Operation Manual

Programming—Chapter 7
201700 Series Color Mobile Computer User’s Manual
Creating CAB Files with CAB Wizard
After you create the .INF file and the optional SETUP.DLL file, use the
CAB Wizard to create the .CAB file. Below is the command-line syntax:
cabwiz.exe “inf_file” [/dest dest_directory] [/err error_file] [/cpu cpu_type
[cpu_type]]
A batch file in <program> directory, with these commands, works well:
cabwiz.exe c:\appsoft\<program>\<inf_file_name>
cd \appsoft\<program>
“inf_file”
The SETUP.INF file path.
dest_directory The destination directory for the .CAB files. If no directory is specified, the . CAB files are created
in the “inf_file” directory.
error_file File name for a log file that contains all warnings and errors that are e ncountered when the . CAB
files are compiled. If no file name is specified, errors are displayed in message boxes. If a file name
is used, the CAB Wizard runs without the user interface (UI); this is useful for automated builds.
cpu_type Creates a .CAB file for each specified microprocessor tag, which is a label used in the Win32 SE-
TUP.INF file to differentiate between different microprocessor types. The /cpu parameter, fol-
lowed by multiple cpu_type values, must be the last qualifier in the command line.
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.
Troubleshooting the CAB Wizard
To identify and avoid problems that might occur when using the CAB
Wizard, f ollow these guidelines:
S Use %% for a percent sign (%) character when using this character in
an .INF file string, as specified in Win32 documentation. This will not
work under the [Strings] section.
S Do not use .INF or .CAB files created for Windows CE to install ap-
plications on Windows-based desktop platforms.
S Ensure the MAKECAB.EXE and CABWIZ.DDF files, included with
Windows CE, are in the same directory as CABWIZ.EXE.
S Use the full path to call CABWIZ.EXE.
S Do not create a .CAB file with the MAKECAB.EXE file included with
Windows CE. You must use CABWIZ.EXE, which uses
MAKECAB.EXE to generate the . CAB files f or Windows CE.
S Do not set the read-only attribute for .CAB files.