Installation 'name' in Programs screen on Pocket PC

[Glyn Meek]

When you go through the whole 'build' process in the .net cf environment,
and get the application installed on your Pocket PC, the program icon is
placed in the 'Programs' screen along with the NAME of the application
underneath.

E.g. Pocket Word, Pocket Excel, Pocket MSN are the names for the Microsoft
products.

There are LOTS of places where 'names' get set in the application, and in
the application properties, and also in the 'setup' process, so can anyone
tell us which of thse various 'names' in particular is used to generate the
name under the application icon in the Programs screen on the Pocket PC?

thanks

Glyn Meek

 

[Peter Foot [MVP]]

The shortcut name is defined in the .inf file used to create the CAB, by
default it is the project name:-

[Shortcuts]
SmartDeviceApplication1,0,SmartDeviceApplication1.exe,%CE11%
^ Here the shortcut will be named SmartDeviceApplication1 (how imaginative),
I could change this to
[Shortcuts]
Pocket Rocket,0,SmartDeviceApplication1.exe,%CE11%

And then rebuild the cab files by running the BuildCab.bat batch file in the
\obj\Release\ folder (or obj\Debug\)

Peter

 

[Darren Shaffer]

And to add to Peter's answer, while you're editing the INF file, change
%CE11% to
%CE17% to have a shortcut to your program show up in the Programs filegroup
on device
(the shortcut is actually placed in Windows\Start Menu).

-Darren Shaffer