[Tool] .NET Cab file Creator for PointUI Themes/Applets v0.0.5b

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[Tool] .NET Cab file Creator for PointUI Themes/Applets v0.0.5b

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Started 11 months ago by costp
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costp
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Another small tool for you guys :

Cab creator for PointUI.

(Self Explain ;-))

Anyway :
This will create a nice Cab to install your theme or applet.
It allow you to put multiples themes and/or multiples applet into one single CAB (cool for restoration).
The installation process ask for the Storage (for those who installed Home2 on another Storage) but always in the standard directory.

Read usage (not too complicated ;-))

You now have a nice Cab Installer (unsigned) to provide your theme/applet.

To install the Theme, simply run the CAB on the device (and choose your storage).

You can easily uninstall the theme via the standart Control Panel un-install app.

Installation:
Extract all files in the same directory, launch the app ;-)

I know that making a cab is not difficult, but I was thinking that it would be even more easier...

And, as you may have seen, there is a lot of place free, in fact this is occuped in the version I got by an Applet Cab creator.. I first one to be sure that the easier one is ok ;-) (theme don't have recursive directory's, applets do...)

Requiert .NET 3.5

Like Always, leave comments...

Regards,

Log:

V0.0.2b:
Corrected a filename bug
Corrected another dumb bug...
Added Check Update ;-)
Added Compression ;-)

v0.0.3b:
Added Applet support.
Added Multi Theme support.
Added Multi Applet support.

Now, you can create an apllet CAB, a Theme CAB, or a mixed of Theme and Applets or either multiples Themes / Multiples Applets

v0.0.4b:
Missing (same name) files bug corrected

v0.0.5b:
As requested, I added Home2 directory. Put files with the directory structure you want from Home2 direct in there. (Allow easier Translation changes,...)

Usage :

Drop your Theme(s) directory(s) on the right blanco List.
Drop you Applet(s) directory(s) on the left blanco List.
For files that need to be for example in Home2\help, drop a directory named Help onto the Home2 input zone.
Type your name in.
Type a description in.

Press "Generate Cab" and Voilà !

This is done, you have a nice cab that will auto-install your Apllet(s) / theme(s) on the mobile in

the right directory.

ONLY one thing : Make sure you drop Applet on Left and Themes on Right as I cannot control if you do it right (yeah maybe testing for specific files) :D

One sample for the result :
First Alpha of Montecristoff WWtheme/Applet take :
Applet : 391.1 KB (zipped)
Theme : 596.3 KB (zipped)

Cabbed Applet : 113 KB
Cabbed Theme : 550 KB

Result : 663KB in two OR 1 CAB file in place of 987.4KB ;-)
Attachments
1. Cab_Creator_005b_Fixed.zip (80.4 KB, 137 downloads) 3 months old
2. cab005.PNG (17 KB, 117 downloads) 10 months old
Posted 11 months ago #
ganzee
Member

More great work! I hope the PointUI guys recognise your contribution. Thanks again.

Posted 11 months ago #
Nimche
Member

lov U!

Posted 11 months ago #
costp
Member

Thank Guys ;-) The only fact that you Guys will use it, the recognition is already there :-)

For the renderer tool, I'm busy with the last problem I founded : a Template is actually usable only on one theme cause was always done from left up, now you will be able to choose the central point and a 'connection' between objects ;-) but yeah that's anpother story ...

Posted 11 months ago #
strages
Member

frreaking great!!! this will make it easier for finished themes to be installed and will make the applet store really accesible from your mobile! to awesome... if this could also be done for applets.. <- "idea" (think you already thought of it yourself as always!) tx for another awesome tool!

Posted 11 months ago #
costp
Member

@Strages :
already in the topic
And, as you may have seen, there is a lot of place free, in fact this is occuped in the version I got by an Applet Cab creator.. I first one to be sure that the easier one is ok ;-) (theme don't have recursive directory's, applets do...)

So yes, I already thought about it ;-)

Posted 11 months ago #
strages
Member

whoops.. ah well my suspicion was right than:)

Posted 11 months ago #
costp
Member

V0.0.2b !

Sorry guys, I didn't posted the good version, directory structure was buggy.
The new one should resolve the problems.

I added compression ;-)

Please updata asap (I added an update checker also).

Regards

Posted 11 months ago #
costp
Member

V0.0.3b

Added Applet support + multiples applet and/or themes for one cab (easy re-installation)

Cheers

Posted 11 months ago #
strages
Member

damn mate.. nice work! going to try it out in the near future :P

Posted 11 months ago #
costp
Member

Does anyone know if there is a Registry Key I can test to know where is Home2 (this would allow 'non standard' installations to work also ;-)

Ah and by the way, everytime you want to make a different Cab (meaning differents files in it), you have to restart the Software... (small bug I'm looking into when i got time)...

