[missing-sync-pocketpc-talk]

Bill Cahusac gldfsh at mac.com
Sat Oct 11 14:08:47 PDT 2003 

Any Idea when the current beta is likely to go GM?

On Friday, October 10, 2003, at 07:04 PM,  
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>    1. Re: .Exe files via the mac? (Sammy Banawan)
>    2. Re: .Exe files via the mac?
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> Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 17:37:32 -0400
> From: Sammy Banawan <torifile at mac.com>
> To: "The Missing Sync (Mac/Pocket PC)"
> 	<missing-sync-pocketpc-talk at lists.markspace.com>
> Subject: Re: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] .Exe files via the mac?
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> In-Reply-To: <68DC42BD.5338159A.007A6775 at cs.com>
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> I've got room on my iDisk. Put it in my public folder and I'll post a
> link. If people are interested, I'll see what I can do about hosting
> some .cab installers (for only publicly available software - no warez
> at all) and creating a webpage for it.
>
> -Sammy
>
> On Thursday, October 9, 2003, at 10:50  AM, TDefriez at cs.com wrote:
>
>> I'm using direct file copy via Missing Sync without any file
>> conversion and have yet to see an issue with any pdf's I've
>> transfered. I know that for Activesync it instals a coverter but I've
>> seen no need for this yet. Maybe I've just been lucky (I've copies
>> several hundred files from various source back and forth to
>> date)Sometimes you just need to change a few menu option on the
>> PocketPC. The main issue is screen size on PocketPC and therefore the
>> size of any print that is viewed full page.
>>
>> The real issue is getting the exe to the device - Adobe Pocket PC
>> installationdoes generate a cab file when it installs the reader - you
>> need to find someone with a windows machine or Virtual PC to get them
>> to generate this. I have not manage to get it out of the installer any
>> other way. I do have the cab file for ARM pocketpc (iPAQ) but its
>> 4.8meg so difficult to e-mail. Maybe for free software someone need to
>> generate a site with cab files on - I do not have a web page or
>> knowledge of page maintance so can't help here
>> Shawn Wallbridge <shawn at synack-hosting.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On a PC using ActiveSync when you copy the .pdf to your Pocket PC,
>>> Acrobat makes changes to the pdf to 'optimize' it for the Pocket PC.  
>>> I
>>> am assuming this is what he is talking about. I doubt MissingSync  
>>> will
>>> do this, but I haven't installed it yet.
>>>
>>> As for running the American Airlines software, I would assume the  
>>> .exe
>>> would run on the PC, then extract the files needed and install them  
>>> on
>>> the PPC. It may be possible to extract the files from the exe and
>>> install them on the PPC with only a Mac, but I am not sure.
>>>
>>> shawn
>>>
>>> On Thursday, October 9, 2003, at 09:05 AM, TDefriez at cs.com wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm confused by your problem? If you install Adobes PocketPC viewer
>>>> on
>>>> your pocket PC then it will view pdf files in their native format -
>>>> that is as *.pdf. The issue is getting the reader program to your
>>>> pocket pc via Mac (no cab files on exe/zip available). There are  
>>>> also
>>>> a number of programs out there which will also read .pdf files on
>>>> pocketpc in native format but I have not tried any of these (I only
>>>> use Adobes SW, which is free). Why do you have these files in .exe
>>>> format? pdf files can be copied to pocketpc via normal file transfer
>>>> with no conversion being needed. Most of my companies procedures are
>>>> in pdf format and I have no issues with reading these on my  
>>>> pocketpc.
>>>>
>>>> John Palese <jpalese at charter.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi:
>>>>>
>>>>> Here is my 2nd question for the day.
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyone know of a way to get .exe files from the mac to the pocket
>>>>> PC.
>>>>>  
>>>>> I need a bunch of .pdf files for work and they take up more room  
>>>>> and
>>>>> are harder to work with on the pocket pc IF you don't bring them
>>>>> over
>>>>> with the pocket pc's version of adobe which is ONLY avail as a .exe
>>>>> file.
>>>>>
>>>>> Also, at www.aa.com, it is possible to upload the american Airlines
>>>>> timetable for pocket PC's, but ONLY in .exe format.
>>>>>
>>>>> How can I get this stuff from a MAC to the pocket PC?
>>>>>
>>>>> If this can't be done, guess I'll have return the pocket PC & get a
>>>>> palm.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> John
>>>>>  
>>>>>
