URL Links to CAB files not downloading

[Dave Nasralla]

Hi,
I am writing an application for PPC that will need to be
distributed remotely. My users have wireless Symbol
scanners running Pocket PC 2003.

I create the CAB files in .NET and have placed them on a
web site. The problem is that when surfing to them with
Internet Explorer from the pocket pc devices, they are
opened as 'web pages' with garbled text, instead of being
downloaded as files which can be installed.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks,
dave

 

[Alex Feinman [MVP]]

You need to make sure that the MIME type for CAB files is set correctly on
your web server. It should be something like application/x-msdownload

 

[Dave Nasralla]

That makes sense. I will try it. I found a website at
http://filext.com that has a list of mime types for file
extensions. Thanks for your help.

d

 

[Dave Nasralla]

It is working now. I used the mime type application/cab
Thanks tons.

dave