Cab tutorial?

[Guest neilfenstein]

I was just wondering if there are any tutorials on how to make a .cab homescreen installer.

I have made a few personal homescreens in the past. Now i am interested in making a multi-layered home screen with extra screens for volume etc. that can be installed as a cab like Lonhorn Xbox etc.

Any help would be grand!!

[Guest jim80b]

heres a sample cab inf file

<-------start

[Version]

Signature = "$Windows NT$" ; required as-is

Provider = "J's" ; full app name will be

""

CESignature = "$Windows CE$" ; required as-is

[CEStrings]

AppName = "Extra Skin's" ; full app name will be

""

[CEDevice.ARM720]

ProcessorType = 0

[sourceDisksNames] ; Location of files to

1 = ,"Common files",,

[sourceDisksFiles]

// <---list the files here eg.

call.gif = 1

yell.gif = 1

info.gif = 1

ques.gif = 1

vol.gif = 1

dial.gif = 1

incall.gif = 1

disabled.bmp = 1

main.bmp = 1

pushed.bmp = 1

volthumb.bmp = 1

seekthumb.bmp = 1

wmplayer.skn = 1

[DefaultInstall]

// <-------what to do

CopyFiles = CopyToHomeDir, CopyToIPSMDir, CopyToWMskinDir

AddReg = RegSettings

[RegSettings]

// <------ reg setting go here

HKLM,SoftwareMicrosoftShellRai:Callalert,BKBitmapFile,0x00000000,IPSMcall.gif

HKLM,SoftwareMicrosoftShellRai:ErrorBox,BKBitmapFile,0x00000000,Storage CardProgram FilesImagesyell.gif

HKLM,SoftwareMicrosoftShellRai:ExclamationBox,BKBitmapFile,0x00000000,Storage CardProgram FilesImagesyell.gif

HKLM,SoftwareMicrosoftShellRai:InformationBox,BKBitmapFile,0x00000000,Storage CardProgram FilesImagesinfo.gif

HKLM,SoftwareMicrosoftShellRai:ErrorBox,BKBitmapFile,0x00000000,Storage CardProgram FilesImagesyell.gif

HKLM,SoftwareMicrosoftShellRai:MSCprog,BannerImage,0x00000000,IPSMincall.gif

HKLM,SoftwareMicrosoftShellRai:MSCdial,BannerImage,0x00000000,IPSMdial.gif

HKLM,SoftwareMicrosoftShellRai:QuestionBox,BKBitmapFile,0x00000000,Storage CardProgram FilesImagesques.gif

HKLM,SoftwareMicrosoftShellRai:VolDlg,BKBitmapFile,0x00000000,Storage CardProgram FilesImagesvol.gif

HKLM,SoftwareMicrosoftWindows Media Player 8Parameters,SkinDir,0x00000000,"Storage CardProgram Fileswmskin"

HKLM,SoftwareMicrosoftWindows Media Player 8Parameters,SkinFile,0x00000000,wmplayer.skn

[DestinationDirs]

// <----the dirs

CopyToHomeDir = 0,Storage CardProgram FilesImages

CopyToIPSMDir = 0,IPSM

CopyToWMskinDir = 0,Storage CardProgram Fileswmskin

// <------what goes where

[CopyToHomeDir]

"yell.gif",yell.gif

"info.gif",info.gif

"ques.gif",ques.gif

"vol.gif",vol.gif

[CopyToIPSMDir]

"call.gif",call.gif

"dial.gif",dial.gif

"incall.gif",incall.gif

[CopyToWMskinDir]

"disabled.bmp",disabled.bmp

"main.bmp",main.bmp

"pushed.bmp",pushed.bmp

"wmplayer.skn",wmplayer.skn

"volthumb.bmp",volthumb.bmp

"seekthumb.bmp",seekthumb.bmp

<-----end

run cabwizsp passing the inf to it.... run it and see, it tells you what it wants.

btw this is one i used to use whan i changed homescreens alot and its set up for me.. ie it changed extra screens and media skins. edit it to work for you but please dont blame me for anything it does wrong...

[Guest neilfenstein]

Cheers,

Im at work at the mo so ive only had a brief look.

What is the cabwizsp exe?

I take it that I input all the info between the forward slashes? Or are they just statement signs? Im not very good with this, maybe a little more help needed.

Thanks for your help!