cab is the file extension for the Cabinet archive format used in Microsoft Windows.
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Activex Update - IE
I've developed a C# activex control, build a relative MSI, putting all of them in a CAB file and finally I've deployed it through IE.
All works fine.
Now, I need to update the activex control, but it ...
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Update a file inside existing MSI
I am following these steps to extract a file from MSI and edit it and keeping it back. But when I install the new MSI, its not able to find the files inside the cabinet (.cab).
Extract the cab file ...
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How do you set the “Friendly” name for a Visual Basic 6 ActiveX CLSID
I have an ActiveX control that I wrote in Visual Basic 6 several years ago.
It's an OCX loaded by a CAB file and used in Internet Explorer.
If you go to Tools|Manage add-ons in Internet Explorer I ...
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How to change default install dir in smart device cab project?
I have created smart device CAB project and its installed successfully in
\Program Files
by default BUT I want to make default install directory
\Application
folder instead of
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convert a .apk file into executable file for windows phone [closed]
i have developed a android project and want to develop it on windows mobile platform too.
Is there process through which i can convert a .apk file into executable file for windows phone.
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Using MakeCab.exe & .ddf file (i.e. using directive file) how to specify destination cab filename?
I have decided to use makecab.exe for my requirement to create cab files in my application.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb417343.aspx#microsoftmakecabusersguide
And I need to store files ...
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Where should I put the cab file needed to show Compact Framework error messages?
I got this err msg:
Exception: An error message is available for this exception but cannot be displayed because these messages are optional and are not currently insalled on this devcice.
Please ...
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WinCE Remove App still calls the EXE on startup
I am having some issue uninstalling my application from CE devices.
I have a SHCreateShortcut on my application initialization
SHCreateShortcut(@"\Windows\StartUp\Daemon.lnk", "\"" + "Program ...
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Download and install activex (.cab) programmatically [duplicate]
We're migrating to Windows 7 (UAC enabled) and this is stopping standard users from installing ActiveX controls for an internal web app.
I have access to a local admin account which I can run ...
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how to change %EXTRACT_DIR% value?
I have developed an ActiveX and a cab file for that the ActiveX was install in client machine. The cab has .inf file and the msi file. The .inf file does "run=msiexec /i %EXTRACT_DIR%\file.msi"
In my ...
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Solution folder andssmart device deployment projects
Is there possible to organize this type of projects in groups?
I can not move Smart Device Deployment project into Solution folder.
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ActiveX not working on client machine
I'm trying to run activex control for a simple hello world message box.
First i created the class library and i have now the dll , then i created the HTML page and called the activeX control :
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Prevent changes to Dependencies on Smart Device Setup CAB
I've a Windows Mobile application that consists of a shell, and several modules. Each module has its own setup project for generating a CAB file to install it, and there is also one for the shell ...
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ActiveX CAB Error during setup
Okay, so I've been building a c# activeX control and have run into EVERY issue in the book during the process...That being said, I have everything squared up now except the installer
Before I can ...
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Android CAB ListView background toggle issue
I'm trying to add a CAB (Contextual Action Bar) to a ListView in my app and everything is going well except for one thing. When I initially added the CAB the background color didn't change when I long ...
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Uninstall/Clear IE ActiveX Addon programatically (win32)
I'm trying to clean up the traces left by an ActiveX IE Addon. The Addon (COM DLL) was installed using a cab file.
Manually, IE -> Manage Add-ons -> open the addon and REMOVE is also not helping. It ...
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Creating CAB Files - Basic Components
I need to build CAB files for our Windows based inventory guns. We currently use a trial version of Visual Studio 2008. I am trying to find other alternatives that are less expensive so we can ...
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Unable to find dll in a c# mobile application after cab's installation
I am not practice with Mobile application and i am having some issue with the deployment.
I wrote a Form application in c# that should run in a mobile computer ( i guess it doesn't matter but it's a ...
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My Windows CE cab installer is installing to host c: drive rather than the device
I have a Win CE application for hand scanners, and I have made an automated installer for it so that users will be able to run a program from their PC to automatically install it to their devices ...
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How to obtain the true name of a file from a MSI (or, how to read the MSI database) in Linux?
UPDATE: I changed this question's title to reflect what is really needed from some of the answers below.
I want to be able, within Linux, to obtain a particular executable file from a MSI generated ...
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Automation server can't create object :unsigned activeX control works on the system where its created but not on any other
I have created an activeX control (not signed) using VS 2008 and following this link, and converted it into a cab file, which is then placed on the server. When I am accessing the page with the ...
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How to automatically add all files/folder of application when using a Smart Device CAB Project?
I have founding lot of difficulty in a Smart Device CAB Project. I have created an application in Windows Mobile 6.5. Then I have created a CAB project. But it's pain for me to manually add ...
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installation of cab was unsuccessful for windows mobile 6.5. No error details in log
I have a provisioning file setup.xml that I want to install on a windows mobile 6.5 phone. I created a cab file, signed and copied to phone, and ran the cab file.
However I get:
'installation of ...
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How to register a CAB file
I'm using an ActiveX packed in a CAB file within a solution in Visual Studio, this CAB file contains 2 files a abc.inf and a abcInstaller.msi.
I'v adjusted the settings in IE so the ActiveX gets ...
