There may be times, when deploying an application, especially to a mobile device, that you will want to include some auxiliary files that the application uses. Such files might include
lookup files or
value set images. To simplify the deployment of such an application, these files can be packaged in with the data entry
.pen file. The files will be compressed in the .pen file and then decompressed when the user opens the application. CSEntry will recreate the folder structure and files contained in the resource folders. Files that already exist on the device will be overwritten only if the timestamp of the .pen file is newer than the timestamp of the file on the device.
To specify a resource folder, select
File -> Add Files and then select a resource folder. Your application may have more than one resource folder. All files in the resource folder, and its subfolders, will be included in the .pen file, so it is important to think about how to structure your data entry application so that only relevant files are bundled together in the .pen file. You might, for example, have an Images folder where you put all the value set images that your application uses. When decompressing data on mobile devices, files will only be saved in the csentry folder or in any of its subfolders.
If you no longer want to mark a folder as a resource folder, select
File -> Drop Files and select the folder that you no longer want to use.