Workshop: Reading and viewing files on PDAs and communicators Windows Mobile, Part Two

Recently, the category "Workshop" published an article devoted to the reading documents in various formats on your PDA. Judging by the heated discussion of this material in the forum, the topic is highly relevant and obviously require development. We bring to your attention the new material, which collected bypassed in the first part, but nonetheless very worthy and interesting products. At this time the paper is supplemented by personal experiences, and weighted estimates of experienced users WM PDA.

AlReader Light

The first program, which I would like to tell you - it AlReader Light. This application is still not as well known as Haali Reader or iSilo, but has every chance to stand up to these giants of the world of pocket bookreaders in a row.

Already, the program supports many formats of books, namely:
• TXT
• HTML (text only)
• FB2 (text only)
• RTF (text only)
• PRC, PDB (PalmDOC)
• PRC, PDB (zTXT mode 1)
• TCR
• DOC

Not a bad list, is not it? However, in the current version (1.18b) can not see images in the files (of course, if the file format supports these same images), only available text. But the program is continuously refined and improved, and tested at the time of writing version 2.0 is already, at least, will show the pictures in books format FB2. Also in the second version of the forward support for reading books from the zip-archive without unpacking thereof, as is done in Haali Reader. Little time on the format. Doc. Because of its support was introduced recently, auto-coding in this format does not work (it is expected that this moment will also be corrected in the second version of the program). Therefore, if you have AlReader-om. Doc-file and saw there is what you expect, do as follows: "Menu" -> "General Settings" -> "Codepage", then double-tap (press with stylus) on the string Unicode . Most likely, then your text will be readable. More remarkable than this reader?

Here is a list of the most interesting features:
• The set of supported encodings (I counted 46)
• Ability to rotate text on the screen for 90, 180, 270 degrees
• Profile support of up to 4 pieces (each profile can customize the font "for themselves, including the size, name, bold or not, the inclusion of ClearType, character width, line spacing, and set background color, text and status bar )
• Opportunity to establish the line of the text on the right or bottom - as you wish. And make settings separately for full and normal screen
• The ability to customize the status bar (in this line you can put the current time, the amount of reading as a percentage and / or pages, 1 kB, battery charge, so as not to read before a full charge).Settings are also separately for normal and full screen modes.
• 5 kinds of auto-scroll
• Fully customizable hardware buttons on the device, including the effect of joystick Left / Right / Up / Down
• Customize tapov on the screen (you can configure taps on the left and right side of the status, as well as taps into the upper, middle and bottom of the screen)
• Customizing strokes on the screen (from top to bottom, bottom to top, left to right and from right to left)
• Bookmarks with navigation on them, the transitions on the page number or percentage of reading, searching with the ability to use templates
• Ability to save quotes (quote is currently displayed on-screen text)
• Saving reads the file as TXT or PDB in the selected encoding (although us poketovodam, PDB is not very necessary, but still ...)
• Settings are stored in files, which creates a program in the same directory as itself, so that when moving to another machine should be no problems:)
• Lovely opportunity - to put as "wallpaper" hours in order not to read and do not miss something important.

Personal impressions

Personally, I AlReader something like marathon runners. African athletes have seen? Low, thin, but vynooooslivye ... That's the program at about the same "feel to the touch." Graphics - the minimum (more precisely, only the logo at the start for a split second). No you "ryushechek", "ikonochek, skins and other decorations. One hundred percent of bare functionality. But the program "flies" as a fighter, chesslovo:). Standing on my map is not the fastest CF, TXT book in there as well. Opens a book in less than a second! And in the book more than 2 MB ... Few competitors compare. Of course, most likely, the lack of "frills" and code optimization due to the fact that the program simultaneously supports and WM-smartphones with their not too big screens, and not too powerful processors, but the fact remains - it works very fast. And if you add on to the speed of a wide range of possibilities, the further development of the reading room and excellent support from the author, then we conclude that a minimum of attention from the reading of poketovodov and sorry for the long neologism "smartfonovodov" this application can rely on.

Pros:
• Speed ​​work
• multiformat
• rapid development of the program
• excellent support from the author's work including the WM Smartphones

Cons:
• not supported by pictures in the document format FB2
• not supported by reading directly from the archives ZIP.

AlReader Light - Multi great "reader", practically the only one makes it comfortable to read books in a format. Doc.

