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How To Configure Storage Card for the Windows Mobile emulator

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Issue: You require large files, such as a SQL Server CE database, to be used on the emulator but dont have enough space.

Solution: You can resolve this by setting up a storage card for the emulator that maps to a local folder on your PC.

Steps to configure PC:

  1. Create a folder on your local hard drive such as c:\emulator\Storage Card
    This will be configured as the storage card for your emulator in the next step
Windows Mobile Emulator Storage Card Configuration

Windows Mobile Emulator Storage Card Configuration

Steps to configure the Emulator:

  1. In Device emulator select File menu –> Configure
  2. Select the General tab
  3. Set the shared folder to c:\emulator\Storage Card in the shared textbox
  4. press ok
    5. Windows Mobile Emulator Storage Card Configuration

    Windows Mobile Emulator Storage Card Configuration

  5. On the enykatir go to File –> Reset –> Hard
  6. Once the emulator boots go to Start –> Programs –> File Explorer and select Storage card
Windows Mobile Emulator Storage Card Configuration

Windows Mobile Emulator Storage Card Configuration

Application crash when using SQL Server Compact Edition running from storage card in the Symbol MC70

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So you have got your new MC70, slapped in a storage card so that you can run your SQL Server CE database from there and found that you application keeps crashing everytime the device resumes from standby?

The issue is the default driver selection for the SD Card causes the connection to break, perform the following to resolve the issue:

  1. Press Start –> Setings –> System Tab –> SDSwitch Icon
  2. Press SDMMC Mode radio button
  3. Press No Remove On Resume checkbox
  4. Press Ok
  5. Perform a warm boot of the device as advised by dialog
 

MC70 SD Switch for SQL Server Compact=

MC70 SD Switch for SQL Server Compact Edition