How to create a setup program to deploy ppc app?

[John Lee]

Hi,

What's the best way and tool to use to create a setup.exe that can be run at
desktop, the setup will actually copy necessary files to PPC 2002 or PPC
2003, install .NET CF if necessary? Instead of asking tap the .cab files
manaully by user.

Thanks!

John

 

[Jonne Kats]

Check the following link:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnnetcomp/html/netcfdeployment.asp

HTH

 

[Chris Tacke, eMVP]

Take a look at this:

http://www.e-pocketsetup.com/

 

[Ginny Caughey [MVP]]

John,

A third approach is to write your own desktop app using the Remote API (Rapi).
You can find some example Rapi code here:
http://www.opennetcf.org/communication.asp

To explode a cab file you've already copied to the device from the desktop,
you'd use CeCreateProcess to invoke wceload.exe with the name of your cab file.
(You can use the /noaskdest switch on wceload.exe to keep the user from having
to make any decisions.)