Associating FSD with a hardware device - what am I missing

Hello All,
NewBie to FSD implementation here. I hope you'll would be kind enough to
offer some insight.
I am in the process of porting a file system from Windows Desktop to Windows
CE.
I have created a skeletal dll called PDCFS.dll which is my FSD.

From now on I want that when I save a file I want CE to use my new System.
So I am trying to associate my FSD with a hardware device.
Here is what I did in the registry

; HIVE BOOT SECTION
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\StorageManager\Autoload\PDCFS]
"Dll"="PDCFS.dll"
"Folder"="Storage Card USB"

; END HIVE BOOT SECTION

Also the following registrry key is set to PDCFS.dll
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\StorageManager\Profiles\USBHDProfile]
DefaultFileSystem = PDCFS.dll

My question is, Is this sufficient to cause my file system to be loaded
everytime I try to save a file to the device or do I need more registry
settings ?

One way to test of course would be to create a test program which saves a
file to the \\Storage Card USB\\filename.txt path and to see if the file is
being saved through my new FSD.

Is there any other way to know for sure ?

My FSD is not fully implemented and cuurently hangs when I try to save a
file.
Is there any way I can know for sure without implementing the MountDisk ,
UnMoutnDisk ReadFile WriteFile etc.

Also any samples on MountDisk , unMountDisk , WriteFile, ReadFile would be
appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
SieWin.

SieWin
Mon Mar 17 15:03:02 PDT 2008

nevre mind. My problem is solved. The registry settings are sufficient.
thanks anyways

"SieWin" wrote:

> Hello All,
> NewBie to FSD implementation here. I hope you'll would be kind enough to
> offer some insight.
> I am in the process of porting a file system from Windows Desktop to Windows
> CE.
> I have created a skeletal dll called PDCFS.dll which is my FSD.
>
> From now on I want that when I save a file I want CE to use my new System.
> So I am trying to associate my FSD with a hardware device.
> Here is what I did in the registry
>
> ; HIVE BOOT SECTION
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\StorageManager\Autoload\PDCFS]
> "Dll"="PDCFS.dll"
> "Folder"="Storage Card USB"
>
> ; END HIVE BOOT SECTION
>
> Also the following registrry key is set to PDCFS.dll
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\StorageManager\Profiles\USBHDProfile]
> DefaultFileSystem = PDCFS.dll
>
> My question is, Is this sufficient to cause my file system to be loaded
> everytime I try to save a file to the device or do I need more registry
> settings ?
>
> One way to test of course would be to create a test program which saves a
> file to the \\Storage Card USB\\filename.txt path and to see if the file is
> being saved through my new FSD.
>
> Is there any other way to know for sure ?
>
> My FSD is not fully implemented and cuurently hangs when I try to save a
> file.
> Is there any way I can know for sure without implementing the MountDisk ,
> UnMoutnDisk ReadFile WriteFile etc.
>
> Also any samples on MountDisk , unMountDisk , WriteFile, ReadFile would be
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> SieWin.
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