Using kzb files

Kzb binaries contain contents of your Kanzi Studio projects. To run your Kanzi application on a device, you need to export it as a kzb file.

When user starts a Kanzi application, Kanzi loads the content of one or more kzb files. Kanzi loads the content to RAM and GPU memory when it needs to render it. See Resource management.

You can configure your Kanzi application:

In the C++ application in the onConfigure() function.
In application.cfg by setting the parameters for Kanzi Studio projects with or without C++ application.

See Application configuration reference.

Creating a kzb file from a Kanzi Studio project

To create a kzb file from a Kanzi Studio project, open your Kanzi Studio project and select File > Export > Export KZB.

Kanzi Studio creates in the <ProjectName>/Application/bin directory these files:

<ProjectName>.kzb contains the content of your project in binary format.
<ProjectName>.kzb.cfg contains a list of kzb files. If your Kanzi application includes application code, Kanzi by default configures the C++ application to load the binaries listed in this file
```
configuration.binaryName = "<ProjectName>.kzb.cfg"
```
(Optional) <ProjectName>.kzb.txt contains a list of paths to project items in the exported kzb file. You can use these paths to access the content of your Kanzi application in the application code.
To set whether you want to export this file, select Edit > User Preferences and in the Advanced tab set the Export table of contents when exporting KZB binary option.
(Optional) <ProjectName>.kza contains your project in XML format.
To create this file, before you export the kzb file select Edit > User Preferences and in the Advanced tab enable the Export XML version of KZB beside binary option.

TIP

When you want to permanently remove all kzb files exported from a project select File > Export > Delete Exported Binaries.
Kanzi Studio deletes all exported files from the directory set in the Project > Properties in the Binary Export Directory property. This command deletes all exported files, including those from other projects.

Using kzb files

Creating a kzb file from a Kanzi Studio project

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