Installers

[gregmills]

Are there any utilities for creating installation files for the PocketPC that a non-programmer could set up? Some people get confused putting Media Player Skin files on their device and I'd like to simplify the process for them so I can get fewer tech support emails. All I really need is a Windows EXE that drops my files in the right folder on the PPC.

Even better would be if the installer could detect the version of media player and the resolution of the device and then insert the right files based on those variables. I think I can get around this with multiple EXEs if that isn't possible.

Thanks,
Greg

[hjgode]

there are two different kind of things
one is a cab file that will unpack and install the files on the device
the other is an Windows PC Installer, that copies the cab to the device and launches the installer using CE remote api

Cab file creation: see http://www.codeproject.com/ce/pocketpc_deploy.asp and http://www.codeproject.com/ce/ce_setup.asp

For the PC part take a look at http://www.pocketpcdn.com/tools/#installation
especially EZSetup

Helps :?:

[djpandora]

Being a rival skin developer ;-) I am looking for the exact same thing.

One great utility I did find was http://www.phelios.net/pocketpcinstaller.html

This is a great utility that would work well for installing, but would not check for VGA vs. QVGA. It is not really functional as a demo, because it will not install to your chosen directory.

Does anyone know of any free or cheaper programs that would do the same thing? I am looking for something a little more user friendly than the solutions above.

Thanks,

Josh

[stevelam]

You could use NSIS (http://nsis.sourceforge.net/) with this Code (http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Pocket_PC_Installer_Using_ActiveSync)