Adding applications to an image

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Oliver

Is it possible to add an application to my XP Embedded
Image. Ideally I would want to be able to use Component
designer to import a .msi installer and create a
component for my application. I could then be able to add
the component to an image.

Is saomething like this possible.
 
There are some of options:

1. You can install applications with the MSI installer after the image has
gone through FBA. Make sure that the MSI installer is part of your image.
2. Ideally, you would want to create a component for your application. The
component would be based on the extracted binary files.
3. Creating a component based on the .msi file iteself is possible. If you
want to install the application during FBA, you would need to use a
component resource like FBA command to run the MSI installer and extract the
image. Or you could use the Run Once command to install the msi file at
first boot.

#2 is the recommended solution. There are articles on MSDN and a couple of
books that show how.

Regards,

Sean Liming
XP Embedded Manager
A7 Engineering (www.a7eng.com)
Author: Windows XP Embedded Advanced and Windows NT Embedded Step-by-Step

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