What is the tap.exe for?

Hi,
Does anyone know why do we have to run the tap.exe file.
If what I presume is right, it is actually for the the
software to know what devices components or drivers it
should add for the system that is to be build. One puzzle
question is that when I finish deploying my run-time
image,simple things like USB driver and display settings
were not added in my image.So what is the point of running
the tap.exe in the 1st place.
Will apprecicate if someone can get back to me on this one.
Thanks in advance.

Regards
Shih Wee

"Shih Wee" <shihwee.wah@advantech.com.sg> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> Does anyone know why do we have to run the tap.exe file.
> If what I presume is right, it is actually for the the
> software to know what devices components or drivers it
> should add for the system that is to be build. One puzzle
> question is that when I finish deploying my run-time
> image,simple things like USB driver and display settings
> were not added in my image.So what is the point of running
> the tap.exe in the 1st place.
> Will apprecicate if someone can get back to me on this one.
> Thanks in advance.

Well, tap indeed gives a list of devices to add to the configuration (with
import of the pmq file). However, the import of the file should specify if
drivers for all devices were successfully found. If not, you will have to
make your own component with the Component Designer. Alternatively you
should check the pmq file (which is just a unicode XML file) to see if the
devices you are missing are specified in this file at all.

randy

Hi,
If you run tap on the hardware you want to deploy your
image to, it creates a (devices).pmq file. This is an xml
file that contains info for all devices on the machine.
You can then import the pmq file in TD or component
designer to get the components into your image.

Maarten

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi,
>Does anyone know why do we have to run the tap.exe file.
>If what I presume is right, it is actually for the the
>software to know what devices components or drivers it
>should add for the system that is to be build. One puzzle
>question is that when I finish deploying my run-time
>image,simple things like USB driver and display settings
>were not added in my image.So what is the point of
running
>the tap.exe in the 1st place.
>Will apprecicate if someone can get back to me on this
one.
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Regards
>Shih Wee
>.
>