Installation package

[Chris Botha]

What is used to create an installation package for the app?
In the dev. environment I've right clicked on the project and selected
"Build Cab File" and I have 2 issues:
1. I was hoping it would include the netcf stuff and the sqlce stuff, but it
seems not. How is this taken care of then? The people I am doing this for
constantly let the devices run down and will have to do a complete
re-install after that, netcf and all, nothing I can do about this.
2. If I look at the log file generated with the cab files, there are a whole
bunch of warnings, one example "Shortcuts is not using the string
%InstallDir%". Is there something I should do before generating the cab
file?

Thanks.

 

[Ilya Tumanov [MS]]

1. You need to redistribute all the CABs you're using with your application
(e.g. NETCF CABs, SQL CE CABs, your application CABs, etc.). The most common
solution is to come up with desktop installer which would push required CABs
to the device using Active Sync. That has been discussed many time, please
use search link below to find this information.

2. As usual in the case of warning you could fix them (by changing CABs INF
file) or you could ignore them.


Best regards,

Ilya

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[Chris Botha]

Right, thanks.

1. You need to redistribute all the CABs you're using with your
application (e.g. NETCF CABs, SQL CE CABs, your application CABs, etc.).
The most common solution is to come up with desktop installer which would
push required CABs to the device using Active Sync. That has been
discussed many time, please use search link below to find this
information.

2. As usual in the case of warning you could fix them (by changing CABs
INF file) or you could ignore them.


Best regards,

Ilya

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[Tom Libby]

I found Installing_Applications_for_Persistence_v2.pdf at www.symbol.com
you may need to sign up to get it though its free. It describes how to set
up the software so it survives a cold boot. It says it applies to Symbol
Mobile computers but I figure it is work a shot on other devices..