MobiPocket Reader

Followed hero of our review - MobiPocket Reader. This program belongs to the category of "prefer a format that is comfortable to work you at least need a converter file format reading room, working on a PC. This application is similar to its closest competitor - RepliGo. However, he has a substantial and very different from a competitor. Firstly, less universal converter. If RepliGo converter for installation on the PC establishes a system of its own "virtual printer" on which you can print almost any document and get the output file, which recognizes the reader on a PDA, the MobiPocket no such possibility.Secondly, MobiPocket Reader as a reading room is more appropriate than RepliGo for one simple reason - it displays the fonts are not vague, in contrast to the latter. Let us tell you more about this very interesting program. To get started please refer to converters and consider them. Convert the number "one" - MobiPocket Office Companion Pro 2.1. This converter will take the training to view documents on your PDA, create or view your programs Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, FrontPage and Visio. As you can see, "universality" of the program for office documents is very high. Moreover, when converting for images, local links, tables and so on. And while converter produces different files for the reading room, depending on what information you want to convert. For example, converting from Outlook, you can choose what kind of data converter will send the file ("Contacts", "Cases", "Meetings" and so on, until the mail). In this case, you may well, for example, throw in a separate folder Outlook'a any mailing list for a couple of months, to read that does not have time, to specify a converter, which encode only need a letter from the current folder, then fold the resulting file on the PDA and free time to look through it to the CPC on the way to work or study. Interestingly, this file before shipment to your PDA, you can see on the desktop in an emulator built reading room. Convert number two - MobiPocket Creator 4.0 Home Edition.

This converter allows you to:
• Create a book in just a few "clicks" the mouse
• Import MS Word files and text files
• Soctavlyat content of the book with links to chapters with built-in "assistant"
• Add a picture as the cover
• Use any of the ten preset samples to create books of various kinds (a photo album, cookbook, etc.)
• Oh, and much more:)

In short, the thing - not bad, quite suitable for the rapid distillation of the texts in the book for MobiPocket Reader'a. Convert number three - Mobipocket Creator 4.0 Publisher Edition.

Does all that and Home Edition, plus a little more, namely:
• Import text in Adobe PDF format
• Protects the content of the book, using a system of DRM (Digital Rights Management)
• Allows you to insert pre-favorites in the book
• Allows you to add a book metadata (author, price, etc.).

In general, a very good application for those who want to do a professional overtake book in MobiPocket (especially when you consider the price of Publisher Edition - $ 149). So, with converters such as finished. We now turn to the actual reader. What is interesting is it for?

Particularly include the following skills MobiPocket Reader:
• Ability to embed different marks in the text (up to the drawing). The text itself you can not change, but notes stand out quite well
• The ability to insert into the document (just as you read) a reference to another document or to a point in the current document
• Skinnable Control Panel: you can put there will most frequently used operations
• Custom text color, background, selection, annotations and references to the transition
• Adjustable spacing, indented from the sides of the screen, the orientation (normal, 90, 180, 270 degrees of rotation) when the program starts
• Setting hard buttons for various actions.

Another interesting feature of the reading room - to view the image at 1:1. More precisely, if while reading the book you come across a picture, it will be scaled on-screen. But tapnuv on it and choose Image Mode, you will be able to view the image in detail, including zoom, etc. In addition, MobiPocket Reader lets you read files formats. Html and. Txt, but in these conditions does not make friends with Cyrillic encodings. In any case, the output I have never received a readable text.

Personal impressions

A wonderful reader with good converters. If you need to move on the PDA book or a document with internal links and images from any program MS Office, please note it on the MobiPocket Reader.

Pros:
• excellent support for viewing images in a file
• multi-format converters
• great job with the notes in the document

Less:
• does not display the Cyrillic unconverted documents formats, HTML and TXT

PocketXpdf

Not so long ago there was another noteworthy program for viewing files in a very common format PDF - PocketXpdf. Most probably, a young program in our today's review. The first public release of this remarkable application was held on Dec. 30, 2005. For obvious reasons, reading PDF-documents on screens WM-devices, with their small size and resolution is not the greatest pleasure. Especially if the document has not passed the preliminary processing on the PC and, say, sent to you via email. In such a case come to the aid PocketXpdf.

Features:
• Free, fast growing
• Has an excellent mode «View Text Only», in which "released" all the graphics, leaving only the text. Switch pages in this mode instantly. Using it, you can find the right place in a multi-page document, and even then switch to the "natural" mode of displaying the document.In this switch is already on the correct page. Or not to switch, and read the "text" mode, if you do not need pictures.
• Set zoom settings: width, height of the screen, the usual increase or decrease, the interesting mode «Drag Zoom» (you yourself notes on the screen of the page, which will then be enlarged to the size of the screen).

