Category: "Software : Test & Development"
Repository: No
Content: XPe Tools (macro), Configuration Explorer, Dependency Explorer, Derive Explorer, XPPro Emulation, Smart Upgrade components
and a few more useful options.
Purpose: Dev use.
Method: CMI automated scripts in conjunction with component DHTML pages.
Recommendations:
You may include all the components into your Configuration (the image won't grow in size since no files added) by resolving dependencies of the macro component "XPe Tools".
Please use XPeTools Package that includes all the component mentioned above to operate (delete, add, etc.) on the components in XPe database.
Brief component overview:
(to see more info click "Help-more info" on component Settings pages)
XPeTools - macro that brings in all other components from the package. Some useful global options and flags added. Boot.INI extra switches.
Configuration Explorer - allows you to navigate through Configuration components to see the components dependent on them. Also allows to save configurations in plain text files.
Dependency Explorer - allows you to navigate through XPe components to see their dependencies. Various component filter options are available.
Derive Explorer - allows you to navigate through XPe database to see derived components.
XPPro Emulation Explorer - allows you to add group filtered components from XPe database to your Configuration.
Smart Upgrade - allows you to upgrade components in the Configuration preserving their extended properties.
Smart Upgrade component will allow XPe developers smoothly move (*port*) their SLX projects to SP2 preserving the configuration component settings during the upgrade (e.g. the settings of the "User Interface Core" component, etc.). The new component should work for SP1-->SPx ports as well as for RTM-->SPx.
Updates:
(10/06/2006): Updated XPProEmulation component where a few bugs were fixed and Exclusion Group Filter functionality was added. Due to some bugs of SP2 FP2007/CTP1 (reported to Microsoft) the exclusion filter is now required in order to get rid of Hardware components from the final Software-only XPProEmulation project.
(03/19/2007): Some minor issues fixed with DependencyExplorer component.
(04/14/2007): Fix doc bug of DependencyExplorer component. Fix Exclusion filter logic of XPProEmulation component if the filter value is set to blank. XPProEmulation component UI updated.
Please check Readme.txt from the zip archive.
Originally uploaded by KM