Compact Framework App Installation Fails on PPC 2003 2nd

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My application uses an MSI file for client installations, which runs
CEAppMgr. Installation works fine on PPC 2002 and Windows CE .Net 4.10.
On PPC 2003 2nd Edition a message 'Setup Failed', '... Please run setup
again' which of course gets the same results.
If I copy the CAB file onto the device and run it, the app installs fine,
but comes up with a message about '... might not display correctly ...'.
The app and MSI with CustomInstaller DLL are created using Visual Studio 2003.

Two questions:
1. How do I make the app install from MSI using CEAppMgr.
2. How do I stop the '... might not display correctly ...' message as the
app works fine. (I've already tried the BuildMax=0xE0000000 suggestion).
 
1) Did you use VS.NET to build the MSI?

2) Grab the Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition Developer Resources from
MSDN. That includes new emulators so you can test your app under hi-res and
landscape displays. It also includes whitepapers which explain how to makr
your EXE and CAB as being orientation/resolution aware so that the message
will no longer appear.


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1. Yes MSI is created using standard VS.Net setup project
2. Yes I've seen the whitepapers, thats where the BuildMax setting came from.
 
After setting BuildMax, did you rebuild the CAB from the generated batch
file or from VS.NET? VS.NET will overwrite any changes you make to the INF
so make sure you only use the batch file it spits out after making manual
changes.

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Robert Levy
Program Manager
Mobile Devices Product Group
http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsmobile

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
 
The CAB files are built using the BAT file originally created from 'Build CAB
Files' menu option in VS. I've edited the INF files with BuildMax, Company
name etc and use the BAT file to recreate the CAB files each time.

My biggest problem right now is the 'Setup failed' message when installing
using CEAppMgr. It only fails on PPC 2003 2nd Edition which I need to have
working for the 'Designed for Windows...' logo testing.
 
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