Tutorial Step 6: Creating and Building an Application for the Emulator

In this step, you create and build a simple application using Platform Builder.

To create and build an application for the Emulator

From the File menu, choose New Project or File.
Choose the Projects tab, and then select WCE Application.
In the Project name box, type Hello, and then choose OK.
Choose A typical "Hello World!" application, and then choose Finish.
From the Build menu, choose Build Hello.exe to build the application.

When the build is complete, in the Build window, you see the following message: Hello.exe - 0 error(s), 0 warning(s). To see this message, you may have to jump to the end of the output by pressing the CTRL and END keys simultaneously.

You have successfully created an application. You are now ready to run the application in the Emulator.

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