Robert
Sat Aug 20 14:33:10 CDT 2005
Yeah, that's unfortunately the expected behavior with 3.x.
Not sure when 4.0 will go live
--
-Robert Levy
Program Manager, Windows Mobile Developer Experience
http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsmobile
"Gary Cuevas" <GaryCuevas@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A6C03560-60E7-4B17-A9EA-A0E0D8DDAEF1@microsoft.com...
> Thanks, Robert,
>
> Our experience here has been that if our installer includes just one
> signed
> CAB file (the WM 5.0 CAB) that we get a message at installtime about a
> corrupt CAB file, and the installation quits, with ActiveSync 3.x.
>
> If this isn't the expected behavior, I'll have our guys double-check the
> version min, version max, etc. they used to build the CABs.
>
> But thanks for the link - I'll probably have to use that anyway. But when
> will it be live? The date I'm trying to meet says we must have gold disks
> ready on Wednesday the 24th of this month, next week.
> Gary
>
>
> "Robert Levy [MS]" wrote:
>
>> ActiveSync 3.x shouldn't have a problem installing unsigned CABs on
>> pre-Magneto devices.
>>
>> You should link to
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/downloads.
>> Once
>> devices start shipping ActiveSync 4.0 is available for end users, they'll
>> be
>> able to find it there.
>>
>> --
>> -Robert Levy
>> Program Manager, Windows Mobile Developer Experience
>>
http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsmobile
>>
>>
>> "Gary Cuevas" <GaryCuevas@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:9982F989-F49D-4B9D-9196-4CCA734F1775@microsoft.com...
>> > I'm assuming all of our users will need ActiveSync 4.0 in order to
>> > install
>> > our software, even if they plan to use it on a PPC 2003 or earlier
>> > device
>> > that they already own.
>> >
>> > Our Product Mangers want a dialog box in the Setup program to provide a
>> > link
>> > to the poor PPC 2003 SE users who buy our new software that points them
>> > to
>> > where they can get the ActiveSync 4.0. The only link I know of is this
>> > one:
>> >
>> >
http://msdn.microsoft.com/mobility/windowsmobile/downloads/default.aspx
>> >
>> > But that says the ActiveSync 4.0 is a "developer's preview".
>> >
>> > Is there a link we can provide to our users that points them to RTM
>> > ActiveSync 4.0?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Gary
>> >
>> > "Gary Cuevas" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi, I saw some references to this earlier, but I need clarification.
>> >>
>> >> We're re-building all of our products to use one installer package to
>> >> supply
>> >> the new WM 5.0 CABs with the earlier PPC 2003 CABs.
>> >>
>> >> We're finding that ActiveSync 4.0 is necessary. The reference in this
>> >> group
>> >> I saw earlier indicates that if the CABs have been signed, then the
>> >> earlier
>> >> ActiveSyncs barf and report the CABs are corrupt.
>> >>
>> >> Our experience is showing that we get this outcome, even if the only
>> >> CAB
>> >> with a signature on it is the WM 5.0 CAB. Even with all of the PPC
>> >> 2003
>> >> CABs
>> >> unsigned, we still can't get the earlier ActiveSync to install to a
>> >> PPC
>> >> 2003
>> >> device.
>> >>
>> >> Is this to be expected?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks,
>> >>
>> >> Gary
>>
>>
>>