Is there somewhere more detailed instructions on how to create you own CAB files?
I have downloaded WinCE Cab Manager and looked at some CAB files, of how they are made up. Now I see some have setup.dll and setup.exe etc files in them.
I have now collected all my registry settings I want to use in my CAB, but when I put it into the files sections, and run the CAB file on my Jam, it doesn't want to run. Do I need these other setup files in there as well?
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I made a little CAB file which contains a reg key to prevent CAB files from being deleted after you install them.
Just run this on your K-JAM and no more CAB files will be deleted.
(Although ironically of course it still deletes this CAB file since the change doesn't take place until after the install finishes and this file is deleted.)
Neat!
I store CAB files in zip files, when I want to install anything, just open it and run from zip. This way my CABs are not deleted either.
I think it's enough if you set the Read Only attribute on the CAB file.
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awojtas said:
I made a little CAB file which contains a reg key to prevent CAB files from being deleted after you install them.
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my solution is CabInstaller program. simply copy it on your wizard, run it and check two options:
[x] Do not delete CAB file
[x] Associate CabInstl with CAB files
from now on, CabInstaller will popup after every CAB file installation attempt, then just click install and that's it!
I've got my cabs on a storage card, and within totalcommander you can
set the properties of the cabs to "read only",
this works like a good workaround for me, some cabs i want to be deleted,
some not..
I agree^^^. I set them to read only before I copy them to the device and they are fine. If you have something like total commander or resco explorer then you can set the Read Only attribute on the device.
Excuse me for beeing a newbie, but can't seem to fin any way to extract the .dll and .gif files from a cab file. For example I downloaded CrossbowPhonepad.zip from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=292014&highlight=media+player+skin
But I'm not quite happy with the way it looks and I would like to start to play and alter with it. But when I extract the .Cab file all i get is strange .012-fil and so on. And of course the .XML file where you se how the .dll and .gif files shall be installed.
How to I extract them (.dll and . gif) from the .Cab file??
I'v tried Winrar, Winace, Total commander.
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the simplist way
Have you tried cabdump.pl (it can be found on the XDA-Wiki, main wiki page->complete tool list -> RomTools->cabdump.pl)
But I've found the simplest way is to install the cab on your device, and then copy the files you're interested in to your pc.
There is an excellent, easy to use program called MSCEInf that allows you to work with CAB files, including drag and drop extraction of files - with their original names - from CAB installation files. It's available here:
http://www.freewareppc.com/utilities/msceinf.shtml
It's developed by a Frenchman named Benoît Thonnart.
You should also try WinCE Cab Manager.
But generally WinRar works fine. The files in the cab are simply renamed to 8.3 convention with extension showing the file number. Extract the xml and you will see what name belongs to what file. Just extract and rename.
Thanx gues...that really helped
For some reason, the .cab I made to fix the QuickGPS issue will *NOT* install. It was made with WinCE Cab Manager like I have made every other .cab file which has always worked.
Trying to install on the Kaiser.
Can someone figure out what went wrong? I'm frustrated.
Thanks...
-Mc
In my oppinion there is a _setup.xml missing in your cab file. So the installer doesn't know what to do with your file. You should try to make such a file and intigrate it into your cab. The easiest way is to use and modify an existing _setup.xml from an other archiev.
For i do not know which filetype the file you try to install (that is defined in the _setup.xml, too) has i can not be shure. But if it is an dll you have modifyed u'll have to unregister it before modyfying and reregister it before you put it into the installer.
search for "unsigner" and "msigner", for signing dll's
One last hint. I use ZipStar for creating cab files. That is much easier for it has the look and feel of winzip.
this is strictly a reg patch .cab. I've used WinCE Cab Manager for a while now with no issues. I also checked some of my previous cabs and none of those had .xml files in them either so this looks consistant.
I've NEVER installed any of my cabs on the Kaiser so I'm wondering if the issue is the OS. I'll try to install this cab on my K-Jam just to see if it works there. If it does, the issue is a compatability issue.
If I manually create the xml file and create a cab using ZipStar, is that all there is to it or is it going to be missing something? I've never used ZipStar and not familiar with how it handles PPC .cab files. I checked out their website and I don't read German.
Thanks again for your help. I'll give your recommendations a shot.
-Mc
Is there an app for this?
you can use this to extract the files and registry within the cab (usually giving you an .exe) but for most programs they won't work unless you copy over all the files into the proper place and add the proper registry values.
that being said some files will have just a .exe
Hi,
Can anyone help please. I have tried using both winzip & winrar to unpack CAB files, but they seem to be unpacked as HTML docs. If I click to run, takes me to html code page on the web.
you dont need to unzip the .cab files on your computer.
You just put the .cab file on your phone then "open" it on your phone. Thats how the .cab file runs.
It's kind of like an .exe file on your phone
Yeah - a cab file is an installer, similar to msi files on your PC. There's XML files in there that define what to do with the rest of the files in there.
if you want to see whats inside a cab file on your pc then use msceinf .. its free and very effective.
that way you can see what folders a cab sets up. extract what files it has, and tue registry too.
Thank you guys - downloaded a small cab and opened on device. Works fine.
Feel a bit naff for tearing my hair out over such a simple thing.
Now I'm going to try and find that msceinf as mentioned by fards.
thanks again.