YiShow Explorer for CLIE v6.3
Table of Contents
About YiShow Explorer
Supporting Documents
Applicably Models
Version Changes
Screenshots
How to use
Software Installation
Setup
Palm Icon Display Mode
Palm Detail Listing Display Mode
External Storage Card Icon Display Mode
External Storage Card Detail Listing Display Mode
Specifying Copy Directory Screen
Select File Copy Destination Directory Screen
Using YiShow to View Image
Using YiShow to View DOC File
Using YiShow to View Text File
Customizing YiShow
Other Convenience Features
Legal
Contact Us
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YiShow Explorer for CLIE is a powerful application Launcher for Sony CLIE handheld PDAs. It integrates the functions of viewing pictures, reading e-books, and managing files in one program. Its features include:
- Easy operation and high speed picture viewing.
- BMP/PCX/GIF/JPEG/Picture Gear Pocket format support.
- Smooth scrolling for images larger than the screen resolution.
- SlideShow image viewing.
- DOC/MeDOC file format support and the ability to show and bookmark such files stored in RAM/Memory Stick.
- Text file support: able to view and bookmark text file stored in MS.
- Support View Chinese(GB2312) and Korea(KSC-5601).
- Launcher functionality that is able to directly launch programs stored in Memory Stick.
- Creation of short-cuts for programs, images, DOC/MeDoc documents that are stored in Memory Stick for easy access.
- Automatic import/export for programs stored in the memory stick's palm/Launcher directory.
- Creation of short-cuts for programs, images, and DOC/MeDoc documents that are stored in Memory Stick for easy access.
- User self-customizable skin: you can change the look of for YiShow's buttons, CLIE built-in icons, and file type bitmaps with high resolution support.
- Provides Pop-up and Tab type Category management with drag-and-drop support.
- Hidden programs, directories, and files based on system security settings.
- Flawless file management support: You can copy files between RAM <-> MS and MS <-> MS. You can easy copy files between different Memory Sticks.
- Viewing modes for low resolution icon, high resolution icon, and detail listing.
- Support for CLIE PEG High resolution and color
- Support for CLIE PEG Memory Stick and Jog Dial
- Support for CLIE PEG Hardware JPG decoding function
- Support for CLIE PEG 320x480 display
- Support for CLIE PEG Hardware Keyboard.
You can download YiShow's trial version here and use it for 30 days. Please purchase the official version after trying for 30 days at Handango or Palmgear.
YiShow Explorer supports the following formats
- BMP: Un-compressed 16-color, 256-color and true color format
- PCX: 256-color and true color format
- JPEG: gray and true color format
- Picture Gear Pocket: Supports compressed/un-compressed 256-color and 65K-color format stored in RAM or Memory Stick
- GIF: These GIF files are not available: files with progressive attribute and animation files.
- DOC/MeDOC: Supports viewing DOC files stored in RAM or Memory Stick
- Text: supports viewing Text (Windows format) files storing in MS
- Supports installing files into RAM that are stored in Memory Stick and directly launching programs from Memory Stick
- Restriction on viewing images: True color images can be viewed only on OS v4.0 or above.
- Restriction on image size: The size of viewable images is device dependent
YiShow Explorer can be used on CLIE PEG series and supports high resolution display. However, only CLIEs with OS v4.0 or above are capable of showing true color BMP/PCX/GIF or JPEG images.
- The function that indicate in Chinese and Korean was added to "Doc Viewer". Multilanguage system is not indicated, it can indicate in Simple-Chinese(GB2312) and Korea(KSC-5601) through installing the font of YiShow Explorer. If the main memory were not enough, the font could be saved in memory stick(/palm/programs/yishow/font/).
- The function of row unit scroll, automatic scroll, the setting of TAB letter width, etc. were added to "Doc Viewer".
- The Icon of "Title bar","Info","Battery","Memory", etc. in Launcher screen could indicate or non indicate individually.
- The operation of JOG, Button were changed when "for Palm Version" updated.
- If you're upgrading from previous version, please uninstall the previous version first from the standard Launcher before you proceed the upgrade.
- When starting an application from a memory card, the function which synchronizes a database was added.
- The function which display/un-displays a category tab bar was added.
- The scroll bar was added.
- The button which carries out right-and-left movement of the tool bar was added.
