Troubleshooting The Cab Wizard; Customization And Lockdown - Intermec CN2B User Manual

Chapter 7 — Programming

Troubleshooting the CAB Wizard

Customization and Lockdown

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Example
This example creates .CAB files for the ARM and MIPS microprocessors,
assuming the Win32 SETUP.INF file contains the ARM and MIPS tags:
cabwiz.exe "c:\myfile.inf" /err myfile.err /cpu arm mips
Note: CABWIZ.EXE, MAKECAB.EXE, and CABWIZ.DDF (Windows
CE files available on the Windows CE Toolkit) must be installed in the
same directory on the desktop computer. Call CABWIZ.EXE using its full
path for the CAB Wizard application to run correctly.
To identify and avoid problems that might occur when using the CAB Wiz-
ard, follow these guidelines:
• Use %% for a percent sign (%) character when using this character in an
.INF file string, as specified in Win32 documentation. This does not
work under the [Strings] section.
• Do not use .INF or .CAB files created for Windows CE to install appli-
cations on Windows-based desktop platforms.
• Ensure the MAKECAB.EXE and CABWIZ.DDF files, included with
Windows CE, are in the same directory as CABWIZ.EXE.
• Use the full path to call CABWIZ.EXE.
• Do not create a .CAB file with the MAKECAB.EXE file included with
Windows CE. You must use CABWIZ.EXE, which uses MAKE-
CAB.EXE to generate the .CAB files for Windows CE.
• Do not set the read-only attribute for .CAB files.
Pocket PC (Windows Mobile) is a hardware specification created by
Microsoft Corporation. Devices that wish to carry the Pocket PC logo must
meet the minimum hardware requirements set in the Pocket PC specifica-
tion. Manufacturers are free to add extra hardware functionality.
Pocket PC devices also use a specialized version of the CE operating system.
This operating system is built from Windows CE 4.2 but contains custom-
izations, most notably the lack of a desktop and the addition of the Today
Screen.
To carry the Pocket PC logo, all devices must be tested at an Independent
Test Laboratory. The ITL testing is done based on Microsoft requirements.
The test lab then reports the findings back to Microsoft Corporation and
Intermec. If the CN2B Computer passed all tests, Intermec is allowed to
ship the device with the Pocket PC logo. Each time the operating system is
modified, Intermec must resubmit to ITL testing.
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