Hi there,
my purpose is to build a setup on a Compact Flash Card, to plug
the card on my device and to launch the setup
The easiest way to do this is to download the PocketPC Installer:
http://www.pocketpcinstaller.com
All you need to do is to drag'n'drop your .cab files and data files into
our program, and it'll compress them all up into one, single, self-executing
PocketPC installer .exe file.
You could then put this .exe file into a 2577 directory on a memory-card,
and when a user inserts the memory card into their device, it'd start
installing your libraries and data files onto the device.
Alternatively, you could put this one .exe file on your website, get
your users to download & run this file, and that'll install all of your
..cabs / other files onto their device.
That's a two-paragraph overview of how simple it is.
There's plenty of other cool stuff you can do aswell:
- choose a background bitmap to display whilst it's installing your
Compact Framework files and other .cab files.
- optionally soft-reset your device at the end of installing.
- choose which .cab files you want to install on which types of
devices (eg ARMv4 .cab files just on WM2003 devices)
- cope with the common problem of Windows Mobile devices
automatically kicking off these installer programs whever they
come out of the idle state - such as when you turn it on, first
thing in the morning.
- Oh, and it also creates a compressed all-in-one installer for your
Desktop aswell.. if you want to use that instead !!
It's ridiculously easy to use, and the 30-day demo lets you see
it all in action.
Hope this helps.
James
