User's Manual

Chapter 3 — Developing and Installing Applications
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several cabinet files. During installation, the setup application decompresses
the files stored in a cabinet and copies them to the users system.
For the CN30 Computer, CAB files register DLLs, create shortcuts, modify
registry entries, and run custom setup programs. Tap a CAB file to extract
that file or place the CAB file on one of the approved storage devices in the
“\CabFiles” folder, then perform a warm-boot on the CN30 Computer.
There are two methods available to extract a CAB file:
Tap a CAB file to extract it. With this method, the CAB file is automati-
cally deleted when the extraction process is successful, unless the CAB file
is set with the read-only attribute.
Use the AUTOCAB method to extract all files when a cold-boot is per-
formed on the CN30 Computer. This method is on the Intermec Devel-
opers Library CD, see its Software Tools User’s Manual for information.