8.2.13. How to Build A Library and Link it in a foxBMS 2 Project

Sometimes source code can not be shared between parties. For these cases the foxBMS 2 project provides a mechanism to ship a minimal development project to the other party. This allows the partner to build a static library. This library and the accompanying headers can then be shared with the partner and be included in the application.

The following example describes the workflow. In this scenario partner A develops on foxBMS 2 while Part B should only provide a library to A.

A bootstraps a minimal development project. This minimal project is named library-project.tar.bz2.
Listing 8.48 Bootstrapping the minimal library project
```
C:\Users\Partner_A\Documents\foxbms-2>waf.bat bootstrap-library-project
```
A shares the archive library-project.tar.bz2 with B.
B installs a Code Composer Studio as described in Installing Code Composer Studio.
B installs a Python environment as described in Installing Miniconda and Configuration.
B builds a library by adding sources etc. to the minimal project as needed and builds the library.
Listing 8.49 Building the Library
```
C:\Users\Partner_B\Documents\foxbms-2>waf.bat build
```
B shares the library and accompanying headers with A.
A saves the library and accompanying headers and adds the path to the library to the search path, the library name the list of used libraries and the path to the headers to the include path (in cc-options.yaml).