Re: cabwiz.exe problem with special characters in files

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I cannot use your inf file.
Maybe having Winows XP and VS.Net all in french can be an error source...

Thanks,
Steve

"Alex Feinman [MVP]" <public_news@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit dans le message
de news: enXkCTKtFHA.3080@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I was able to build a cab using your file name and your inf file svaed as
>unicode. What does not work for you?
> YOu can find my test files at
> http://www.alexfeinman.com/download.asp?doc=inf_uni.zip
>
> "Steve B." <steve_beauge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:e9xY8aItFHA.1372@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> It did not solve the problem.
>> Moreover, ASCII is the only encoding of inf file that cabwiz can handle.
>> Any other encoding I tryed make cabwiz have errors.
>>
>> I added the file with special char to a VS.Net project, marked as
>> "content".
>>
>> The log file emitted by VS.Net show exactly the same error. So I suppose
>> deploying files with special chars is not supported with cabwiz (bug?)...
>>
>> If you have any other suggestion, I would appreciate it.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Steve
>>
>> "Alex Feinman [MVP]" <public_news@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit dans le
>> message de news: uKdiG$9sFHA.3604@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Try saving your INF file in unicode format. You can use notepad. Choose
>>> regular unicode (not UTF-8 or big endian)
>>>
>>>
>>> "Steve B." <steve_beauge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:u8giz$6sFHA.1204@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I use a custom inf file and cabwiz.exe to build som cabfiles.
>>>>
>>>> It works fine but with special chars.
>>>>
>>>> For example (french chars):
>>>>
>>>> [Files]
>>>> "Comment nous rejoindre à partir de strasbourg.doc",,,0
>>>>
>>>> there is a "à" char ...
>>>>
>>>> When I launch cabwiz, I get this log :
>>>>
>>>> Error: Section [SourceDisksFiles] - file e:\FileRepository\temp\Comment
>>>> nous rejoindre à partir de strasbourg.doc not found
>>>>
>>>> And the cab file is not generated (the file actually exists)...
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for any advice.
>>>>
>>>> Steve
>>>>
>>>> PS/ I pasted the full inf file below for informations :
>>>>
>>>> [Version]
>>>> Signature = "$Windows NT$"
>>>> Provider = "Microsoft"
>>>> CESignature = "$Windows CE$"
>>>>
>>>> [CEStrings]
>>>> AppName = TestApplication
>>>> InstallDir = %CE1%\%AppName%
>>>>
>>>> [CEDevice]
>>>> VersionMin=3.00
>>>> VersionMax=4.99
>>>>
>>>> [DefaultInstall]
>>>> CopyFiles=Files
>>>>
>>>> [DefaultInstall.X86]
>>>> CopyFiles=Files.X86
>>>> CESetupDLL=vsd_setup.dll
>>>>
>>>> [DefaultInstall.MIPS]
>>>> CopyFiles=Files.MIPS
>>>> CESetupDLL=vsd_setup.dll
>>>>
>>>> [DefaultInstall.SH3]
>>>> CopyFiles=Files.SH3
>>>> CESetupDLL=vsd_setup.dll
>>>>
>>>> [DefaultInstall.ARM]
>>>> CopyFiles=Files.ARM
>>>> CESetupDLL=vsd_setup.dll
>>>>
>>>> [SourceDisksNames]
>>>> 1=,"Common1",,"e:\FileRepository\temp\"
>>>>
>>>> [SourceDisksNames.X86]
>>>> 11=,"X86_Setup",,"d:\program files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
>>>> 2003\CompactFrameworkSDK\v1.0.5000\Windows CE\wce300\X86\"
>>>> 12=,"X86_Config",,"e:\FileRepository\temp\"
>>>>
>>>> [SourceDisksNames.MIPS]
>>>> 21=,"MIPS_Setup",,"d:\program files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
>>>> 2003\CompactFrameworkSDK\v1.0.5000\Windows CE\wce300\MIPS\"
>>>> 22=,"MIPS_Config",,"e:\FileRepository\temp\"
>>>>
>>>> [SourceDisksNames.SH3]
>>>> 31=,"SH3_Setup",,"d:\program files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
>>>> 2003\CompactFrameworkSDK\v1.0.5000\Windows CE\wce300\SH3\"
>>>> 32=,"SH3_Config",,"e:\FileRepository\temp\"
>>>>
>>>> [SourceDisksNames.ARM]
>>>> 41=,"ARM_Setup",,"d:\program files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
>>>> 2003\CompactFrameworkSDK\v1.0.5000\Windows CE\wce300\ARM\"
>>>> 42=,"ARM_Config",,"e:\FileRepository\temp\"
>>>>
>>>> [SourceDisksFiles]
>>>> "Comment nous rejoindre à partir de strasbourg.doc"=1
>>>>
>>>> [SourceDisksFiles.X86]
>>>> vsd_setup.dll=11
>>>> vsd_config.txt=12
>>>>
>>>> [SourceDisksFiles.MIPS]
>>>> vsd_setup.dll=21
>>>> vsd_config.txt=22
>>>>
>>>> [SourceDisksFiles.SH3]
>>>> vsd_setup.dll=31
>>>> vsd_config.txt=32
>>>>
>>>> [SourceDisksFiles.ARM]
>>>> vsd_setup.dll=41
>>>> vsd_config.txt=42
>>>>
>>>> [DestinationDirs]
>>>> Files=0,%InstallDir%
>>>> Files.X86=0,%InstallDir%
>>>> Files.MIPS=0,%InstallDir%
>>>> Files.SH3=0,%InstallDir%
>>>> Files.ARM=0,%InstallDir%
>>>>
>>>> [Files]
>>>> "Comment nous rejoindre à partir de strasbourg.doc",,,0
>>>>
>>>> [Files.X86]
>>>> vsd_setup.dll,,,0
>>>> vsd_config.txt,,,0
>>>>
>>>> [Files.MIPS]
>>>> vsd_setup.dll,,,0
>>>> vsd_config.txt,,,0
>>>>
>>>> [Files.SH3]
>>>> vsd_setup.dll,,,0
>>>> vsd_config.txt,,,0
>>>>
>>>> [Files.ARM]
>>>> vsd_setup.dll,,,0
>>>> vsd_config.txt,,,0
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>


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