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Visual Studio 2005 using Mobile 6 Professional Emulator. However, Emulator cannot see files on my local PC. Do I have to create a Storage Card? I added
Thank you, Ginny
In project I added folder “Data†with “Config.dat†file. I changed property of Config.dat file to Content and property of “Copy to Output†to “Copy alwaysâ€. Now from the code I try to access that file: If File.Exists(".\Data\Config.dat") = True Then MessageBox.Show("File Found") Else MessageBox.Show("File Not Found") End If I got "File Not Found". Do I need change Settings for the Emulator? If yes, what it should be? Thank you, Nina [quoted text, click to view] "Ginny Caughey MVP" wrote:
> Nina, > > Usually the easiest way to get test data onto an emulator is to deploy it > along with your app into the app's folder. You just add the data to your > project in VS and set its build property to Content. > > Ginny > > "Nina" <Nina@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:172C4D19-1A8E-466D-AD66-3FC12B3A719F@microsoft.com... > > Right now I don't have actual Mobile device and I try to run my project > > from > > Visual Studio 2005 using Mobile 6 Professional Emulator. However, Emulator > > cannot see files on my local PC. Do I have to create a Storage Card? I > > added > > files to my project. How can I access them? Thanks a lot. > > -- > > Ginny Caughey > Device Application Development MVP > > www.wasteworks.com > Software for Waste Management > >
I tryed full Path where project located and it doesn't work:
If File.Exists("C:\Nina\Newton\Demo1.0.1\Data\Config.dat") = True Then MessageBox.Show("File Found") Else MessageBox.Show("File Not Found") End If Please, any ideas how to make it work. Thank you. [quoted text, click to view] "Chris Tacke, eMVP" wrote:
> Windows CE has no concept of a current directory, so relative paths cannot > be used. Use a fully-qualified path. > > -- > > Chris Tacke, Embedded MVP > OpenNETCF Consulting > Giving back to the embedded community > http://community.OpenNETCF.com > > > > "Nina" <Nina@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:1379DD4E-489D-47DD-9EF4-057C4C2115EB@microsoft.com... > > Thank you, Ginny > > > > In project I added folder "Data" with "Config.dat" file. I changed > > property > > of Config.dat file to Content and property of "Copy to Output" to "Copy > > always". > > > > Now from the code I try to access that file: > > > > If File.Exists(".\Data\Config.dat") = True Then > > MessageBox.Show("File Found") > > Else > > MessageBox.Show("File Not Found") > > End If > > > > I got "File Not Found". > > Do I need change Settings for the Emulator? If yes, what it should be? > > Thank you, Nina > > > > > > "Ginny Caughey MVP" wrote: > > > >> Nina, > >> > >> Usually the easiest way to get test data onto an emulator is to deploy it > >> along with your app into the app's folder. You just add the data to your > >> project in VS and set its build property to Content. > >> > >> Ginny > >> > >> "Nina" <Nina@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > >> news:172C4D19-1A8E-466D-AD66-3FC12B3A719F@microsoft.com... > >> > Right now I don't have actual Mobile device and I try to run my project > >> > from > >> > Visual Studio 2005 using Mobile 6 Professional Emulator. However, > >> > Emulator > >> > cannot see files on my local PC. Do I have to create a Storage Card? I > >> > added > >> > files to my project. How can I access them? Thanks a lot. > >> > >> -- > >> > >> Ginny Caughey > >> Device Application Development MVP > >> > >> www.wasteworks.com > >> Software for Waste Management > >> > >> > >> > >
Thank you. It works.
