I'm using Vista, Laura, so it should work. Mine created the CAB file, easy-peasy.

OK - I will keep trying and let you know - thanks again for the help here.

Thanks Chris - got it now with your help - I added that .xml as part of the file name.

How did it end up Laura? are you a developer now? 

I created the cab file from your info - haven't yet run it on my device - will do that in the next few hours , so will report back to you - Thanks David!

 There is also another way if you just want to create a cab files that copies some stuff, like a Windows Mobile Standard homescreen theme.

Create an *.inf file like this: 

 [Version]
Signature="$Windows NT$"
CESignature="$Windows CE$"
Provider="IQ AS"

[CEStrings]
Appname="S730 theme"

[CEDevice]
ProcessorType=0

[SourceDisksNames]
1=,Source1,,"Theme"

[SourceDisksFiles]
"IQS730.home.xml"=1
"IQ-grey-L.bmp"=1
"IQ-grey-P.bmp"=1

[CopyFiles1]
"IQS730.home.xml"
"IQ-grey-L.bmp"
"IQ-grey-P.bmp"

[DestinationDirs]
CopyFiles1=0,"\Application Data\Home"

[DefaultInstall]
CopyFiles=CopyFiles1

The drop the .inf file onto "CabwizSP.exe". Voila

Now, my problem is that I'm sending this cab file out with a Device Management solution, and I don't just want to automatically install the cab silently on a users smartphone (that bit is easy), but I also want to set this theme as active.

Anyone got any clues on how to do that? On Professional devices there is a registry key you can edit, but I can't seem to find anything similar on the Standard phones.

 Gaute,

I've done this for a deployement before, It was on the blackjack. But i'll see what i can dig up..  

 So, Because when the theme is activated in installs itself, some of these settings we need to manual set.  We need to "install" the theme into the registry with this: (These were my settings, but you obviously change them )

<characteristic type="Registry">
<characteristic type="HKCU\ControlPanel\Home\Your.home.xml">
<parm name="COLOR_SOFTKEYBTNFACE" value="6179634" datatype="integer" />
<parm name="COLOR_SOFTKEYFLATCENTER" value="6179634" datatype="integer" />
<parm name="COLOR_SOFTKEYSEPARATORMIDDLE" value="6179634" datatype="integer" />
<parm name="COLOR_TITLEFLATBORDER" value="0" datatype="integer" />
<parm name="COLOR_TITLEFLATCENTER" value="0" datatype="integer" />
</characteristic>
</characteristic>

Then we actvate it:

<characteristic type="Home">
<characteristic type="HKCU\ControlPanel\Home">
<parm name="Scheme" value="\Application Data\Home\your.home.xml" />
<parm name="ColorScheme" value="" />
<parm name="BgImage" value="" />
</characteristic>

If you have a seperate colorscheme and background image, you would set it here, Byleaving them blank it uses "Default" which i'd already pre-determined in the theme xml.

 Fantastic, just what I was after, thanks

Hi

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 I created the cab file from your info - haven't yet run it on my device

No need to copy your cab file to your device, you have just to see this demo of Jim wilson to learn how to install it directly from a desktop project.

Regards

Hammadi Dali

davidc:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<wap-provisioningdoc>
<characteristic type="BrowserFavorite">
   <characteristic type="News AUS">
         <parm name="URL" value="http://www.news.com.au"/>
   </characteristic>
</characteristic>
</wap-provisioningdoc>

We put this into a file called "_setup.xml"  The naming is key here, make sure it is exactly that. _ and all

Then we run makecab. makecab should be available on base installs of 2000 and XP, but have a look around if its not available to you.

From a command window we enter-

MakeCAB.exe /D COMPRESS=OFF _setup.xml news.cab

This outputs "news.cab" which, as you guessed, we copy to the device and then run.

This provisions our favorite for news.com.au and is now accessible from the favorites menu.

Does the characteristic type equal the folder the bookmark is put into?

 I'll have a look into the folders sections.  but the code above works like this:

<characteristic type="BrowserFavorite">  <---- Tells it we want to provision a favorite
   <characteristic type="News AUS"> <---- Tells it what we want the favorite to be called       

<parm name="URL" value="http://www.news.com.au"/> <---- Tells it the value for that favorite

 From what I can see there isnt support for folders (Thats from the reference material, you've got me interested now so i will try and figure a way!)

Not sure if i mentioned it initially, but you can use this 

 <parm name="Order" value="0"/>

Which will allow you to decide the order of your favorites (replace 0 with a number for the order ) 

I would love to be able to e-mail a .cab with my huge list but broken into folder for navigation.That's why I'm interested in this, or else I'm overwhelming my customers with 300+links in one huge list.