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Harry Simpson

I'm in VS2008, trying to create a simple little CF app to run WCELOAD to execute a CPF.
I've added a reference to OpenNETCF but for the life of me cannot find the diagnostics namespace....The smart device app wants me to use
Namespace System.Diagnostics

Member of System


Where do I hook into the OpenNETCF stuff

I've seen references in the archives to this - some with extra whacks and some without so I'm a little confused.
Anything wrong with this syntax that's pops out?

Dim argPath As String = "/noaskdest /noui \Storage Card\\pprofile.cpf"

Dim argName As String = "\" + argPath + " \"



Dim programPath As String = "\windows\\wceload.exe"

Dim programName As String = "\" + programPath + "\"



Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load

Process.Start(programName, argName)

End sub



The programName, argName in a messagebox looks like this:

\\windows\\wceload.exe\ \/noaskdest /noui \Storage Card\\pprofile.cpf\

Which when I run the silly app I get a Win32 error so....it's probably as bad as it looks....
 
What OpenNETCF stuff? The Process class is part of the CF, so you just call it like so:

System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("wceload.exe", "my params");

It's pretty well documented online:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.diagnostics.process.aspx


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I'm in VS2008, trying to create a simple little CF app to run WCELOAD to execute a CPF.
I've added a reference to OpenNETCF but for the life of me cannot find the diagnostics namespace....The smart device app wants me to use
Namespace System.Diagnostics

Member of System


Where do I hook into the OpenNETCF stuff

I've seen references in the archives to this - some with extra whacks and some without so I'm a little confused.
Anything wrong with this syntax that's pops out?

Dim argPath As String = "/noaskdest /noui \Storage Card\\pprofile.cpf"

Dim argName As String = "\" + argPath + " \"



Dim programPath As String = "\windows\\wceload.exe"

Dim programName As String = "\" + programPath + "\"



Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load

Process.Start(programName, argName)

End sub



The programName, argName in a messagebox looks like this:

\\windows\\wceload.exe\ \/noaskdest /noui \Storage Card\\pprofile.cpf\

Which when I run the silly app I get a Win32 error so....it's probably as bad as it looks....
 
There are multiple possible problems. Your programPath declaration is
clearly wrong. There wouldn't be one backslash at the beginning and two in
the middle. I think that you want \\ at each path separator. And, in your
argPath, you're going to need some quotes around that path to the .cpf file,
since it's in a path that has a space in it. Something more like this:

Dim argPath As String = "/noaskdest /noui \"\\Storage Card\\pprofile.cpf\""

and then I don't think you want argName at all and don't want to use it.
argPath seems like your parameters, to me.

Paul T.

I'm in VS2008, trying to create a simple little CF app to run WCELOAD to
execute a CPF.
I've added a reference to OpenNETCF but for the life of me cannot find the
diagnostics namespace....The smart device app wants me to use
Namespace System.Diagnostics

Member of System


Where do I hook into the OpenNETCF stuff

I've seen references in the archives to this - some with extra whacks and
some without so I'm a little confused.
Anything wrong with this syntax that's pops out?

Dim argPath As String = "/noaskdest /noui \Storage Card\\pprofile.cpf"

Dim argName As String = "\" + argPath + " \"



Dim programPath As String = "\windows\\wceload.exe"

Dim programName As String = "\" + programPath + "\"



Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load

Process.Start(programName, argName)

End sub



The programName, argName in a messagebox looks like this:

\\windows\\wceload.exe\ \/noaskdest /noui \Storage Card\\pprofile.cpf\

Which when I run the silly app I get a Win32 error so....it's probably as
bad as it looks....
 
Thanks Chris and Paul,

Easiest way I found that works is KISS principle
Dim processInfo As New ProcessStartInfo

processInfo.FileName = " \Storage Card\profile.cpf"

Try

Dim ProfileProcess As Process = Process.Start(processInfo)

Catch ex As Exception

End Try

Thanks

Harry

"Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" <p space tobey no spam AT no instrument no spam DOT
com> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
 
Yep, should have thought of that myself...

Paul T.

Harry Simpson said:
Thanks Chris and Paul,

Easiest way I found that works is KISS principle
Dim processInfo As New ProcessStartInfo

processInfo.FileName = " \Storage Card\profile.cpf"

Try

Dim ProfileProcess As Process = Process.Start(processInfo)

Catch ex As Exception

End Try

Thanks

Harry

"Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" <p space tobey no spam AT no instrument no spam DOT
com> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
There are multiple possible problems. Your programPath declaration is
clearly wrong. There wouldn't be one backslash at the beginning and two
in the middle. I think that you want \\ at each path separator. And, in
your argPath, you're going to need some quotes around that path to the
.cpf file, since it's in a path that has a space in it. Something more
like this:

Dim argPath As String = "/noaskdest /noui \"\\Storage
Card\\pprofile.cpf\""

and then I don't think you want argName at all and don't want to use it.
argPath seems like your parameters, to me.

Paul T.

I'm in VS2008, trying to create a simple little CF app to run WCELOAD to
execute a CPF.
I've added a reference to OpenNETCF but for the life of me cannot find
the diagnostics namespace....The smart device app wants me to use
Namespace System.Diagnostics

Member of System


Where do I hook into the OpenNETCF stuff

I've seen references in the archives to this - some with extra whacks and
some without so I'm a little confused.
Anything wrong with this syntax that's pops out?

Dim argPath As String = "/noaskdest /noui \Storage Card\\pprofile.cpf"

Dim argName As String = "\" + argPath + " \"



Dim programPath As String = "\windows\\wceload.exe"

Dim programName As String = "\" + programPath + "\"



Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load

Process.Start(programName, argName)

End sub



The programName, argName in a messagebox looks like this:

\\windows\\wceload.exe\ \/noaskdest /noui \Storage Card\\pprofile.cpf\

Which when I run the silly app I get a Win32 error so....it's probably as
bad as it looks....
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