01-15-2003, 03:32 PM
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GoLandscape for iPaq 545x Pocket PCs
Here's a neat piece of freeware for those of you with 5450s and 5455s. "GoLandscape is a simple app that switches your Hewlett-Packard iPAQ h5450/55 into any of the four portrait/landscape screen orientations, without the need for any calibration. In addition, eight new landscape today themes are included for your wide-browsing pleasure."
I wonder if they did it using built-in API routines in the unit? I can't imagine any other reason why it wouldn't work with other iPaqs, let alone Pocket PCs.
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01-15-2003, 03:48 PM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Jul 2003
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I'm not sure about this working for other Pocket PCs. Other Pocket PCs have different screen drivers. One thing I've been waiting for though is real landscape support without the need for a soft reset.
As for the Today themes, I think MS should support landscape mode themes too. It loads up themes as tdywater.gif images and all that is needed is to have 2 tdywater.gif images... and if the PPC knows which orientation it uses, all it has to do is select the correct one. Of course, this will mean that Today themes will be slightly larger... but who cares... I don't think it will even break the 150KB barrier.
ppcsurfr
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01-15-2003, 03:58 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Mar 2004
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Warning: Totally jammed my Toshiba e310.
Screen orientation did not change and OS does not respond to stylus. Problems insists even after soft reset, looks like I have to shut down the device and reinstall everything.
So beware, really looks like it's meant only for the specified range of PDAs.
/jizmo
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01-15-2003, 04:05 PM
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Thinker
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Update : regained control from my desktop computer with PocketCTRL, had to realign the stylus, that was *completely* messed up by the program.
/jizmo
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01-15-2003, 04:07 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Feb 2002
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Originally Posted by jizmo
Warning: Totally jammed my Toshiba e310.
Screen orientation did not change and OS does not respond to stylus. Problems insists even after soft reset, looks like I have to shut down the device and reinstall everything.
So beware, really looks like it's meant only for the specified range of PDAs.
/jizmo
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LOL common cant you read that this is ONLY for the H545x? Please read carefully what a program does and for which device it is and then install it.
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Originally Posted by Janak Parekh
I wonder if they did it using built-in API routines in the unit? I can't imagine any other reason why it wouldn't work with other iPaqs, let alone Pocket PCs.
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This app uses the new video chip on the 545x to change orientation which can be achived by just modifying a registry key and re-align the screen, this program does this automatically. But if you do it manually and change the registry key on your own you will need to realign the screen upon soft-reset which might be a tricky.
So DO NOT USE THIS APP except the 545x.
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01-15-2003, 04:44 PM
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Thoughts Media Review Team
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Originally Posted by paris
LOL common cant you read that this is ONLY for the H545x? Please read carefully what a program does and for which device it is and then install it.
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Hey, you gotta give a guy credit for trying. If eveyone followed "what you're supposed to do", then we'd all be living in a hunter-gatherer society. Pass the antelope!
Well done, jizmo! Continue to push the envelope! But, keep a backup just in case!
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01-15-2003, 05:07 PM
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Intellectual
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Kudos to jizmo for trying what the rest of us wanted to try but were waiting for someone else to try first!
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01-15-2003, 05:36 PM
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Thinker
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Originally Posted by aesop
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Originally Posted by paris
LOL common cant you read that this is ONLY for the H545x? Please read carefully what a program does and for which device it is and then install it.
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Hey, you gotta give a guy credit for trying. If eveyone followed "what you're supposed to do", then we'd all be living in a hunter-gatherer society. Pass the antelope!
Well done, jizmo! Continue to push the envelope! But, keep a backup just in case! |
:lol:
I knew that it was meant only for H545x, but then again I thought if it didn't work, it'd be easy just to reset the device. Little did I know that the program would fiddle around with registers  ops:
Thx for the kind words.. I think I'll go now and see how liquid nitrogen reacts with e310 and if can I fix it with PocketCTRL. :wink:
/jizmo
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01-15-2003, 06:29 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Nov 2006
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If you are looking for a simple screen orientation program that is free you could also download the Pocketop drivers from the Pocketop website, it works with just about any PDA. You can check out compatability and download the drivers from Pocketop.net.
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01-15-2003, 07:25 PM
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Editor Emeritus
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Originally Posted by jizmo
Thx for the kind words.. I think I'll go now and see how liquid nitrogen reacts with e310 and if can I fix it with PocketCTRL. :wink:
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You are a brave, brave man. Insane, but brave. :lol:
--janak
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