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> Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 10:00:32 -0400
> From: TDefriez at cs.com
> To: missing-sync-pocketpc-talk at lists.markspace.com ("The Missing Sync  
> \(
> 	Mac/Pocket PC\)")
> Subject: Re: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] .Exe files via the mac?
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> I can't do this currently at work (on Mac at home not on windows  
> system at work) so I'll try over the weekend (don't use .mac myself so  
> I'll have to work out how to do this).
>
> Sammy Banawan <torifile at mac.com> wrote:
>
>> I've got room on my iDisk. Put it in my public folder and I'll post a
>> link. If people are interested, I'll see what I can do about hosting
>> some .cab installers (for only publicly available software - no warez
>> at all) and creating a webpage for it.
>>
>> -Sammy
>>
>> On Thursday, October 9, 2003, at 10:50  AM, TDefriez at cs.com wrote:
>>
>>> I'm using direct file copy via Missing Sync without any file
>>> conversion and have yet to see an issue with any pdf's I've
>>> transfered. I know that for Activesync it instals a coverter but I've
>>> seen no need for this yet. Maybe I've just been lucky (I've copies
>>> several hundred files from various source back and forth to
>>> date)Sometimes you just need to change a few menu option on the
>>> PocketPC. The main issue is screen size on PocketPC and therefore the
>>> size of any print that is viewed full page.
>>>
>>> The real issue is getting the exe to the device - Adobe Pocket PC
>>> installationdoes generate a cab file when it installs the reader -  
>>> you
>>> need to find someone with a windows machine or Virtual PC to get them
>>> to generate this. I have not manage to get it out of the installer  
>>> any
>>> other way. I do have the cab file for ARM pocketpc (iPAQ) but its
>>> 4.8meg so difficult to e-mail. Maybe for free software someone need  
>>> to
>>> generate a site with cab files on - I do not have a web page or
>>> knowledge of page maintance so can't help here
>>> Shawn Wallbridge <shawn at synack-hosting.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On a PC using ActiveSync when you copy the .pdf to your Pocket PC,
>>>> Acrobat makes changes to the pdf to 'optimize' it for the Pocket  
>>>> PC. I
>>>> am assuming this is what he is talking about. I doubt MissingSync  
>>>> will
>>>> do this, but I haven't installed it yet.
>>>>
>>>> As for running the American Airlines software, I would assume the  
>>>> .exe
>>>> would run on the PC, then extract the files needed and install them  
>>>> on
>>>> the PPC. It may be possible to extract the files from the exe and
>>>> install them on the PPC with only a Mac, but I am not sure.
>>>>
>>>> shawn
>>>>
>>>> On Thursday, October 9, 2003, at 09:05 AM, TDefriez at cs.com wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I'm confused by your problem? If you install Adobes PocketPC viewer
>>>>> on
>>>>> your pocket PC then it will view pdf files in their native format -
>>>>> that is as *.pdf. The issue is getting the reader program to your
>>>>> pocket pc via Mac (no cab files on exe/zip available). There are  
>>>>> also
>>>>> a number of programs out there which will also read .pdf files on
>>>>> pocketpc in native format but I have not tried any of these (I only
>>>>> use Adobes SW, which is free). Why do you have these files in .exe
>>>>> format? pdf files can be copied to pocketpc via normal file  
>>>>> transfer
>>>>> with no conversion being needed. Most of my companies procedures  
>>>>> are
>>>>> in pdf format and I have no issues with reading these on my  
>>>>> pocketpc.
>>>>>
>>>>> John Palese <jpalese at charter.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Here is my 2nd question for the day.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Anyone know of a way to get .exe files from the mac to the pocket
>>>>>> PC.
>>>>>>  
>>>>>> I need a bunch of .pdf files for work and they take up more room  
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> are harder to work with on the pocket pc IF you don't bring them
>>>>>> over
>>>>>> with the pocket pc's version of adobe which is ONLY avail as a  
>>>>>> .exe
>>>>>> file.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Also, at www.aa.com, it is possible to upload the american  
>>>>>> Airlines
>>>>>> timetable for pocket PC's, but ONLY in .exe format.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How can I get this stuff from a MAC to the pocket PC?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If this can't be done, guess I'll have return the pocket PC & get  
>>>>>> a
>>>>>> palm.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> John
>>>>>>  
>>>>>>
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