Software Deployment

Blackberry have released a doco on repackaging their desktop app. I used it and got it working fine. The main point is setting up the custom action to install the USB driver correctly.

http://www.blackberry.com/knowledgecenterpublic/livelink.exe/fetch/2000/8179/271477/Repackaging_the_BlackBerry_Desktop_Software_Installer.pdf?nodeid=348354&vernum=1

I might have some other info as well.....let me look aronud here and I'll post it if I find it.

Thank you for the document, but is generally considered "Against best practice" when repackaging someone else's MSI file. I will use the document as a last resort.

I agree and I dont like repackaging vendor msi installations but in some cases you have to and considering some of the packages I have seen from vendors......its preferable in my opinion.

Vendors are happy to include just about any file in their installation and in lots of cases those files shouldnt be included.

Thanks for posting about this document. I've been struggling with trying to deploy BlackBerry via AD (computer side) for some time now.

I'm using WinInstall LE 2003 to repackage and ORCA to modify the tables. I've understood and done everything except the Binary Table part. Can you give a step-by-step for that piece? I've downloaded the files dllwrap.ini and dllwrap.dll but I can't seem to find the right way to add them to the MSI.

Thanks!

Well I use Wise Package Studio so I cant make a step by step for winstall for you....but you dont have to instert the binary data....just create the custom actions and point it to the dll's.

Make the custom properties as the doco requests and then make your custom actions. These custom actions will populate the binary tables for you.

CA1

Call DLL from Installation
Name it DLLWrapStartup or any name you choose
Browse to the dllwrap.dll in your installation
Function name is DLLWrapStartup

CA2

Call DLL from Installation
Name it RIM_SetupCopyOEMInf or any name you choose
Browse to the dllwrap.dll in your installation
Function name is DLL1

CA3

Call DLL from Installation
Name it DLLWrapCleanup or any name you choose
Browse to the dllwrap.dll in your installation
Function name is DLLWrapCleanup

There is a couple of sample msi files listed in the doco....I suggest you download them and have a look at them.

Thanks for the break down. I actually use ORCA to modify the tables and WILE2003 only to repackage so that helped.

Has anyone gotten this to work with 3.6 SP2? All I manage to get is a protocol error with my USB Blackberry. I've hit my frustration level and given up. [:'(]

OK, I went back to trying to repackage BlackBerry Desktop manager 3.6 SP2. This time I was mostly successful. (About all I can hope for [8|])

By following these instructions (thanks MSIMaker):
Repackaging BackBerry Desktop Software

And then the resolution here:
Protocol Error Data Transfer Aborted

My package works!

I hope this helps anyone else trying to do this frustrating task. Why, oh why, can't RIM release a straight .msi without the setup.exe???