Re: VS2005: "Build CAB file" - missing in action ?

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of course, /compress is only for CAB's intended to WM5.

2003 SE and earlier Pocket PC don't support compresses CAB.

"Michael Gledhill" <mikeg @ extendsys . com> wrote in message
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>
> Errrr.... no.
>
>> > cabwiz can no longer
>> > COMPRESS the files that go into the .cab file (with WM2003 devices).
>>
>> you have to pass the /compress option, and it will compress the CAB.
>
>
> Quoting from :
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/zcebx8f8.aspx
>
> "For Pocket PC solutions based on Windows Mobile 2003SE and earlier,
> the Compress property and the NoUninstall Device Deployment property
> must be false. "
>
>
> If you ignore this advice, and set the Compress property to True, it
> makes that "/compress" parameter kick in... and in return, it also makes
> a cab file that, once again, you can't install on a WM2003 device.
>
> Which seems bizarre, seeing as previous versions of cabwiz from the
> past few years all let you create compressed .cab files for PPC, PPC2002
> and WM2003 devices.
>
>
> Mike
>
>
> "The PocketTV Team" wrote:
>
>> > cabwiz can no longer
>> > COMPRESS the files that go into the .cab file (with WM2003 devices).
>>
>> you have to pass the /compress option, and it will compress the CAB.
>>
>>
>>


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