Creating *.cab files

[Travis]

How is it done?  I can't seem to delete the files that are stored in the default aircraft CAB files (Beech_Baron.cab) and 7Zip and WinZip won't do, so how is it possible?  It must be, for I have downloaded aircraft with them included.

[CAFedm]

Go here...

http://download.microsoft.com/download/ ... _setup.exe

...It should present an option to install the CabDIR SDK, which is the program you need to create new .cab files. To extract an existing .cab file properly, WinZIP is required - I learned this the hard way after discovering gauge bitmaps sharing the same name but different resolution (e.g., low & hi-res) somehow coexist fine within the .cab format but cannot be manually extracted without of course causing a conflict. After having finished extracting, files may be added/deleted/etc., and then everything may be recompiled again in .cab format using the link above.

[Travis]

Well, I downloaded and followed the instructions, but I keep getting error messages.  What gives?  The CMD app tells me the commands I put in are not correct.  I'm not sure what to do . . .

[dave3cu]

Locke,

On your desktop create a new folder named Cabdir or something similar.

Copy the 'cabdir.exe' file to the new folder.

[Travis]

Sorry Dave.  Wasn't entirely clear.  I don't intend to include the Beech_Baron.cab file in my download.  I simply wanted to create one for my new Bugatti project, and was unsure how to accomplish this.  And the folders I talked about were new CAB files for other aircraft . . .

[dave3cu]

No problem Locke, I was just curious...

[Felix/FFDS]

Unless I'm mistaken, a *.cab file is simply a *.zip file.  you can zip teh files and then rename the file from "bugatti.zip"  to "bugatti.cab"  

[Travis]

Sorry Felix, I don't think that works.  I tried and all it did was give the zip file a .cab extension and keep it a zip file.

It's okay, though.  I got it all figured out, now.  Hopefully . . .