Pocket Flash Player (PFlashP) v2.0 Released

[Darius Wey]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.tweaks2k2.com/portal/staticpages/index.php?page=20050228103228923' target='_blank'>http://www.tweaks2k2.com/portal/sta...050228103228923</a><br /><br /></div><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/wey-20060321-PFlashP.gif" /><br /><br />PFlashP has just been updated to support Windows Mobile 5.0, 240 x 240 displays, and VGA displays. Its dependency on Internet Explorer Mobile has been dropped, and the application now makes full use of the .NET Compact Framework 2.0 (it's a free download, so <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9655156b-356b-4a2c-857c-e62f50ae9a55&DisplayLang=en">grab it</a> if you haven't already). PFlashP is available for $7.00 from our <a href="http://www.handango.com/ampp/store/PlatformProductDetail.jsp?siteId=311&productId=143919&productType=2">affiliate software store</a>. If you own a previous version, then this latest version is a free update for you.

[ctitanic]

Thanks Darius!

[brianchris]

Do we have to have the .net framework 2.0 for this to work? If so, is this not built into WM5? If not, how much storage space does that take up on the PDA, as the download is 24.6MB!!

If I'm going to commit a lot of memory to the .net framework 2.0, are there other benefits to it besides being able to run this handy utility?

Thanks!

[ctitanic]

those 24 mb includes the .NET for all kind of windows ce devices in the market. You can download from my site the cab files for 2003/se and wm5 devices.

[brianchris]

those 24 mb includes the .NET for all kind of windows ce devices in the market. You can download from my site the cab files for 2003/se and wm5 devices.

Thanks for the info, and the offer to grab them from your site. While I undersatnd the footprint for .net 2.0 is a LOT less than 24mb (thanks to citanic), anyone know how much space is required for WM5, or perhaps if its already included from the factory in the Cingular 8125? Perhaps its not

ALSO, I'm not very clear what this utility is / does.....not only do you need the .net framework, but you need to install the Macromedia ActiveX PIE add in (which claims its only compatible with Pocket PC 2003, not WM5)......if I'm going to do that, why do I need this utility?

[Paragon]

Do we have to have the .net framework 2.0 for this to work? If so, is this not built into WM5? If not, how much storage space does that take up on the PDA, as the download is 24.6MB!!

If I'm going to commit a lot of memory to the .net framework 2.0, are there other benefits to it besides being able to run this handy utility?

Thanks!

.NET CF 2.0 is 5.4mb installed on your device. So far I have not found a strong enough need for any applications that need it. Even if you try to install it to a storage card it still installs to main memory. It may be worth it to some folks, just be aware that it takes up a lot of storage.

It is not included in WM5.0.

Dave

[ctitanic]

those 24 mb includes the .NET for all kind of windows ce devices in the market. You can download from my site the cab files for 2003/se and wm5 devices.

Thanks for the info, and the offer to grab them from your site. While I undersatnd the footprint for .net 2.0 is a LOT less than 24mb (thanks to citanic), anyone know how much space is required for WM5, or perhaps if its already included from the factory in the Cingular 8125? Perhaps its not
It's not included in any device AFAIK


ALSO, I'm not very clear what this utility is / does.....not only do you need the .net framework, but you need to install the Macromedia ActiveX PIE add in (which claims its only compatible with Pocket PC 2003, not WM5)......if I'm going to do that, why do I need this utility?

The Macromedia ActiveX is compatible with WM5 and you need that anyway if you want to access Web pages that have any macromedia object inserted. I don't understand that last question but if you are asking about PFlashP the answer is to play .swf files (macromedia files). Without a tool like PFlashP the only way to play .swf is to create a .html file with your .swf inserted and then open the .html file using PIE.

[minimac]

So what is this software doing ?

I don't get it. It claims to be a flash player, but it requires the Flash ActiveX to run ?

So it is an SWF opener basically.