- The setting item which disabled cache used when displaying the icon of a memory card was added.
- It changed so that a list mode could also use a category bar.
- The function on which DOC/PGP is not displayed by "all" the category was added.
- Fixed the bug which causes an error by SJ-33.
- Supports CLIE PEG-TH55's 320x480 screen.
- When displaying icon explanation of a launcher screen, the function which penetrates the background color of a character was added.
- Added color setting for displaying Category Tab.
- Support the displaying of GIF grafic files.
- DOC/Text files in big size are available.
- The format of background appearance is changed. When a picture in small size is used as background, the files in the database is diminished accordingly, which saves the RAM.
- The Category Tab editing page will be activated if you press the Category Tab button more than 0.5 seconds.
- The secrecy function is improved: if the system key is set, you have to input the key to change Category Tab from the hiding form to the displaying form,and you have to input the key if you want to exit from YiShow.
- This function is available: when you turn off your palm, your system will be automatically locked.
- Fixed the bug which causes an error in PalmOS v3.x and v4.x.
- Added feature that can automactically set system's "Security" setting to "Hide Records" when the power is turn off.
- Added a menu item for system's "Security".
This version newly added support for CLIE PEG-UX50 with enhanced interface and features:
- Supports CLIE PEG-UX50's 480x320 screen. At Launcher's interface all graphics and DOC files can be shown on 480x320's screen.
- Enhanced Category Tab's capability. You can now not only display Tab bar at all four directions (top, bottom, left & right), but also switch between Icon and Text view of those Tab's. You can also hide specified Item too.
- Category's Tab will be automatically sorted. You can still drag the Tab for custom arragement.
- Enhanced Tool bar capability to allow you select the feature you like from 20 pre-defined functions.
- Added Select Mode. If you select functions such as copy or delete, you will be brought into the Select Mode for a choice of multiple Icon, which allow batch operation.
- Unified the operation method of List Mode and Icon Mode. The different now is when you are in List Mode and select "All" for Category, then all the database in RAM will be listed.
- You can select to hide Title and/or QuickLauncher Bar now.
- You can set the screen to be either "Default" or "High-Color" Mode. The screen will use 256-color mode for "Default", while it will forcing to use HiColor when the mode is "High-Color". If you have setup to use a background image, the screen will use the same mode as background image's.
- Enhanced keyboard support, you can use keyboard to perform most of the basic operation now.
- Enhanced battery and RAM capacity's Icon mode.
For this version upgrade:
- Fixed the bug that cannot display compressed high-color bitmap, with higher displaying speed..
- Added function to delete read-only file.
For this version upgrade:
- Added feature that sub-directories can be deleted along with the parent directory.
- Fixed a bug in v5.6 that cannot open DOC, PGP stored in RAM.
For this version upgrade:
- Completely rewrote the engine to display Text file, changing font will no longer require to reload the file now. After this rework, not only displaying Text file is more stable and robust, but also the footprint of YiShow is reduced by 6KB.
- Added capability to identify WebClipping database file. Now WebClipping database will correctly being shown on the Explorer.
- Fixed a bug in v5.5, that the List content of the font in Setup screen is wrongly programmed for the Palm version.
- Fixed a bug for PalmOS 3.5x and 4.xx's CLIE that when setting up the Target for directory section, an error was occurred.
For this version upgrade:
- Enhanced background setting. You can use any kind of background, regarding the image resolution, as long as YiShow can displays.
- Added the ability to scale up the small image for background.
- Added the ability to force a high-color image into 256-color mode.
- Added the ability to right-align icons. You can set to align icons to either left or right in “Setup”.
- Added auto refresh of registered program in QuickLauncherBar. You can set the number of software to be refreshed in “Setup” or totally disable it.
- Added color setting for displaying DOC/Text.
- Added functionality for switching Battery and RAM display mode.
- Added supports for multi-external storage cards.
- Category will be sorted before display when using “TAB”.
- Fixed several bugs in v5.3.
- Various performance tuning.
For this version upgrade:
- Added support for PalmOS5.0. Now you can run YiShow for CLIE on CLIE NX series.
- Added Quick Launch Bar so that you can drag frequently used application on it for easy access.
- Added option to turn off digital battery meter and available internal RAM.
