Deployment issue

[Ramiro Calderón]

Hi,

I'm started working with CF and VS 2003, I just developed a simple
application which connects to a SQL Server CE database. The application
worked just fine.
When I was ready to build a .msi package for my app, I follow the guidelines
in the MS deployment sample published at MSDN.

The msi was generated and everything worked like a charm: the cabs were
generated, .net custom installer was properly associated with the install
and unistall phases, the .inf and setup .ini files seemed to be ok.

However, when I install the application in my PDA, the following message
appears (I'm traslating, so the actual english message may vary):

"{Application Name} cannot be installed properly. Run again the setup
program"

This message is not enough and I couldn't find any log file which can
enlight me about this issue.

The MSDN sample worked fine in my PDA, but I cannot figure out what the
problem is.

I hope someone could help me

Regards,

Ramiro.

 

[Alex Feinman [MVP]]

Are you able to install the cab file generated from your app by copying it
to the device manually and then launching it there? If not, look at the .inf
file.

 

[Ramiro Calderón]

Hi Alex,

It works when I deploy manually the .cab file. However, I'm quite interested
about knowing what the problem was.
Do you have any idea?

BTW, by adding a .sdf file and a .config file in the VS project, could them
be deployed with the application as a whole??


Regards and Thanks a lot!!!

Ramiro