Single cab with two versions of the same file

I've run into an issue that means I have to have a separate build of one of
my application files for WM6.

Is it possible, using cabwiz, to create a CAB file that contains both
versions of the file and will install the correct one?

Everything I've found so far indicates that cabwiz will generate two
different CAB files.

Regards,
David

Jeff
Mon Aug 06 13:17:50 CDT 2007

I don't think it's possible to do that simply with a CAB file. You probably
need a custom setup DLL. For example:
http://www.pocketpcdn.com/articles/setupdll.html

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"David" <guiness@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
news:u5Nopir1HHA.1184@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> I've run into an issue that means I have to have a separate build of one
> of my application files for WM6.
>
> Is it possible, using cabwiz, to create a CAB file that contains both
> versions of the file and will install the correct one?
>
> Everything I've found so far indicates that cabwiz will generate two
> different CAB files.
>
> Regards,
> David
>
>

r_z_aret
Mon Aug 06 14:09:43 CDT 2007

On Sat, 4 Aug 2007 12:57:39 -0400, "David" <guiness@nospam.nospam>
wrote:

>I've run into an issue that means I have to have a separate build of one of
>my application files for WM6.
>
>Is it possible, using cabwiz, to create a CAB file that contains both
>versions of the file and will install the correct one?
>
>Everything I've found so far indicates that cabwiz will generate two
>different CAB files.

All my information agrees. So you need to create separate CABs and
then let users or a setup program choose and install the appropriate
CAB. Microsoft provided CeAppMgr with ActiveSync; I assume they
provide it or something similar with the ActiveSync replacement for
Vista. I know at least one third party makes an installer package;
they may well include a similar utility. I wrote my own that reads the
desktop registry to determine which CAB to install; see a 7 Feb 05
contribution by Peter Foot to a thread called "How can I tell which OS
platform a CE device is using?" in this newsgroup.

Actually, it _might_ be possible to build an executable that runs on
both platforms. I'm close, but haven't quite succeeded; menus are the
problem.


>
>Regards,
>David
>

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