I have a new toy for all your subscribers. CAB Maker!
If you haven't already guessed, CAB Maker is a web service that creates CAB file installers for Windows CE, Handheld PC's, Palm-Sized PC's and the Pocket PC.
This is beta, so if the community want to try it out and feed back, please do so here in this thread.
I have tested it on the only working CE device that I have that supports CAB files - my trusty 320LX and it does work for me. I have not tested any other platform H/PC or otherwise.
CAB Maker may be of use in the following scenarios:
- You want to create an installer file that pre-sets your basic registry settings and applications as a method of faster recovery after a hard reset. A single CAB file can be made to configure many basic operating system and shell settings, install basic utilities (such as a registry editor) without undertaking manual effort
- You wish to release a piece of software and wish to create a basic installer package for release
- You with to re-package an existing application's installer to bypass an error/issue
- You wish to create an installer package for an existing application that currently has no installer, to make it easier to use the program (please get in touch to the HPC:Factor SCL!!)
The tool takes the annoying complexity and horrid minor-system requirements out of building Windows CE CAB files.
It would be really great if people wanted to create installers for hither-to "manual install" programs for CE. CAB Maker will register an uninstall for them too, so with this the community can make CE apps more approachable for everyone.
It is quite resource intensive, so I am only allowing subscribers to beta test it at the moment
(and if I am honest it will likely remain as a subscriber perk
). Silver and higher subscribers have no limitations. Bronze subscribers get a little advert for HPC:Factor added to the installer file.
Access CAB Maker
To access CAB Maker please visit
https://cabmaker.hpcfactor.com/
Instructions for use
Instructions can be found in the following CESD article
https://www.hpcfactor.com/support/cesd/200266/using_hpcfactor_cab_ma...