So i fall a little short in developing, and was wondering if someone could make a quick exe... Here is what i am looking for: I need a simple exe to run off of my wm6 phone that will copy the file PalmMsgV001 from the Windows directory to my storage card in a folder with the current date.. to be more specific something like this:
copy \Windows\PalmMsgV001 to \Storage Card\Back_up\Palm_back\110807 (the date using the format 11/08/07)
Maybe you could make it customizable for other people as well... but im just looking for a quick exe to throw on my card that will make it real easy to back it up
shogunmark said:
So i fall a little short in developing, and was wondering if someone could make a quick exe... Here is what i am looking for: I need a simple exe to run off of my wm6 phone that will copy the file PalmMsgV001 from the Windows directory to my storage card in a folder with the current date.. to be more specific something like this:
copy \Windows\PalmMsgV001 to \Storage Card\Back_up\Palm_back\110807 (the date using the format 11/08/07)
Maybe you could make it customizable for other people as well... but im just looking for a quick exe to throw on my card that will make it real easy to back it up
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And how much do you pay for it?
Here it is...
shogunmark said:
So i fall a little short in developing, and was wondering if someone could make a quick exe... Here is what i am looking for: I need a simple exe to run off of my wm6 phone that will copy the file PalmMsgV001 from the Windows directory to my storage card in a folder with the current date.. to be more specific something like this:
copy \Windows\PalmMsgV001 to \Storage Card\Back_up\Palm_back\110807 (the date using the format 11/08/07)
Maybe you could make it customizable for other people as well... but im just looking for a quick exe to throw on my card that will make it real easy to back it up
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Here it is...
The applications is a command line application an works with 2 paramenters. 1º is the full path of the file or files patter that want to copy, in your case "\Windows\PalmMsgV001", other examples could be "\Test\log*" or "\*.txt". 2º is the full path of the destination directory without the date directory, in your case "\Storage Card\Back_up\Palm_back".
In the attached zip I include the application (CopyBackUp.exe) and the shortcut (.lnk) with the parameters required for your case ('CopyBackUp.exe \Windows\PalmMsgV001 "\Storage Card\Back_up\Palm_back"').
Just extract the .exe to the root folder ("\") and the .lnk wherever you want (ie. "\Windows\Start Menu").
Any small donation would be appreciated.
Enjoy...
finthamoussu said:
Here it is...
The applications is a command line application an works with 2 paramenters. 1º is the full path of the file or files patter that want to copy, in your case "\Windows\PalmMsgV001", other examples could be "\Test\log*" or "\*.txt". 2º is the full path of the destination directory without the date directory, in your case "\Storage Card\Back_up\Palm_back".
In the attached zip I include the application (CopyBackUp.exe) and the shortcut (.lnk) with the parameters required for your case ('CopyBackUp.exe \Windows\PalmMsgV001 "\Storage Card\Back_up\Palm_back"').
Just extract the .exe to the root folder ("\") and the .lnk wherever you want (ie. "\Windows\Start Menu").
Any small donation would be appreciated.
Enjoy...
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This worked perfectly.. and am more than happy to kick you a small donation!!! pm me and let me know where to send it!
and also as i am looking at the shortcut, it appears that in theory you could make this little exe copy whatever you want, just would have to edit the short cut.. interesting...
shogunmark said:
and also as i am looking at the shortcut, it appears that in theory you could make this little exe copy whatever you want, just would have to edit the short cut.. interesting...
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Yes, it tried to make it a bit more generic that what you were asking for, so maybe it could be usefull to somebody else
CopyBackUp V1.1
Attached is the new version of the application.
The changes are:
The first 2 parameters still being the same.
The next parameters are optional, and works as follow:
New commands:
·-kb[List of processes to Kill Before the backup is made]
Kills the specified list of processes before the backup
·-rb[List of processes to Run Before the backup is made]
Runs the specified list of processes after the backup
·-ka[List of processes to Kill After the backup is made]
Kills the specified list of processes before the backup
·-ra[List of processes to Run After the backup is made]
Runs the specified list of processes after the backup
·-noui
Runs the application without showing windows messages (only “Invalid Arguments” is showed)
These commands can be used multiple times, are case insensitive, and before backup commands and after backup commands are executed as they appears.
