Problem w/ Flash Player (and need some freeware PPC sites) [Archive]

RageFury

12-30-2002, 11:09 AM

My problem with Flash is that, I have installed, reinstalled, formatted & reinstalled, and no matter what I don't see any way to open the Flash player, and it never associates itself with .swf files. Is there a secret to doing this?? I have the right version and everything.....downloaded straight from MS's website. Is the PPC version here towards the bottom not the right one??? It seems to install fine, and I have plenty of other stuff on there working just fine...

http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/alternates/

Anyways, as for the PPC freeware sites, I don't feel like paying $10+ per app for a lot of things that should have been included with the O/S from the get-go ;) Anybody know any good freeware archives for PPC software? (games, dbase stuff, anything) I have looked through ipaqsoft.net's freeware section, and gotten a few things from there, but haven't found any other places w/ more than a few freeware apps...thanks in advance :)

blazingwolf

12-30-2002, 03:10 PM

To use the flash player you have to open the program using pocket internet explorer. Go to this site to get some programs: http://www.flashenabled.com/mobile/
There are 2 files that you will download. 1 is a .swf file the other is an internet explorer page. Click on the IE page and it will run the flash program. Put both files into the same location.

As for freeware sites there are quite a few. Do a search on google to find some. Here is one that I use: http://www.freewareppc.com/
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Rirath

12-30-2002, 03:54 PM

Anyways, as for the PPC freeware sites, I don't feel like paying $10+ per app for a lot of things that should have been included with the O/S from the get-go

Erm... remember it's an OS... not a utility suite. :-/

Pony99CA

12-30-2002, 03:55 PM

To use the flash player you have to open the program using pocket internet explorer. Go to this site to get some programs: http://www.flashenabled.com/mobile/
There are 2 files that you will download. 1 is a .swf file the other is an internet explorer page. Click on the IE page and it will run the flash program. Put both files into the same location.

As for freeware sites there are quite a few. Do a search on google to find some. Here is one that I use: http://www.freewareppc.com/
Have fun.
My computer locked up as I was replying to this, and, when I got back here, I found you had posted almost exactly what I was going to, including the Freeware PPC (http://www.freewareppc.com) link. :-)

Yes, you do need to access the Flash player through Pocket IE. As you said, you can create your own HTML file to do this, as I did. Here's the code I use:

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Anything</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgcolor="#FFFFFF">

<OBJECT classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
codebase="http://active.macromedia.com/flash2/cabs/swflash.cab#version=4,0,0,0"
ID=rapier4 WIDTH=230 HEIGHT=250>
<PARAM NAME=movie VALUE="#FLASH#.swf"> <PARAM NAME=quality VALUE=high> <PARAM NAME=bgcolor VALUE=#FFFFFF>
<EMBED src="#FLASH#.swf" quality=high bgcolor=#FFFFFF WIDTH=230 HEIGHT=250 TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash" PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash">
</EMBED>
</OBJECT>
</BODY>
</HTML>

In the above, replace the two instances of "#FLASH#" with the filename of the .swf file you want to play.

I created a Flash folder under the My Documents folder to hold the HTML and Flash files.

Ant Mobile Software makes a program called FlashAssist (http://www.antmobile.com) that allows you to run .swf files locally without creating the HTML file, but it costs $14.95.

Steve

spursdude

12-30-2002, 10:35 PM

I get my freeware mainly at PPCSG.com (http://www.ppcsg.com/). Otherwise, I'll just run a Google search and usually find what I need. When I first got my Pocket PC, I was shocked at the limited amount of freeware around. Then, however, after a little more searching, I found that there is a lot of freeware.

spg

12-31-2002, 02:53 AM

I also use PPCFreeware for the little amount of extra free software I use.

And for flash, like someone said, http://www.flashenabled.com is a good site, and http://www.pocketpcflash.net is also great.

RageFury

12-31-2002, 07:37 AM

Thanks Pony, the code is a help :) Some of the things I was looking for did not come with an html file, which represented a bit of a problem, although I could have swiped the source code from another one, I suppose. For one of the things I *AM* going to buy, what would you guys recommend? I want to buy mapping software of some kind, one of the reasons I bought this ViewSonic V35 handheld was because I had a need for detailed maps, which I could also add notes to, and things like that--for instance, 12345 55th St. NE in Seattle, WA I want to add a note that says "Bob Sherman", and contact info, and miscellaneous information such as phone #, customer info, etc. (I deal with people from their homes a lot for work)

I need something either specific for the Puget Sound region/Greater Seattle region, or something that will include that. I have found National Geographic Street Locator on my PC to be very handy in many instances, but to take it mobile would truly be a huge convenience.

P.S., Rirath, yes it is an O/S, but an alt-tab equivilent should be an integrated feature you don't have to pay for, don't you agree???? Or are you that much of a Microsoft fan, lol...

Pony99CA

12-31-2002, 10:37 AM

For one of the things I *AM* going to buy, what would you guys recommend? I want to buy mapping software of some kind, one of the reasons I bought this ViewSonic V35 handheld was because I had a need for detailed maps, which I could also add notes to, and things like that--for instance, 12345 55th St. NE in Seattle, WA I want to add a note that says "Bob Sherman", and contact info, and miscellaneous information such as phone #, customer info, etc. (I deal with people from their homes a lot for work)

I need something either specific for the Puget Sound region/Greater Seattle region, or something that will include that. I have found National Geographic Street Locator on my PC to be very handy in many instances, but to take it mobile would truly be a huge convenience.

If you don't need driving directions, Microsoft's Pocket Streets is very good. It has nice maps, and allows you to add pushpins with notes. It's also integrated with Contacts (right-click on a Contact and you'll see a Find On Map action) and supports GPS.

Pocket Streets comes with Microsoft Streets & Trips desktop software, and covers the entire U.S. You can find out more about Pocket Streets on Microsoft's Web site (http://www.microsoft.com/pocketstreets). There are some free maps for Pocket Streets there, including international maps. You can also create your own maps in the U.S. using the desktop software.

As we're digressing from Flash, if you want more mapping suggestions, I suggest you start a separate thread. That way other people who use mapping software will find it more easily.

Steve

Rirath

12-31-2002, 02:51 PM

P.S., Rirath, yes it is an O/S, but an alt-tab equivilent should be an integrated feature you don't have to pay for, don't you agree???? Or are you that much of a Microsoft fan, lol...

Wisbar takes care of that very elegantly, and it's free.

RageFury

12-31-2002, 06:51 PM

Yeah, except WISbar screws up, sometimes. Half the time when I open Programs on the Start Menu, and you open something from there, when you close it then you're back in the Programs folder, your X is no longer there to close it, and you have to do the close all tasks thing, which is lame. I far prefer the app Go.

Rirath

12-31-2002, 07:22 PM

Yeah, except WISbar screws up, sometimes. Half the time when I open Programs on the Start Menu, and you open something from there, when you close it then you're back in the Programs folder, your X is no longer there to close it, and you have to do the close all tasks thing, which is lame. I far prefer the app Go.

Has never once happened to me on the Axim or Jornada. Perhaps you have an unstable beta?

RageFury

12-31-2002, 07:55 PM

I have the most recent Final version, and I did a hard reset and installed it back on there again, still did the same thing. I like EZGo now :)