Re: cabwiz compression

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From: Alex Feinman [MVP] (public_news_at_alexfeinman.com)
Date: 11/29/04 

Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 21:01:16 -0800

Good point . Pocket PC does not support compressed cabs. Smartphone does.
See Neil Enns' blog entry here
http://blogs.msdn.com/vsdteam/archive/2004/09/15/230083.aspx 

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"Zachovich" <Zachovich@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:EBDD3753-D467-46A4-B00F-CFC822F5D82F@microsoft.com...
> Ok, i found the file, did some experimenting with the "Comperss" option.
>
> I had cabwiz compress my cab files (insallation for Pocket PC application)
> but when I tried to install the cab file on a Pocket PC, i got an error. 
> "not
> a valid Win32 application. This feature is obviously not designed to be 
> used
> on Pocket PC applications.
>
>
> Just thought I'd correct.... in case "Page Up - XP" intends to use the
> compression option for Pocket PC programs, beware!
>
> "Alex Feinman [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Yes, you can specify in your DDF file
>> ..Set Compress=ON
>>
>>
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>> Alex Feinman
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>> Visit http://www.opennetcf.org
>> "Page Up - XP" <Nospam~xpacotte@pageup.fr> wrote in message
>> news:eU6qMij0EHA.1452@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > Is it possible to compress data in cab file?
>> >
>> > Regards
>> >
>>
>>
>>

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