About Palm Os Installations - Symantec WINDOWS INSTALLER EDITOR 8.0 Reference

About Palm OS Installations

Windows Installer Editor Reference
Shortcut Name
Enter a name for the shortcut on the mobile device.
Shortcut Directory
Select a directory on the desktop computer in which to place the shortcut.
Typically, this is the Windows Start menu.
Icon File
To use a custom icon, enter the path to the .ICO, .EXE, or .DLL file that contains
the icon.
Icon Index
Enter the resource number of the icon (in the .ICO, .EXE, or .DLL file specified
above) to use from the icon file above. This icon appears in the Shortcut
Directory you selected above.
4. Click Finish.
To edit the mobile device entry, select it and click Details.
After you create a mobile device entry, you might notice changes throughout Installation
Expert, such as files added on the Files page, a shortcut on the Shortcuts page, and new
custom actions added to MSI Script. Do not change or delete these items because doing
so will cause the mobile device installation to fail.
See also:
About the Mobile Devices Page
About Windows Mobile Installations
Process for Adding Mobile Device Support to an Installation
A Palm OS® application consists of a file in one of the following formats:
.PDB (Palm database), which stores data for an application.
.PQA (Palm query application), which is a .PDB that contains world-wide web
content.
.PRC (Palm resource), which contains resources.
To install a Palm OS application, the end user installs or downloads its file to the desktop
computer, runs the Palm Desktop software to specify the new application, and performs
a HotSync operation to install the application on the mobile device.
To add Palm OS files to a desktop installation, use Installation Expert > Mobile Devices
page. You can specify where the Palm OS files are installed.
See Adding Palm OS Files
Installing to the Add-on folder
When the end user runs the Palm Desktop software to specify a new application to
install, the contents of the Palm\Add-on folder are displayed first. This lets the end user
install the Palm application manually, and gives all Palm users of the desktop computer
access to the application.
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