List of Symbian OS tools in Symbian OS Tools And Utilities

This section provides links to the documentation for the tools provided with Symbian OS. Note that these lists are not exhaustive.

The application development tools help to speed up development of Symbian OS applications.

Name	Description	Reference
Application Resource Tools	Tools for building resource files.	Application resource tools guide
Build Tools	Tools used to build Symbian OS programs.	Build tools guide
Context-sensitive help compiler	A command line tool which generates context-sensitive help files.	Context-sensitive help guide
Context Sensitive Help Compiler GUI	A GUI wrapper for the context-sensitive help compiler.	Context-sensitive help compiler GUI guide
Character conversion plug-in creation tools	Tools for creating character conversion plug-ins.	Character conversion plug-in creation tools guide
Emulator launcher	A wrapper for launching the emulator.	Emulator guide
Hardware debugging	Tools and techniques required for hardware debugging, to support device and system software developers.	Hardware debugging
File conversion utilities	Tools for converting files such as bitmaps to Symbian OS format.	File conversion utilities guide
Software Installation Tools	Tools for creating and signing installation files that are used to install software onto a phone.	Software Installation Toolkit - guide
Permanent File store dumper	Displays the content of a permanent file store.	Permanent file store dumper
Printer Driver Generation	Generates printer drivers from a printer driver definition file.	Printer driver generation
Text Shell	Provides a command prompt on the emulator. Also referred to as eshell.	Text shell (eshell)
UID CheckSum	Generates a checksum from three UIDs and displays or writes it to a file.	UID checksum

Engineering Tools provide solutions to increase the productivity of developers using Symbian OS. These products increase test effectiveness, provide analysis functionality, and improve productivity. The tools include manuals and automatic test tools and products for static analysis of source code and dynamic analysis of system behaviour.

Name	Description	Reference
Kit Management	Allows you to use multiple Symbian OS development kits installed on the same development machine.	Kit management
TestExecute	A test harness development and execution framework.	\common\testtools
TestDriver	A tool for driving test execution.	TestDriver user guide
UCC	A Use Case Controller for multiple-device testing.	\common\testtools
TEFWizard	A wizard for setting up and managing a test framework.	\common\testtools
TEFUnitWizard	A wizard for setting up and managing units that are a part of the test framework.	\common\testtools
TestManager	A tool for managing the Test Driver. It is used by both licencees and partners.	\common\testtools

Name	Description	Reference
API Usage Report Analysis (AURA)	Analyses the Symbian OS APIs used by an application and reports their API classification and status.	Userguide for API Usage Report Analysis (AURA)
Code Database (CDB)	Used for checking and comparing the backward compatibility between releases of a single executable, a component or an entire release of Symbian OS.	Userguide for CDB
MigrationCheck	Provides information for migrating between OS releases.	Migration check guide
Capability Management tools	Allows you to compare the capabilities of binaries that are developed against Symbian OS.	Capability Management tools
Set capability test tool	Allows you to make a copy of an executable and assign different capabilities to it.	Set Capability Test tool
Interface management report	Explains the structure of XML reports that describe the interface access and status of APIs in a Symbian OS build.	Interface management report

Name	Description	Reference
STAT	Symbian Test Automation Tool allows you to control a Symbian OS device from a controlling PC using a serial connection.	\common\testtools
Generic Report Viewer	This is an HTML report viewer for viewing the reports generated by other tools.	Generic Report Viewer userguide

List of Symbian OS tools

Application development tools

Engineering tools

Test tools

Analysis tools

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