Microsoft SDK for Java

Archiving Library Files

When delivering libraries in a cabinet file, the files to be compressed and delivered are archived in one cabinet file called the inner cabinet. This file is itself archived in another cabinet file (called the outer cabinet) with a .inf file. The .inf file, based on the Master.inf template found in the %SDKDIR%\Readmes directory, is used by the setup engine in Microsoft® Internet Explorer. It contains the names of the libraries, where they should be placed, the class identifier used in the HTML <OBJECT> tag, and so on.

The use of the .inf file only pertains to libraries, which are referenced by using the <OBJECT> tag. It does not pertain to applets.

The following topics describe how to create cabinet files for libraries:

Creating a .INF File
Building Cabinet Files for Libraries
For information on the HTML tags to use to download Java libraries from a Web page, see Accessing Java Libraries.

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