how to deploy smartphone application

[jyothi]

Hi

my application will run on microsoft smartphone 2003 plat form.
i've developed application using c#.net (VS2003).
and i made cab file for my application.

can any one tell me is cab file enough to deploy in Smart Phone device using active sync4.1?
if it is not what is actual exectutable format to deploy smart phone applications in real device?

Can any one help me ? this is very urgent .
Thanx in advance
jyothi

[Mike Temporale]

If you have a CAB file you don't need ActiveSync. CAB files are an installer that runs directly on the phone.

[jacklf]

Not sure I understand which part you're trying to solve.. a .cab file to manually download and run on the device or a windows EXE that queues the app up using ActiveSync. Maybe these will help:

Windows Mobile-based Smartphone Applications Deployment Demystified (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnppcgen/html/sp_2003_app_deploy_demyst.asp)
Application Management For Windows Mobile Devices (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/DevGuideSP/html/Dev_Guide_for_Windows_Mobile-Based_Smartphones.asp)

As Mike said, if you have a cab file, you're probably good (enough) to go. I've never tried to make an msi/exe to deploy from the desktop, but there seems to be a good about of info on it on MSDN.