Sample:
copybackup.exe “/Directory with spaces/*.log” /Test –rb /test/test.exe /test2.exe –ka test2.exe –kb aaa.exe –NoUI –ra “/dir dir/bb.exe” –KA b.exe
This will
1.1. Run /test/test.exe
2.2. Run /test2.exe
3.3. Kill aaa.exe
4.4. Perform the backup of “/Directory with spaces/*.log” to /Test/[Date]
5.5. Kill test2.exe
6.6. Run “/dir dir/bb.exe”
7.7. Kill b.exe
All this without Windows UI messages
The application will fail only if some of the processes to run is not found, It won’t fail it some process to kill is not found.
Enjoy.
well i did find error.. maybe..
If i use:
\CopyBackUp.exe \Windows\PalmMsgV001 "\Storage Card\Back up\Palmbackup"
Then it does as mentioned before...
If i manually kill messagingapp.exe first and use this then it works, it will copy the file and run the app:
\CopyBackUp.exe \Windows\PalmMsgV001 "\Storage Card\Back up\Palmbackup" -ra messagingapp.exe
But if i leave messagingapp.exe running it will not kill it or copy the file, just throws up an error box that says "error":
\CopyBackUp.exe \Windows\PalmMsgV001 "\Storage Card\Back up\Palmbackup" -kb messagingapp.exe
and i did verify that the process is running
shogunmark:
Are you sure that have extracted both files in the same directory?
This problem looks like copybackup.exe is not finding in the same directory OpenNETCF.dll.
This dll is needed when you use -kb or -ka, as is used to enumerate running processes.
I have made the test copybackup.exe /*.log /test -kb iexplore.exe and it works perfectly (Kills Internet Explorer before)
Can you cheek this?
Cheers
Hi finthamoussu,
Your application sounds really cool. I can appreciate the running processes fuctionality as that is a little bit tricky in .net. Good work!
Regards,
Slither2006.
I think this is a really useful app. Forgive my ignorance but where do you run the exe on the PC or on the device?
If on the device do we need to copy OpenNETCF.dll there as well? Which folder?
Thanks
gekkkko said:
I think this is a really useful app. Forgive my ignorance but where do you run the exe on the PC or on the device?
If on the device do we need to copy OpenNETCF.dll there as well? Which folder?
Thanks
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Hi, you need to copy both files to the device (to any folder you want).
An to use it just call the exe with the parameters you need (look at previous post).
Enjoy
Hi
This app was created a few months ago and lived in the UC thread created by Sleuth255. I said if there was enough interest I would move the post to the it's own thread. I got to 0v03, so I started a new thread.
xcopyce v0-04
This is an application idea l3v5y came up with and somehow convinced me into writing .
Purpose
To copy folders as part of the UC process.
Requirements
* .Net CF 2.0
* UC (Of course).
Usage
*Download the Zip file and extract xcopyce.exe onto your the root of your storage card.
*Add the following lines to your UC File
Code:
CPY1:\Storage Card\xcopyce.exe
CPY2:\Temp\xcopyce.exe
EXEC:\Temp\xcopyce.exe
Replace folder paths where necessary, remeber that EXEC: does not support spaces (hence why I'm copying to \Temp).
Config
Create a file on the root of your storage card called xcopyce.txt - this is the config file.
*The format of the file is "source" "destination" attribs.
*Comments begin with a # symbol.
*By default destination files are created without attributes.
*File attributes are as follows (case insensitive):
Code:
r - read-only
a - archive
s - system
h - hidden
Example:
Code:
[COLOR="DarkGreen"]#Copy Temp from Storage Card to your Device[/COLOR]
"\Storage Card\Temp" \Temp
[COLOR="DarkGreen"]#Copy Folder making all files Read only in the Destination[/COLOR]
\Temp "\Temp2" r
[COLOR="DarkGreen"]#Copy Folder making all files Hidden and System in the Destination[/COLOR]
\Temp2 \Temp3 sh
[COLOR="DarkGreen"]#Copy Folder making all files System, hidden, read-only and archive in the Destination[/COLOR]
\Temp3 \Temp4 shra
Double Quotes can surround either the source or destination, but must surround paths with spaces in. This is the same as when using the xcopy command line. If in doubt surround both sides with quotes.
