CE.NET 4.2 Deployment Problem

[Russ Du Preez]

Hi All,

I have recently written an application and with the help of the
walkthrough "Generating Custom CAB files for Device Projects" I have
successfully deployed it.

The reason for creating a custom cab file is to deploy the application
in \DiskOnChip instead of \Program Files. Should the device battery die
it will keep the contents of only the \DiskOnChip folder, The rest is
volatile.

My application is required to startup should the device be
reset\rebooted\restarted. I created a shortcut to the application in
\Windows\Startup, however when the device is restarted this shortcut is
lost.

Can anyone give me some guidance or a workaround for this problem?

Thanks,
Russ

 

[Russ Du Preez]

Hi,

This is just an update for the problem.

The device I am using is a Radix FW700 / FW900. I think that the
solution provided below is device dependant.??

The contents of any file installed on the RAM disk will be lost when a
cold boot is performed.

In order to re-install any files required on the RAM disk, you will
need to create a folder called Sysfiles from the \DiskOnChip folder.
Then any files / folders from here will be copied into the RAM disk on
boot-up. So, for example, if you had \SysFiles\Windows and then two
files in this folder, then they would be copied into \Windows when a
cold boot is performed.

Thanks,
Russ