Pocket PC Installer Using ActiveSync

Author: JakeChance (talk, contrib)

Description

This example shows how to make a desktop installer that only installs its contents to a Windows CE OS device by passing CAB files to the ActiveSync program.

Example

The Script

InstallDir "$TEMP\YourProgramName"
 
;Var to hold the location of CeAppMgr.exe
var CeAppMgrLocation
 
Section PathObtain
  ;It can be obtained from the registry at this location always
  ReadRegStr $CeAppMgrLocation HKLM \
    "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\CEAPPMGR.EXE" ""
SectionEnd
 
Section CEInstallAndDelete
  ;This calls the program and passes to it the program's ini file which
  ;tells it which CAB file(s) it needs and sets it up to install
  ExecWait '"$CeAppMgrLocation" "$INSTDIR\YourINIfile.ini"' $0
  ;Changes the output path so the temporary folder can be deleted
  SetOutPath $TEMP
  ;Remove the directory and all the files put into it
  RMDir /r /REBOOTOK $INSTDIR
SectionEnd

The INI File

Use this as this file: "$INSTDIR\YourINIfile.ini".

;DO NOT EDIT CEAppManager Version
[CEAppManager]
Version = 1.0
Component = YourProgramName
 
[YourProgramName]
Description = YourProgramName
CabFiles = YourCABFile(s).CAB