Logging
A log file is created on the root of your storage card called xcopyce.log. This file is over written every time you run.
Change Log
0v01
- Initial Development.
0v02
- No longer requires the storage card to be called "\Storage Card".
0v03
- Support for destination file attribute setting.
- Now over writes read-only files in the destination.
- Changes to log file structure.
- Handles blank lines in the config file.
0v04
- Bug fix: Line parser algorithm should handle work in all cases. (#10)
Credits
l3v5y for the idea.
Sleuth255 for his UC work in the first place.
nikagl for inspiring more updates.
Download
Here
MD5 Hash
Code:
9E08A46EC3E049FF71BFF476FE818BD4
Thanks
Dave
Thanks Dave! And now let's add some tags for the search engines which I had initially used to find this wonderful program, but did not (I only accidentaly stumbled accross it because you had the link in your sig!):
This tool is the perfect addition to Sashimi and/or UC / User Customization as it can be executed using a Command Line on any Windows Mobile (WM5 or WM6) device to copy files and overwrite read only files!
Regards,
Nika.
Me likey file attributes!
Now I'm going to have to flash a ROM to try it out!
One question though... Can this copy files as well as folders?
BTW, I added this to the UC post.
l3v5y said:
Me likey file attributes!
Now I'm going to have to flash a ROM to try it out!
One question though... Can this copy files as well as folders?
BTW, I added this to the UC post.
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Thanks mate. At the moment just folders. I'll look at files for 0v04.
Ta
Dave
Hi Dave,
I guess for compatibility with UC you've created the current tool, where it uses a file to perform the copy tasks. Would it be possible to create a 100% command line method, like xcopy in Windows?
For instance here's the usage of xcopyce I'd love to see (straight from xcopy /? ):
XCOPYCE source [destination] [/A | /M] [/D[:date]] [/P] [/S [/E]] [/V] [/W] [/C] [/i] [/Q] [/F] [/L] [/G] [/H] [/R] [/T] [/u] [/K] [/N] [/O] [/X] [/Y] [/-Y] [/Z] [/EXCLUDE:file1[+file2][+file3]...]
source: Specifies the file(s) to copy.
destination: Specifies the location and/or name of new files.
/A = Copies only files with the archive attribute set, doesn't change the attribute.
/M = Copies only files with the archive attribute set, turns off the archive attribute.
/D:m-d-y = Copies files changed on or after the specified date. If no date is given, copies only those files whose source time is newer than the destination time.
/EXCLUDE:file1[+file2][+file3]... = Specifies a list of files containing strings. Each string should be in a separate line in the files. When any of the strings match any part of the absolute path of the file to be copied, that file will be excluded from being copied. For example, specifying a string like \obj\ or .obj will exclude all files underneath the directory obj or all files with the .obj extension respectively.
/P = Prompts you before creating each destination file.
/S = Copies directories and subdirectories except empty ones.
/E = Copies directories and subdirectories, including empty ones. Same as /S /E. May be used to modify /T.
/V = Verifies each new file.
/W = Prompts you to press a key before copying.
/C = Continues copying even if errors occur.
/I = If destination does not exist and copying more than one file, assumes that destination must be a directory.
/Q = Does not display file names while copying.
/F = Displays full source and destination file names while copying.
/L = Displays files that would be copied.
/G = Allows the copying of encrypted files to destination that does not support encryption.
/H = Copies hidden and system files also.
/R = Overwrites read-only files.
/T = Creates directory structure, but does not copy files. Does not include empty directories or subdirectories. /T /E includes empty directories and subdirectories.
/U = Copies only files that already exist in destination.
/K = Copies attributes. Normal Xcopy will reset read-only attributes.
/N = Copies using the generated short names.
/O = Copies file ownership and ACL information.
/X = Copies file audit settings (implies /O).
/Y = Suppresses prompting to confirm you want to overwrite an existing destination file.
/Z = Copies networked files in restartable mode.
