PocketRSS version 1.42 support@happyjackroad.com *NOTE: a complete set of Help files are located on the PocketPC after installation. To access Help, on PPC, Start->Programs->PocketRSS, Options|Help Sections --------------------- 1) About 2) Installation 3) Configuring 4) Uninstalling 5) Known Limitations 6) Version changes ----------------------------- 1) About ----------------------------- PocketRSS is a Today Screen plugin and stand-alone application which allows a quick and easy method of displaying various types of RSS/OPML compliant data on your Today Screen. It does require a connection to the Internet from the PocketPC, but is designed to still function while offline. PocketRSS is designed to run on a PocketPC 2002/2003 device that has an internet connection. This means that your PocketPC must have one of the following... - a wired LAN card - a wireless LAN/WAN card - a modem card - a bluetooth connection to an internet enabled device - or is a PocketPC 2002/2003 device using ActiveSync's Pass Through connection ----------------------------- 2) INSTALLATION ----------------------------- NOTE: Due to the nature of Today Screen plugins, PocketRSS should be installed in main memory and not on an external storage card. To install PocketRSS, simply run PocketRSSPPC142.exe. If performing a reinstall, you can simply use the new installer to perform the reinstall. After installing, you should restart your PocketPC, make sure the device is connect to the internet, and then configure PocketRSS. Once installation is complete, PocketRSS will consist of a several critical files... On PocketPC device PocketRSS.exe - PocketPC application PocketRSS.dll - Today Screen plugin cache\*.xml - sample source files help\*.htm - help files ----------------------------- 3) CONFIGURING ----------------------------- - To Configure the PocketPC device(after installation)... A) configuring PocketRSS Application 1 - On your PocketPC, goto Start->Programs->PocketRSS 2 - Configure Network Settings: Options|Configure|Network Connection 3 - Add a Source: File|Add New Source A) configuring PocketRSS Today Screen 1 - On your PocketPC, goto Start->Programs->PocketRSS 2 - Configure Today Screen: Options|Configure|Today Screen 3 - goto Start->Settings->Today->Items, enable PocketRSS ----------------------------- 4) UNINSTALLING ----------------------------- To uninstall PocketRSS, do the following steps... 1 - On your PocketPC, goto Start->Programs->PocketRSS 2 - Uninstall: Options|Uninstall 3 - Perform instructions listed. 4 - On Desktop, Open ActiveSync, select Tools|Add/Remove Programs from menu 5 - Select PocketRSS to remove from your PocketPC device. ------------------------------ 5) Known Limitations ------------------------------ - Requires direct connection to internet(from device) to download data, unless you are using PocketPC 2002/2003 and ActiveSync 3.5/3.7. - There is a refresh delay when display is resized on Today Screen. - Might take a minute or so for connection to timeout when trying to connect to a web server that is running slowly. - Might not work with all types of proxy servers. ----------------------------- 6) Version changes ----------------------------- 1.42 - fixed failure to share hardware navigation control with other active applications. - added ToolTips for Toolbar items. 1.41 - added fix for parsing international character sets not encoded with UTF-8. 1.40 - support for ATOM v0.3 syndication format. - support international character sets encoded in UTF-8. - use of hardware navigation control in article viewer mode. - new AutoReload events: ActiveSync detection, user-defined scheduled times. - ability to set cache folder. - updated Today Screen icons and menu management. - disabled automatic attempt to reload data when simply switching to view a new source on Today Screen. - better support for when a feed source does not have a title. - ability to cancel a reload event on Today Screen. - fixed failure to switch to PocketRSS when minimized on WM2003 devices. - fixed handling for when corrupt webdata is found. 1.30 - updated RSS management mode. - alpha sorted. - group/Sub-group organization. - list font sizing. - drag-n-drop organization of sources. - new article viewer mode. - alpha/date/priority sorting. - read/unread filter. - article expiration filtering. - import generic OPML subscription files. - FeedDemon, NewsDesk, RSSBandit, SharpReader, etc. - export PocketRSS sources as OPML subscription. - better support for ill-formed RSS data. - display of Source/Article dates. - third-party browser support on Today Screen. - limit number of items per Source on Today Screen. - single or multiple source viewing on Today Screen. 1.21 - added support for feeds with embedded CDATA. 1.20 - added support for non-standard ABC News 0.93 feeds. - fixed ability to delete broken feeds. 1.11 - added support for PocketPC 2003 devices. 1.10 - added support for Importing a Radio Userland OPML subscription listing - added support for third-party browsers 1.03 - added support for OPML 1.1 feeds 1.02 - added support for longer URL entries - added support for RSS 2.0 feeds 1.00 - initial public release of PocketRSS Test environments... Device: Compaq iPaq 3600, 3800, and 2200 series Active Sync version: 3.5 and 3.7 PocketPC OS version: 2002 and 2003