CabTools

These tools will let you create ROM package and install CAB files from each other. I know there are already tools for them, but I didn't like them, because they had many errors. Of course my programs may have errors too, but I like them better anyway :) Some of these tools use external applications which need .NET and/or VC++ runtimes to work properly!

cab2pkg

This utility will extract a cab and create a ROM package. (just like ervius package creator). Simply tell him the cab file name as parameter, and it will extract into a new directory. (Or if you don't like the command prompt, simply drag the cab onto this file, and it'll extract it)

pkg2cab

This utility does the reverse of the above. It creates a cab installer from a ROM package.

Usage: pkg2cab [Application Name] [Directory1] {Optional directory 2} {...}

For example: pkg2cab OneNote OneNote OneNote_lang_0409

If everything goes fine the programs should create a setup.cab

pkg2cab does only support "flat" directories, so if your directory contains modules (directories that look like files), then you have to copy the file out of them manually, and delete the directory

extractpkg

This application will extract a package from a ROM, using a SYAKR file removal information file XML

Put this application into a kitchen with an extracted ROM and SYAKR

Enter command prompt and enter "extractpkg XMLfilenamewithoutextension" so for example if you want to extract the fmradio, you should write: "extractpkg fmradio"

This app does the same as SYAKR, but instead of deleting the files/registry settings/initff lines, it will copy them to a separate directory, and adds the appropriate things that are needed for a package, that BuildOs likes

BEWARE! The current SYAKR tasks are not designed for extractpkg to work, and sometimes the extraction might fail, or the created package would be defective. If so, please try to correct the XML file!

After you extracted a package you might use pkg2cab to crate a distributable CAB installer

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