Re: XPe -> very time consuming? Yes or No
From: Roger H. Levy (rhl_at_i3e.org)
Date: 02/26/05
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Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 10:28:55 -0500
You haven't given information about what part of the process creates the
unexpected delay. My application consists of standard components and
just one service component that I add. My service consists of a few
.EXE and .DLL files. After FBA I transfer my image to an SDI virtual
disk and then I create an .SDI file for remote boot. I always save the
SDI virtual disk file because assuming that basic configuration
information doesn't change, such as my Service Data, all I need to do is
slip new files into my SDI virtual disk and then make a new .SDI so many
modifications I make take very little time.
Regarding your question about how long it took to complete my first
project my answer is that it took a huge amount of time which I think is
due to poorly organized documentation and low quality tutorials, some of
which have critical errors. However that was about 1.5 years ago which
I think was before any books were available. I don't know how helpful
the books are because I haven't seen them.
Finally, regarding your other theme as to whether XPe is simple or hard
to use I think it would be impossible to use if it were not for this NG.
IMHO MS has not put together a set of documentation that stands on its
own and it is essentially impossible to predict where the key piece of
information you need might be (in MSDN library, community tips, NG
archives, tool help files, etc., etc.). I think the expectation is that
a user is already a "Windows programmer" so many important Windows
details are not included in the documentation. The fallacy of this
assumption is that people who approach XPe from the "real embedded"
world (such as me) often know little or nothing about Windows and such
people are likely to be overwhelmed for quite a long time.
Roger
stt wrote:
> hello everybody.
>
> This is not really a technical question about xpe, but more about
> your experiences.
>
> I'm working and maintaining an xp project now almost two years,
> but every time again when an update has to be done it takes more
> than a whole day to make for example the hardware work. Almost
> every time there is something that goes wrong or does not work
> immediately.
>
> XPe is supposed to be as simple as just making a
> new component, include it in your project and that's it.....
> Unfortunatly this is almost never the case....
>
> And what about your opinion about your first xpe project???
> How long did it took to start from zero (never heard about xpe)
> until your first project ever was done???
>
> my conclusion is: XPE is super-great, but every time again there
> appears something unexepted, so that it takes more time than
> pre-calculated...
>
> am i the only one with such experiences???
>
>
>
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