How to generate .cab File

Question

I want to generate a .cab File

How can I do it?

I am developing in C# (visual studio 2008, .NET Framework 3.5) I can ganerate the .exe file, but how can I generate the .cab?

Kaleykaleyard

Maybe you can tell us what you are trying to achieve. Building a cab file on it#s own is not very useful and there is better solutions for most of the cases where it would be. – Jilli

Easiest thing to do these days is to shell it out to iexpress.exe. – Domett

What do you exactly want to do?? you can Deploy CAB Files Using ClickOnce Deployment – Subclimax

Call makecab via MSBuild (if part of build) or Process.Start if it is from your code. – Brueghel

I have already my app but I want to install it on a barcode reader. I Can't put a .exe file there. I need a .cab How Can I do it? I read [it][1] [1]:msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/1b8fd8ss(v=vs.80).aspx but I don't understand so much – Kaleykaleyard

@Domett I did it! Thank You so much! You Rule! [look it] (yolosolucionoasi.blogspot.mx/2010/04/…) – Kaleykaleyard

I followed the steps here It really helps. It's very useful – Kaleykaleyard

Answer 1

Microsoft has example C++ code to generate a .CAB file at https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff797926(v=vs.85).aspx. This sample uses Win32 Cabinet API functions (FCICreate, FCIAddFile, etc)...you can P/Invoke from C# to call these same APIs.

Trigon