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CAB Files MAKECAB.exe Way to store directory structure
I was hoping someone could tell me if there is a way to store the directory structure of the files I want when creating a CAB File using makecab.exe?
Or if there are other utilities to do this and ...
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Build axvlc.cab to allow installation of plugin without internet access (on intranet)
I have the following task: Provide VLC plugins locally so that they can be installed even if a user doesn't have internet access (no VLC installed, only intranet access).
The axvlc.cab file is ...
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ocx and cab - is ocx is enough?
I have an ActiveX without additional DLL's.
Currently it is a signed ocx file. Works fine when I ran it from local disk but over the network it didn't load.
Must I use CAB?
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Running Application after installing from .cab
i need to know a way to run my application on a Windows CE 6.0 Device after installing from a .cab file.
The application is placed in the autostart folder.. so i need either a warm reboot or a direct ...
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How to deploy ActiveX dll from web page
Been trying off and on for days now and can't figure this out. I have written a C# class file for an Intranet app to control the local serial ports. It works great when I manually register the dll ...
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How to repackage xml into cab?
I am trying to implement a list item reordering feature in sharepoint 2010 using this tutorial
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CF dll are included in my CAB file
We are developing a WM6 application using CF 2.0 SP2.
We are generating the CAB file using a Smart Device CAB project.
Everything was fine, when all of a sudden, the generated CAB file now includes ...
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Packaging and sign ActiveX control in cab with interface
I have created an .inf containing all of the required files and install info.
I have attempted to create the cab using a .ddf and MakeCAB but when I attempt to self-sign the .cab it returns no ...
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Adding files to Installshield cabinet
I am trying to add a file (licence information) to a several Installshield installers, to save storing the files seperately.
I have downloaded InstallShield 2012 trial, but don't have the project ...
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Updating an pre-installed Activex DLL using a CAB file using IE in ASP.NET site
I am looking for a solution where an ActiveX dll embedded into an .msi file, then included in a .cab file, using IE, can not update an prevously-installed activex of lower version on a client ...
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SCSF Recipe Framework Error
I am experiencing a random issue with the SCSF 2010 guidance package when I try to add a View with Presenter in my VS2010 project. This also happens when I try to add a Business Module as well.
The ...
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Mono Support for Composite UI Application?
Does mono support the use of the Composite UI Application Block (CAB) and Smart Client Software Factory patterns and pratices framework?
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CAB file extraction into different path depending on WinCE ver
I've tired many ways to create the CAB file for install to different path depending on an operation system in that Handheld device. I known a little that we can fix the condition to make a selective ...
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How to create .cab file from .exe file to install from web page?
I have .exe file to install an activeX control.
And now I want to create a .cab file to install that activeX control from web page.
How can I do that?
For ex an expected result: when I visit the web ...
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c# SmartDevice Cab Installer with .net runtime installer included
I need to be able to create an install in vs2008 that will install my app and setup .net cf on the smartdevice, because my app requires it.
Is this possible. If so, how can be it be accomplished.
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same componentGUID for two different entries in the Component Table of msi database
I am working with the packaging of certain assemblies into an msi package. while doing this I have an requirement that I need to put the some assemblies into the local file system as well as in the ...
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Creating cab file for Windows Mobile Occasionally Connected Application
I have a windows mobile application that utilizes the Microsoft Sync Framework. The WCF service is hosted on my local IIS. It tests great while docked and connected to the internet. But if I ...
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INF file generation for WinCE CAB wizard
I am facing problem while generating CAB file. I want to customize the INF file generation depending upon what components I choose to package. At present, we need to modify the INF file manually to ...
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Creating a cab. installer with compact framework intergrated [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to create a Smart Device installer with CF 3.5 and SQL Server CE included?
i'm trying to make an installer for an app i developed for windows ce.The problem is,if i ...
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Microsoft wceload tool kills all runing processes
The tool that is placed in \Windows\ called wceload.exe kills all programs (some .NET program) except system ones (like Programs, Settings or FileExplorer) while installing a CAB file. The issue ...
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WIX: Upgrading unversioned files in separate cab file
I've got a WIX installer that installs some unversioned files from an external CAB file.
My problem is that I'm told I need RemoveExistingProducts before InstallInitialize for unversioned files to ...
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ActiveX Control in C# - results in error in IE8
I followed the following steps to create a ActiveX control:
- Create a new Class Library project in Visual Studio
- Create a new class that inherits from UserControl
- Create a new interface that ...
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Merging CAB install files into two
To prepare an installation for Windows Mobile I would like to know if the practice is legal:
I have my own CAB installer
I have CAB .NET Compact Framework installer
I merge them into one final CAB ...
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Sign CAB file in Windows Embedded Compact (Windows CE) 7.0
Can someone please explain to me how can I sign a CAB file?
I'm trying to install the CAB file with the wceload.exe tool but it works only with signed CAB.
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Multiple cab installer for Windows Mobile with CE kernel in lazarus
Spending more than an hour on figuring out if an equivalent solution to the problem of Multiple CAB installer exists for Windows Mobile in the lazarus cross-platfor compiler I have become tired? I ...
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Fire a native DLL (from the entry point) in CAB install (on Windows Mobile)
Knowing the entry point in native Windows CE DLL and providing it with CAB file is it possible to run the function at some point of installation? Is it possible to put such 'wish' to _setup.xml or ...
