Installation onto other devices

[Wapiti]

I sent the program's cab file to a colleague to see if he could load it and
test.

He ran it and got,
"The .NET Compact Framework could not be found. Please install the .NET
Compact Framework and run the installation again."

He then downloaded the monster (14+ mb??) and installed it.

Then received a message that:

"pdaBarcodeInterface requires the installation of sqlce.ppc3.arm.cab for it
to run properly. Install the Cab file before running this application."

Can you help me figure out the easiest way to get my app loaded onto another
device? I'd like to build an install routine at some point, but until then,
how do I know all the appropriate files needed to run my app? Is there a
clear way to knowing this?

And then, what is the best way to package all this to send to another person
for testing?

Thanks!

 

[Wapiti]

Thanks for that - I finally figured out how to find that info once the
emulator came up - didn't notice the dropdown in the output window, for
'build'. That helped.

So, with that, here is what it shows (below) - I will need to find each of
these cab files, maybe burn them to a CD, and then copy them to each ppc,
then run?

I read through msdn's link on how to build a msi install file - but does it
really need to be that difficult? I know its a, probably, rather quick dev
project - but... doesn't everyone need to install their programs onto a ppc
at some point or another? isn't there a method, already written, to do
whole thing??? Sure seems as tho someone would have thought about that.....
no?

------ Build started: Project: pdaBarcodeInterface, Configuration: Debug
Pocket PC -----
Preparing resources...
Updating references...
Performing main compilation...
Building satellite assemblies...
Visual Studio is ready to deploy pdaBarcodeInterface

------ Deploy started: Project: pdaBarcodeInterface, Configuration: Debug
Pocket PC ---
Deploying to Pocket PC 2002 Emulator using Emulation Transport
Connected to Pocket PC 2002 Emulator (Pocket PC) running on X86.
Copying files from 'C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\Visual
Studio Projects\pdaBarcodeInterface\bin\Debug' to '\Program
Files\pdaBarcodeInterface'
Copying Municipal Barcode Interface.exe
Copying netcf.core.ppc3.x86.cab
Launching device installation of 'netcf.core.ppc3.x86.cab'. Please check
device screen for further instructions......
Copying System_SR_enu.cab
Launching device installation of 'System_SR_enu.cab'. Please check device
screen for further instructions..
Copying sqlce.ppc3.x86.cab
Launching device installation of 'sqlce.ppc3.x86.cab'. Please check device
screen for further instructions.....
Copying sqlce.dev.ppc3.x86.cab
Launching device installation of 'sqlce.dev.ppc3.x86.cab'. Please check
device screen for further instructions..

---------------------- Done ----------------------
Build: 1 succeeded, 0 failed, 0 skipped
Deploy: 1 succeeded, 0 failed, 0 skipped

Launching Application

 

[Wapiti]

And, something that came to mind after posting that last message - I do
realize that I wouldn't copy the x86 cab files, but the ARM cabs to the ppc
devices. just in case anyone wanted to correct me on that. grin.