INFO: Transfer Files Between Desktop and Windows CE Emulator

• Microsoft Windows CE Toolkit for Visual C++, versions 5.0, 6.0
• Microsoft Windows CE Toolkit for Visual Basic 6.0
• Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
• Microsoft Windows 2000

SUMMARY

Some common actions for Windows CE developers are:

• Transferring or copying files between the desktop and the emulator object store.



• Deleting a file from the emulator.



• Checking to see if a file exists in the object store.



• Synchronizing a tree with the object store.



• Running a file or application from the object store with parameters.

MORE INFORMATION

To perform these transferring, deleting, synchronizing, and executing activities, use the command-line utility Empfile.exe, which is found in the Emulation\Windows folder for the target emulator. For example, if you are targeting for the Windows CE version 2.0 Emulation for Handheld PCs then on your desktop at the command prompt you would change the directory to:

<path>\WCE200\MS HPC\Emulation\Windows

  EMPFILE [options]... 

 -c SOURCE DEST  'put' or 'get' a file from the object store
 -d FILE         delete a file on the object store
 -e FILE         check to see if a file exists on the object store
 -s              synchronize the object store with Wce\Emul\Platform\ tree
 -r MYAPP ARGS   run Myapp.exe in the object store with arguments ARGS 

   EMPFILE -s
           synchronize Wce\Emul\PLATFORM\ tree with the object store

   EMPFILE -c c:\test.exe wce:windows\test.exe
           copy C:\Test.exe to the object store's Windows\ directory

   EMPFILE -c wce:test.exe c:\test.exe
           copy Test.exe from the object store to c:\ 

   EMPFILE -e windows\text.exe
           verify that Test.exe exists in the object store's Windows\ directory

   EMPFILE -d test.txt
           delete Test.txt from the object store root directory

   EMPFILE -r test.exe -10
           run test.exe from the object store with parameter "-10" 

• "PLATFORM" is the platform selected in the Emulation Settings dialog box.



• Wildcards (such as in "*.exe") are not supported.



• Specify the fully qualified path name for the copy command.



• The -s option is available only for Emulation for Palm-Size PC Version 2.01 and Emulation for Handheld PC Version 2.0

REFERENCES

At the command prompt in the Emulation\Windows folder type:

EMPFILE/?

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Contributions by Vidyanand Rajpathak, Microsoft Corporation

Additional query words: Object Store, Emulator, Synchronize

Keywords : kbNTOS400 kbWinOS2000 kbVBp600 kbVC500 kbVC600 kbVS97 kbVS600 kbWinCE kbDSupport kbGrpMFCATL
Version : WINDOWS:5.0,6.0; winnt:4.0
Platform : WINDOWS winnt
Issue type : kbinfo