- Added option to turn off automatic database scanning.
- Added option to only set text description when selecting an icon.
- Due to an increment of functionality, the setup section for graphic/DOC display will be separated from Launcher's.
- Many other enhancement such as faster screen refresh rate.
- Added feature for setting the font's color.
- Largly enhanced database management's function. You can select ROM Appl/RAM Appl in RAM listing mode to display the program's database and preference database for copy/delete operation. For details please read Palm Detail Listing Display Mode.
- Reduced the number of automatic database scan.
- Skin management is added. Now you can manage skins through SKIN Manager (under Options) for changing the skin and wallpaper; just simply store the skin in the directory "/palm/programs/YiShow/SKIN" in a memory stick, and wallpaper in "/palm/programs/YiShow/Wallpaper". For details please read Customizing YiShow.
- Quickly display program icons stored in MS.
- When viewing MeDOC files, you can switch between subjects by rotating the jog while pressing it down.
- Fixed error when displaying nonexistent icons after revising the installed skin.
- Fixed error that cannot switch directory at the choose directory screen.
- Added strong support for palm/Launcher in the memory stick. When you store programs in the palm/Launcher directory, you can use them the same way as those stored in internal RAM, with category management support as well. Also, when inserting and removing memory sticks, YiShow will automatically import/export those programs in the palm/Launcher without losing category settings. It is easier than using shortcuts.
- Supports category setup for applications using PiDirect. The category setting will be maintained even when stopping PiDirect, performing HotSync, or removing MS.
- Supports PEG T4xx/SL-10 series B&W devices; you can use wallpaper with these devices now.
- Added support for forcing icon transparency. YiShow will try to make the icon transparent when you have setup the wallpaper for improved viewing. However, please bear in mind that version 1.0 icons don't support transparency and this may result in an error when used.
- Supports creating shortcuts for directories. After you have created a shortcut for a directory, you can directly jump to it at the Launcher screen.
- When dragging and dropping an icon, the real icon image is used for improved visibility.
- Added support for viewing images; you can zoom the image, and display previous and next images by tapping the screen.
- Added support for displaying the image filename when displaying an image.
- Under detail listing mode, you can use Graffiti to input an initial letter to scroll the corresponding program to the top of the screen.
User interface is completely modified in this version. Tab-type Category management is added for easy access and you can switch between Tool bars. Nonetheless, 16bit background images are finally supported; you can now enjoy beautiful launcher screens.
Added Tab-type Category management for easy access and you can switch between Tool bars. Added 16bit background and skin support for PalmOS 4.0 and above. Since using 16bit background with 33MHz CPU may cause extra processing delays, you may want to use 256-color (8bit) backgrounds instead. For CPU of speeds 66MHz or above, the delay is negligible. For background images, you can now use PCX, PGP, JPEG formats instead of only BMP. Particularly for PGP images, you can beam them to other Palms or simply Hot-sync them with your PC. It not only provides an easier way to change the background image, but it also lets users without MS enjoy this function. Added 16bit icon support. Through the Skin setup, you can change Title bar, Tool bar, and icons to high resolution with high color. With using a 16bit background, you can create a very beautiful launcher screen. However, the launcher screen will only switch to use 16bit color when using a 16bit background; so you can only use 16bit skin with it. Short-cut format changed. Now the new YiShow's short-cut can be displayed like normal files. You can even launch it directly if it's executable. All the short-cuts created with the old version will be deleted. Deleted DOC, PGP, and ShortCut categories. Added button for displaying DOC and PGP and the button for Palm/Launcher. Added the ability to copy files between different Memory Sticks with one CLIE. Added the ability to change the font for launcher screen and display mode. Added the ability to change time/date display format.
Added complete support to view and bookmark Text (Windows Format) files. Now you can view Text files, which you can save in MS, in the CLIE without converting it into a DOC file. Added pop-up command menu functionality at the Launcher screen via icon tap-and-hold, that is, tap the icon and hold it for awhile. Added the functionality to rename an icon at the Launcher screen. Added support to WebClipping such as "ccc". Added the ability to change the status bar with Skin. Increased the number of Hi-res icon. Fixed the bug that during file manipulation, choosing Cancel will lose the original file. Fixed the bug that will cause a Fatal Error when changing the grid size from 1x8 to 5x8.
