CAB Installer for Smartphone

[Guest hrb]

I was wondering (and Google didn't help): for PPC's such as my MDA Compact, there is a smart little application called CAB Installer. Allows you to determine where to install a program (on Memory or the SD Card). With the normal CAB execution when installing a program, you don't have a choice. It just installs it in memory.

Up to now, I haven't found an equivalent CAB Installer for smartphones

Any clue ?

Cheers

Hans

[Guest bluesxman]

On my C500 I always get given the choice of installing to phone or storage card.

Edited July 29, 2005 by bluesxman

[Guest squall]

all smartphones should automatically ask where a .cab file should be installed when you run it on the phone :?

[Guest hrb]

all smartphones should automatically ask where a .cab file should be installed when you run it on the phone :?

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Thx for answers. I must have been confused. It actually gives a choice when clicking on the cab. Not so on the PPC

Cheers

[Guest gpcarreon (MVP)]

Target directory actually depends on the author's design (stated on the INF). Some CAB files will ask for target location, others may not.

A sample part of INF (user can choose target location)

[CEStrings]

AppName="My App"

InstallDir="%CE1%\My App\Sample"

Compared to this code (user cannot choose target location)

[CEStrings]

AppName="My App"


[DestinationDirs]

CopyFiles1=0,"\Storage\Program Files\My App\Sample"

You won't see these codes though on the installer package. Its the author's decision which 'style' to use. :)