SIS is an acronym that stands for ''Software Installation Script'', the standard software installation package format for
Symbian OS
Symbian is a discontinued mobile operating system (OS) and computing platform designed for smartphones. It was originally developed as a proprietary software OS for personal digital assistants in 1998 by the Symbian Ltd. consortium. Symbian OS ...
. SIS files are an archive, containing installation instructions, the application file (usually an .APP or .EXE file), and its dependencies. By convention .sis
x denotes a signed file.
[http://www.symbiansigned.com ]
There are different ways how a SIS file can be created. The basic approach is to create a package definition file (.pkg) that contains information about the package like the vendor, package name and what files to include in the package. Then use the ''makesis'' and ''signsis'' utilities that processes the .pkg file and creates the actual SIS file.
Other alternatives are to use the
Carbide.c++ IDE that automatically builds the SIS file as part of the build process or to graphically define and create the installation package using
PackageForge.
The Windows utility ''SISContents'' is able to convert various file formats.
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JAR (file format)
A JAR ("Java archive") file is a package file format typically used to aggregate many Java class files and associated metadata and resources (text, images, etc.) into one file for distribution.
JAR files are archive files that include a Java-s ...
, Package format used to distribute Java applets
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MBM (file format)
MBM is shortened from MultiBitMap which, as the name suggests, is a container for a set of bitmap images. The contained bitmaps are not stored verbatim. Rather, each one is stored with a modified bitmap header with no data compression or with 8- ...
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Symbian OS
Symbian is a discontinued mobile operating system (OS) and computing platform designed for smartphones. It was originally developed as a proprietary software OS for personal digital assistants in 1998 by the Symbian Ltd. consortium. Symbian OS ...
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S60 platform
The S60 Platform, originally named Series 60 User Interface, is a discontinued software platform and graphical user interface for smartphones that runs on top of the Symbian operating system. It was created by Nokia based on the 'Pearl' interface ...
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S90 platform
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External links
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Symbian developer websites60_3_0_how_to_sign_sis_files_1_4.pdf
Archive formats
Symbian OS
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