- Added ability to refresh the applications list, which can be used when an installed program's icon is not shown in the launcher list.
- Improved the security level for hidden files. No attribute can be modified when the Security is set to "Mask Records".
- YiShow can now display JPG images larger than 1024x768 on NR70(V) now, with contracted display at appropriate compression levels.
- Greatly improved application launching speed.
- Added the ability to edit a program's category by dragging the icon to the "Category" button.
- Added the ability to hide directories and files stored in RAM/MS
- When using SlideShow, a progress bar is no longer shown.
- Fixed bug that cannot correctly identify MeDoc format files.
- Fixed bug that pressing the hard key when viewing DOC file will cause fatal error.
- Fixed bug that will return to the previous run program when exiting YiShow from the menu.
- Improved application launch speed.
- Fixed messed code in the listing screen when running YiShow on N6x0 with OS 4.0.
- Fixed: Jog Dial cannot be applied to some remaining categories when deleted a category.
- Fixed conflict between YiShow and PowerJOG.
- Improved program launching speed to some extent.
- Increased the number of icons that can be set to use high resolution for built-in CLIE applications.
- Added the ability to move the program icons to the top by writing the program name's initial character in the Graffiti area. However, the sorting is based on the file name in MS.
The main changes in this update are:
- Added the ability to set the function of each hard key.
- Skin is now able to change the build-in application's icon
- Fixed the strange behavior when playing MP3 after running YiShow in beta2.
- Fixed the bug that when opening some unreadable files that stored in MS will cause fatal error in beta2.
This version includes the ability to use Skins and improved the display of high resolution buttons, so that it's more elegant now. Other major changes are:
- Added the ability to use Skinning
- Complete support of high resolution buttons
- Fixed bug that several categories in Japanese version CLIEs cannot be used normally in beta1.
- Fixed screen size bug in beta1 that occurs when renaming files and creating directories, which need character input.
This version includes significant modifications. Added support for newly released CLIE NR series which includes 320x480 high resolution in launcher screen, document manipulation, and DOC and image viewing. Other major changes include:
- Added support for the new Sony CLIE NR series' 320x480 resolution.
- Added support for Sony's Picture Gear Pocket format image. YiShow can now view 8bit and 16bit compressed/uncompressed images that are stored in either RAM or MS
- Added high speed JPG image viewing feature (Only applicable on NR series).
- Changed the icon select status when changing the background image, so that selecting icons will be more pleasing to the eye.
- Improved the drag and drop operation so that the action can be visually expressed now.
- Improved YiShow start-up/shut-down speed.
- Some other minor tuning.
This is a complementary version for v4.0. The usability and launcher are greatly improved by features such as improved Jog Dial support, the ability to add program shortcuts, and file listing view mode. Other changes include:
- Added support for MeDoc format files.
- Improved the setup and launching mode of bookmark with full Jog Dial support.
- Added the ability to create short-cuts for files, which YiShow supported, that are stored in MS for easy access.
- Improved support for Jog Dial. At the Launcher screen you can now use Jog Dial to change category and file type.
- Provided functionality similar to Windows Explorer's right click which can be activated by extended pressing of the Jog Dial in icon and file listing mode.
- Added the ability to manipulate file attributes.
- Some other minor tuning.
Added functionality for setting the launcher's background. In addition the setup for Title bar and the number of icons shown in the launcher screen. With these features, I think the CLIE launcher can be as beautiful as PocketPC now.
320x480 Screen
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480x320 Screen
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Decompressing YiShow Explorer for CLIE will get you the following files:
yishow-English.prc
YiShow Explorer for CLIE (English version)
yishow-Japanese.prc
YiShow Explorer for CLIE (Japanese version)
Please refer to the following screen:
- If checked, YiShow will be used as the default launcher.
- If checked, the Title of the Launcher screen will be displayed.
- If selected, automatic database scanning. Strongly recommand you that do not disable automatic scanning function, it may cause fatal error when using software like PiDirect.
- If checked, you can use Category Tab Bar.
- If checked, if you launch application from memory card, it will synchronize database.
- If checked, you can use QuickLauncherBar.
- Set the number of automatic refresh item for QuickLauncherBar.
- If checked, if you power off, it will sets security mode to "Hide Records" mode.
