Create CAB (MS Cabinet) File

This dialog allows you to create CAB archive files. You can compress any files to CAB file and distribute it with your setup.exe. Use Decompress CAB file command in your installation script to unpack CAB files.

Destination File

Specifies a full path for the result CAB file or files.

Type

No limit - the installation will not be divided into volumes.
Volume size (KB) - you have to specify volume size as kilobytes in the field below.
Volume size (MB) - you have to specify volume size as megabytes in the field below.

Volume size

Maximum volume size in Kilobytes or Megabytes according Type.

Ignore wildcards

You can specify wildcards of excluded files (by semicolon). These files will be ignored during the packing process. You can use '*' and '?' characters.

*.bak; temp*.dat

Source files (wildcards) or directories

File, wildcard or folder

Enter a filename (including path and drive designation) or a folder on your computer, which should be included in the setup, or use the browsing buttons to select them. If you enter a directory, it will be packed together with all of its files and then re-created on the target computer.

C:\data\*.dbf 
C:\myapp\*.* 
C:\picture 
C:\files\myfiles.a??

Recursive Search

Checked => enables the recursive search in all subdirectories.

Seek Files Only

Checked => uses the specified wildcard for seeking the files only.