How-to: self-extracting CAB files

Michael Krebs

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Jun 16, 1997, 3:00:00 AM6/16/97

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Does anyone know how to implement self-extracting cab files ? I think,
Internet Explorer comes in one.

How can I create thme myself ?

Thanks in advance,

Michael Krebs
the...@krebsman.com

Rachel

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Jun 17, 1997, 3:00:00 AM6/17/97

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On 16 Jun 1997 17:44:37 GMT, "Michael Krebs" <the...@krebsman.com>
wrote:

>Does anyone know how to implement self-extracting cab files ? I think,
>Internet Explorer comes in one.

I don't know about self-extracting cab files, but if you make your
setup file with InstallShield and compress it with EXE Builder, you
end up with a single executable file. When you execute that file, it
decompresses itself and automatically starts SETUP.EXE. MS might use a
slightly different method, however.

Rachel R.

Martin Wellman

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Jun 17, 1997, 3:00:00 AM6/17/97

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Michael Krebs wrote in article <01bc7a7d$01c32c40$d1d2a3c2@gates>...

>Does anyone know how to implement self-extracting cab files ? I think,
>Internet Explorer comes in one.
>

>How can I create thme myself ?

Microsoft has a lot of information on cab files at http://www.microsoft.com/
workshop/prog/cab/. I think there's also a CAB SDK there. I've never used
them myself so I can't tell you anything else.

Martin Wellman

InstallShield Corp.

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Jun 17, 1997, 3:00:00 AM6/17/97

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Actually, the InstallShield EXE builder has been superseded by
PackageForTheWeb, which creates self-extracting EXEs and CAB files. For
more information, please see http://www.installshield.com/pftw/.

Regards,

Robert Dickau || InstallShield Software Corp. || www.installshield.com

Rachel <rac...@theoffice.net> wrote (among other things)...

Bernard Robertson-Dunn

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Jun 18, 1997, 3:00:00 AM6/18/97

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Michael Krebs wrote in article <01bc7a7d$01c32c40$d1d2a3c2@gates>...

>Does anyone know how to implement self-extracting cab files ? I think,
>Internet Explorer comes in one.
>
>How can I create thme myself ?

Try Dr Dobbs Journal, May 1997, Volume 22 Issue 5,
Inside Windows Cabinet Files,
Sven B. Schreiber
pages 20-26

Vinay Desai, Ph.D.

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Jun 26, 1997, 3:00:00 AM6/26/97

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Microsoft had at one point in the Java SDK section a lot of information on
cabinet files - including utilities for creating them.
If you can't locate them, I'll try and help.

Vinay

Michael Krebs <the...@krebsman.com> wrote in article

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> Does anyone know how to implement self-extracting cab files ? I think,
> Internet Explorer comes in one.
>
> How can I create thme myself ?
>

Vinay Desai, Ph.D.

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Jun 26, 1997, 3:00:00 AM6/26/97

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Robert M. Teague

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Jun 28, 1997, 3:00:00 AM6/28/97

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Look on the Visual Studio CD, Disk #3 I believe. There is a set of tools
under the CAB&SIGN directory.

Robert M. Teague
tea...@primenet.com
Phoenix, AZ

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Software Engineer - Microsoft Certified Professional
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Robert M. Teague

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Jun 29, 1997, 3:00:00 AM6/29/97

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