Auto Start - Pro-face PS Series Developer's Manual

PS Series Type G Application Development Kit (ADK) Developer Manual

4 Auto Start

An application can be automatically started when the PS-G unit is turned ON. The following
explanation describes this procedure.
To automatically start an application in object store memory
(1) Create a shortcut for the application and place it in the PS-G's [\Windows\Startup] folder, or
place a copy of the application there.
(2) Insert a CF Card into the PS-G, and click the
(3) Reboot the PS-G unit with the CF Card inserted.
(4) Once Windows CE starts, the PS-G unit will read the environment data from the CF Card and
launch the application registered in the [\Windows\Startup] folder.
To automatically start a CF Card application
(1) Create a shortcut in the [\Windows\Startup] folder pointing to [AutoRun.exe] in the PS-G
unit's [\Windows] folder.
(2) Open the Properties of the shortcut created in step (1), open the [Shortcut] tab and set the
application to run automatically by changing the link destination in the "Target" field as
follows.
Target: "\Windows\AutoRun.exe" "Storage Card1\Application name"
If "/F" is added to the link destination setting, e.g.,
"Windows\AutoRun.exe" /F "Storage Card1\application name", an
application can be launched without showing the task bar at the bottom
of the screen display. Use this feature to disable the Explorer Shell of
Windows CE in the user application.
(3) Click the
(4) Insert a CF Card into the PS-G, and click the
(5) Reboot the PS-G with the CF Card inserted.
(6) Once Windows CE starts, the PS-G unit will read the environment data from the CF Card and
launch the application registered in the [\Windows\Startup] folder.
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