Regards,
Nika.
nikagl said:
Hi Dave,
I guess for compatibility with UC you've created the current tool, where it uses a file to perform the copy tasks. Would it be possible to create a 100% command line method, like xcopy in Windows?
For instance here's the usage of xcopyce I'd love to see (straight from xcopy /? ):
...snip...
Regards,
Nika.
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If I ever get enough free time I might do...
Ta
Dave
It's working well!
But, I must disagree with
This is an application idea l3v5y came up with and somehow conned me into writing .
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I did not "con" you into doing it. You chose to do it.
l3v5y said:
It's working well!
But, I must disagree with
I did not "con" you into doing it. You chose to do it.
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Lighten up
DaveShaw said:
Just for the record I was not conned, hoodwinked, tricked or in any way forced against my will by l3v5y to create this program.
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Hows that suit you ?
Only kidding, I'll expand the word conned into convinced.
Ta
Dave
Thanks a lot. It's a great tool. I'll try to use it with my batterystatus theme.
Error in parser ?
Hi,
first of all, thanks for this apps !
I've found an error : I'm using this line :
"\Carte de Stockage\@Backup\Apps\Application Data" "\Application Data"
and it doesn't work as it must do. I looked at the log file, and found that it try :
source: \Carte de Stockage\@Backup\Apps\Application Data ---- ok
dest: \Application
attribs: Data
so even with double quotes, the parser find a space, and so choose last chars (in my case the end of path) as attribs.
I made a few tests, always bad :
"\Carte de Stockage\@Backup\Apps\Application Data" "\Application Data" r ---> attribs are Data "r
without quotes
...
Can you fix it please?
Thanks
TheBeO said:
Hi,
first of all, thanks for this apps !
I've found an error : I'm using this line :
"\Carte de Stockage\@Backup\Apps\Application Data" "\Application Data"
and it doesn't work as it must do. I looked at the log file, and found that it try :
source: \Carte de Stockage\@Backup\Apps\Application Data ---- ok
dest: \Application
attribs: Data
so even with double quotes, the parser find a space, and so choose last chars (in my case the end of path) as attribs.
I made a few tests, always bad :
"\Carte de Stockage\@Backup\Apps\Application Data" "\Application Data" r ---> attribs are Data "r
without quotes
...
Can you fix it please?
Thanks
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Doh!
I'll make a fix by then end of play tomorrow, providing I can re-create this first time.
Dave
Woah I really envy you all programmers I dun understand at all what you all are talking about but it seems nice for people who understand it
0v04 is up:
Change Log
0v04
- Bug fix: Line parser algorithm should handle work in all cases. (#10)
Yessss
DaveShaw said:
0v04 is up:
Change Log
0v04
- Bug fix: Line parser algorithm should handle work in all cases. (#10)
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Yes thank you DaveShaw, it works fine now ;-)
And thanks for your speed!
Wow... I like it. I just tried it with my Diamond and it works great on entire folders. My question is:
I have a folder of ringtones on my storage card. I want to copy those to the \windows\rings folder, but it didn't seem to do it. It didn't overwrite any files in a folder that already existed.
I also want to copy the PIM.VOL from my backup to the root of the device. It also didn't work. Any suggestions?
EDIT: it's my turn to go DOH!
I think I found my error. I read the log and found I had mistyped the path. I also read back through the posts and found it can't do just a single file, only a directory. That's why the PIM.VOL file didn't get copied.
JohnBecker said:
Wow... I like it. I just tried it with my Diamond and it works great on entire folders. My question is:
I have a folder of ringtones on my storage card. I want to copy those to the \windows\rings folder, but it didn't seem to do it. It didn't overwrite any files in a folder that already existed.
I also want to copy the PIM.VOL from my backup to the root of the device. It also didn't work. Any suggestions?
EDIT: it's my turn to go DOH!
I think I found my error. I read the log and found I had mistyped the path. I also read back through the posts and found it can't do just a single file, only a directory. That's why the PIM.VOL file didn't get copied.
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Yeah for single file's just use UC.
And for the \Rings, if it's cooked into the ROM you might not be able to overwrite the file. Nothng I can do about that
Ta
Dave
sorry guys but i dont really get this lil app much. theres not much to it and no info about how to use it? no real examples and explanations to what it does or how.
