VS.NET-PPC2003: copy file between the Emulator and the PC

[Franco Caloni]

Hi all,
I am beginning to develop an application for PocketPc 2003 (VB.NET 2003) and
up to now I have not met big problems.
At the moment I am still using the Emulator and not a physical device, the
problem that I encounter is that I'm not able to copy files between the
Emulator and my PC.
Scenario:
I'm using SQLCE, I create the sql DB on the emulator via code, but if I want
to copy the file on my PC in order to include it in the project (or better
to avoid to lose it after an hardware reset) I'm not having success.
MSDN tells that you have to create a share on the development PC, then
connect to the share using Pocket File Explorer, but the Emulator does not
find the PC in network, neither like name machine, neither like IP address.
To notice that if, with the Pocket Internet Explorer, I go via HTTP on the
IP address of my machine (on which IIS runs), this comes "seen" (I can also
navigate on external web site).
The other connection method, via ActiveSync (from the menu of VS.NET:
Tools->Connect Emulator with ActiveSync), correctly runs the emulator, but
the next launch of ActiveSync ends with the error "Error in starting
ActiveSync connection".
Keep in mind that all the application's distribution's process works very
well, Visual Studio copy and installs SQLCE and my application without
errors...

Any suggestions?

Thanks, Franco

 

[Neil Cowburn [MVP]]

Take a look here:

http://www.opennetcf.org/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=613


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[Franco Caloni]

Thanks Neil, i downloaded the two tools, but they crash with this exception
(I translate from Italian ):

Exception not managed:
"Microsoft.VisualStudio.DeviceConnectivity.ConManException" in conman.dll
Additional information: Error loading data store 'C:\Documents and
Settings\All Users\Dati
applicazioni\Microsoft\VisualStudio\devices\7.1\conman_ds'

I don't have a "conman_ds" file or directory, I have four files under:

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Dati
applicazioni\Microsoft\visualstudio\devices\7.1

they are:

conman_ds_package.xsl
conman_ds_platform.xsl
conman_ds_startup.xsl
conman_ds_transport.xsl

what do you think?
many thanks
Franco

 

[Guest]

Hi

I got the same problem. Did you have found a solution to solve this problem

Thx Mark

 

[Franco Caloni]

No!
I also have removed VS.Net, Pocket PC SDK and all other softwares (like
ActiveSync), reinstalled all in the order specified by white papers I've
found on MSDN (first: ActiveSync, second: VS.NET, then the SDKs) but the
same: it's doesn't work.

Franco

 

[Jamie Macleod]

So are you saying the Microsoft ActiveSync to Emulator tool doesn't work?