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SendTo

Description

Have you ever wished to save some text while browsing the web on your PC and view this text later on your Pocket PC?

Well now you can with the freeware "SendTo."

SendTo is an Internet Explorer Plug-in for your desktop pc that allows you to simply
highlight or select some text and easily send it to your PocketPC as a either a Note(PWI) or standard Text(TXT) file.

Usage

- Simply highlight / select the text you wish to send
 - Right Click
 - Select either the 'Send To Notes(PPC)' or 'Send To Text(PPC) option from the Context Menu.
 - When ActiveSync next runs, your text is copied over automatically to your pocket pc to either a note or text file!

Requirements

- Windows 98 or higher
- Microsoft .Net 2.0 framework or higher
- ActiveSync 3.8 - ActiveSync 4.5 Beta2
- Internet Explorer 5.01 or higher

Downloads

SendTo Beta v0.0.6 11/18/06 (294k zipped self-installer executable)

ChangeLog

   11/18/06    DateTime Stamp fixed
                     Now copies URL and appends it to the header
                     Alert Message if the clipplet is bigger than 1024 characters
                     Dissalowed Notes files from being editing on PocketPC, by setting ReadOnly.
                     Included an Application Icon
                     Minor program fixes

    11/05/06    Added in fallback method, when the device is not cradled.

    10/27/06    Program now uses proper ActiveSync commands to read configuration info.

    10/19/06    Adjusted installer to exclude anything less than Windows98 or NT4
                      Installation includes check for .Net 2.0 and prompts to download

    09/22/06    Used Unicode encoding for better foreign language support

    09/17/06    Included support for the program to write txt files on PPC

    09/16/06    First Beta version released.

Help

I get an error message: 0xc0000135 when running the program.
        Your machine mostly does not have the latest version of the Microsoft .NET framework.
        Download it from:
            http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0856eacb-4362-4b0d-8edd-aab15c5e04f5&displaylang=en 

I cannot send data when the device is not connected.
         In later versions of ActiveSync there is no way of determining the last connected device.
         In order to work around this,
            -open the SendToNotes.exe.config with notepad
            -copy the path of your Windows Mobile Documents directory and double up the "\"s
            -then add the path to the value <add key="LocalbriefcasePathOverride" value="" />
            -An example configuration setting would look like:
                   <add key="LocalbriefcasePathOverride" value="C:\\Documents and Settings\\MyUserName\\My Documents\\WM_MyDeviceName My Documents" />

Some of my text is clipped or missing.
        Due to the limitations of Javascript/IE is only possible to send up to 1024 characters at a time.
        Try sending only a few sections at a time.

I cannot send data with the Guest Account on ActiveSync.
        The Guest Account by default does not create a 'My Documents' directory for the ppc.
        Create a partnership then try sending the data again.

I receive the message "The note is read-only" after editing a note on the PocketPc created by SendTo
        Currently a fix for this is being investigated, for now don't make changes to notes created by SendTo on the PocketPC.
   
After a while a particular notefile is not editable any longer by SendTo
        When the user edits a note in the Notes program on the PocketPC, it changes the notes format. Its best not to edit a note with the PocketPC's NOTE program, if you want to further append text with SendTo, till a solution is found.