Tutorial: Creating a Feature and Adding It to a Platform

This tutorial shows you how to create a simple feature for the Windows CE OS. The tutorial also shows you how to include a feature in a platform. A feature is a logical grouping of components in the OS. In the Platform Builder IDE, a feature is the smallest piece of functionality that you can select and add to a platform.

To create a feature, you must first write the code for the OS components that constitute a feature. Writing code for OS components is beyond the scope of this tutorial. This tutorial shows you how to create a simple feature from existing code that ships with Platform Builder.

If you want to use this tutorial as a guide in creating a feature based on code that you have written, the tutorial assumes that you have already written the code for the OS components and that you want to create a feature based on that code.

This tutorial makes the following assumptions:

• You are familiar with the terms platform, configuration, feature, and component as they are defined in the glossary in Windows CE .NET Help.
• You included support for the Emulator when you installed Platform Builder 4.2 for Windows CE .NET.

To create a feature and add it to a platform, you must complete the following steps:

• Tutorial Step 1: Creating a Catalog Feature File
• Tutorial Step 2: Adding an Implementation
• Tutorial Step 3: Adding a Build Method
• Tutorial Step 4: Adding BIB Information
• Tutorial Step 5: Adding the Feature to the Catalog
• Tutorial Step 6: Creating a Platform
• Tutorial Step 7: Adding the Feature to the Platform
• Tutorial Step 8: Building the Platform

See Also

Catalog Customization | Emulator

 Last updated on Wednesday, April 14, 2004

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