Deployment Project CAB

[Guest]

Hi,

I have created a cab file and included several dependency DLL to an ActiveX
control I developed in C++ 7.1. Along withe dependencies I also included the
mfc71.dll, mfcu71.dll, and msvcr71.dll since we do not register them. I
created a setup.inf file and included it in the cab.

I created the cab using C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
2003\Common7\Tools\Bin\CABARC.EXE

Then signed code using C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
2003\Common7\Tools\Bin\SignCode.Exe

All of that by creating a batch file.

I deployed it and the control worked perfectly.

Today I would like to do the same think using VS.NET 2003. So I created a
"Setup and Deployment Projects" -> "Cab Project" then included all the
dependencies as well as the setup.inf. When I compiled it it created an
intermediate file of type *.osd (Open Software Description)... Now when I
tested the cab it did not work!!!

In the deployment project is there a way for me to control what goes into
the .osd? Is there a way for me to turn it off (when compiled to a CAB not
include this file)? You see the conpiler includes this automatically and
there must be a way to tell it I do not want you to include it which I
haven't figured out.

Can someone help me?

Thanks,

Yama Kamyar

 

[Lau Lei Cheong]

First, don't repost your question on 1 hour interval... It is quite
annoying.

Second, any error message appear in your "output" panel when compiling your
setup project that is relevent?

 

[Guest]

Hi Lau,

I do not think you understood the entire question. It is quite annoying
getting a reply from an unexperienced ActiveX/CAB and deployment Visual
Studio .NET developer try to comment me. In the future please answer
questions to your subject of expertise. It is NONE of your business how
questions I post here even in the occasion where the questions may be
repeated but phrased differently.

Yama Kamyar