Re: let's hope PlatformMin and PlatformMax work on WM5...

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Thanks, but here is a BAD NEWS:

The CAB installer on WM5 Pocket PC does not test correctly PlatformMax :(

It incorrectly installs any CAB file that has PlatformMax >= 4.0 (instead of
5.0), without any warning!

(if PlatformMax < 4.0, the CAB will not install on WM5)

This is very bad news, as it makes it impossible, even when using the new
[Platform] section in the .inf file, to create an installer that contains at
the same time a CAB for Pocket PC 2003 and a CAB for WM5.

The problem is that the two CAB are candidate for installation on WM5, so
there is no guarantee which one will install.

Am I the first one to find this problem ?



<r_z_aret@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:hr03k19b89p66s5ibe4nvr3u7n0lh5j3d3@xxxxxxxxxx
>I _think_ this is a response to your earlier question "CAB Installer
> on ...". If so, I wish you had posted it in that thread. I spent
> several minutes trying to answer your first question, then found this
> note when I put that effort aside.
>
>
> On Mon, 3 Oct 2005 01:06:46 -0700, "The PocketTV Team"
> <support@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>I found this:
>>
>>http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/guide_ppc/html/ppc_programming_pocket_pc_2002_qxix.asp
>>
>>Note UnsupportedPlatforms, VersionMin, and VersionMax are deprecated in
>>Windows Mobile 2003 software for Pocket PCs. Their use is not recommended.
>>Windows Mobile 2003 does not check VersionMax for application
>>installations.
>>Instead, use PlatformString, PlatformMin, and PlatformMax, as used in the
>>Wndows Mobile 2003 example. For more information, see "Platform Section in
>>an .inf File" in the Configuring Pocket PC section of the SDK Adaptation
>>Kit
>>for Mobile Operators (AMO).
>>
>>The following code is a Windows Mobile 2003 example platform section in
>>the
>>installation .inf file:
>>
>>[Platform.MS.PocketPC]
>>PlatformString=PocketPC
>>PlatformMin=3.0
>>PlatformMax=4.0
>>
>>let's hope that WM5 handles those correctly...
>>
>
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