Re: PythonCE on Windows CE 6.0
Banibrata Dutta <[email protected]> Tue, 28 Sep 2010 10:47:21 +0530
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--===============2091955935== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001636284bdea1e7d304914af558 --001636284bdea1e7d304914af558 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 10:35 AM, Banibrata Dutta <[email protected] > wrote: > On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 10:31 AM, Jake Anderson <[email protected]>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, Banibrata http://www.linkedin.com/in/bdutta http://twitter.com/edgeliving --001636284bdea1e7d304914af558 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 10:35 AM, Banibr= ata Dutta <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]= ">[email protected]</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"g= mail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(= 204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> <div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div class=3D"im">On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 10:31 = AM, Jake Anderson <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:yahoo@vapourforge= .com" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>></span> wrote:<br></di= v><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; bor= der-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> =20 <div text=3D"#000000" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff"><div class=3D"im"><div><div></div= ><div> On 28/09/10 14:58, Banibrata Dutta wrote: </div></div></div><div class=3D"im"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div><div></d= iv><div>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...<br> <br> <b>Setup Failed:</b> The application cannot run on this device type. Please install the application specific to this device type.<br clear=3D"al= l"> <br> 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.<br> <br> What could I do, to have PythonCE installed on this machine ?<br> </div></div><br></blockquote></div><div class=3D"im"> sounds like its not liking whatever CPU is set in the cab<br> </div></div> </blockquote></div><br>Thanks for the reply, Jake. AFAIK, the CPU for which= the PythonCE.WM.cab is built, is ARM (family). Of course, ARM family is qu= ite wide, and slight differences do exist in instruction set, this is almos= t the first time, I ran into this could of trouble. :-)<br> <br>Would building PythonCE (cross compiling) specifically my machine help = ? <br clear=3D"all"><br></blockquote></div><div><div class=3D"e"><div><br>W= ondering if this is the culprint... this is what I find in the _setup.xml i= nside the .cab file!! Which effectively means that that cab would not insta= ll when OSVersion =3D 6.00 !!!<br> <br><div class=3D"e"> <div style=3D"margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -2em;"><span class=3D"b">=A0</= span> <span class=3D"m"><</span><span class=3D"t">parm</span> <span clas= s=3D"t">name</span><span class=3D"m">=3D"</span><b>ProcessorType</b><s= pan class=3D"m">"</span><span class=3D"t">=20 value</span><span class=3D"m">=3D"</span><b>2577</b><span class=3D"m">= "</span><span class=3D"m"> /></span> </div></div> <div class=3D"e"> <div style=3D"margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -2em;"><span class=3D"b">=A0</= span> <span class=3D"m"><</span><span class=3D"t">parm</span> <span clas= s=3D"t">name</span><span class=3D"m">=3D"</span><b>OSVersionMin</b><sp= an class=3D"m">"</span><span class=3D"t">=20 value</span><span class=3D"m">=3D"</span><b>4.0</b><span class=3D"m">&= quot;</span><span class=3D"m"> /></span> </div></div> <div class=3D"e"> <div style=3D"margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -2em;"><span class=3D"b">=A0</= span> <span class=3D"m"><</span><span class=3D"t">parm</span> <span clas= s=3D"t">name</span><span class=3D"m">=3D"</span><b>OSVersionMax</b><sp= an class=3D"m">"</span><span class=3D"t">=20 value</span><span class=3D"m">=3D"</span><b>5.99</b><span class=3D"m">= "</span><span class=3D"m"> /></span> </div></div> <div class=3D"e"> <div style=3D"margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -2em;"><span class=3D"b">=A0</= span> <span class=3D"m"><</span><span class=3D"t">parm</span> <span clas= s=3D"t">name</span><span class=3D"m">=3D"</span><b>BuildNumberMin</b><= span class=3D"m">"</span><span class=3D"t">=20 value</span><span class=3D"m">=3D"</span><b>0</b><span class=3D"m">&qu= ot;</span><span class=3D"m">=20 /></span> </div></div> <div class=3D"e"> <div style=3D"margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -2em;"><span class=3D"b">=A0</= span> <span class=3D"m"><</span><span class=3D"t">parm</span> <span clas= s=3D"t">name</span><span class=3D"m">=3D"</span><b>BuildNumberMax</b><= span class=3D"m">"</span><span class=3D"t">=20 value</span><span class=3D"m">=3D"</span><b>-536870912</b><span class= =3D"m">"</span><span class=3D"m"> /></span> </div></div> <div class=3D"e"> <div style=3D"margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -2em;"><span class=3D"b">=A0</= span></div></div><div class=3D"e"><div style=3D"margin-left: 1em; text-inde= nt: -2em;"><span class=3D"m"><br></span> </div></div></div></div></div>Don&= #39;t know enough of Windows development to say for sure.<br> -- <br>regards,<br>Banibrata<br><a href=3D"http://www.linkedin.com/in/bdutt= a">http://www.linkedin.com/in/bdutta</a><br><a href=3D"http://twitter.com/e= dgeliving">http://twitter.com/edgeliving</a><br> --001636284bdea1e7d304914af558-- --===============2091955935== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ PythonCE mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonce --===============2091955935==--