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Can someone please tell me if I am doing something wrong?.
I have developed an application for my PDA and went through the bells and whistles of creating an installation file for it.
Now.. Do I really need to create a new installation everytime I make a change to the code or is there a quicker way to update the application on the PDA?.
There isn't a 'Make executable' option like there is in proper VB.
Hope this makes sense.
I havent done any PDA development, but, whith what are you making the insataller? How do you distribute the application?
What you can do with a regular installer (made with NSIS, which is free) is have the installer do a live download of files during install. That way you just place the exe (and other files you need to distribute and are subject to change). Then whenever users run the installer they will have the latest version of the file...
Embedded VB doesn't compile a EXE file. It compiles a VB file which you then have to go through the in-built installer to convert to a CAB file.
The problem is that everytime you want to distribute a new version, you have to go through this process.
That is why I was wondering if there was a better way.
Once you've done the initial installation you can just copy the .vb file onto the device (assuming you havent added any new types of controls, etc).
If it is a new program you wont get a shortcut in the "Programs" menu without a proper installation, but you can run it from Explorer instead.
Excellent, that's all I needed to know. :D :thumb:
Thanks.