- If checked, if you power off, it will locks Palm device.
- If checked, YiShow will display the background image in full screen mode.
- image that smaller than screen resolution will be tile.
- If checked, will also show out the DOC and the PGP in "All" Category.
- If checked, the avaliable RAM will be shown digitally.
- If checked, the remaining battery level will be shown digitally.
- If checked, selecting an icon will only highlight the text description.
- If checked, YiShow will force those icons, .
- If checked, Enable icon cache.
- Sets the Launcher's icon font color.
- If checked, transparent background color when displaying the text.
- Sets the Launcher's icon font type.
- Setup Launcher's screen color. You can set the screen to be either "Default" or "High-Color" Mode. The screen will use 256-color mode for "Default", while it will forcing to use HiColor when the mode is "High-Color". If you have setup to use a background image, the screen will use the same mode as background image's.
- Sets the number of icons shown in the Launcher screen.
- You can set to use left alignment or right alignment when displaying Icon, or even distributed average alignment.
- You can set to use top alignment or bottom alignment when displaying Icon, or even distributed average alignment.
- If checked, when contracting images for full screen display, the image length/width ratio will be maintained.
- If checked, the screen will be compressed in high speed.
- If checked, the image filename will be shown when viewing an image.
- If checked, the title will be displayed when viewing a the DOC/Text file.
- If checked, you can adjust the frontground and background color when displaying DOC/Text file.
- Sets the delay time for slide shows.
- Icon you can select in Category Tab.
- Setup the position of the Category Tab.
- Setup the display method of the Category Tab.
- Current Category Tab's Icon.
- Select the current Category Tab for modification.
- To high the Item in current Category Tab, you need to set the system's Security to "Hide Data" to be effective.
The below is an example to show you how you can compose a display by setting the Title and Category Tab:
By setting to display Category Tab at the bottom with Status Bar switched into Tool Bar, you can achive the effect of old Version Screen. The snapshot when setting Category Tab at the top of the screen. The screen effect after disabling the Title; Category Tab set at the bottom and switch Status Bar into Tool Bar. The snapshot when disabling Title and Category Tab set at the top.
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- Change the time display format.
- Launch the "Preference" application.
- Display battery status.
- Display RAM status.
- Category button.
- Display the YiShow menu.
- Category Tag. You can drag the Tag in Category Tag for custom position arrangement.
- A page view (with Previous and Next) for Category Tag.
- Launcher icon. If it's a program icon, tapping it will launch the program directly. If it is an image/DOC/Text file, tapping it makes YiShow display the content too. If you tap and hold for more than a half second, a command window will pop-up. You can also drag and drop the icon to perform file operations and category management.
- Scroll Bar.
- Launch "Security" setting.
- Switch to Tab-type Category bar.
- Page Up/Page Down button.
- Switch to display files in external storage.
- Beam button. Drag and drop an icon to this button for beaming.
- Slide Show button. Dragging and dropping an icon to this button will pop up a file management window.
- Copy button. Drag and drop an icon to this button to copy the file into external storage.
- Delete button. Drag and drop an icon to this button in order to delete it.
- Big icon display mode button.
- Small icon display mode button.
- Detail listing mode button.
- The usage are the same for each screen, except the screen for Category Tab.
- The Tool Selection List, which you can use for changing Tool Bar's function, will be popped up when you Tap-and-Hold the Tool Bar for more than 0.5 seconds.
- When you pressed button like copy or delete, the screen will change into "Select Mode".
- Though you can replace Status Bar with Quick Launcher Bar for program login purpose, you should place the Quick Launcher button onto the Tool Bar in fast launch mode. It's more convenience to launch program by popping up the Quick Launcher List via Quick Launcher button.
- Please refer to the following screens:
The snapshot for Select Mode.
The snapshot for the popped-up Tool Selection List.
The snapshot for popping Quick Launcher List via the Quick Launcher button on Tool Bar. The snapshot of a popped-up Category Select List. If you have multiple storage cards, the list will show you all the cards for you to switch into.
JOG Operation(Same uage for all the screen)
- Rotating the Jog selects an icon.
- When an icon is selected, pressing down the jog launch the program, or views the image, doc or text, etc.
- When an icon is selected, pressing down the jog for over one half second brings up the file management menu.
