automatic cab extraction

[DougMcKenzie]

So, I would like to find some way for a cab to automatically run once
it downloaded onto a Windows Mobile 5.0 device, programatically or
otherwise. Does anyone have any ideas on how to do this? Any help is
greatly appreciated, seeing as how I don't know that this is at all
possible.

 

[DougMcKenzie]

I should also note that there is no ActiveSync connection at the time.

 

[Guest]

How will the file get to the device? You could write an app or service that
is always looking for new CAB files in a specific location and runs them
when they appear. Not too elegant, but it would work.

 

[DougMcKenzie]

i'm actually getting it by downloading it with a little FTP client I
wrote. I think what I want to do is something similar to that, but I
don't want it always looking for new cabs. Actually, is there some way
to launch a cab automatically if you know the location where it will
be?

 

[DougMcKenzie]

Sorry for asking questions, when the answers are already out there.
For anyone else in the future looking at this post. I'm gonna give
something similar to this a try:

OpenNETCF.WinAPI.Core.CreateProcess("wceload.exe",\\My
Documents\\MyApp.cab);

which I found in another thread.

 

[DC]

Just be wary of hard coding "My Documents"...

http://blogs.msdn.com/melsam/archive/2006/07/26/678741.aspx

 

[vikash]

Hello

I think u r using rapi to copy the files to device.
it also provides the ceCreateProcess() method that can be useful to
extract the cab files.

thanks & regards
vikash