How to target the existing project to new platform

Recently, I am always asked about how to use the project on different platform or different Visual Studio version. For instance, If the project uses Windows Mobile 6 Professional SDK (ARMV4I) platform and bases on Visual Studio 2008, and you want to use it on Pocket PC 2003(ARMV4I) using Visual Studio 2005.

The easy way to achieve that is to change the project file. Following xml file illuminates the project file for CppUnitLite targeted to Windows Mobile 6 Professional SDK (ARMV4I) and based on Visual Studio 2008.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252"?>
<VisualStudioProject
    ProjectType="Visual C++"
    Version="9.00"
    Name="CppUnitLite"
    ProjectGUID="{A022C462-A27C-442D-999E-F36C91517D40}"
    RootNamespace="CppUnitLite"
    Keyword="Win32Proj"
    TargetFrameworkVersion="196613"
    >
  <Platforms>
    <Platform
            Name="Windows Mobile 6 Professional SDK (ARMV4I)"
        />
  </Platforms>
  <ToolFiles>
  </ToolFiles>
  <Configurations>
    <Configuration
            Name="Debug|Windows Mobile 6 Professional SDK (ARMV4I)"
            OutputDirectory="$(PlatformName)\$(ConfigurationName)"
            IntermediateDirectory="$(PlatformName)\$(ConfigurationName)"
            ConfigurationType="4"
            CharacterSet="1"
            >
      <Tool
                Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
            />
      <Tool
                Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
            />
      <Tool
                Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
            />
      <Tool
                Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
            />
      <Tool
                Name="VCMIDLTool"
            />
      <Tool
                Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
                ExecutionBucket="7"
                Optimization="0"
                PreprocessorDefinitions="_DEBUG;_WIN32_WCE=$(CEVER);UNDER_CE;$(PLATFORMDEFINES);WINCE;DEBUG;_LIB;$(ARCHFAM);$(_ARCHFAM_);_UNICODE;UNICODE"
                MinimalRebuild="true"
                RuntimeLibrary="1"
                UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
                WarningLevel="3"
                DebugInformationFormat="3"
            />
      <Tool
                Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
            />
      <Tool
                Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
                PreprocessorDefinitions="_DEBUG;_WIN32_WCE=$(CEVER);UNDER_CE;$(PLATFORMDEFINES)"
                Culture="1033"
                AdditionalIncludeDirectories="$(IntDir)"
            />
      <Tool
                Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
            />
      <Tool
                Name="VCLibrarianTool"
                AdditionalOptions=" /subsystem:windowsce,5.02"
                OutputFile="../Bin/CppUnitLite.lib"
            />
      <Tool
                Name="VCALinkTool"
            />
      <Tool
                Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
            />
      <Tool
                Name="VCBscMakeTool"
            />
      <Tool
                Name="VCFxCopTool"
            />
      <Tool
                Name="VCCodeSignTool"
            />
      <Tool
                Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
            />
      <DeploymentTool
                ForceDirty="-1"
                RemoteDirectory=""
                RegisterOutput="0"
                AdditionalFiles=""
            />
      <DebuggerTool
            />
    </Configuration>
    <Configuration
            Name="Release|Windows Mobile 6 Professional SDK (ARMV4I)"
            OutputDirectory="$(PlatformName)\$(ConfigurationName)"
            IntermediateDirectory="$(PlatformName)\$(ConfigurationName)"
            ConfigurationType="4"
            CharacterSet="1"
            >
      <Tool
                Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
            />
      <Tool
                Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
            />
      <Tool
                Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
            />
      <Tool
                Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
            />
      <Tool
                Name="VCMIDLTool"
            />
      <Tool
                Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
                ExecutionBucket="7"
                Optimization="2"
                FavorSizeOrSpeed="2"
                PreprocessorDefinitions="NDEBUG;_WIN32_WCE=$(CEVER);UNDER_CE;$(PLATFORMDEFINES);WINCE;_LIB;$(ARCHFAM);$(_ARCHFAM_);_UNICODE;UNICODE"
                RuntimeLibrary="0"
                UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
                WarningLevel="3"
                DebugInformationFormat="3"
            />
      <Tool
                Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
            />
      <Tool
                Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
                PreprocessorDefinitions="NDEBUG;_WIN32_WCE=$(CEVER);UNDER_CE;$(PLATFORMDEFINES)"
                Culture="1033"
                AdditionalIncludeDirectories="$(IntDir)"
            />
      <Tool
                Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
            />
      <Tool
                Name="VCLibrarianTool"
                AdditionalOptions=" /subsystem:windowsce,5.02"
                OutputFile="http://www.cnblogs.com/app/sensors/Lib/CppUnitLite.lib"
            />
      <Tool
                Name="VCALinkTool"
            />
      <Tool
                Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
            />
      <Tool
                Name="VCBscMakeTool"
            />
      <Tool
                Name="VCFxCopTool"
            />
      <Tool
                Name="VCCodeSignTool"
            />
      <Tool
                Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
            />
      <DeploymentTool
                ForceDirty="-1"
                RemoteDirectory=""
                RegisterOutput="0"
                AdditionalFiles=""
            />
      <DebuggerTool
            />
    </Configuration>
  </Configurations>
  <References>
  </References>
  <Files>
    <Filter
            Name="Source Files"
            Filter="cpp;c;cc;cxx;def;odl;idl;hpj;bat;asm;asmx"
            UniqueIdentifier="{4FC737F1-C7A5-4376-A066-2A32D752A2FF}"
            >
      <File
                RelativePath=".\Failure.cpp"
                >
      </File>
      <File
                RelativePath=".\SimpleString.cpp"
                >
      </File>
      <File
                RelativePath=".\Test.cpp"
                >
      </File>
      <File
                RelativePath=".\TestRegistry.cpp"
                >
      </File>
      <File
                RelativePath=".\TestResult.cpp"
                >
      </File>
    </Filter>
    <Filter
            Name="Header Files"
            Filter="h;hpp;hxx;hm;inl;inc;xsd"
            UniqueIdentifier="{93995380-89BD-4b04-88EB-625FBE52EBFB}"
            >
      <File
                RelativePath=".\Failure.h"
                >
      </File>
      <File
                RelativePath=".\SimpleString.h"
                >
      </File>
      <File
                RelativePath=".\Test.h"
                >
      </File>
      <File
                RelativePath=".\TestHarness.h"
                >
      </File>
      <File
                RelativePath=".\TestRegistry.h"
                >
      </File>
      <File
                RelativePath=".\TestResult.h"
                >
      </File>
    </Filter>
    <Filter
            Name="Resource Files"
            Filter="rc;ico;cur;bmp;dlg;rc2;rct;bin;rgs;gif;jpg;jpeg;jpe;resx;tiff;tif;png;wav"
            UniqueIdentifier="{67DA6AB6-F800-4c08-8B7A-83BB121AAD01}"
            >
    </Filter>
    <File
            RelativePath=".\ReadMe.txt"
            >
    </File>
  </Files>
  <Globals>
  </Globals>
</VisualStudioProject>

If you want to use this project on Pocket PC 2003 and use Visual Studio 2005 as the complier. Two things need to be changed for this case.

How to change

1. Change the complier version number.

<VisualStudioProject
    ProjectType="Visual C++"
    Version="9.00"  <!-- Change the version number to 8.00 -->

 

2. Change the platform name.

<Platforms>
  <Platform
          Name="Windows Mobile 6 Professional SDK (ARMV4I)" <!--ChangetheplatformnametoPocketPC2003(ARMV4).-->

Notes please, more than one spots use this platform name. All those platform names should be replaced by the new one.

How to confirm the new platform name

Right the project name and select properties. In this case, the platform name is Pocket PC 2003(ARMV4).