•               Platform Builder: Build Tools Intro
  This is an introduction to the articles about using the command line build tools.

•              Platform Builder: Build Tools, Opening a Build Window
  This discusses ways to open a command windows with the environment set up to build a project.

•               Platform Builder: Using BldDemo
  This discusses using BldDemo.bat to build a project.

•               Platform Builder: Using Build.exe
  This discusses using build.exe to build the source that you are changing.

•               Platform Builder: Using Buildrel
  This discusses using buildrel.bat to populate the _FLATRELEASEDIR.

•               Platform Builder: Pulling it all together with Makeimg
  A discussion of what makeimg.exe does when it runs to create the OS image.

•               Platform Builder: Getting from BSP Source Code Change to Test Quickly
  This is a short discussion of how to get from changing code in the BSP to testing the changes quickly. After reading this you should be able to build your changes in a couple of minutes, rather than building code that you didn’t change.

•               Platform Builder: Building a Bootloader
  This will provide you with the information that you need to understand how the bootloader is built.

•               Platform Builder: Buildrel and Hard Links
  A short article about Windows Hard Links and how they are used with Buildrel.  This article could end up saving you a lot of time.

•               Platform Builder: Managing the Registry
  This is a companion to Platform Builder: Pulling it all together with Makeimg.  The two articles should help you understand how the registry files work together to produce the system registry on your device.

•               Platform Builder: Using Bib Files to add files to a Windows CE OS Image
  This is a short discussion of the FILES and MODULES sections of bib files with examples.

•               Platform Builder: Fmerge Tips and Tricks
  A collection of tips that can be used with files that are merged with fmerge.

•               Platform Builder: Using STR Files
  A discussion of using STR files to customize your configuration files.

•               Platform Builder: Config.bib
  A discussion of config.bib including the CONFIG and MEMORY sections.

•               Platform Builder: Filtering BIB Files Using PostFmergeBIB.bat
  A discussion about using PostFmergeBIB.bat to fliter Public bib files.

•               Platform Builder: Speed Up the Build by using the Right Tools
  This is guide to using the right build tool to get your change into the OS.

•               Using a batch file to automatically build a Windows CE 5.0 and 6.0 project
  This shows how to use a batch file to set up the build environment and automatically build a Windows CE 5.0 and 6.0 project.

•               Windows CE Platform Builder: Automatically putting files in the SDK during build
  This is a shows how to use sources and makefile.inc to automatically include files in the SDK for your project.

•               Platform Builder: Creating an nk.nb0
  This discusses way to create an nk.nb0 file.  This includes using config.bib to automate the creation and using cvrtbin.exe to create it manually from an nk.bin.

•               Platform Builder: Using RES files to modify a Control Panel Applet
  A post that isn’t so much about the build tools, but how the build tools can save you some effort in changing the GUI in an application or Control Panel Applet.

•               Platform Builder: Using Environment Variables to Control Macro Definition
  How environment variables can be used to conditionally compile code in a C/C++ file.

•               Platform Builder: When to do a clean build?
  Ever wonder when you need to do a clean build, versus letting the dependency checker make the decisions?  This should point you in the right direction.

•               Platform Builder: Don’t use Build and Sysgen
  This is a discussion of why Build and Sysgen can cause you to reinstall Platform Builder, and how to prevent accidentally using Build and Sysgen.

•               Platform Builder: Using Your Developr Batch File
  An informational post about setting environment variables that are specific to you and how you develop using Platform Builder, and have nothing to do with your actual project or BSP.

•               Platform Builder: Clone Public Code
  This will guide you by example on how to clone the Public code rather than modify the Public code.

•               Platform Builder: Cloning an MDD Lib
  This shows by example how to clone an MDD statically linked library and use it within your platform to link with a PDD.

•               Platform Builder: Your Changes aren’t in the OS Image
  A list of some of the common causes for changes to not be in your OS image.

•               Platform Builder:Building Multiple Folders
  Information about managing multiple sub-folders during a build.  This includes discussion of what can and cannot be done within the context of Platform Builder's build system.

•               Platform Builder: Cesysgen.bat, what happens when a SYSGEN Variable is set?
  A discussion of what the build system does with those SYSGEN variables that are set from the catalog.

•               Platform Builder: Forcing a Folder to Rebuild Every Time
  An interesting, but rarely needed, solution for forcing a folder to build every time you build your project.

•               Platform Builder: Building a Binary Component
  A discussion of adding a binary file to your build tree so that when it builds the file is automatically copied to the target folder.

 Build Errors

•               Platform Builder: Cannot open include file: 'windows.h': No such file or directory
  A discussion of the why the compiler cannot open windows.h.

•               Platform Builder: Error: Ram Start Overlaps ROM Binary
  A discussion of the why makeimg reports that the RAM start overlaps the ROM binary.

•               Platform Builder: makeimg: FATAL ERROR: Out of buffer space
  A discussion of this cryptic error message and what to do to resolve it.

•               Platform Builder: cl : Command line error D2004 : '/I' requires an argument
  Setting INCLUDES in your sources file incorrectly can cause the build to fail. This article discusses the effect of a poorly constructed INCLUDES path.

•               Platform Builder: Eboot Romimage Errors
  A short, but important, note about hidden error message when building the bootloader.

•               Platform Builder: error C2220: warning treated as error - no 'object' file generated
  An explanation of this error and what to do about it.