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these tools will let you create ROM package and install CAB files from each other. I know there are already tools for them, but I didn't like them, because they had many errors. Of course my programs may have errors too, but I like them better anyway 
Some of these tools use external applications which need .NET and/or VC++ runtimes to work properly!
cab2pkg
This utility will extract a cab and create a ROM package. (just like ervius package creator, but this doesn't rely on MSCEInfEn which imho has a lot of bugs). Simply tell him the cab file name as parameter, and it will extract into a new directory. (Or if you don't like the command prompt, simply drag the cab onto this file, and it'll extract it)
pkg2cab
This utility does the reverse of the above. It creates a cab installer from a ROM package.
Usage: pkg2cab [Application Name] [Directory1] {Optional directory 2} {...}
For example: pkg2cab OneNote OneNote OneNote_lang_0409
If everything goes fine the programs should create a setup.cab
pkg2cab does only support "flat" directories, so if your directory contains modules (directories that look like files), then you have to copy the file out of them manually, and delete the directory
extractpkg
This application will extract a package from a ROM, using a SYAKR file removal information file XML
Put this application into a kitchen with an extracted ROM and SYAKR
Enter command prompt and enter "extractpkg XMLfilenamewithoutextension" so for example if you want to extract the fmradio, you should write: "extractpkg fmradio"
This app does the same as SYAKR, but instead of deleting the files/registry settings/initff lines, it will copy them to a separate directory, and adds the appropriate things that are needed for a package, that BuildOs likes
BEWARE! The current SYAKR tasks are not designed for extractpkg to work, and sometimes the extraction might fail, or the created package would be defective. If so, please try to correct the XML file!
After you extracted a package you might use pkg2cab to create a distributable CAB installer
DL link: http://winmo.sztupy.hu/cabtools.html
Some of these tools use external applications which need .NET and/or VC++ runtimes to work properly! cab2pkg
This utility will extract a cab and create a ROM package. (just like ervius package creator, but this doesn't rely on MSCEInfEn which imho has a lot of bugs). Simply tell him the cab file name as parameter, and it will extract into a new directory. (Or if you don't like the command prompt, simply drag the cab onto this file, and it'll extract it)
pkg2cab
This utility does the reverse of the above. It creates a cab installer from a ROM package.
Usage: pkg2cab [Application Name] [Directory1] {Optional directory 2} {...}
For example: pkg2cab OneNote OneNote OneNote_lang_0409
If everything goes fine the programs should create a setup.cab
pkg2cab does only support "flat" directories, so if your directory contains modules (directories that look like files), then you have to copy the file out of them manually, and delete the directory
extractpkg
This application will extract a package from a ROM, using a SYAKR file removal information file XML
Put this application into a kitchen with an extracted ROM and SYAKR
Enter command prompt and enter "extractpkg XMLfilenamewithoutextension" so for example if you want to extract the fmradio, you should write: "extractpkg fmradio"
This app does the same as SYAKR, but instead of deleting the files/registry settings/initff lines, it will copy them to a separate directory, and adds the appropriate things that are needed for a package, that BuildOs likes
BEWARE! The current SYAKR tasks are not designed for extractpkg to work, and sometimes the extraction might fail, or the created package would be defective. If so, please try to correct the XML file!
After you extracted a package you might use pkg2cab to create a distributable CAB installer
DL link: http://winmo.sztupy.hu/cabtools.html
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