• Mode «FullScreen» without disturbing many of the scroll bars at the bottom and right of the screen.

• Runs much faster than Acrobat Reader'a
• Allows you to configure "under a" joystick control.

A small "fly in the ointment" in the "ointment" called PocketXpdf: program, as seen from the version number is still in its early stages, so not everyone can make money as it should. In short, get, set, try and read with the help of any file. If you go, appreciate the convenience of working with her. Personally, I knocked down after an hour of use without any regret Acrobat Reader 2.0. This exhausts my personal experiences with dating PocketXpdf:).

Pros:
• free
• fast
• has a unique mode of «View Text Only»

Less:
• program can not work on all PDAs and communicators by early stages of development

PocketXpdf - currently the best program for viewing PDF-files on the PDA.

Westtek ClearVue Suite Professional

This product does not belong to the category "bookreaders, but to the number of viewers - at 100%. It's about application package - Westtek ClearVue Suite Professional. Versatile program that can display in the Pro version of unconverted files from your PC in formats Microsoft PowerPoint, Word and Excel, as well as view images, PDF files and even print them on some printers. Owing to the nature of our current reviews we look only to the two programs of this set - ClearVue Document, and ClearVue PDF. ClearVue Document opens fine Documents MS Word (. Doc and. Rtf). Displays links, images, tables, formatting, and displays the correct. You can adjust the zoom on the comfort value for you, including the Page Width and Whole Page («page width" and "entire page").To move through the document you can use either side scroll bar, or Screen Drag. In general, all the good programs: display all, and displays correctly ... But here it is in this "correctness" and lies the greatest disadvantage in using ClearVue Document. To read the text you have to drive the page from left to right, because there is no such function as "pruning the text to fit the screen, and if the scale page so that it is entirely fit on the screen, the text becomes unreadable. Also because of the "absolute correctness of the map," there is a problem with the display text in the document lacks you have to type fonts. No way to change the "missing" fonts to "present" in the program there. So if you do not have any font, instead of the text you see only neat rectangles. In the screenshot below, the table, the top word "Table" was typed on a PC font Times New Roman, absent from the CCP, and the bottom - the font Tahoma, by default present in all the Pocket PC. Thus, to view a document, you must at least take care that the necessary fonts on a handheld machine. As you know, you can take them directly from your desktop computer, putting on a PDA or a folder \ Windows, or \ Windows \ Fonts. Now look at the ClearVue PDF. Interface of the program "one-in-one" repeats just considered ClearVue Document. The same minimum settings, except for scaling. And the same brand exclusively for proper display of the document. Differences, in principle, only three. First, the formats it supports all the same other than the ClearVue Document. Secondly, this program can not move the viewing area of ​​the document with the help of Screen Drag. And finally, thirdly, the program slows preizryadno. And not only when you open the document. Movement progress bar, though very slow, accompanied by any change in the viewing area. You lifted a joystick in any direction - just wait a couple of seconds (tested on HP iPAQ h2210 with the processor at 400 MHz and the document size to 755 KB). Lifted a slider in the scroll bar - the same story. So use this program I personally would not, but not so much for this reason, but because of the presence of quite good competitors.

Personal impressions

If you are vital to look native documents in MS Word and see if this is not just text, note the ClearVue Document. But do not forget to stock up on a good set of fonts, as it is can not find the document relevant information. ClearVue PDF is a program I would recommend, or those who have nowhere to hurry, or PDA users with faster than me, by the processor.

Plus:
• Icklyuchitelno proper display of documents

Less:
• ClearVue Document ClearVue PDF and not very suitable for use as bookreaders in connection with an exceptionally correct display of documents:)

μBook

Another great member of the family "multi-format bookreaders» - μBook. Excellent reader, for some reason is not too common among the reading part of "poketovodov. Most likely, non-proliferation is associated with some difficulty settings μBook, however, in my opinion, this program is worthy of five to ten minutes of your time to set up "for themselves", since its capabilities are impressive.

Among them:
• Reading HTML, TXT, RTF, PDB and PRC
• Cyrillic support
• The ability to apply skins, use different fonts and colors
• Opportunity to make a bookmark, copy of the text to search for text
• Reading directly from ZIP archives
• Auto Scroll
• Full screen mode
• Landscape mode, even on machines with Windows Mobile 2003.

