How to Add Hardware Information to a Configuration
Target Analyzer (Tap.exe) is a command-line tool that probes your target device's registry, and creates a Devices.pmq file that includes all the device drivers that are required to operate the target hardware. You can use this .pmq file to create a device macro component that you can easily add to, and remove from, a Windows XP Embedded configuration.
To track your progress in the following table, select the check box next to each step.
| Step | Topic | |
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| 1. Review the hardware requirements for Windows XP Embedded. | Target System Requirements | |
| 2. Boot the target device by using Windows XP, Windows 2000 Service Pack 2, or Windows PE, and running Target Analyzer. | Running Target Analyzer
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| 3. Import the Devices.pmq file into an .sld file to create a device macro component. | Creating a Component from a PMQ File in Windows XP Embedded Studio Help. | |
| 4. Import the device macro component into the database. | Importing an Object into the Database in Windows XP Embedded Studio Help. | |
| 5. Start Target Designer and add the new macro component to your configuration. | Adding a Component to a Configuration in Windows XP Embedded Studio Help. | |
| 6. (Optional) Optimize your footprint size by removing unneeded components. | Remove Unnecessary Devices to Optimize Footprint |
**Note **Windows Embedded Studio also includes a real-mode 16-bit version of Target Analyzer, Ta.exe, which you can run with Microsoft MS-DOS. You should only use Ta.exe for 16-bit MS-DOS devices.
See Also
How-to Topics | Macro Components
Last updated on Wednesday, October 18, 2006
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