[quoted text, click to view] "Ginny Caughey MVP" wrote:
> Nina, > > WindowsCE doesn't have drive letters either. When the file gets desployed, > VS deploys it to the same folder as your app - usually something under > Program Files. So the full path would be something like \Program > Files\YourAppName\config.dat. > > Ginny > > "Nina" <Nina@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:CD876C31-E7D0-41BA-A3C7-C2DE81FCEAB0@microsoft.com... > >I tryed full Path where project located and it doesn't work: > > > > If File.Exists("C:\Nina\Newton\Demo1.0.1\Data\Config.dat") = True Then > > MessageBox.Show("File Found") > > Else > > MessageBox.Show("File Not Found") > > End If > > > > Please, any ideas how to make it work. Thank you. > > > > "Chris Tacke, eMVP" wrote: > > > >> Windows CE has no concept of a current directory, so relative paths > >> cannot > >> be used. Use a fully-qualified path. > >> > >> -- > >> > >> Chris Tacke, Embedded MVP > >> OpenNETCF Consulting > >> Giving back to the embedded community > >> http://community.OpenNETCF.com > >> > >> > >> > >> "Nina" <Nina@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > >> news:1379DD4E-489D-47DD-9EF4-057C4C2115EB@microsoft.com... > >> > Thank you, Ginny > >> > > >> > In project I added folder "Data" with "Config.dat" file. I changed > >> > property > >> > of Config.dat file to Content and property of "Copy to Output" to "Copy > >> > always". > >> > > >> > Now from the code I try to access that file: > >> > > >> > If File.Exists(".\Data\Config.dat") = True Then > >> > MessageBox.Show("File Found") > >> > Else > >> > MessageBox.Show("File Not Found") > >> > End If > >> > > >> > I got "File Not Found". > >> > Do I need change Settings for the Emulator? If yes, what it should be? > >> > Thank you, Nina > >> > > >> > > >> > "Ginny Caughey MVP" wrote: > >> > > >> >> Nina, > >> >> > >> >> Usually the easiest way to get test data onto an emulator is to deploy > >> >> it > >> >> along with your app into the app's folder. You just add the data to > >> >> your > >> >> project in VS and set its build property to Content. > >> >> > >> >> Ginny > >> >> > >> >> "Nina" <Nina@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > >> >> news:172C4D19-1A8E-466D-AD66-3FC12B3A719F@microsoft.com... > >> >> > Right now I don't have actual Mobile device and I try to run my > >> >> > project > >> >> > from > >> >> > Visual Studio 2005 using Mobile 6 Professional Emulator. However, > >> >> > Emulator > >> >> > cannot see files on my local PC. Do I have to create a Storage Card? > >> >> > I > >> >> > added > >> >> > files to my project. How can I access them? Thanks a lot. > >> >> > >> >> -- > >> >> > >> >> Ginny Caughey > >> >> Device Application Development MVP > >> >> > >> >> www.wasteworks.com > >> >> Software for Waste Management > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> > >> > >> > > -- > > Ginny Caughey > Device Application Development MVP > > www.wasteworks.com > Software for Waste Management > >
Windows CE has no concept of a current directory, so relative paths cannot
be used. Use a fully-qualified path. -- Chris Tacke, Embedded MVP OpenNETCF Consulting Giving back to the embedded community http://community.OpenNETCF.com [quoted text, click to view] "Nina" <Nina@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:1379DD4E-489D-47DD-9EF4-057C4C2115EB@microsoft.com... > Thank you, Ginny > > In project I added folder "Data" with "Config.dat" file. I changed > property > of Config.dat file to Content and property of "Copy to Output" to "Copy > always". > > Now from the code I try to access that file: > > If File.Exists(".\Data\Config.dat") = True Then > MessageBox.Show("File Found") > Else > MessageBox.Show("File Not Found") > End If > > I got "File Not Found". > Do I need change Settings for the Emulator? If yes, what it should be? > Thank you, Nina > > > "Ginny Caughey MVP" wrote: > >> Nina, >> >> Usually the easiest way to get test data onto an emulator is to deploy it >> along with your app into the app's folder. You just add the data to your >> project in VS and set its build property to Content. >> >> Ginny >> >> "Nina" <Nina@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:172C4D19-1A8E-466D-AD66-3FC12B3A719F@microsoft.com... >> > Right now I don't have actual Mobile device and I try to run my project >> > from >> > Visual Studio 2005 using Mobile 6 Professional Emulator. However, >> > Emulator >> > cannot see files on my local PC. Do I have to create a Storage Card? I >> > added >> > files to my project. How can I access them? Thanks a lot. >> >> -- >> >> Ginny Caughey >> Device Application Development MVP >> >> www.wasteworks.com >> Software for Waste Management >> >> >>
Nina,
Usually the easiest way to get test data onto an emulator is to deploy it along with your app into the app's folder. You just add the data to your project in VS and set its build property to Content. Ginny [quoted text, click to view] "Nina" <Nina@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:172C4D19-1A8E-466D-AD66-3FC12B3A719F@microsoft.com... > Right now I don't have actual Mobile device and I try to run my project > from > Visual Studio 2005 using Mobile 6 Professional Emulator. However, Emulator > cannot see files on my local PC. Do I have to create a Storage Card? I > added > files to my project. How can I access them? Thanks a lot. -- Ginny Caughey Device Application Development MVP www.wasteworks.com Software for Waste Management
Of course that doesn't work. There is no "C" drive on the CE device. The
