Run-Time Image Viewer
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8/27/2008
In Windows Embedded CE 6.0, you can use the Run-Time Image Viewer to open and view the files and registry settings that are contained in an existing Windows Embedded CE run-time image (.bin) files. You can also choose to compare two discrete run-time images in order to discover which files or registry settings are different from each other. For more information, see Comparing Two Run-Time Images.
To open and view a run-time image file, from the File menu in the IDE, choose Open, and then File. This opens the Run-Time Image Viewer, which displays a document window.
The window uses the same name as the run-time image file and displays a tree view of the run-time image file and its partitions. The following types of information related to the selected item are displayed in the right pane.
- Boot registry data
- Registry data
- Files
- Partitions
While Platform Builder displays this data in a graphic format, you can also choose to display it in text format. To do this, from the context menu, select View As Text. This opens an instance of Notepad with the requested information. You can then choose to save the text file to another location on the development workstation for reference purposes.
The Run-Time Image Viewer also uses the Visual Studio Properties window to display the properties for the currently selected item. You can choose to sort the displayed information in categorical order, or in alphabetic order. If there is context-sensitive Help available for the information, Platform Builder displays it in a separate pane at the bottom of the window.
If a file is listed in the FILES section of the run-time image, you can also choose to extract the file from the run-time image. For more information, see FILES Section.
To extract a file from the run-time image, in the Run-Time Image Viewer document window, select the file and then, from the context menu, select Save As. Another method for extracting files is to double-click on the selected file, which is then saved to your desktop. If there is a default file association with the file, Windows opens the file using the associated program.