Deploying to a Pocket PC

[Mike Nicol]

HI there

I have an app written in .net cf 2. I need to create a simple deployment
wizard(ish) installation that includes the .net framework.

Any ideas or suggestions?

Mike Nicol

 

[Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]]

I presume that you know how to deploy the application itself. You might
take a look at the archives of the group for information on including the
framework itself in your deployment project.

http://groups.google.com/group/micr...tframework?hl=en&lr=lang_en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

I searched on "deploy framework 2.0 application" and got less than 200 hits,
some of which I can eliminate from the thread title.

http://groups.google.com/group/micr...ework+2.0+application&rnum=6#66187bdb1c172dd7

and

http://groups.google.com/group/micr...ework+2.0+application&rnum=7#0bac51551a9d7cd6

are on the first page.

Paul T.

 

[Guest]

Hi Mike,

"Wizard(ish)" ? What are you envisioning outside of the 'normal' PPC/SP
deployment model ?

Also, take a look at this article written by Chris Tacke:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...us/dnnetcomp/html/deploy_cf2_apps_cab_msi.asp

 

[Guest]

Hi Mike,

The easiest way to create a simple-to-deploy installer is to use
"PocketPC Installer" from:
http://www.pocketpcinstaller.com

Basically, you just drag'n'drop your .Net CF .cab file, your app's
..cab file and any other .cab / data files into this app, and it
compresses them all up into a compressed standalone installer
..exe for your PDA.

It also creates a compressed standalone installer .exe for
your Desktop.

Two different ways to deploy your app, just pick which of the
two installer .exe's is more useful to you, and distribute that
..exe to your users. Both .exe's contain your .cab files within
them (like a .zip file), and they will resume installing if, after
the .Net CF2.0 .cab has finished installing, it soft-resets the
device.

Hope this helps,


James