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Saving Data Displayed in the Remote Tools Shell (Windows Embedded CE 6.0)

1/6/2010

When you collect data from running a plug-in in the Remote Tools Shell, you can choose to save the data to an .rtfxdata file for later use. This file uses an XML format that contains a string-based representation of the data displayed in the main tool window. The plug-in must specify how the data that it generates is saved to the .rtfxdata file.

For information about how to implement a method for saving the data that your plug-in generates, see the Microsoft.RemoteToolSdk.PluginComponents.PluginData.OnRenderGeneric method in the Remote Tools Framework Native API.

To save data displayed in the main tool window

  1. In the main tool window, select one of the following two items.

    • A node from a plug-in that is currently running and generating data
    • The Live Data node
  2. To save the selected data as a file, from the File menu, select Save.

    The saved data file contains the currently shown data. If a plug-in node has not yet been displayed, the act of saving data refreshes that node to obtain the latest data for the node. If the plug-in is currently disconnected, the plug-in nodes that are not showing any data will not generate any data because the nodes cannot be refreshed.

See Also

Tasks

Running a Plug-in in the Remote Tools Shell

Other Resources

Data in the Remote Tools Shell