On 28/08/2008, at 5:10 AM, Steven Knowles wrote:
Hoping someone can give me a tip or two please.
I need to access a 3rd party database <www.workdesk.com.au> housed
on a remote server, and to do so someone has given me a bunch of
files to instal on my machine.
They are clearly Windows files, named as follows...
data1.cab
data1.hdr
data2.cab
DelayInst.exe
ikernel.ex_
installservice.exe
InstHelper.dll
layout.bin
Setup.bmp
Setup.exe
Setup.ini
setup.inx
Does this give anyone much of a clue as to what's actually being
installed, and should I be able to achieve the same thing on from my
Mac (running latest OS) without having to use Bootcamp or any
virtual Windows software? Workdesk are a closed shop when it comes
to Mac support or answering questions.
The files most likely containing the data you are interested in are
probably data1.cab, data1.hdr, and data2.cab. These are Windows
Cabinet files, and are generally only accessible through an
appropriate .exe file. It seems from the list of files you show that
you have been given a set f installer files (Setup.exe is a giveaway
here), and it's probable that the data1 and data2 files don't contain
anything useful anyway at this stage.
I don't see anyway of using these files outside a Windows environment.
Given that in most virtualisation software (Parallels especially) it
is is very easy to share data files and folders between Windows and
Mac OS X. That is definitely an option you should consider.
Alternatively you could follow up a solution such as offered here:
<http://echoone.com/filejuicer/formats/cab>
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