what's the best way to create a project starting from a list of file needed?

[andrea]

Hi all
I know, I'm a newbie but please help me, I'll appreciate a lot!!!

prelude:
When I have to create a project wich will run a particular software, I
install a full working XP SP2 with no updates, I disable every service
that I will don't need (like firewall, updates, ecc.).
So I start "process monitor" (an utility that scan for every access in
the file system) to get a list of files needed by my software.
Now I have all files (dll & others) needed by my app.

question:
By now, I'm using the "filter" function in target designer to find and
integrate the components needed.
I intergate components that contains every dll (and other) I finded.
This is a very long process because the dlls are a lot, and I need to
make a search one by one.
Does exist a way to make the same work faster?
can I use XPECMD? how?
thanks

 

[KM]

andrea,

It depends on what you classify as the "faster". After all, you still need to provide the info about the Dlls to the TD.
Obviously, there is no (and probably never will be) an integration between SysInternal's tools and Target Designer.

You can certainly use XPECMD. AFAIK, it allows you to create search criteria within the XPe DB and apply it from a command line.

There is also another Search tool available for XPe where you can quickly search for components by file names, registry values and
registry paths. That search tool is a part of DependencyExplorer component from XPeTools package (www.xpefiles.com).

 

[Sean Liming \(eMVP\)]

....and there is the Component Hunter tool
(http://www.sjjmicro.com/XPES_Tools_R2.html), which provides file and
registery searching, PE DLL static sniffer, and a component tracking feature
to find relationships between components.

Regards,

Sean Liming
www.sjjmicro.com / www.seanliming.com
XP Embedded Book Author - XP Embedded Advanced, XP Embedded Supplemental
Toolkit