On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 11:02 AM, Jake Anderson <ya...@vapourforge.com>wrote:
> On 28/09/10 15:17, Banibrata Dutta wrote: > > > > On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 10:35 AM, Banibrata Dutta < > banibrata.du...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 10:31 AM, Jake Anderson >> <ya...@vapourforge.com>wrote: >> >>> On 28/09/10 14:58, Banibrata Dutta wrote: >>> >>> In attempting to install PythonCE (latest, downloaded from >>> sourceforge), using the PythonCE.WM.cab file, on a Windows CE 6.0 >>> mini-laptop (7" screen w/ 800x480 res, ARM VT-8500 300MHz CPU, and 256MB >>> DDR, 2GB Flash SSD), I get the following message popup... >>> >>> *Setup Failed:* The application cannot run on this device type. Please >>> install the application specific to this device type. >>> >>> Could someone kindly explain the reason why the Setup Failed. In the past >>> I've installed several application which are originally WM apps, >>> successfully on this WinCE6.0 device, without any issues. >>> >>> What could I do, to have PythonCE installed on this machine ? >>> >>> sounds like its not liking whatever CPU is set in the cab >>> >> >> Thanks for the reply, Jake. AFAIK, the CPU for which the PythonCE.WM.cab >> is built, is ARM (family). Of course, ARM family is quite wide, and slight >> differences do exist in instruction set, this is almost the first time, I >> ran into this could of trouble. :-) >> >> Would building PythonCE (cross compiling) specifically my machine help ? >> >> > Wondering if this is the culprint... this is what I find in the _setup.xml > inside the .cab file!! Which effectively means that that cab would not > install when OSVersion = 6.00 !!! > > <parm name="*ProcessorType*" value="*2577*" /> > <parm name="*OSVersionMin*" value="*4.0*" /> > <parm name="*OSVersionMax*" value="*5.99*" /> > <parm name="*BuildNumberMin*" value="*0*" /> > <parm name="*BuildNumberMax*" value="*-536870912*" /> > > > Don't know enough of Windows development to say for sure. > -- > regards, > > thats what I would wager is the issue > > sure. got any ideas on how i could edit the .cab file contents ? i tried the approach of using WinZIP / WinRAR on PC to extract and re-make the CAB file as a PKzip file, after editing the .XML, but that approach didn't work. on trying to use some other CAB-editing tools s.a. i6comp* -- they can't even open the .CAB file, citing some reason as .hdr file not being found in the .cab !!
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