I have an application that I need to distribute with a utility that is supplied to me as a cab. Can I build one cab in PPCIC that contains my application, runs the install of it, and then also runs the install of another cab I have included in my cab?

Hi,

My first thought was to make a custom SetupDLL.dll. Actually made one, which after the installation of the CAB file executes another cab file installed from the first CAB. But it didn't worked, because the winceload.exe ( the cab installation utility of Windows Mobile ) can't be executed twice in the same time. You must finish and exit the first installation and then continue with the other.

Other Solutions:

1.
You can use this utility:
www.codeppc.com/telechargements/msceinf/msceinf.htm

With the help of this great program you can extract the contents of your cab, files, reg entries, shortcuts, whenever, and "embed" them into your CAB file created with PPCIC. With this solution with your application will be installed and the contents of the other cab.

2.
Make the installation of the second cab to be executed after a soft reset and also make a custom setupdll.dll that soft resets the device after the installation of the first cab.
But I don't recommend that way, because you mesh up a little bit with the system.

3.
Make a custom installer, containing the two cab files. When the user executes it, it will install them one by one. This way you can distribute to the end users an .exe file for device installation, not a cab file, which is more standard.
TIP: to install a cab file you must use the winceload.exe

4.
Or, the best in my opinion, let install the second cab with your application, and the first time you run, check if is installed and if not, then install the second cab programically.

Regards,
Nick Protopapas.

nick_tg wrote:
[quote3. Make a custom installer, containing the two cab files. When the user executes it, it will install them one by one. This way you can distribute to the end users an .exe file for device installation, not a cab file, which is more standard.
TIP: to install a cab file you must use the winceload.exe

Regards,
Nick Protopapas.[/quote]

Nick - just started playing with PPCIC (Pocket PC Installation Creator), where I am trying to create an installation program that will simplify my "rebuild" of my PPC.

As you would expect, most people tweak a number of settings, install a few "core" applications, etc. whenever they need to hard reset their PPC.

I'm trying to understand more on how to accomplish item 3 from your previous respose - and inqure as to how I can do that with PPIC. By customer installer, are you referring to a different program to build that or can that be done with PPPIC?

Thanks!!!

pw-man

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