1) In Visual Studio, click on “Tools.” Then click on “Connect to device.”
In the “Connect to device” window, select the emulator
desired, such as Pocket PC 2003 SE Emulator. Click on the “Connect” button.
You
will see the “Connecting …” window. If everything is OK, you will see the message
“Connection succeeded.” Click on the “Close” button.
2) In Visual Studio, click on the “Tools” button. Then click
on “Device Emulator Manager.” In the “Device Emulator Manager” window, you will
see the Datastore tree with the emulator selected. The selection is marked with
the green arrow:
3) Right click on the selected emulator and choose
“Cradle.” This imitates putting the device on a cradle:
4) After this, the ActiveSync will run and allow you
to set up a partnership. If you do not have the program, you can download ActiveSync.
Select “Guest partnership” to avoid synchronizing with Outlook. Click on “Next.”
After this, ActiveSync gets connected to the emulator:
5) Go to Windows Explorer, copy the your_application_title.cab
file and paste it in My Windows Mobile-Based Device.
You will see the ActiveSync message:
Click on OK to copy the cab file onto the emulator.
6) On the emulator, go to “Start,” then “File Explorer.”
In the “My Device” folder, you will see the your_application_title.cab file. Click
on it to install the application in the “Program
Files/Your_application_title” folder.
7) On the emulator, go to the “Program
Files/Your_application_title” folder and click on the application icon.
The application is running.