Re: cabwiz.exe problem with special characters in files

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I launch the inf file with your cabwiz.exe file, and I get this error :

Error: Required file "E:\downloads\inf_uni\cabwiz.ddf" not found.

I added mine to the directory and I get this error :

Error: Required file "E:\downloads\inf_uni\makecab.exe" not found.

Than I added makecab.exe too and finallty get this error :

Error: Section [SourceDisksFiles] - file e:\FileRepository\temp\Comment nous
rejoindre à partir de strasbourg.doc not found

When I open both cabwiz files, I detect a version mismatch.

Yours is v3.7.0.3083, mine is 3.1.0.9386

I look into another computer with VS.Net in English, the version is
3.1.0.9386 too.

On my dev computer, I installed VS.Net 2003 FR, PPC 2003 SDK, Smartphone
2003 SDK and some emulator images

Thanks,
Steve

"Alex Feinman [MVP]" <public_news@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit dans le message
de news: uAYQG3LtFHA.3864@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> What is the error you get?
> Also, I've added cabwiz, makecab and cabwiz.ddf to the zip. Could you try
> again, to eliminate the possible version issues?
>
> "Steve B." <steve_beauge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:u4XiLdKtFHA.1252@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>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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