Pocket PC Setup Applications

[Harry Simpson]

I've built an inf, ini, and cab with cabwiz. Everything compiles and then I
create a setup.exe using the EzSetup application. I can run this but after
the Readme, Eula, I get an error that there's a problem in the Setup
file......


Then i thought, here's a way to to it the .NET way when i read the article
Developing and Deploying Pocket PC Setup Applications from
Microsoft....Download the code and it doesn't compile and what your suppose
to do to connect the pieces is less than intuitive.

Is there a recommended article on how to build a PPC setup program?

I need to install SQLServerCE cabs, Symbol cab as well as the app cab. I
also want to "include" a local database DB.sdf.

Any good recommendations?

TIA
Harry

 

[Jitendra Patil]

Hi Harry,

Please check this article:

http://www.codeproject.com/netcf/PackagingAndDeployingPPC.asp

I have tried and it works fine...let me know in case you face any problem.

Regards,
Jitendra Patil
MCSD.Net

 

[Harry Simpson]

Thanks Jitendra!

That's exactly what i was looking for, along with a recommendation from
someone that actually got it to work!

Thanks again,

Harry Simpson
MCSD (working without a NET....)

 

[Harry Simpson]

Just when it looked like Simon Kittle had made the sample easy....

I'm trying to add the CustomInstaller project to my PPC solution..it won't
let me add a project of a different type to the solution....I'm using
VB.NET.

What type of project must i add or do i need to create the project in a
separate solution....

TIA
Harry

 

[mikeb]

Its hell getting it to work in vb.net, pure hell.

The folks that have pointed me to the installer method from msdn were using
C.

It works for a vb app, i'll give it that, but configuration is not anything
near easy. And, if you need to add other cabs (sqlce, sqlclient, etc) plan
on howling at the moon - cuz you'll see lots of the moon while doing it.

Microsft really needs to get on the ball and help its developers if they
want professional installations.

 

[Harry Simpson]

Mikeb for President!!

Thanks for the heads up - i was feeling unusually dumb.....<g>

Yep I need to add SQLCE cabs (3), Symbol, and CFNet and an sdf.

Thanks for the perspective....

Harry

 

[Harry Simpson]

I've gone back to EzSetup and am using the inf file to manually build the
Cab files with cabwiz...so far, so good.

I need to add add SQLCE cabs (3), Symbol, and CFNet and an sdf.

Whatever I put first in the ini file under the CabFiles= section gets
installed via ActiveSync when i run the exe file and then AppManager closes
as if that's all i needed to install. How do i designate I want ALL the
cabs installed and not just the first one?

TIA
Harry