Utilities (Windows CE 5.0)
In addition to the tools that make up the build system, Platform Builder for Microsoft® Windows® CE includes a set of utilities.
The following table shows the utilities and their functions.
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
| BinCompress Tool (BinCompress.exe) | Compresses or decompresses .bin run-time images for use with the x86 basic input/output system (BIOS) boot loader (BIOSloader). |
| BinMod Tool (BinMod.exe) | Extracts files from a run-time image, and replaces files in a run-time image. |
| CAB Wizard (Cabwiz.exe) | Creates cabinet (.cab) files to facilitate installation of drivers or applications on a target device. |
| Catalog Utility (Pbcec.exe) | Adds and removes Catalog item (.cec) files from the Catalog, and lists the Catalog contents. |
| CeBackup tool (Cebackup.exe) | Creates backup copies of Windows CE–based libraries. |
| Createmui Tool (Createmui.bat) | Creates resource files for the Multilingual User Interface. |
| Cvrtbin Tool (Cvrtbin.exe) | Converts read-only memory (ROM) files from binary (.bin) format to SRE or NBX (.nb0) format. |
| DUMPBIN Tool | Displays information about 32-bit Common Object File Format (COFF) object files and their libraries, executable (.exe), and dynamic-link library (.dll) files. |
| Guidgen Tool (Guidgen.exe) | Creates a globally unique identifier (GUID). |
| Keyboard Layout Generator Tool(Kbdgen.exe) | Produces Windows CE Input Language and Device Layout source files from a Windows XP keyboard layout dynamic-link library (.dll) file. |
| Load CEPC tool (Loadcepc.exe) | Loads a run-time image onto an x86-based target device, such as a Windows CE PC-based hardware platform (CEPC). |
| Readlog Tool (Readlog.exe) | Converts CeLog (.clg) files into text (.txt) format. |
| Viewbin Tool (Viewbin.exe) | Displays information about the contents of a run-time image. |
| Wceload Tool | Installs a cabinet (.cab) file on a target device. |
See Also
Run-Time Image and OS Directories
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