zbd
5th December 2006 02:49 UTC

Silent install on Pocket PC
Hi guys, trying to install a 3 component application onto pocket pc's. The trouble i'm having is the user having to accept the success screen on the device before the next component will install successfully. I have tried a demo program called Pocket PC Installer and this is able to install all 3 components without any promts (or minimal). Problem is that it is ugly, and doesn't create all the registry settings and shortcuts properly.

So i think what i have to do is somehow run the installer from the pocket pc, so maybe copy the installer, then run it from the device.

Or alternatively, is there a way to wrap more than one CAB file into a single, then have this single CAB install all CAB files inside. I have tried doing this and putting it in the startup folder, but on devices where the promt is a problem the install still fails.

Any help at all would be of much help.

thanks v much, ZBD

zbd
5th December 2006 22:05 UTC

is it even possible? i'm guessing no one else has done this before?

Drudkh
12th December 2006 00:48 UTC

Unforunately, no. The only silent installation the NSIS work was not asking user to select the components to install.

Function .onInit
        SetSilent silent
FunctionEnd

zbd
12th December 2006 00:54 UTC

thanks Drudkh,

I am working on another solution, invoking RAPI and using CeCreateProcess to make wceload.exe run with /noui or /silent, i think this is a little more promising, the pc side is fine, just the prompts on the PPC screen is the issue

Thanks for the reply