So could somebody break it down?
m00moo said:
sorry guys but i dont really get this lil app much. theres not much to it and no info about how to use it? no real examples and explanations to what it does or how.
So could somebody break it down?
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I wrote it because when you are using Slueth's UC you can only copy files using the CPY1 and CPY2 commands.
This application allows you to copy folders as part of the UC process.
To use...
You create a config file on your card, with the source and destination folders (and any attributes you want) - See post #1.
Then you just execute the xcopyce exe in your UC SDConfig.txt file. (You must copy it to a location on your phone becase the UC EXEC: command cannot cope with spaces ) - The line to add to SDConfig.txt is in Post #1.
Ta
Dave
sorry i think i understand now.
just that upon first inspection of the atributes they seemed to be clumped up and i believed that was the whole code.
thanks for the cool handy app!
m00moo said:
sorry i think i understand now.
just that upon first inspection of the atributes they seemed to be clumped up and i believed that was the whole code.
thanks for the cool handy app!
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I've updated the sample code to colour the comments green, to help with the reading a little
Dave
I am trying to load an image into an imageview, using a URI to a file on the SD card, e.g.
Code:
Uri uri = Uri.parse("file:/sdcard/myapp/mysubfolder/myimage.jpg");
imgView.setImageURI(uri);
and on my HTC Wildfire/Android 2.2 it works OK. But I have been testing with several AVD's & using the Eclipse DDMS Perspective File Explorer, I can see that the SD Card does not always appear to be rooted in the same place, e.g.
Code:
/sdcard/myapp....
or
Code:
/mnt/sdcard/myapp....
Can anyone explain why this is happening ? Should I code to test for the path existing & then use the right one ?
Thanks.
Yes, the different paths by different manufacturers is an annoyance.
Luckily, there is something that should help:
Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getPath()
That worked a treat. Thanks for the tip.
I've been banging my head on this, but can't seem to get it to work.
I'm trying to launch a file manager from my app. Here's the code I'm using.. I think (thought) it was correct, but I'm missing something. I want it to pop up a list of available file managers to open to that path.
Code:
Url = "file:///sdcard/";
Intent fileMangerIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(Url));
startActivity(fileMangerIntent);
Thanks.
Edit: I've tried just passing /sdcard as the path, and also with and without the trailing slash. I've tried with an http url and it works as intended.
try using ACTION_CHOOSER, it should display all the activities on the phone that can handle that type of URI. http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Intent.html#ACTION_CHOOSER
Thanks.. I'll try that..
Doesn't seem to do what I'm trying to get it to do. If I specify a file and a mimetype (ie. a jpeg), then it works to popup a list of apps to view the file.
And with AndExplorer, I can have it popup as a file chooser or directory chooser.
But what i'm trying to is just launch a file explorer at the given path. Don't need any information back.
What I'm working on is an app that lists all attached usb drives (on HC Tablets) and allows mounting/unmounting any/all devices of ext, fat, ntfs. And I want to be able to click the mount points in my app to switch to a file explorer to browse the files.
But it doesn't seem like any of the file managers handle that. I might have to build in a minimal file manager.
If the file browsers you are trying to incorporate into your app dont support an entry point that takes you straight to a directory then it'll be hard to make this work. I guess the best you can do is look at the published intents and see if there is a way to pass a directory.
From something awesome
Hello I am trying to figure out how to write to file using the bt-200. I am using unity and c# to try and write an application for the glasses and I need to create and write to a txt file. I am using the line System.IO.File.WriteAllText (@"file.txt", data); to attempt this. What I cannot find is the proper path to use since I am unfamiliar with the devices directory structure. I have also tried to use path = System.IO.Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(); but this has not worked either and I cannot find the file I have supposedly generated. Any help would be appreciated.
Hi. There is a app on the bt-200 called "sev". Check the directory structure and your file with this app.
If your using windows, you should be aware that not every file is displayed, when you connect your bt-200 with your pc and use explore. Even if your are in the right folder.( That's why you need to recheck with sev)
The folder where you land, when you press explore in windows is "/mnt/sdcard"