shawkie;279153 Wrote: > Installing the PocketPC application: > > Copy the CAB and INF files onto the PocketPC (doesn't really matter > where). You can then use Pocket Explorer to install it. I can't > remember if its the CAB or the INF file you need to select but it > should then ask for permission to install the package. It won't create > any shortcuts but it should have installed the application to \Program > Files\PocketSqueeze and you can use Pocket Explorer to run it. > > Setting up the PocketPC registry settings: > > PocketSqueeze uses some registry entries to tell it where to find the > database and how to contact the server. I used CeRegEditor to set these > up. You just make sure you have ActiveSync running and connected to your > PocketPC and then run CeRegEditor on your desktop and you can then > modify the PocketPC registry. The screenshot shows the keys that you > need to create. > > Setting up the database: > > The easiest way to start is to just use the complete sample database. I > normally put it in \CF Card\PocketSqueeze. Note that the server IP > address (192.168.1.5 in my case) is automatically appended to the path > specified in the registry when PocketSqueeze looks for the database. > Also note that you should use the server IP address and not hostname > because PocketPC doesn't seem to do WINS hostname lookup. Obviously > this database won't match your music collection but if you get it to > display lists of artists, albums, etc. then you're most of the way > there. You can then use the database tool to create your own database. > You will need to combine the result with the images directory of the > sample database. > > Running the database tool: > > I forgot to mention that you need the MySQL connector to run the > database tool. If it all works as it should then you should end up with > a pocketsqueeze.db and an artwork directory. You can download a browser > for SQLite to check that the information in the database looks okay. > > Final notes: > > I'm not sure how it will behave if you are using the builtin Various > Artists feature. I have renamed it to something like "KJHGFHGKFDHK" in > my SlimServer configuration to effectively disable it. > > Everything is controlled using the direction pad and center button at > the moment. I'm planning to add screen tapping soon. > > I will be needing quite a lot of button images at some point so please > let me know if you can help.
Thanks Shawkie, I'll have a play with it over the next week or so. -- Ramage T5500 1.6GHz, SC 7.0 - 17150 Windows Vista, Alien 2.0b3 P4 2.6GHz, SC 7.0 - 17630 - Windows XP, Alien 2.0b5 P2 266MHz, ClarkConnect 4.1, SC 7.0 - 17630, Alien 2.0b5, perl 5.8.8 i686-linux-thread-multi VMware (XPhost), InstantSC, SC7 - 17150, Alien 2.0b5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ramage's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5343 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44558 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
