Hi,
Can someone tell me how one can create a patch installation package(cab) for
a c# application targetted for Windows CE platform? For desktop windows/web
applications we use microsoft's Orcas tool to create a patch installation.
Does Microsoft provide something similar available for Windows CE
applications? What are the third-party tools that can be used to build a
patch?

Thnx

Re: Create patch deployment package by ctacke/>

ctacke/>
Tue Mar 04 08:36:47 CST 2008

There really isn't a way - you just deploy an entirely new CAB. You could
reasonably create a CAB that only deploys the changed assemblies and files
if you want, but if it was uninstalled, the original app would be broken.


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"K L Nats" <klnats@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> Can someone tell me how one can create a patch installation package(cab)
> for a c# application targetted for Windows CE platform? For desktop
> windows/web applications we use microsoft's Orcas tool to create a patch
> installation. Does Microsoft provide something similar available for
> Windows CE applications? What are the third-party tools that can be used
> to build a patch?
>
> Thnx
>



Re: Create patch deployment package by patash

patash
Sat Mar 08 02:21:59 CST 2008

On Mar 4, 7:36 pm, "<ctacke/>" <ctacke[at]opennetcf[dot]com> wrote:
> There really isn't a way - you just deploy an entirely new CAB. You could
> reasonably create a CAB that only deploys the changed assemblies and files
> if you want, but if it was uninstalled, the original app would be broken.
>
> --
>
> Chris Tacke, eMVP
> Join the Embedded Developer Communityhttp://community.opennetcf.com
>
> "K L Nats" <kln...@hotmail.com> wrote in messagenews:uPG7o9bfIHA.4140@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>
> > Hi,
> > Can someone tell me how one can create a patch installation package(cab)
> > for a c# application targetted for Windows CE platform? For desktop
> > windows/web applications we use microsoft's Orcas tool to create a patch
> > installation. Does Microsoft provide something similar available for
> > Windows CE applications? What are the third-party tools that can be used
> > to build a patch?
>
> > Thnx


Hi,
One can install two cabs in the same path, \\Program Files\\myapppath
\.
By that with the second cab u can replace files and add new as well.
So by making your second cab (pacth) name different and not allowing
its entry in the remove/installed programs u can achieve the same
thing.
However make sure that the setup.dll from the first cab removed all
the files from the above path.


Ashish