Little? However, to realize these opportunities, "one hundred percent." For example, if the RTF file contains links, images, tables, etc., you will see it. The links can be crossed. Similarly, in HTML: there are in your picture link, then you will see a picture, there is simply a link, then see it too. On the official website of the program to support Cyrillic, the author recommends to download and put the font Verdana Cyr, but I would not recommend doing this - very annoying to see that instead of the letter "D" appears the letter "C", and the letter "e" in general is incomprehensible squiggles ... It can do standard Tahoma. Thus, a small manual on setting up μBook to read Russian texts. After starting the program you will see "User's Guide". Click the Start button at the bottom left and in the resulting menu choose Options. Click "arrow right" after the text "1 / 2" at the bottom (it's regular page count, which means that you are on the front page of a two-page document) and on the next page, click on the link «Enter Advanced Mode». Now we are in the domain of "advanced" settings of the program. Adjusted here so much so that fans of "customize for themselves" will be something to do at night:) But now we are interested to work with Cyrillic. To do this, go to page two of the already familiar way - the right arrow at the bottom, we find on this page string Default Font. We are looking for in this line favorite font Tahoma and ... do not find it! But after the title of the Courier font can see a round icon with an arrow - it's the press. In the window titled Select Font select the Tahoma (or any other font, which stands with you and having the Cyrillic letters). The window was gone, and Tahoma appeared in the list of available fonts. Click on the word of Tahoma. Everything is now for our books and documents set the font with Cyrillic support.Think in this setting of the Russian language in this program over? Certainly not! The document may well contain an indication to use a different font (remember just considered ClearVue Document with "excessive correctness"?). Not to see the "squares" and "krakozyabrami" instead of text, you must configure-reader to ignore the "wishes" of the document in terms of displaying different fonts. To this end there, in the settings, go to page 8 and refer to chapter Parser. If there is a line «Ignore or Use document Font Names» Use active link, and the Ignore button is inactive, click the link just above the Save as Defaults. If Ignore is active (highlighted in blue with an underline), then first click on this link and then Save as Defaults. Well, now the problems with Cyrillic you should not. However, in Cyrillic file names will still displayed incorrectly, but this has to be tolerated. Now you can run through the antialiasing settings, thickness, size, contrast, font, line spacing and indentation from the edge of the screen, the screen orientation, colors, skins, buttons, autoscroll and more.

Personal impressions

A wonderful reader, with flexible and varied settings, and fit "for the specific user, as well as excellent support for RTF and HTML. Wonderfully done setting mode, ie the change takes effect immediately, so no need to move out of this mode in the text, to see what we're there "nanastraivali. For example, if you change the font size, it will be seen immediately in the options window. Of the minuses μBook - too few actions that can be secured for "iron" buttons on the PDA. In particular, the button will not "hang" screen rotation or increase the font. Otherwise, it's a very good reader.

Pros:
• excellent display of documents in RTF and HTML
• a huge number of settings

Cons:
• Too much setup for a beginner, the more that the interface is not made in Russian and English
• "Crooked" Cyrillic display names of files in archives

μBook - a great program for reading books in rtf and html formats with the ability to display images and internal links.

Still, Haali Reader ...

