Hello I want to make a CAB file on a WinCE 5/6 device. The idea is that someone would run a backup script that creates the CAB file, which can then be loaded back onto the device at any point restoring settings to a previously known point. The settings are xml and custom files in various folders on the device, I am not talking specific...
I have made an ActiveX control and have made its .cab file for automatic installation on client machine using Internet Explorer.. It working fine of Windows XP, but on windows Vista and Windows 7 its installation is blocked by UAC (User account control), and when I disable it, all things works fine... I have signed my .cab file with a ce...
I'm trying to view a surveillance camera system. The remote access is available through a website, and that website seems to need to download a CAB file full of goodies to let me view the cameras. On some of my systems this install process goes over nicely. On a few, particuarly the ones with slower Internet, I get into an endless-l...
I'd like to enhance/mimic the dependency injection done by the object builder to include some custom properties the standard way is in mySmartPart.cs [CreateNew] MyPresenter ABC { .... } [ServiceDependency] myService XYZ { ... } in include [MyCustomReferenceAttribute] CustomerObject MyCustomer { .... } ...
I'm aware there is a similar question but the marked answer provides a link to an external library which requires several dependencies to be installed on the user's machine. I don't need extraction or anything else fancy like listing files - I only need to add the entire contents of a folder to a single cabinet file. I know cabinet.dll...
how do I create a .cab file for adding a bookmark to Windows Mobile 6.5? ...
Hi I have a CAB file that installs our program to Windows CE. I have a CAB (and platform configuration) for Windows CE 5 and 6. Both CABs have their CE Setup DLL property pointing to the Primary Output of a Setup project. Both CABs contain the exact same code (C++). When installing the CE5 CAB it works perfectly and the custom setup a...
Hi All! I created a CAB setup for Windows CE using Visual Studio 2008. Everything was installed fine but all my files went to the volatile memory (\Program Files). Is there a way to install them to the non-volatile memory (\Hard Disk\Program Files)? I could write to the \Hard Disk\Program Files directly but I'm not sure whether this pat...
When to use Composite Application Library? For example: simple desktop application (WPF) with 3 - 4 forms (windows).Is it good idea to use CAL in this case? ...
Hi, I'm building CAB for ActiveX contol and I need the following clarification: I've control.ocx which have 2.0.0.1 version. When I'm embedding my control I'm putting the following tag: Tommorow, I'm adding new functionality to my ocx and versing it as 3.0.0.1 How my tag should look like? Should it content codebase="control.ca...
I've been stuck on this all day, and have just run out of ideas. I'm trying to run an installer from a CAB file initiated on a web page. I built a cab file that includes an installer (BlowbackInstaller.msi) and an inf file (see below). The Problem: When I hit the web page in IE8, it correctly prompts me that a control is trying to i...
I'm writing an application in Prism. I have a user control and contains two <ContentControl> controls. These both have Regions assigned to them. The usercontrol is being hosted in a Window that is being shown using ShowDialog(). I'm adding the one of my views to a region using view discovery and the other I want to inject the view into i...
I have 3 files mycert.cer mycert.pvk mycert.spc Could someone please explain me - what this files should I use for? I need to sign Test.cab file using signtool.exe from command line. But I do not understand - how to do it. Manual http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8s9b9yaz(VS.80).aspx is not very good :( Thank you in adva...
I am working on an ASP Classic site that uses 3rd party ActiveX controls. I've never worked with ActiveX controls before and I'm not sure where to put the .CAB files on my web server to get them to install through IE when IE can't run the objects. Could someone point me in the right direction? The code in my page to load the object look...
Issue: When attempting to add a custom Web Part to a Sharepoint site, addition fails with 'File Not Found' Error. Checking the 12\LOGS indicates a resource file issue: #20015: Cannot open "Resources.en-US.resx": no such file or folder. I have looked in all the normal suspect places (12\Resources, etc..). I have no Resources.resx to re...
I'm having trouble using macros in my .inf file that I'm using to create my cab, specifically when setting the InstallDir string. If I do something like this: InstallDir=\<PathToProgramFiles>\MyAppName then everything works fine. However, if I do this: InstallDir=%CE1%\MyAppName then I get the following error when trying to insta...
On some of the devices that I am working on, the \Windows directory is not on permanent storage. That is, once the device is rebooted, whatever was written to \Windows is lost. This is particularly problematic for uninstalling programs since wceload.exe (the Windows CE CAB installer program) generates a .unload file and places it in \W...
I am at the initial stage of designing a client application. However, being new to WPF and having already gained some experience in Win forms development, time pressures on the project means that there is a risk to going down the WPF route. If time were no pressure, then I would say forget forms and design with WPF. However, I am not luc...
HI My web page is hoting an ActiveX Contol packed in a CAB File. IE is automatically installing the CAB file, if the ActiveX is not present on the client machine. waht are steps i need to make sure. So that the client should always have the updated ActiveX control, if the web application has a new version of the activex control. Tha...
hi, i did my project in c# compact framework with visual studio 2008. now i wanna create a cab file. i follow the instructions at [http://www.mobilepractices.com/2008/02/how-to-create-windows-mobile-smart.html] but im having trouble. the part that says "Browse and find SampleKindOfResourceFile.xml and press OK.", i cant find any xml in...