MFDeploy Overviews

The MFDeploy tool copies applications to .NET Micro Framework devices. A production environment tool, MFDeploy also enables you to test a device's responsiveness, create a standard application deployment for multiple devices, manage application signing, and perform select debugging tasks.

In This Section

• Selecting and Managing Devices
  MFDeploy helps you select and manage your device through testing, connecting, and viewing your device's configuration.
• Managing Firmware Image Files
  Create the file containing the .NET Micro Framework libraries that your application requires early in the development process with firmware image files.
• Deploying Applications
  MFDeploy enables you to create a standard deployment, including all of a device's deployment sections and signed code, that you can replicate to multiple devices.
• Managing Device Keys
  Create and update a public and private pair of keys on your device using MFDeploy.
• Configuring Your Device Connection
  Use MFDeploy procedures to set your device's USB name or configure your network connection.
• Selecting the Default Port
  Choose from the MFDeploy list of available serial ports to select the one that you want to use as the default port.
• Using the MFDeploy Debugging Features
  Access useful debugging features from MFDeploy's main menu.
• Invoking MFDeploy from the Command Line
  Choose from a variety of ways to engage the capabilities of MFDeploy.
• Accomplishing Common Tasks
  Use MFDeploy to upgrade firmware, deploy a file in special circumstances, or configure a firewall.
• Customizing MFDeploy
  Write your own deployment programs to automate many deployment tasks with an API that MFDeploy provides.