I don't like when software claim to do something they actually don't do.

But maybe I did not understand.

Explain to me please

[ctitanic]

download from the web any .swf file and try to "play" it in your device. Then you will understand.

[ctitanic]

Do we have to have the .net framework 2.0 for this to work? If so, is this not built into WM5? If not, how much storage space does that take up on the PDA, as the download is 24.6MB!!

If I'm going to commit a lot of memory to the .net framework 2.0, are there other benefits to it besides being able to run this handy utility?

Thanks!

.NET CF 2.0 is 5.4mb installed on your device. So far I have not found a strong enough need for any applications that need it. Even if you try to install it to a storage card it still installs to main memory. It may be worth it to some folks, just be aware that it takes up a lot of storage.

It is not included in WM5.0.

Dave

If you are using WM5 you should have enough ROM to install this CF. One of the thing I have noticed with CF2 is that .NET applications run faster. About applications that require CF2 I could mention:

WiFiFoFum
http://www.aspecto-software.com/xoops/modules/wfdownloads/singlefile.php?cid=1&amp;lid=4

[davea0511]

This works on my old iPAQ:
http://www.pocketpcfreewares.com/en/index.php?soft=150

It automatically creates an HTML file on you PDA for any SWF file.

I don't know the developer NNSysdev, and it looks like he's disappeared from the CE community... but it's a simple program than any CE programmer should be able to do, and make it so it works with the latest devices and resolutions.

That's the way to go. Why install all this extra garbage when all you need is an HTML file creation tool?

[ctitanic]

the whole point is that now PFlashP plays the .swf and you don't need neither to create the .htm file or use any browser, as result you have a faster performance ;)

the program that you are pointing to is a eVB program that do not work in WM5 while PFlashP is compatible with any device currently in the market including all possibles resolutions and display shapes. ;) If this is not enough it allows you to play the swf in landscape rotate to the left, no just to the right as usual.

PFlashP in it's first generation created an html like that tool. But like I said, no any more. Now, it's faster and better.

[beq]

By the way, I just found out that my main WinXP system can no longer play .swf files (nor will html files containing them work in IE/Firefox). I suspect it's because I'm running the IE7 Beta2 Preview (just upgraded it to the latest Mach 20 build a few days ago)?

Does anyone know of a fix?

[davea0511]

I'd like to see a test to see if there is really faster performance. I do stand alone Flash Applications and I've never seen a performance improvement running them outside of a browser than inside one.

As for not having to create an HTML, if all it takes is an extra click or two and it doesn't take hardly any space, and it saves me from occupying another 5 MB then I'll stick with the HTML method.

But if the .NET framework is cool, and if it's worth having, then so is this program probably.

[davea0511]

Wait a minute. I'm looking at the animation on page 1 of this thread and it looks like all this program does is create a temporary HTML for the swf, and then uses PIE to play it. Is that what this does? If so, then requiring .NET seems overkill.

[ctitanic]

Wait a minute. I'm looking at the animation on page 1 of this thread and it looks like all this program does is create a temporary HTML for the swf, and then uses PIE to play it. Is that what this does? If so, then requiring .NET seems overkill.

the animation is from the first version. Version 2 does not use a html and does not use PIE, just by not calling a second program to open the html you are gaining in performance.

[ctitanic]

Here are 3 screen shots from version 2.

http://www.tweaks2k2.com/images/pflashp2a.jpg

http://www.tweaks2k2.com/images/pflashp2b.jpg

http://www.tweaks2k2.com/images/pflashp2c.jpg

[Darius Wey]

By the way, I just found out that my main WinXP system can no longer play .swf files (nor will html files containing them work in IE/Firefox). I suspect it's because I'm running the IE7 Beta2 Preview (just upgraded it to the latest Mach 20 build a few days ago)?

Does anyone know of a fix?

Try reinstalling the Macromedia Flash Player (http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash) again.