standard Hello World application, which is automatically added to your platform as a project. |
Creating a New Project | |
| 3. Create a .cec file for your application.
This provides Platform Builder with information required to import your application into 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 feature that you are adding to the Catalog, and specifies how to categorize the feature in the feature tree. |
Adding an Implementation. | |
| 5. Add a build method for your application to the implementation that you created.
This provides the Platform Builder build system with information required to build and include the application in the run-time image. |
Adding a Build Method | |
| 6. Add binary image builder (BIB) information to the feature implementation information for your application.
This provides the build system with information required to deploy the application to the run-time image. |
Adding BIB Information | |
| 7. In the CEC Editor window, from the Catalog menu, choose Add to Catalog to add your application to the Catalog. | CEC Editor Tool | |
8. In the IDE, in the Catalog window, navigate to Third Party\New Feature, and then verify that you added your application to the Catalog.
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Adding a Feature from the Catalog |
See Also
Platform Development How-to Topics | Catalog Feature Files | Binary Image Builder File | CEC Editor | Catalog Customization | Tutorial: Creating a Feature and Adding It to a Platform
Last updated on Friday, October 08, 2004
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