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Creating the installation package

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Enter the project name and click OK to complete the project creation. When the deployment project is created, Visual Studio displays the file System (Setup) tab:

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Right-click the Setup project, and then click Project Output under the Add menu:

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The Add Project Output Group dialog box opens with the primary output, localized resources, and content Files selected:

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Among them, Primary output is our application body, Content files is options.xml, then localized resources is what? Because Orientation Aware control uses resource files to store the layout information of a form (for example, the location and size of controls):

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So we're going to deploy it to the target device together.

Next, I want to display a shortcut to this application in a Windows Mobile program, so I need to add a programs Folder first:

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Select Programs Folder on the left, right-click the right margin, and click Create New disambiguator:

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The Select Item in Project dialog box opens, selects creator Folder inside, and then clicks OK:

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The dialog box will further display the contents of the Creator folder, select the primary output from ALT (Active), and click OK to close the dialog box:

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At this point, a shortcut will appear to the right of Programs folder, renaming the shortcut to the name of the application:

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Finally, build the Setup project, complete!

Create a new project where the project template for deploying a Windows Mobile application is smart Device CAB project under Other project Types\setup and deployment:

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