Regards,

Posted 11 months ago #
strages
Member

hey great.. just wanted to reply in this topic.. to ask you to add that .. cause my installation of home2 is in a different folder for some strange reason :)

Posted 11 months ago #
costp
Member

Hey guys,

do some of you use it to distribute your work ?
If yes, I would like to know the results !

Regards

Posted 10 months ago #
Nimche
Member

CostP you know how much I luv you from when you released the pngtojif shortcut-software.
I have not been able to use this but I am going to use it soon.

Before I test it myself I have one question if this will allow you to uninstall the theme from the device? or simply you delete th folder?

Hey CostP? Do you develop applets too? or what?

Posted 10 months ago #
costp
Member

@Nimche:

Yes, It allow you to uninstall the applet or theme with the remove function of your device...

For applets, now I'm modyfing the one from Monte for the Wide Background ;-)

Regards

And thanks for the support you all ;-)

Posted 10 months ago #
Knotbeerdan
Member

Can you answer why it will only let me make one cab then i have to delete and re-extract the program?

Posted 10 months ago #
costp
Member

Heu...
I do not have this problem here and I cannot reproduce it...
Wich windows ?
Wich directory name ?

Posted 10 months ago #
Nimche
Member

CostP,
I have created my first cab file for AMANAuiW which is the white version.
Thank you for all you have done for this community.

NOte: Could PointUI team add the CAB attachment function to this website? [DONE] Thank you Shane/

Thank you

Posted 10 months ago #
jo_keks
Member

hi costp,

thank you for this app. I got a problem to create a cab for SlideToday, maybe it's a thing with subfolders...
when i install the cab it shows only pictures for vga, not qvga as it should. images are in ...\AppletRibbon\SlideToday\themes\default\qvga (or ...\vga), also in ...\AppletRibbon\SlideToday\Weather\Icon.Large (or ...\Icon.Large.VGA)
any idea?

Posted 10 months ago #
costp
Member

Jo, This is a knwo problem in previous release but I thinked that it was solved...
Can you post me a zip containing your files ? So I can test out myself and see wath's happenning ?

Regards,

Posted 10 months ago #
jo_keks
Member
Here it is (without VGA-weatherfiles)

I used the latest version
Attachments
1. SlideToday-1.0.2.cab (1451.9 KB, 21 downloads) 10 months old
2. SlideTodayQVGA-1.0.2.zip (1178.1 KB, 44 downloads) 10 months old
Posted 10 months ago #
costp
Member
Jo,

Can you test this cab ?

As it is a lot smaller here...
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1. SlideToday.cab (930.2 KB, 16 downloads) 10 months old
Posted 10 months ago #
jo_keks
Member

hi costp,

sorry to say it doesn't work. it's so small because it doesn't contain the VGA-images for weather...
SlideToday has a subfolder "themes" this contains "default" and "steel" each of that has "vga"+ "qvga" in it. setting say to load image from ...\SlideToday\themes\default\qvga (for me) but loads from ...\SlideToday\themes\steel\vga the resolution is tested in SlideToday.cs via Device.IsVGA()

thanks for your help

Posted 10 months ago #
costp
Member

okay. Then I knwo what's happening...

The Cab maker from microsoft doesn't allow same file name...
I'll correct this ;-)

You'll have to wait a little for next release... (I'm busy on panoramizer ;-))

Posted 10 months ago #
jo_keks
Member

ok, thank you

Posted 10 months ago #
costp
Member

Okay jo,

I found a way. I'll do this tomorow ...

Regards,

Posted 10 months ago #
costp
Member
Jo

Sorry for the delay,

Can you check this CAB. I think this one is good.
Just one think : empty dirs are not generated ;-)

Regards
Attachments
1. Slide2day.cab (1116.2 KB, 13 downloads) 10 months old
Posted 10 months ago #
jo_keks
Member

I know what you did ;-) panomarizer is great! but i posted some questions in its thread...

the cab works great! Thanks! Waiting for the build...

Posted 10 months ago #
costp
Member

Okay, I created this cab with an alpha build.

It's tested only on Applets... So if you can, test it on themes ;-)
Tomorow, I'll make more test a post a Beta version in the 1st Thread...

Regards,

Posted 10 months ago #
costp
Member

V0.0.4b : Missing files bug corrected

Files with the same name where not imported by the microsoft tool. this has been corrected...

Regards

Posted 10 months ago #