Pex Help
About Pex
Using the Pex main window
Using the Pex image viewer
Viewing image properties
Setting you own preferences
About Pex
Pex means Picture EXplorer. Pex searches for image files into a specified
folder, and dislays thumbnails for each found image. Then, you can view images,
view image properties and delete them. You can set your own preferences about
the Pex look and behaviour.
Pex is a freeware written in C# for the Pocket PC platform. You need to have
the Microsoft .Net Compact Framework on your device to use Pex.
Using the Pex Main Window
Pex has toolbar where the most part of the buttons are active only when you have selected one thumbnail. All actions offered by the buttons are available by menu and context menu.
This button opens the Change folder window to change the current image folder. This option doesn't affect you preference settings. This option is also available with the menu "Options -> Change Folder...".
For the following buttons are allowed only if you have selected a thumbnail.
This button opens the Pex Viewer. This action is also available by contextual menu "Open", menu "File -> Open" or double click on the thumbnail.
This button opens the Pex Properties window. This action is also available by contextual menu "Properties", menu "File -> Properties".
This button deletes the selected image from the Pocket PC memory. This action is also available by contextual menu "Delete", menu "File -> Delete". You must confirm your action in order to really delete the file.
Using the Pex image viewer
When you open an image (by menus or double click), Pex opens its view window. This window shows a toolbar containing the same buttons as the Windows XP image viewer. The image is displayed as your "Prefered view" settings.
Displays the previous image within the current selected folder.
Displays the next image within the current selected folder.
Displays the image to fit the screen size. If the image is smaller than the screen, it is expanded, compressed otherwise.
Displays the image with its real size.
Zoom in the image.
Zoom out the image.
Apply a clockwise 90 rotation of the image.
Apply a counter-clockwise 90 rotation of the image.
Remove the Pex title and tool bars to display the image on the whole screen. Click on the screen to return to the normal dispay.
If the image is bigger than the screen, you can navigate it with your PAD or with your stylus by drag and drop.
Viewing image properties
When you select an image, you can view its properties by selecting the "Properties" option. The window displays a thumbnails of the image and the properties of its underlying file.
Setting you own preferences
This window is available with the "Options -> Preferences..." menu only. Ths options are described here.
"Thumbnails size": you can choose the size of the thumbnails, this changes the number of thumbnails displayed by thumbnail row.
You can choose one of the three following values: "Small", three thumbnails are displayed by row on the screen, "Medium" two thumbnails, "Large" only one thumbnail is displayed.
"Draw thumbnails rectangle": Check this option if you want to see the rectangle of the thumbnail.
"Stretch small images to thumbnails": Check this option if you want the images smaller than the thumbnail be expanded to fit it.
"Default folder": Click on the following button to choose the folder used at the Pex startup.
"Prefered view": This option sets the default display mode when you open an image. You can choose "Fit to screen" or "Real size", those options are described at the Pex Viewer section.