Organizing Files Within a Run-time Image (Windows CE 5.0)
There are three ways to organize files in your run-time image:
- Leave a file in the Windows directory.
- Place a copy of a file in a new directory.
- Place a shortcut to a file in a new directory.
At boot time, a run-time image uses the information contained in file system (.dat) files to create organizational structure for the data files in its run-time image. These .dat files enable you to control how an end user of your run-time image finds the files in the run-time image. For more information, see File System File.
By default, data files placed in ROM in a run-time image appear in the Windows directory. The user cannot delete these files because they are stored in ROM.
The .dat file commands provided in the following procedure create a top-level directory called Media Library and two subdirectories within it, Video Files and Video Links.
These commands also copy two files from the Windows directory into these new subdirectories: a large media file and a small link to the same file.
All files and directories created by the .dat file commands exist in RAM after the run-time image boots. A user can delete any of them.
To organize files within a run-time image
In the Workspace window, and select the ParameterView tab.
Expand the root node of the parameters tree, navigate to the Project.dat file, and double-click to open it.
Enter the following code anywhere in Project.dat, substituting file names and extensions as appropriate.
**Note **Do not include the angle brackets in your code.
root:-Directory("Media Library")
Directory("\Media Library"):-Directory("Video Files") Directory("\Media Library"):-Directory("Video Links") Directory("\Media Library\Video Files"):-File("<Displayed File Name>.<extension>", "\Windows<Actual File Name>.<extension>") Directory("\Media Library\Video Links"):-File("<Displayed File Name>.lnk", "\Windows<Actual File Name>.lnk")
Verify that each of the five statements appear as one continuous line in Common.dat.
Save Common.dat.
See Also
How to Add a Media File to a Run-time Image
Last updated on Thursday, February 02, 2006
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