"The appetizer" see another program. More precisely, the modification program, already described in the first part of the review, - Haali Reader. Improved it traces the two great programmer - Alan'om and / / kld aka voodooo. Moreover, the innovations implemented by them, are so vast, numerous and diverse that, in essence, we now have another piece of software. So, what can the new Haali Reader? Well, of course, all that knows how original Haali Reader. In this version are implemented: the same multi-format, reading from the archives, the rate of work. Changes were made to the basic functions of management, status bar read and display functions. In addition, the interface is now made entirely in Russian. Agree, for many this alone mean very much, but when you consider the unimaginable number of options have emerged, the "speaking in Russian" reader can not but rejoice. First, about the external changes. Cimpatichnee, in my opinion, now will look like, and the Progress Bar. Now it's called the status bar.And, if earlier in Progress Bar'e could set itself the very strip of progress in reading, digital display of the current position in the document and the length of the document, time and battery power, it is now, but you can see where the battery indicator (the band at all width of the screen type you have made an indicator of SPB Pocket Plus), as well as displaying the number of read as a percentage. In addition, the opportunity to put in the status bar any of the five controls - "Font Settings", "Next Profile", "autoscroll", "Add Bookmark" and "Configuration dictionary." Now in the status bar can be configured and fonts. Moreover, any element can be displayed in bold. That you wanted to make the time better conspicuous than the battery - totally doable. Also, you can now select and line spacing (possible values ​​from -5 to 5, the value indicates how the interval will be reduced). Let us now change, the authors carried out modifications to the management of the program. In Haali appeared tap-zones of nine pieces. To tap into any of them can "hang" a single action (for example, on tap in the upper left corner - go to the previous page, and on tap in the center - moves to the next). The choice of actions is very large, important - do not forget, for a zone that is fixed:). Appeared and the context menu, called long tapom. Moreover, the items in it customizable. You will be able to decide what items you want in this menu. Moreover, they vary depending on the situation. For example, if no text is selected at the time of the call-up menu, then the item "Copy" in the menu, you will not find, even if in the settings menu indicated that this item should be present. Change profile settings. Now in the profile are saved not only the color settings, and font settings (name, size, "fat" or not), anti-aliasing font and line spacing. Changes have affected and exports. If before we could keep from Haali Reader just bookmark it now possible to save the settings (as Haali settings stored in the registry, then they are exported in a format reg-file, which you can then import to another machine, for example, using the file manager Resco Explorer with installed plug-in Resco Registry). It is also now possible to store the citations from the text. And, if you select "Save quotation" on-screen text was selected, then as a quote in the file is written it was he. If the selected text was not - as the quote is written all the text currently displayed on the screen. As a dictionary with Haali can now be used not only dictionaries of SlovoEd, Lingvo and proprietary format Haali Reader, but dictionaries freeware Dict (requires that a version installed Dict 1.4 or later). As you can see, the work of respected and Alan / / kld done not just big, but I would say, awesome. And all this for the benefit of us who read poketovodam. From himself and army of thousands of fans read on a PDA would like to express my deep gratitude and author of the program, and everyone who worked on the modification of the original. Thank you so much!

Personal impressions

This reader - the most favorite for me. Compound basis Haali Reader and numerous changes done by programmers at the request of the reading public, gave a new product, do not be afraid of the word, a world-class.With regard to the pros and cons of the program, the merits of Haali Reader so much, that will list all the difficult, but significant shortcomings just do not. Naali Reader amended on Alan'a and / / kld - a great tool for reading and viewing documents, not in need of advice.

Personal conclusions

As a result of long and careful selection of programs for reading and viewing documents on the PDA I have settled down the following instances:
• AlReader Light - to read books in a format doc, fb2 without images
• μBook - read files in HTML and RTF
• PocketXpdf - PDF reader
• MobiPocket Reader - for reading a variety of documents prepared in the programs of MS Office applications
• RepliGo - to read documents that are converted to a PC from some "exotic" format by printing it on a "virtual printer" (the story about her was in the first article)
• Haali Reader amended by Alan and / / kld for reading books as downloading them directly in the format fb2.zip
• iSilo, also referred to in the first review, read articles and reviews with HPC.ru on a PDA:)

I must say that these programs cover 99% of my needs in terms of reading and viewing documents. In my collection is not only support the format «doc with pictures." However, ClearVue Document, which provides it, I personally use very inconvenient. So that if necessary I'll just convert these documents to a PC in a convenient format for me to read in iSilo or MobiPocket Reader or FB2.

General conclusions

As a general summary of the two parts of the review of programs to read and view text documents on the WM-devices offer to meet with a summary table format supported by these applications. See and choose what suits you personally. However, before we give a little explanation to the table. Yellow, we noted the most honored application. Thus, the results of two articles, "Editor's Choice" received SHM Reader, SmartDjVu, PocketXpdf, iSilo, Haali Reader (Alan & / / kld), AlReader Light and μBook. The authors, translation:

Workshop: a file manager for devices running Windows Mobile

At this time it will focus on this important class of programs for mobile devices, such as file managers. Yes, yes, of course, all typewriters running Windows Mobile is already pre-installed software File Explorer (aka "Explorer") from Microsoft, allows you to somehow move, copy, delete files. But unless this work is limited to the contents of your PDA? By the way, and usability of these built-in application - is doubtful. In general, we proceed to an analysis of the topic. Immediately before the main programs, the participants make a small clarification. The fact that "nature" there are so-called "extenders" standard File Explorer and common file managers. Application of the first type simply add some features in the "Explorer" (for example, support of archives ZIP, new items in context menu, etc.). Examples of such software - a lot. One of the most trivial - OpenWith. This utility simply adds to the context menu of "Explorer" item of the same name from which you can select an application to open a file. Another option - File Explorer Extension - is more interesting because the skimpy adds "Explorer" item for copying the path to the file, view file properties, opening executables with parameters etc. Here, one can not mention the widely known program SPB PocketPlus, confer Explorer abilities to work with archives ZIP, encrypt files and much more. However, the possibility of expanding the regular application is not limitless, and therefore more about the "extenders" we somehow still talk. And now tell you about the file manager in them, so to speak, detached way.