- When an icon is selected, pressing down the "back button" will de-select the icon.
- When no icon is selected, pressing down the jog changes the category.
- By pressing down the jog and rotating it at the same time, you can change to next page.
Keyboard Operation(Same uage for all the screen)
- Right key can selects an icon.
- When an icon is selected, Directory key (up, down, left & right) will change selected icon.
- When an icon is selected, Enter key to launch the program, or views the image, doc or text, etc.
- When an icon is selected, Space key to popup the file management menu.
- When an icon is selected, Back key will de-select the icon.
- When no icon is selected, Enter key to changes the category.
- PageUp/PageDown key to flip pages.
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- List the database and preference database of the application.
- Check box for selecting the file you want to process.
- Database Icon.
- Database name.
- Database size.
•External Storage Card Icon Display Mode
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- For details regarding each button, please refer to "Palm Icon Display Mode".
- The content of the file will be displayed when tapping the bitmap or DOC/Text file icon. If it's a program icon, the program will be executed. If it's a directory icon, the screen will switch to show the directory content.
- If you have multiple storage cards, all the cards will be listed for selecting display file type.
To create a directory, Tap File->Create Directory.
When launching a program from an external storage card, please bear the following in mind:
YiShow Explorer can execute programs from both internal RAM and external storage. Since internal RAM is typically smaller, with most devices having only 8MB, putting programs in external storage can greatly reduce the space needed by them. Nonetheless, you can organize them by creating different directories by their type or attribute for easier usage. However, please keep the following in mind if you use this feature:
- For a program composed of only a single file, just execute it directly
- For a program composed of more than one file, you can execute it in two modes as:
- Copy all the associated files into internal RAM and then execute the program.
- Turn on the "All Install" mode in the Setup menu. You can also turn on the "All Delete" option too, so that when the program exits, all the files will be cleared from RAM by YiShow Explorer. Of course, any updated data be erased and thus you will lose those changes.
- For programs that support VFS, for example KDIC v1.30, you need to put the supporting files into a pre-defined directory before executing it. In this example, you need to put the dictionary into MSFILES.
[Note]Executing programs stored in MS need double RAM space. You are encouraged to keep at least 1MB free space for proper execution.
•External Storage Card Detail Listing Display Mode
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The snapshot of display storage card in List Mode.
If you set to use "select mode" display in List Mode, you can select "all check/all clear" in the menu to select/clear all items.
Allow for directory changing. If there're multiple storage cards you can select it from the "Target" list.
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•Specifying Copy Destination Directory
When copying file(s) from external storage, you will see the following screen.
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- To copy file into other directory, select the destination directory from the tree list and click "OK".
- To copy file into internal RAM, select "Palm" as the destination. Only files with extension of prc/pdp/pga can be copied to internal RAM.
- If multiple card slots are available and you want to copy file between storage cards. First select the card, that contain the destination directory, from the "Target" list and then select the destination directory.
- If only a single card slot is available and you want to copy file between different storage cards. Select "Other MS" as destination, all the file will be temporay stored at internat RAM. Then replace the card with the target storage card, click "OK" then all the directories in the new card will be shown. Afterward just select the destination directory and click "OK" to complete the copy action.
No matter whether you're in Icon display mode or Detail listing mode, tapping an image icon will show you its content. After the picture is displayed, you have the following operations:
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JOG Operation
- Rotate the Jog up and down to view the previous or next image.
- Press down the jog to contract an oversize image to fit the screen.
- Press down the back button to exit viewing the image.
Keyboard Operation(Same uage for all the screen)
- Directory key (up, down, left & right) can scroll the screen.
- PageUp and PageDown can scroll the screen page by page.
- Enter button to contract an oversize image to fit the screen. Under the fit screen mode, pressing Enter again will flip back to normal mode.
- To exit Icon Display Mode, press "Back" button.
No matter whether you're in Icon display mode or Detail listing mode, tapping a DOC/MeDOC icon will display its content. After the content is shown, you have the following operations:
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- Close the file.
- Change the display font.
- Display MeDOC file's Index (Only MeDOC has this feature).
- Display the current location within the file. You can change the location by tapping it.
- Display the current paragraph. You can change the paragraph by tapping it.
- Jump to the beginning of the DOC.
