CAB Wizard

The CAB Wizard creates a Windows CE-specific .cab file using the Win32 Setup information (.inf) file, an optional Setup.dll file created by an independent software vendor (ISV), and the application files.

The command-line syntax for CAB Wizard is:

cabwiz.exe "inf-file" [/dest dest-directory] [/err error-file] [/cpu cpu-type [cpu-type]]

Note The /cpu parameter, followed by multiple CPU values, must be the last qualifier in the command line.

The Windows CE SDK files that must be installed in the same directory on the desktop computer are: Cabwiz.exe, Makecab.exe, and Cabwiz.ddf. Cabwiz.exe must be called with its full path in order to run correctly.

inf-file

Absolute full path for the setup .inf file.

dest-directory

Absolute destination directory for the.cab files. If no directory is specified, the .cab files are created in the directory of inf-file.

error-file

File name for a log file that contains all warnings and errors encountered during the compilation of the .cab files. If no file name is specified, errors are displayed in message boxes. If a file name is used, CAB Wizard runs without the user interface (UI); this is useful for automated builds.

cpu-type

Creates a .cab file for each processor tag that you specify. A processor tag is a label used in the Win32 setup .inf file to differentiate between different processor types.

The following command line example creates .cab files for the SH3 and MIPS chips, assuming that the Win32 setup .inf file contains the SH3 and MIPS tags:

    cabwiz.exe  "c:\myfile.inf"  /err myfile.err  /cpu  sh3  mips