[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Windows Mobile 6 Upgrading] Ather:
UC and A2D

What is UC?

It is a feature contained in UC capable ROMs. A UC capable ROM extends initial customization to your SD card so you can load cabs and install XML files that are located there too. What this means is that once you get your customization scripts right, you can flash any UC capable ROM and all your apps and settings will be restored as part of the initial customization process whenever your SD card is inserted in the slot.

How do you set up UC? By placing a file called "SDConfig.txt" in the root directory of your storage card. The best way to illustrate this is to show examples. Here is my SDConfig.txt:

LOCK:Enabled
CAB: \Storage Card\Cabs\Tiltkeyboardfix.cab
CAB: \Storage Card\Cabs\removeHiddenProxy4CWS_0522.cab
CAB: \Storage Card\Cabs\s2u2v99c.cab
CAB: \Storage Card\Cabs\CapScrUtil.CAB
CAB: \Storage Card\Cabs\Communicator mobile.cab
CAB: \Storage Card\Cabs\CorePlayer.PocketPC.cab
CAB: \Storage Card\Cabs\HTC_GPS_TOOL.cab
CAB: \Storage Card\Cabs\SpbBackup.cab
CAB: \Storage Card\Cabs\SpbPocketPlus4.arm.cab
CAB: \Storage Card\Cabs\SpbTime2.arm.cab
CAB: \Storage Card\Cabs\SpbWeather.arm.cab
CAB: \Storage Card\Cabs\SplashID.CAB
CAB: \Storage Card\Cabs\SplashPhoto.CAB
CAB: \Storage Card\Cabs\SPTimeSync.cab
CAB: \Storage Card\Cabs\stdtime.PPC30_ARM.CAB
CAB: \Storage Card\Cabs\tomtom_6_032_8351.cab
CAB: \Storage Card\Cabs\VisualGPSceInstall.CAB
CAB: \Storage Card\Cabs\ip.PPC_ARM.CAB
CAB: \Storage Card\Cabs\SleuthKaiserVoip.cab
CAB: \Storage Card\Cabs\TPGProvisioning.cab
CAB: \Storage Card\Cabs\GSM610.CAB
CAB: \Storage Card\Cabs\GoogleMaps_compressed.CAB
CAB: \Storage Card\Cabs\LiveSearch.cab
CAB: \Storage Card\Cabs\Pieff.cab
XML: \Storage Card\Cabs\SleuthProvisioning.xml
LOCK:Disabled
RST: Reset

Here are some important facts to remember:

end your file with the "RST: Reset" command

The file cannot be UNICODE

All commands must be in UPPER CASE. CAB: is valid but Cab: is not. Case is not important in the parameter portion however: \Storage Card\CABS\myCAB.cab is the same as \storage card\cabs\mycab.cab.

Cabs that specifically wait for additiional user input (other than the initial location) can be loaded but require special grouping. An example of this is the 1-calc installation which stops and makes you accept a license agreement. Go here to find out how to load these. Thanks booda!

Tabs/Spaces at the end of a line are not allowed and will cause SDAutoRun to abort on a file not found error.

The first 5 characters of a line are reserved for the command. The parameter for the command must begin on the 6th character That means to add one space to 4 character commands like "CAB:" and no spaces to 5 character commands like "HIDE:".

Here's the current list of UC related software tools

DoeDoe's SDConfig.txt creator.

.reg -> xml conversion tool

XML Notepad 2007

CeRegEditor (can find registry changes)

DaveShaw's Folder Copy utility

Please Read This if You want to know about UC and Provxml and Registery CSPs Read this

and After all See this

What is AppToDate ?

Paul over at MoDaCo is starting to get some interest in a new application he's developing - basically it involves developers providing some XML with their installer that ties in with some similar XML on the applications' download page on their web server.

When a new version is released, the XML on the download page is updated, "AppToDate" will check the download server and you'll be able to see that a new version is available.......

AstraWare, Developer One and SK-Tools have already expressed an interest in making their software work with "AppToDate".......what are you waiting for!?!?!

I'll stop babbling, this is what Paul posted over at MoDaCo "AppToDate"