Cabinets are a single file, usually suffixed with .CAB, that stores several compressed files in a file library. They are used to organize installation files to be copied to the user’s system. A compressed file can be spread over several cabinet files.
The following function is used with cabinets.
SetupIterateCabinet | Returns a notification for each file stored in a cabinet file. |
For more information on the cabinet file function, see the Win32 SDK documentation.