The Cabinet Software Development Kit (SDK) is available from the Microsoft Download Center. If you use the File Compression Interface (FCI) and File Decompression Interface (FDI) to develop cabinet (.cab) files, you must use the Cabinet SDK. The Cabinet SDK includes documentation and samples for FCI and FDI, as well as the Makecab.exe and Cabarc.exe files.

The Cabsdk.exe file is the self-extracting, executable file that contains all the files of the Cabinet SDK. After you download the file, double-click the .exe file to extract the files.

NOTE: You can only use these files on Intel platforms.

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:

Download the Cabsdk.exe package now. (http://download.microsoft.com/download/platformsdk/cab/2.0/w98nt42kmexp/en-us/cabsdk.exe)

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The Cabsdk.exe file contains the following files.

File name	Size
Readme.txt	4 KB
Redist.txt	13 KB
Cabarc.exe	112 KB
Makecab.exe	149 KB
Extract.exe	99 KB
Cabinet.dll	64 KB
Fci.lib	115 KB
Fdi.lib	107 KB
Fci.h	23 KB
Fdi.h	47 KB
Cabarc.doc	23 KB
Makecab.doc	169 KB
Fci-fdi.doc	58 KB
Cabfmt.doc	40 KB
Mszipfmt.doc	8 KB
Lzxfmt.doc	172 KB
Fcidll.c	6 KB
Fdidll.c	5 KB
Testfci\Makefile	1 KB
Testfci.c	12 KB
Testfdi\Makefile	1 KB
Testfdi.c	10 KB