PC2002 Emulator Questions and Comments

[ppcStudios]

First the question - Is there a way to set the amount of memory the Emulator thinks it has? 16M is unreasonably small - this isn't a Palm afterall...

Now the comments -

1) This emulator is painful. I hate it, and will likely always hate it.

2) Is there a way to drag and drop files onto the emulator file system? Using the Export (duh, it should be Import) function is ok when you have a couple of files to transfer, but when you're moving a boatload of files it gets to be a pain.

3) Did you know that once you save the state of the emulator on exit, you can copy the state information off for safe keeping? You will find it in:

C:\Documents and Settings\logonname\Application Data\{somethingsomething}.vsv

Copy this file to your desktop, then when you inevitably wipe out the emulator's filesystem, simply restart the emulator, save the state, exit it, then copy the saved vsv file back into the above path. Viola, the hour you spent setting up all your application files wasn't completely wasted.

Did I say I hated this emulator? Oh, I guess I did!

[CpuWhiz105]

[ppcStudios]

I've not looked into the 2003 emulator yet, I'm trying to get the 2002 version working first. I do believe that will be where I end up though.

Here's another tidbit I found - After repeatedly having connection failures to the emulator I found that you can't have an actual device attached at the same time. I presume it is keeping activesync from connecting to the emulator correctly.

[fzammetti]

I haven't done much with the 2K2 emulator, but as for copying files, is it not the case that, like the PocketPC (2000?) emulator, it's file system is just a directory structure on your HD?

[ppcStudios]

It doesn't appear to be a file system, rather a single binary image of everything on the emulated device (the .vsv file).

What started all this was a couple of UNICODE issues that were causing problems, and I couldn't seem to figure out how to correct them without chasing my tail for hours. Honestly, this is the first project where I actually wasn't able to take the work I've done on the desktop and simply recompile for the ppc and it works, so I figured I'd try out the emulator.

I never even gave a thought to just compiling up an ARM Debug version and debugging directly on the device, so I started toying with the emulator. Well, about an hour ago I had the sudden enlightenment to debug it directly on the device, so I'm saved from the nightmare of trying to use the emulator.

Did I say I hate this emulator? What a nearly useless piece of dung...

[cottrelld]

Hi.

Are you referring to the file browser include in CE tools? Mine is located at:

D:\Windows CE Tools\BIN\CEFILEVW.EXE

You basically setup a connection to whichever emulator you're using and then export ( yellow arrows ) files to or from it as if it were the windows explorer.

-David