emulator can be imagined as a completely separate physical device. It knows nothing about the host PC or it's file system, just as the PC knows nothing about the emulator and its file system. If you want to open a file, you open it "locally" on the emulator. By adding it to the project as Content and selecting "copy", Studio pushed it down to the device with the application. Use the file browser on the emulator and you can find it (and its path). -- Chris Tacke, Embedded MVP OpenNETCF Consulting Giving back to the embedded community http://community.OpenNETCF.com [quoted text, click to view] "Nina" <Nina@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:CD876C31-E7D0-41BA-A3C7-C2DE81FCEAB0@microsoft.com... >I tryed full Path where project located and it doesn't work: > > If File.Exists("C:\Nina\Newton\Demo1.0.1\Data\Config.dat") = True Then > MessageBox.Show("File Found") > Else > MessageBox.Show("File Not Found") > End If > > Please, any ideas how to make it work. Thank you. > > "Chris Tacke, eMVP" wrote: > >> Windows CE has no concept of a current directory, so relative paths >> cannot >> be used. Use a fully-qualified path. >> >> -- >> >> Chris Tacke, Embedded MVP >> OpenNETCF Consulting >> Giving back to the embedded community >> http://community.OpenNETCF.com >> >> >> >> "Nina" <Nina@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:1379DD4E-489D-47DD-9EF4-057C4C2115EB@microsoft.com... >> > Thank you, Ginny >> > >> > In project I added folder "Data" with "Config.dat" file. I changed >> > property >> > of Config.dat file to Content and property of "Copy to Output" to "Copy >> > always". >> > >> > Now from the code I try to access that file: >> > >> > If File.Exists(".\Data\Config.dat") = True Then >> > MessageBox.Show("File Found") >> > Else >> > MessageBox.Show("File Not Found") >> > End If >> > >> > I got "File Not Found". >> > Do I need change Settings for the Emulator? If yes, what it should be? >> > Thank you, Nina >> > >> > >> > "Ginny Caughey MVP" wrote: >> > >> >> Nina, >> >> >> >> Usually the easiest way to get test data onto an emulator is to deploy >> >> it >> >> along with your app into the app's folder. You just add the data to >> >> your >> >> project in VS and set its build property to Content. >> >> >> >> Ginny >> >> >> >> "Nina" <Nina@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> >> news:172C4D19-1A8E-466D-AD66-3FC12B3A719F@microsoft.com... >> >> > Right now I don't have actual Mobile device and I try to run my >> >> > project >> >> > from >> >> > Visual Studio 2005 using Mobile 6 Professional Emulator. However, >> >> > Emulator >> >> > cannot see files on my local PC. Do I have to create a Storage Card? >> >> > I >> >> > added >> >> > files to my project. How can I access them? Thanks a lot. >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> Ginny Caughey >> >> Device Application Development MVP >> >> >> >> www.wasteworks.com >> >> Software for Waste Management >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>
Nina,
WindowsCE doesn't have drive letters either. When the file gets desployed, VS deploys it to the same folder as your app - usually something under Program Files. So the full path would be something like \Program Files\YourAppName\config.dat. Ginny [quoted text, click to view] "Nina" <Nina@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:CD876C31-E7D0-41BA-A3C7-C2DE81FCEAB0@microsoft.com... >I tryed full Path where project located and it doesn't work: > > If File.Exists("C:\Nina\Newton\Demo1.0.1\Data\Config.dat") = True Then > MessageBox.Show("File Found") > Else > MessageBox.Show("File Not Found") > End If > > Please, any ideas how to make it work. Thank you. > > "Chris Tacke, eMVP" wrote: > >> Windows CE has no concept of a current directory, so relative paths >> cannot >> be used. Use a fully-qualified path. >> >> -- >> >> Chris Tacke, Embedded MVP >> OpenNETCF Consulting >> Giving back to the embedded community >> http://community.OpenNETCF.com >> >> >> >> "Nina" <Nina@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:1379DD4E-489D-47DD-9EF4-057C4C2115EB@microsoft.com... >> > Thank you, Ginny >> > >> > In project I added folder "Data" with "Config.dat" file. I changed >> > property >> > of Config.dat file to Content and property of "Copy to Output" to "Copy >> > always". >> > >> > Now from the code I try to access that file: >> > >> > If File.Exists(".\Data\Config.dat") = True Then >> > MessageBox.Show("File Found") >> > Else >> > MessageBox.Show("File Not Found") >> > End If >> > >> > I got "File Not Found". >> > Do I need change Settings for the Emulator? If yes, what it should be? >> > Thank you, Nina >> > >> > >> > "Ginny Caughey MVP" wrote: >> > >> >> Nina, >> >> >> >> Usually the easiest way to get test data onto an emulator is to deploy >> >> it >> >> along with your app into the app's folder. You just add the data to >> >> your >> >> project in VS and set its build property to Content. >> >> >> >> Ginny >> >> >> >> "Nina" <Nina@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> >> news:172C4D19-1A8E-466D-AD66-3FC12B3A719F@microsoft.com... >> >> > Right now I don't have actual Mobile device and I try to run my >> >> > project >> >> > from >> >> > Visual Studio 2005 using Mobile 6 Professional Emulator. However, >> >> > Emulator >> >> > cannot see files on my local PC. Do I have to create a Storage Card? >> >> > I >> >> > added >> >> > files to my project. How can I access them? Thanks a lot. >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> Ginny Caughey >> >> Device Application Development MVP >> >> >> >> www.wasteworks.com >> >> Software for Waste Management >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- Ginny Caughey Device Application Development MVP www.wasteworks.com Software for Waste Management
Nina skrev:
[quoted text, click to view] > Right now I don't have actual Mobile device and I try to run my project from > Visual Studio 2005 using Mobile 6 Professional Emulator. However, Emulator > cannot see files on my local PC. Do I have to create a Storage Card? I added > files to my project. How can I access them? Thanks a lot. You access the files on your local PC in the same way as you would do it on a real device, - by using some network connection :) To turn it around: If you could see your local files from the emulator it would not be a real emulator. --
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