Guest it_ideas Posted December 6, 2004 Report Share Posted December 6, 2004 i am designer and wish to build package with home screen startup shutdown extra images and wanna build package can anyone guide me a good easy step by step to make this with registry tweak so that i can make installer or cab with extra images and startup shutdown ? my 1st version is almost ready with smartmonitor plugin and much info included. any help would be appreciated for beginner designer not for programmer.. awaiting kind replies .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest drblow Posted December 6, 2004 Report Share Posted December 6, 2004 To make a CAB installer, you need to download the SDK from microsoft. It includes cabwizsp.exe - which is used to make the installer from an inf file. There is a tutorial on making a CAb file by Richie M somewhere - if you use the search feature you'll find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest crafty Posted December 6, 2004 Report Share Posted December 6, 2004 The most esential piece of reading is Richie M's guide to making CABs, paying special attention to the RegSettings bit. So to make your own cab you'll need to make an .inf file. Here's an inf flie i used to make the extra screens cab for a Mac theme: [Version] Signature = $Windows NT$ Provider = Crafty's CESignature = "$Windows CE$" [CEStrings] AppName = Mac Extra Screens [CEDevice.ARM720] ProcessorType = 0 [DefaultInstall] Copyfiles = CopyToMacDir AddReg = RegSettings.All [SourceDisksNames] 1 = ,"Common files",,C:Documents and SettingsNickMy DocumentsPhoneHome ScreensMacImagesExtra Screens [SourceDisksFiles] Call Hist.gif = 1 Contacts.gif = 1 Dial.gif = 1 Error.gif = 1 Info.gif = 1 Question.gif = 1 Startup.gif = 1 Shutdown.gif = 1 Sync.gif = 1 Volume.gif = 1 Yell.gif = 1 [DestinationDirs] CopyToMacDir = 0,%CE19%HomeMac [CopyToMacDir] "Call Hist.gif", Call Hist.gif "Contacts.gif", Contacts.gif "Dial.gif", Dial.gif "Error.gif", Error.gif "Info.gif", Info.gif "Question.gif", Question.gif "Startup.gif", Startup.gif "Shutdown.gif", Shutdown.gif "Sync.gif", Sync.gif "Volume.gif", Volume.gif "Yell.gif", Yell.gif [RegSettings.All] HKLM,SoftwareMicrosoftSplash Screen, CarrierBitmap,, StorageApplication DataHomeMacStartup.gif HKLM,SoftwareMicrosoftSplash Screen, CarrierShutdownBitmap,, StorageApplication DataHomeMacShutdown.gif HKLM,SoftwareMicrosoftSplash Screen, MSBitmap,, StorageApplication DataHomeMacStartup.gif HKLM,SoftwareMicrosoftSplash Screen, MSShutdownBitmap,, StorageApplication DataHomeMacShutdown.gif HKLM,SoftwareMicrosoftShellRai:Callalert, BKBitmapFile,,StorageApplication DataHomeMacDial.gif HKLM,SoftwareMicrosoftShellRai:ErrorBox, BKBitmapFile,, StorageApplication DataHomeMacError.gif HKLM,SoftwareMicrosoftShellRai:ExclamationBox, BKBitmapFile,, StorageApplication DataHomeMacYell.gif HKLM,SoftwareMicrosoftShellRai:InformationBox, BKBitmapFile,, StorageApplication DataHomeMacInfo.gif HKLM,SoftwareMicrosoftShellRai:QuestionBox, BKBitmapFile,, StorageApplication DataHomeMacQuestion.gif HKLM,SoftwareMicrosoftShellRai:VolDlg, BKBitmapFile,, StorageApplication DataHomeMacVolume.gif HKLM,SoftwareMicrosoftShellRai:MSCPROG, BannerImage,,"" HKLM,SoftwareMicrosoftShellRai:MSCdial, BannerImage,,"" HKLM,SoftwareMicrosoftShellRai:MSCdial, BKBitmapFile,, StorageApplication DataHomeMacDial.gif HKLM,SoftwareMicrosoftShellRai:MSClog, BKBitmapFile,, StorageApplication DataHomeMacCall Hist.gif HKLM,SoftwareMicrosoftShellRai:MSCONTACTS, BKBitmapFile,, StorageApplication DataHomeMacContacts.gif HKLM,SoftwareMicrosoftShellRai:MSSYNCAPP, BKBitmapFile,, StorageApplication DataHomeMacSync.gif HKLM,SOFTWAREMicrosoftShellRai:MSCONTACTS,BKFlags,0x00010001,26 HKLM,SoftwareMicrosoftShellRai:MSClog,BKFlags,0x00010001,26[/code] If you look at the filenames it sets (e.g. error.gif, startup.gif etc) you can see which registry key sets the extra images. I hope that this makes sense - i've tried to keep it as simple as possible but it really is a bit of a complex task! Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest it_ideas Posted December 8, 2004 Report Share Posted December 8, 2004 thanks this works gr8 now i just need to know if i want to add my theme in this installer. mak.home.xlm and some related images of that theme how would i add it in inf file ? extra screens works good.. i will soon post with screenshots once i done with my theme installation within cab. thanks again for your kind help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest crafty Posted December 8, 2004 Report Share Posted December 8, 2004 No worries buddy - i'm guessing you worked out how to add the homescreen files as well seing as you've released the theme :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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