Re: sync ability impaired
- From: "Sven" <sejohannsen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2005 19:38:13 -0600
In a few cases you can drop the executable or zip into WinZip or something
similar and it will open it and you can get the appropriate cab out.
In most cases though, running the install executable on the desktop unpacks
the install files into a directory on the PC. Then it opens AS add/remove
and asks about where to install. You can cancel at that point and the
install files remain on the PC. In most cases they will be in a folder under
programs, named like the PPC app. Occasionally you may just need to search
for *.cab and limit to recent, to find it. Take a look in your program
directory on your desktop and see if there aren't some there now. If there
are multiple cabs, it may be because the app supports different devices.
Normally the right one has ARM in the name somewhere. Don't worry, if you
pick the wrong one, it just won't install.
Some program installs don't work that way and you are just out of luck,
unless the vendor can be coaxed to provide a cab.
You might also look into a program called cabinstall. It gives you a lot of
flexibility in how you want your cab install to go on your PPC. It even lets
you specify an install directory, which means you could install programs
under a program folder on an SD card, instead of all in the root.
Take a look at sites for the program you have. Some authors are providing
cabs these days because there are more and more connected devices that
aren't always associated with a PC.
--
Sven
MVP - Mobile Devices
"WCH" <DELwhexeterETE@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:Eoadneq7YPQqDGPfRVn-jw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sven wrote:
>> You can install software either via IR or wireless as well as move files.
>> You can establish an AS connection via IR, BT or WiFi. You must of course
>> have IR or BT on the desktop/laptop, or a wireless lan to attach to. You
>> can do it WiFi to the partner PC using an ADHoc connection, but I find
>> that a royal pain to get set up.
>>
>> The easiest is BT, IMHO, and actually seems faster than the cradle
>> connection. If you have one of those technologies available on the PC
>> side, post back and we can work on getting you going. If not, You might
>> consider a BT dongle. You can get them for around $50.
>>
>> You can also install software by running setup on the desktop, finding
>> the extracted cab file, putting that on an SD or CF card, putting the
>> card into the PPC and running the cab file. That of course requires a
>> card reader on the PC.
>>
> Wonderful information. Thanks! There's no BT on the e755, so that's out.
> In some instances I could sync to the IR on my laptop, but my daughter has
> the PPC and she has no such access. But your last suggestion, extracting
> the CAB file to a CF or SD digital card and using that for the
> installation, I don't see why that wouldn't work. So let's focus on that.
>
> Most PPC software comes as either an executable file or a zipped file that
> contains a few odds and ends and the executable file. Is there a way to
> extract a CAB file from them? Or make a CAB file out of them? Or will
> this approach only work if the installation contains a readily visible CAB
> file?
.
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