Intermec CN2A, User Manual

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Chapter 4 — Developing and Installing Applications
88 CN2A Mobile Computer User’s Manual
Developing a Web-Based Application
You can develop web-based data collection applications for use
on the CN2A. For help, see any HTML source book.
The CN2A contains Internet Explorer (IE) 6.0 for Windows CE
for you to use. The Microsoft standard IE 6.0 is available from
the desktop and provides all of the common elements you expect
to find.
Installing Applications on the CN2A
There are three approaches to installing applications on the
CN2A:
• You can package your application as a cabinet (.cab) file.
Intermec recommends this approach.
• If you have a simple application, you may only need to deliver
the .exe file.
• You can copy a directory structure that contains the
application, supporting files, DLLs, images, and data files.
Intermec recommends that you:
• use .cab files to install your applications. The CN2A uses
standard Windows CE .cab files and will install third-party
.cab files. After the CN2A executes a .cab file, it deletes the
.cab file.
• store your applications in a folder specific to your application
under the \Program Files folder. These applications are
deleted during a cold boot.
• make sure that .cab files are saved after being executed and
that applications are reinstalled during a cold boot by
following the instructions in “Setting Up Applications to
Persist Through a Cold Boot” on page 94.
• store your application data in one of the folders described in
the next table.