Install .NET CF & SQL CE

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Ryan

Hello Everyone,

We have created a cool new pocket pc application using
the .NET CF Framework, and SQL CE. We have a few
installation tools but they don't seem to cover the .NET
CF too well. There is a good article on MSDN on
deploying with a custom installer using Windows
Installer, but it falls short of doing the .NET CF and
SQL CE. Does anyone know of any good examples of how to
do this without writing any custom setups?

Thanks in advance.
 
If anyone knows the answer to this I know a few of us in here would love to
see it. The MSDN article is good but it doesn't show how to install multiple
CAB files from one msi file.

It strikes me as quite a normal requirement to want to click one button on a
Desktop PC and have your own application installed along with CF and SQL
Server if needed.

John.
 
The only thing that I have found that will do this easily
is a product called e-pocket setup (www.e-
pocketsetup.com). It will install both SQL CE and
the .NET Framework. We have purchased expensive
installation systems and they can't do it as well as this
thing does, so I highly recommend it.
 
Thanks. I'm trying not to spend any more money at present if I can help it!
It seems so close to working that I'd like to pursue it a bit longer. The
MSDN article certainly implies that it is possible but doesn't actually give
instructions.

John.
 
Hi all

I use the RAPI in an installer app to copy the cab files and a native DLL to
the pocket PC and then use the RAPI to run a function in the native DLL that
installs my CAB files

Shaun
 
John,

Yeah no kidding. This e-pocketsetup I just purchased
for $179, and its well worth the money. I also found
something on:
http://www.opennetcf.org/rapiDeploy.asp
That is kind of like what Shaun was talking about with a
RAPI deploy. Thats free but may take some time to work
into an install. You I guess could run that from the
custom installer that is on the MSDN article.

Good luck.
 
I seem to buy software all the time and ocassionally I have to stop myself.
It's just too easy to keep spending!

Thank you for the feedback about e-pocketsetup which I may well get in the
future if I need something more swish.

In the meantime I'll look at opennetcf rapiDeploy.

John.
 
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