[missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Re: missing-sync-pocketpc-talk Digest, Vol 27, Issue 10

[Adrian Thornton]

>>>
>>> The software on the disk is all for a PC, and the demo software is in
>>> the form of PC installers. There's no way to install any of it from a
>>> Mac, even with Missing Sync.
>>>
>>> The only Pocket PC software you can install must come in the form of
>>> "CAB files". You can install these files with the "Install Files"
>>> button on Missing Sync.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Have had a look at the user guide (page 4-10) and it says that
>> applications can be installed on your ' iPAQ Pocket PC or your
>> computer by copying an application  file that has an .exe or .cef
>> extension'
>>
>> Does this mean that if I download a .exe or .cef file directly onto
>> the PocketPC it can be installed? Can this also be done via Missing
>> Sync or just CAB files?
>
> exe files will only run on a PC, and cannot be installed directly to a
> Pocket PC. Well, you can copy the file over, but you'll get an error
> message when you try to run it.
>
> I don't know what a .cef file is.
>
> A .cab file _will_ run on a Pocket PC.
>
There are actually SOME exe files that will fun on a Pocket PC, but not 
many. They're typically very small programs - the Pocket PC VNC client, 
for example, comes as an EXE file that you just copy over to your 
Pocket PC.

But generally, yes - you need a CAB file.