- Jump to the defined Bookmark.
- Setup a Bookmark.
- Jump to the end of the DOC.
- Jump to the previous page.
- Jump to the next page.
JOG Operation
- Rotate the Jog up and down to flip the page.
- Press down the jog to jump to the defined bookmark.
- Press down the jog for over one half second to set a bookmark.
- Press down the back button to exit viewing the document.
Keyboard Operation(Same uage for all the screen)
- Use up/down button and PageUp, PageDown to flip pages.
- Press Enter button to jump to the defined bookmark.
- Press Space button for over one half second to set a bookmark
- Press Back to exit viewing the document.
•Using YiShow to read Text files
No matter you're in Icon display mode or Detail listing mode, tapping the Text icon will display the content. After the content is shown, you can have the following operation:
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The basic operation is the similar to DOC/MeDOC except it has no index button.
1. Customize buttons and icons with Skin.
- To setup a skin, HotSync the YiShow skin into your Palm and it will automatically be used.
- If you want to copy a skin from MS into internal RAM, first you have to delete the original skin from menu, copy the skin, and then select "Reload Skin" from the menu.
- Please note that, in order to use a high resolution skin after you install it, you have to use a high resolution background image.
- You can download skins from here.
2. You can setup the wallpaper too:
- Setup of Wallpaper
To setup wallpaper, select the image file and pop up the management window, select "Backimage" and it's done.
The useable wallpaper has to be the same size as the device's screen resolution. You can use 16-color (for mono. devices), 256-color, or true color images.
When using 256-color wallpaper, the image's color palette will be adjusted to match the PalmOS's 256-color palette. Thus the resulting image will contain some distortion if the two palettes do not match. If the image contains more colors, I suggest you use true color mode for better results. If speed comes into consideration, you can use 256-color mode with some image processing for better results.
- Resize the high/true color image to fit the device's resolution.
- Use 256-color standard palette and dithering to reduce color-space.
- To delete wallpaper
Tap Option->Delete Background.
3. Using Skin Manager for simple and fast skin/wallpaper switching
- Copy the SKIN files into the memory stick in "/palm/programs/YiShow/SKIN".
- Copy the wallpaper files into memory stick in "/palm/programs/YiShow/Wallpaper".
- From Options, select SKIN Manager.
- Select the file you want to switch to and tap the Load button as shown below:
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1. Using Short-cuts to launch/manage files
Using a short-cut for programs stored in external storage can greatly simplify operation, as if the program were stored in internal RAM. You can also manage the short-cut's category and launch it directly in the launcher screen. To create a shortcut, from the command pop-up window mentioned above, select "ShortCut". YiShow is not only capable of generating shortcuts for programs, but also DOC/MeDOC, Text and image files for convenience.
2. Hiding a file/directory from other people's viewing
In order to hide a file/directory, just set its attribute to "Hidden." This depends on the level of security set in the "Security" screen. Files that can be hidden include all types of files storing in MS, DOC, PGP, and Short-cut file storing in RAM. If you want to hide programs stored in RAM, just move it to the MS and create a short-cut for it, then hide the short-cut.
- When Security is set to "Show Records", even if the file is set to "Hidden", the file will be shown normally.
- When Security is set to "Mask Records", the file will be shown but cannot be executed.
- When Security is set to "Hide Records", file will not be shown nor be executed.
3. Edit Category
YiShow has several Category edit modes. Beside dragging and dropping icons to the category button or the tab category button, you can also tap Menu>Edit Category to edit the category as if you were editing the built-in launcher's category.
4. It is suggested that you store programs in the directory of palm/Launcher in the MS, so that you can use them the same way you using programs in RAM.
When running YiShow for the first time, it will automatically scan the palm/Launcher directory in the MS and import the programs storing in it. Then you can setup categories as if they were stored in RAM. When switching Memory Sticks, YiShow will automatically sense the change and import the new program list with their corresponding category settings. The difference between this and creating shortcuts are:
- There's no database generated in RAM.
- When changing MS, the program list will be automatically loaded with corresponding category settings.
- All the programs in /palm/Launcher will be imported at one time.
If you want to manually update the program listing for /palm/Launcher, you can select Options->Refresh Apps from the menu or by tapping the Tab-type category bar and selecting refresh.
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