Automatically Running a Project

By default, you must manually run your finished project on the Windows Embedded device, either from your PC by using the Project tab of the Remote Management dialog (see above) or on the device itself by clicking the Start button in the Remote Agent dialog.

However, you can configure the Windows Embedded device to automatically run a specified project. To do this, edit the file CEServer.ini on the WIndows CE device to include the following setting:

[Setup]
AppName=Applicaion Path

Where project_name is the location of the IWS project files on the Windows Embedded device. For example:

[Setup]
AppName=\Harddisk\Test\CEserverTest

The next time the Windows Embedded device boots up and opens the Remote Agent dialog (CEServer.exe), it will read this setting and automatically run the specified project.

There are three ways to edit the CEServer.ini file:

Edit the file directly on the Windows Embedded device using an attached keyboard or the touchscreen keypad. The file should be located in the same directory as the CEServer.exe file, which was installed earlier.
Mount the Windows Embedded device as a shared volume on your PC and edit the file there.
Edit the file in the […]\InduSoft Web Studio v7.0\Redist directory before you install the system files on the Windows Embedded device.
CAUTION:
This last method changes the default copy of CEServer.ini that is included with IWS. Use this method only if:
- You back up the file before editing it;
- You are installing the same system files on multiple, identical Windows Embedded devices; and
- You already know the location (file path) of the IWS project files on the device (perhaps by using the normal installation method on a test device).