.ini File Format for Application Manager

The .ini file contains information that registers an application with Application Manager. The .ini file has the following format:

[CEAppManager]
Version      = version-number
Component    = component-name

[component-name]
Description  = descriptive-name
[Uninstall   = uninstall-name]
[InstallDir  = install-directory]
[IconFile    = icon-filename]
[IconIndex   = icon-index]
[DeviceFile  = device-filename]
CabFiles         = cabfile-name [, cabfile-name]

version-number

Numeric version of Application Manager, which is 1.0.

component-name

String that identifies the name of the section for the application.

descriptive-name (string)

String that will appear in the description field of Application Manager when the user chooses the application.

uninstall-name

String that identifies the application's Windows uninstall registry key name. This name must match the application's registered Windows uninstall key name, found in the registry HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows
\CurrentVersion\Uninstall. Providing this key name enables Application Manager to automatically uninstall the application on the desktop and on the device when the user clicks the Remove button in the Application Manager user interface.

install-directory

String that identifies the desktop install directory containing the location of the .cab files. If this key is non-existent, which is recommended, then the path of the .inf file is used for the install directory.

icon-filename

String that identifies the relative path from install-directory to the desktop icon file. This string is used to display the device-filename when the file name is viewed in Windows CE Services.

icon-index

Numeric index into icon-filename. The value is used to display the device-filename when viewed in Windows CE Services. If this key is non-existent, then the first icon in icon-filename is used.

device-filename

File name on the device that will display the icon specified by icon-filename and icon-index when the device-filename is viewed in Windows CE Services.

cabfile-name

File name of the .cab files available, relative to install-directory.

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