PRB: Custom SDK Not Available for Existing eVC Projects (266240)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft eMbedded Visual C++, Version:4.0
This article was previously published under Q266240

SYMPTOMS

After you install a custom Software Development Kit (SDK) that was exported by Platform Builder 2.12 or later, you may not be able to select the new platform in the eMbedded Visual C++ IDE for any existing projects.

Also, if you create a new project and don't select the CPU that exists only in the custom SDK, you may not be able to select the new custom platform for the newly created project.

RESOLUTION

To build an existing project to target the newly installed platform SDK, create a new, empty project, and then select the existing source files from the existing project.

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Steps to Reproduce Behavior

In the case where a user has some existing projects and then installs a custom SDK, this behavior can be simulated by creating a new project and omitting the CPU support for the custom SDK:
  1. Install eMbedded Visual C++. Include all the toolkits and SDKs.
  2. Obtain or export an SDK from Platform Builder version 2.12 or 3.0 based on the x86 chip only. For example, build a MAXALL-based platform for CEPC and export the SDK for it.
  3. Install the exported, custom SDK on the system where eMbedded Visual C++ and other SDKs are installed.
  4. Start the eMbedded Visual C++ IDE.
  5. Create a new application project (from the File menu, click New). Click WCE Application and make sure that Win32 (WCE x86) in the CPUs field is not selected. Click A Typical Hello World Application, and then click Finish.
After the eMbedded Visual C++ application wizard creates the application, attempt to select the various platforms to target on the IDE toolbar. Notice that the custom SDK is not available.

NOTE: There is no option to select a CPU that is exclusively supported in a custom SDK. For example, if you have installed a custom SDK for a custom x86 CEPC device, that SDK only supports the X86 CPU. Yet X86 is not listed in the CPU drop-down list box in the Build Configurations dialog box. Consequently, you must create a new, empty project to target the X86 CPU, and then include the existing project's source files.

Create a Project to Support the Custom Platform

Follow Steps 1 through 2 to create a project to support the custom platform:
  1. Create a new application project (on the File menu, click New). Click WCE Application and make sure Win32 (WCE x86) in the CPUs field is selected. Click A Typical Hello World Application, and then click Finish.
  2. After the eMbedded Visual C++ application wizard creates the application, select the various platforms to target on the IDE.
Notice that the custom platform supported by the custom SDK installed is listed.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:8/19/2005
Keywords:kbprb KB266240
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