How to run app after installing from cab?

[chris-s]

Hi,

Any ideas or tips on how I can get my application to automatically run after
installing it from it's cab file?

In this particular scenario the app is automatically downloading an update
of itself, the cab file will have been automatically downloaded to the
device into the cabfiles folder on the storage card and then either
warm-rebooted by code or the 'autocab' exe run, again by code, not sure
which method I will use yet.

My problem is getting the app to startup again once the cab file install has
been run.

Cheers,

Chris

 

[Aaron Ruckman [MSFT]]

For PPC devices, all you need to do is copy a shortcut into the
\storage\windows\startup directory, since you are already using the storage
card, or just \windows\startup then whenever the device is warm or soft
rebooted the program will automatically start up.

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[chris-s]

Hi Aaron,

Thanks for the reply, but, we thought of that, but will this not cause a
problem since the cab file installation process will be started on reboot,
only to find that the app has been started and so it will be unable to
complete the installation since it cannot overwrite the executable?

Chris

 

[Jesse Vaught [MSFT]]

Have you added a custom 'setup.dll' as described in
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dv_evtuv/ht
ml/etgrfsetupdllfilesfordevices.asp to your cab? You can add CreateProcess
code to the Install_Exit function that would launch your application.

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[chris-s]

Nope, didn't know about that, but I do now, thanks, I'll take a look.

Cheers,

Chris.