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Hilton

Hi,

I have a CAB file, it is 3.7MB. With compression, this gets down to about
1.8MB - the EXE installer is 1.8MB. I'm looking for some software that
takes a CAB, compresses it and bundles it up into an EXE that can be
downloaded and run via IE on the device. Must work on the Pocket PC and
Smartphone.

It seems easy enough to write, but I need this ASAP and why re-invent the
wheel?

Any suggestions?

Hilton
 
You know that IE Mobile already supports .cab downloads over the air and
will prompt you to install them once downloaded?

Peter
 
Peter,

Oh gees, that's embarrasing. Yes, I knew that, and it is already working
great with the appropriate MIME type addition on the server. The part that
got me was that the CAB was not being compressed. I have been thinking
about all the various ways to reduce the CAB file size; writing a
'compression wrapper', use a third party app, etc etc. After reading your
post, I took another look at cabwiz and saw the "/compress" flag - tried it
and it works.

[Hanging my head in shame] :) Thanks for your post Peter!

Hilton
 
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