Resco Explorer 2005

Our first hero - one of the most popular products in its class - Resco Explorer 2005. Monster. Titanium. Colossus. Universal Soldier. About these definitions begin to swarm in my head at the mere sight of the possibility of superfoods Slovak programmers. Even a brief acquaintance with this program is enough to forget the built-in explorer, because the latter looks a pale shadow of Resco Explorer.

Kratenko the main features of the manager:
• Basket. Yes, you read that right. That basket, like the one on the desktop. Of course, it will only print the files in the event that it is removed through the Resco Explorer, but at least something (oh, how many times I regretted the absence of the basket on your PDA!).
• Plug-ins. At the moment there are three plug-in for the manager, namely: the plugin to work with the system registry, plugin to work with FTP and the plugin on your Today screen with the ability to display information about battery life, data storage (Storage / Program) and maps expansion, as well as shortcuts for quick launch of programs and documents.

• Ability to send files via Bluetooth, e-mail, infrared port directly from the file manager.
• Built in file viewer types (text and graphic).
• Built-in encryption / decryption of files.
• Great job with archives ZIP, including launching files directly from the archive.

• Support Drag'n'Drop
• Ability to use the "Open with ..." and "always open with ..." (change association of file types).
• Many settings types of display lists of files.

Now some of the most interesting features of the program Tell detail. File encryption. You can choose from five there is in the program algorithms. Moreover, if you put Resco Explorer 2005 is not out. Cab-file and from a PC via ActiveSync, then on your desktop is set module to encrypt / decrypt files, similar modules in Resco Explorer. Thus, an encrypted file on your PDA, you can decode on the PC and vice versa. Module «Send to ...» for the PC. Also, when you install Resco Explorer 2005 from the exe-file on the PC installs the module, which adds sub «My Device» in the menu item a file or folder "Send". Thanks to him, you can send selected files or folders directly into any place on your PDA. Sending a file via Bluetooth. Very few programs can boast of such a function, and that very few people that it really works, and, regardless of the manufacturer of Bluetooth-stack. As you know, on a PDA running Windows Mobile can be installed from the stacks or Microsoft, or Widcomm, and many programs transfer a file by BT is working, or with one or another type of stack. Plug-in for Today screen skinnable (you can download them on the site Resco) and work without the stylus, select the desired label can a joystick and running - click Action. Send this plug-in shortcut to the file can be directly from the context menu of the file by selecting the «Send To» - «Today screen plugin». In addition, Resco Explorer browser works good local network and FTP-browser. The only thing that caught my eye - the incorrect display of file names, called Cyrillic, in remote FTP-server. Of course, the call files intended for public download, is usually preferred in Latin, and the problem will arise if, it is extremely rare, but still. Especially warm words deserves Plugin Resco Registry. An extremely handy tool for fans of "dig" in the registry. Supports the import and export of selected branches of the registry, and that these operations produce a long well-known format. Reg, widespread and on a PC running Windows. Thus, it becomes possible to create and edit the registry branches to "full" keyboard and "full" screen (ie a PC) and then import these branches on the PDA. In conclusion, the review would like to add that Resco Explorer supports all current at the moment the screen resolution for Windows Mobile, namely, QVGA (240x320), VGA (480x640) and square screens modern communicators with a resolution of 240x240.

Output

With many unique features, great implementation, and frequent updates, the program long and firmly settled on the WM-devices for many users. Excellent product. I recommend to everyone - beginners and "advanced" users.

Pros:
• Many unique features, like send the file via Bluetooth or via e-mail directly from the file manager
• Plugin on the Today screen
• Superbly organized effort to register
• Support for all screen resolutions

Cons:
• "Shopping cart" can not be transferred from memory to memory card or faylstor
• With a large number of items in context menu «Open with» context menu starts to slow down your.

Total Commander

Total Commander - a very, very good file manager. Initially is in English, but in our catalog can be downloaded crack for this program.

