Determine CE version before deployment

[Guest]

I have an Setup and Deployment package ready, but would like to run an
application from the desktop to determine the version of CE used, before the
cab files are installed. I can create an exe on the desktop using OpenNetCf
libraries to deterct the ce version, but how do I get the Setup and
Deployment package to execute this exe?

Thanks.

 

[Guest]

You could do this by creating a custom install assembly that gets executed
before the install takes place. You can do this by inherting from:
System.Configuration.Install.Installer

See here for more information on how to implement this:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.configuration.install.installer.aspx