Technical Reference Manual - InduSoft

About remote management
Download your project to the target device
This task describes how to download your project files to the Windows Embedded device that will host your
project.
To complete this task, you must be connected to the target device and the runtime software (either
EmbeddedView or CEView) must be installed on it.
1. On the Home tab of the ribbon, in the Remote Management group, click Connect.
The Remote Management dialog is displayed with the Target tab selected.
2. On the Target tab, check to see if you are already connected to the target device. If you are not, then review
the connection settings and click Connect.
The Remote Management tool connects to the target device and its status is displayed.
Tip: If the connection settings are correct but you cannot connect to the target device, then
make sure Remote Agent (CEServer.exe) is running on the device, empty the device's \Temp
directory, and try again.
3. In the list of tabs on the left, click Project.
The Project tab of the dialog is displayed.
Project tab of the Remote Management dialog
4. In the Local box, you should see location/filepath of the project that is currently open.
This is the project that will be downloaded to the target device.
5. In the Target box, verify the location/filepath for the project files on the target device. If the path is
incorrect, then click the browse button to the right of the Target box to select a new path. Assuming you are
properly connected to the target device, you should be able to browse it like any network drive.
Note: By default, you can download the project files to any location on the target device, even to
another location outside the directory that contains the runtime software (e.g., \Storage Card
\CEView). You might consider this a security vulnerability, however, so if you want to restrict
downloads only to the directory that contains the runtime software, then go to Remote Agent on
the target device and select Lock project download.
6. Click Download to download the entire project to the target device, or click Send File to select an individual file
to send.
When you download your project to the target device, the new project replaces the old one automatically
and immediately, even if the old project is still running. Also, if you clear the Only newer files option, then the
development application will delete all of the old files in the project folder before downloading the new files.
As such, you may want to manually stop the old project (by clicking Stop) before you download the new
one. That way, you can make sure it stops gracefully and does not disrupt any other processes.
It is not strictly necessary to stop the project, however, so if your project is robust enough to handle the
switch then you can send new files whenever you need to.
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