Main features of Total Commander:
• Standard features file manager, that is, copying, moving, renaming, deleting files and folders, create folders.
• Work with ZIP-archives.
• Viewing file properties, change the attributes.
• Built-in text editor like Notepad, is very useful when editing various configuration files, since it in principle anyway what file to open it.The fact that the expansion, the association of this enlargement to other applications and other details of this editor is not paying attention.
• Selecting groups of files
• Ability to send / adoption file for the IR port directly in the file manager.
• Different ways of presenting files and folders (full / short / large icons).

And the "dessert" the most interesting features of this program:
• Single or dvuhokonny display mode
• FTP
• LAN
• Registry Tools
• Customizable toolbar.

These "goodies" and make Total Commander is very interesting product, so that details about each of them. Single or dvuhokonny display mode. In Total Commander concept of "dvuhokonny" has a somewhat different meaning than, for example, in the above Resco Explorer. There windows are clearly separated by function: in one window - a folder tree, and another - subfolders and files of the currently selected folder. Here the windows are made in the style of the unforgettable Norton Commander, Total Commander for PC and other two-pane file manager for your desktop computer. Selecting dvuhokonny mode, we get two mutually independent windows, each of which can be moved between entirely different folders. Admittedly, it is extremely convenient. For example, you need to collect files into one folder on the specific criteria of several other folders. In one window, go to the folder where you want to add the files or entire folders, and others - are traveling in search of the files. Copy or move by dragging and dropping files or folders from one window to another. Comfortable? Not the word! Mode of two virtual windows "works just as well, but with one modification: each window opens full screen, and switching between windows is done by pressing buttons with symbols" in the upper right corner of the screen. Work with FTP, LAN, and the registry. Sometimes beginners Total Commander can not find these modules. Hint: go to the highest level of the file system of your PDA (this can be done by pressing the button with the symbol "\" the right of the address above) and go to the folder labeled "\ \". It was there hiding modules for FTP, local network and the registry. Work with FTP and local network also facilitated dvuhokonny interface, and does not pose any difficulty. All spelled out very clearly and understandably. To get started with FTP need to click on the words "New Connection", enter the name of your future compound and fill in the window. After filling in your FTP folder appears with the name of your Internet connection. "Clicking" on it and clicking "OK", you will find yourself in a few seconds on the specified server configuration. Similarly configured and working in a local network: When you link to click in the folder «LAN» click "New Server" and enter the name of the computer to which you want to connect. In contrast, Resco Explorer you will not even enter the name of "rassharennoy" drive, after connecting to a remote machine Total Commander immediately displays all the resources available to you. Working with the registry in Total Commander is made less clear than in the Resco Explorer, due to lack of tree-like system, but for the free program - very good. And, if you copy or move the registry keys in the file system folder, they are automatically saved in the above format. Reg, which can not fail to please:) If you are copying a file. Reg folder in the registry is the opposite situation - the contents of the file is exported to the registry. And finally, let's talk about another very interesting "trick" the program - on the toolbar. Switched-off button is shaped as letters to the "AB" on the bottom. And think on this particular it end? Of course not. Notice the left icon in the panel (in the form of a scroll). This icon allows you to set up something like "run from another program." The bottom line. Suppose you have associated files. Txt (text) with Pocket Word. But often you have to open these text files in a notepad. Then you can specify the path to your scratch pad to set up icons of "alternative browser", and highlight the file and clicking on the icon, you run the program you want with the parameter "address of the file to open." That is, in our case, the file will open Notepad. Unfortunately, application for an "alternative opening, you can choose only one (rather as we would like to configure a viewer for each file type!). But this is not bad ... Another interesting feature of the toolbar - the opportunity to put there shortcuts to the files. Just drag the file into the panel - and you can run it at any time (of course, for this you have to first open Total Commander). But that's not all. Press and hold the stylus on the file icon in the toolbar and select the popup shortcut menu, click Edit. So you get a window where you can change almost all parameters of the icons. Pay attention to window "command." By default, it set the path to the file, but Total Commander instead of allowing him to prescribe a digital code, and then click on the icon in the toolbar to make Total Commander to execute commands corresponding digital code. The list of codes and their corresponding command, refer to the plate below. Now pay attention to the following line of code - "Options". With it you can specify a parameter, which opens the current label.

The options are:
• % P - the current directory
• % N - the selected file
• % T - a directory from another window
• % M - the selected file in another window.

Question mark as the first character of a string option means that before launching the label with the parameter Total Commander shows the window for confirmation. For example, put a label on the panel program for reading Alreader Light. Set in the parameter string «% p% n», we can open the program currently selected file, and asking «% t% m», will open in the same program a selected file in another window (do not forget that Total Commander - it dvuhokonny file manager).

