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Using Mobile Packager, you can easily and quickly create installer packages for any Windows Mobile based device. You can now simplify your Windows Mobile deployment! Mobile Packager compiles all of the files and actions that are necessary for your installer into a single executable or CAB package.

Mobile Packager generates two types of installer packages. One to be launched from your Windows desktop machine and another that can be launched from within your Windows mobile device. Once you generate and test the installer package, you can distribute your installer package for either over the air (OTA) installation or manual installation using the "Desktop Installer" or the "Mobile Device Installer" packages.



 
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Mobile Packager Start Page Start Page

The start tab page is your initial landing point to create a new or open an existing deployment package project. From this page you can either create a new Mobile Packager project or you can open an existing project. The start page also has an integrated help that will guide you through simple steps that will get you started to create your windows mobile installer packaging. This page will tell you if you are running the latest version of Mobile Packager.

Mobile Packager New Project Window New Project Window

Mobile Packager supports two types of projects; "Custom (Native EXE)" and "CAB" projects types. The "Custom (Native EXE)" project type selected by default and is the project type that is compatible with versions of Mobile Packager. The "CAB" installer project type is a new project type and produces cabinet(or CAB) files for deployment. Both the EXE and CAB installers have mobile and desktop installers. The CAB project will have a desktop installer that will install multiple CAB files using the CE Application Manager.

Mobile Packager Files Tab (Custom - EXE Project) Files Tab (Custom - EXE Project)

This tab page is where you define the files that you would like to add into your package. You can drag and drop or select the files you want to include in your package. You can specify the target platform where the files should be deployed and destination path. If the file that is included in your package is an executable or a CAB file you can specify an additional option to launch the executable or launch the installation of the CAB respectively.

Mobile Packager Files Tab (CAB Project) Files Tab (CAB Project)

For CAB projects, this tab page is where you define the files that you would like to add into your CAB package. You can drag and drop or select the files you want to include in your package. You can specify the source and target destination of each file that is included in the package.

Mobile Packager Registry Tab Registry Tab

This tab page is where you define the registry entries for your package.
Mobile Packager Registry Tab - Registry Value Editor Registry Tab - Registry Value Editor

This window is used to edit DWORD and REG_SZ registry values.

Mobile Packager Registry Tab - Binary Value Editor Registry Tab - Binary Value Editor

This window is used to edit binary registry values. It allows editing either the binary or the text value of the registry entry

Mobile Packager Shortcuts Tab Shortcuts Tab

This tab page is used for defining the shortcuts to your files and applications.

Mobile Packager Installer Customization Tab Customization Tab (Custom EXE Project Only)

Mobile Packager allows you to customize the generated installer to your need. You can customize the installer to display end user license agreement(EULA), to wait for the user to tap the screen before starting installation, show installer window in full screen or launch an executable after installation is completed.

Mobile Packager Appearance Tab Appearance Tab (Mobile) (Custom EXE Project Only)

Mobile Packager allows you to set the visual appearance of your mobile installer using the Appearance tab. You can select multiple background images for your installer and the image that best fits the target device width and height will automatically be selected. You can also set the width and height of your background image container. You can also customize the location and size of the background image and the progress bar status display. In addition, you can also set the font size of the progress bar status text display.

Mobile Packager Desktop Installer Appearance Tab Appearance Tab (Desktop)

Mobile Packager allows you to set the visual appearance of your mobile installer using the Appearance tab. You can select multiple background images for your installer and the image that best fits the target device width and height will automatically be selected. You can also set the width and height of your background image container. You can also customize the location and size of the background image and the progress bar status display. In addition, you can also set the font size of the progress bar status text display.

Mobile Packager - Additional CAB Files Tab for CAB Desktop Installer Mobile Packager - Additional CAB Files Tab (CAB Project Only)

The desktop installer for CAB project uses the CE Application Manager to install one or more CAB files. In the desktop installer, Files (CAB) tab, you can specify additional CAB files that you would like to install when installing the desktop installer.

Mobile Packager Build, Test and Deploy Build and Deploy

Mobile Packager displays status and percentage of compression for each build item during the build process. It also allows you to directly open the output folders or initiate the deployment process on a mobile device that is attached to your current development machine.

Mobile Installer (EXE Project) Mobile Installer (EXE Project)

Mobile Packager generates a single executable installer that will hold all the files, shortcuts, appearance customizations and settings. Your end users can simply download or acquire the executable in some way and execute it on their mobile device.

Mobile Installer - Show Eula (EXE Project) Mobile Installer - Show EULA (EXE Project)

If you have set EULA(End User License Agreement) settings in your installer, the installer will prompt for the EULA to be accepted or declined. The installer will complete the installation process only if the EULA is accepted.

Mobile Installer - Smart Phone (EXE Project) Mobile Installer - Smart Phone (EXE Project)

Mobile Packager custom executable installer also works on Smart Phones.

CAB Installer (CAB Project) CAB Installer (CAB Project)

CAB Project generates a regular CAB file that can be installed on a mobile device. CAB file installation will have the regular CAB installation screen, does not allow bundling of multiple CAB files and does not have some of the settings that the "Custom EXE" installer provides such as "Soft Reset", EULA etc ...

Desktop Installer (Both EXE and CAB Projects) Desktop Installer (Both EXE and CAB Projects)

Both "Custom EXE" and CAB projects generate a desktop installer. The appearance of the desktop installer is the same for both projects. "Custom EXE" project desktop installer, upon installation, it will copy the mobile installer to a mobile device that is connected to the current computer via Active Sync. It will start the mobile installer on the device, and end users will have to follow the installation process on their mobile device.

In the desktop installer for CAB project, you can include additional CAB files for installation including the one that is generated by the current CAB project. Any of the CAB files that are included in the desktop installer will be registered for installation via the CE Application manager to be installed as soon as a mobile device is connected to the current computer. If the mobile device is connected at the time of installing using the desktop installer, the CAB file installation will begin immediately on the mobile device.

 
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