Output

Excellent file manager with excellent features. Unfortunately, most of the features at first sight are not visible (for example, by default after installing the program enabled single window mode), or a visitor after a deep and thoughtful read the help file, but this product is that good with it "tricky":)

Pros:
• Excellent dvuhokonny mode for working with files and folders
• Magnificent toolbar with a wide range of opportunities
• Excellent performance
• Free distribution.

Cons:
• difficulty in mastering the program (most of the capabilities or not enabled by default, for example, the same dvuhokonny mode, or require the user to a detailed study of the Help file)
• Less clear than in the Resco Explorer, The mode of working with the registry.

GSFinder +

The third product on today in the class file managers - GSFinder +. No less interesting than the previous two products, the file manager. Looks very similar to Resco Explorer.

As befits a program, it can copy, move, delete files and more:
• Working with archives ZIP and LHA
• Supports Drag'n'Drop
• Has a very original copy function filename or full path. For example, as a result of the operation Copy Path on the selected in the figure above file to the clipboard of your machines will text \ My Documents \ 555.txt, which can be very useful when manually creating a variety of shortcuts, scripts, and other things.
• Excellent running searches in files (including the search for a file contained in the Russian text)
• Ability to adjust the file associations to open their programs
• Ability to work in a local network
• Ability to use an analog operation "Open with ..."
• Different ways of presenting files and folders (big / small icons, details, etc.).

Now, as usual, on these and other most interesting features of the program in detail. Opening files with a program, which has no associated file extension, you can do as much GSFinder'om two ways. Method one. Go to menu View - Options, go to Shell options tab and specify where the path to a folder (by default it is registered - \ Windows \ SendTo \). Now exit the settings and create a folder if you have it does not exist. Then just dump the place shortcuts to various programs (by the way, very convenient to do it directly from the context menu with items Send To - Send shortcut to). Done? Now, again, open the context menu of the file and choose Send To. At the bottom of the drop down menu to see the program through which you can open the file or try to do it. Agree that it is difficult to program for viewing graphics claim format support HTML:). Method Two. There, in the context menu of the file, click Open - Choose Program. You may select a program already established association, simply find the item you want and click "OK" or by clicking Browse, select the executable file, with which GSFinder + attempts to open the file. If the tick para «Always use this program to open these files», you can establish a permanent association of the selected file type to a particular program. Working in a local network is also made very comfortable. To create a new connection, choose the menu File - Tools - Network Connect and create a new connection (entered in the Remote path the path as \ \ computername \ papka_dostupa, and in line Local name - the name that you want "had called "Your new connection). All you can walk on the "strange" folders, both on its own. Very quickly, the program works, "Find Files". In this case, the results are not in a separate window, and in the folder File Search. Below you see the search result files on the criterion of "55". What a pleasant surprise, after conducting a search, you can work with other folders or files, but the results of the last search will not disappear - and will hang in your File Search to exit the program. Well made and Settings "GSFinder +. They can find hidden or not hidden system or immutable files, use your own icons or system, change the font, specify the type of file in which to wrap up the program by default »(ZIP or LHA), specify a folder to unpack the archive and more another.

Output

GSFinder + - super fast file manager that provides the user a very powerful means of managing the opening of files in various programs.

Pros:
• The speed of the
• Ability to work with LHA archives
• Well-organized display of search results
• A great opportunity to open files "contingency" programs
• Free distribution

Cons:
• There is no way to edit the registry
• The program is rarely updated (current version - more than a year).

Results

If you need the 'Trash' plug-in on screen Today, file transfer via Bluetooth, so you to mnogostanochniku ​​- Resco Explorer'u. In addition, the file manager is useful lovers "dig" in the registry, thanks to plug-Resco Registry. However, if all of the above programs of this kind you do not really need, it is possible to manage the installation of Total Commander and GSFinder +. The first file manager provides you a convenient way to work with files, thanks to corporate dvuhokonny regime, as well as access to the registry, FTP and local network. Second - great way to start the file "custom" applications (associated, for example. Txt extension is possible with only one application, with Notepad, but then want to open a file with that extension in Pocket Word or any reader?). Also on the side of the last two programs of high speed and the fact that both can be fully installed on a memory card (only Total Commander puts its help file in the folder \ Windows). Well, free distribution, of course:) In any case, to live with one of these file managers will be much easier and more fun than without it. This I promise you. The authors, translation: