What was New! in 2004

November 2004

German version of ProgramMenu/ProgramMenuPlus 3.14 released 11/3
software I placed German version of ProgramMenu/ProgramMenuPlus here. The translation has been completed by ITM praktiker. I appreciate their cooperation.

October 2004

SpaceLeft 2.6 released. 10/20
software SpaceLeft has improved compatibility with Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition Pocket PC VGA screen.

PocketNotepad 3.4 for Smartphone released. 10/8
software PocketNotepad 3.4 for Smartphone now supports bold fonts in font settings.

PocketNotepad 3.4 released. 10/5
software PocketNotepad improved its compatibility with Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition VGA screen. In addition, it now supports bold fonts in font settings.

September 2004

ProgramMenu/ProgramMenuPlus 3.14 released 9/27
software ProgramMenu/ProgramMenuPlus improved compatibility with Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition Pocket PC as SmallMenu/SmallMenuPlus did.

tGetFile.dll 4.2 Released 9/24
software An alternative file/folder dialog tGetFile.dll improved compatibility with WM2003SE PPC VGA mode, and its version has been updated to ver 4.2.

tGetFile SDK 4.2 Released 9/24
software tGetFile SDK, a Software Development Kit to make your application support tGetFile.dll has been updated to ver 4.2.

SmallMenu/SmallMenuPlus 3.14 released, completed compatibility with WM2003SE 9/21
software SmallMenu/SmallMenuPlus completed compatibility with Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition Pocket PC. Since I do not possess WM2003SE device with VGA screen, please feel free to contact me if you find any problem in VGA mode.

PocketTweak 4.2.7, a fix for WM2003SE PPC problem, released 9/3
software A tentative PocketTweak fix for the font problem released. I just changed the maximum value from 200 to 10000. However, this fixes the problem completely. Just the ARM version has updated to 4.2.7. MIPS and SH3 versions are still 4.2.6 which are not harmful since there are no Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition for these CPUs. PocketTweak does not have the font problem with Pocket PC 2000/2002 or Windows Mobile 2003 First Edition Pocket PC.

PocketTweak 4.2.6 has serious problem with WM 2003 SE 9/2
other Recently, I received a couple of problem reports which make me realize the serious problem.

In case you installed PocketTweak 4.2.6 dated Feb 11, 2002, or lower on your Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition Pocket PC, and execute PocketTweak to open Font page, then the font settings on your Pocket PC is damaged. The damage appears as you see too small fonts to read.

Please note that the damage will not appear until you soft reset your Pocket PC.

This problem is caused by the change of font height representation in "Ht" value in the registry. The height has changed in Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition to "centi-points" from "pixels". Thus, the default value for "Ht" has changed from 12 to 900.

PocketTweak placed a maximum value as 200 for the font height field, so that, once you open the font page of PocketTweak, the font height on your Pocket PC changes system font height to 200 centi-points, that is, 2 points.

I placed a fix package for those who executed PocketTweak and encountered the problem. This package recovers the font height back to the default height.

I will release an update which no longer has this problem.

I apologies for your inconvenience.

July 2004

tGetFile SDK 4.1 Released 7/20
software tGetFile SDK, a Software Development Kit to make your application support tGetFile.dll has been updated to ver 4.1. To make .NET CF programs support tGetFile.dll, visit here to learn how you can use tGetFile.dll file open dialog boxes from your .NET CF programs.

tGetFile.dll 4.1 Released 7/12
software An alternative file/folder dialog tGetFile.dll now supports Smartphone and WM2003SE Pocket PC VGA screen, and its version has been updated to ver 4.1.

Tillanosoft Value Pack 2004 7/1
other July 1st, 2004 is the 4th anniversary of the founding of Tillanosoft.com. In commemoration, Tillanosoft offers a special discount pack, Tillanosoft Value Pack 2004, until the end of this month. Do not miss this opportunity, save up to 40%! Please visit here for the detail.

April 2004

SmallMenu/SmallMenuPlus 3.13 released 4/15
software SmallMenu/SmallMenuPlus improved compatibility with Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition Pocket PC. There still remain several improvements around the variety of resolutions and screen orientations. However, I will complete them before the first retail Windows Mobile 2003 SE Pocket PC device is available.

March 2004

SmallMenu/SmallMenuPlus 3.12 released 3/29
software SmallMenuPlus is now able to open the Pocket PC Settings Window. This is an experimental implementation, and is subject to change in future versions.

SoftwareActionControl 2.0 released 3/22
software In addition to push and push'n'hold, users can double push, double push'n'hold, triple push, and triple push'n'hold a hardware button to generate 'down', 'up', 'page down', 'page up', 'enter', and 'back space' respectively through SoftwareActionControl. Users can customize the action assignments according to their preference. Registered users of previous versions can upgrade to the new version without fee.

SmallMenu/SmallMenuPlus 3.11 released 3/17
software New release fixed a memory corruption problem in SmallMenu/SmallMenuPlus alternative battery icons. The problem may not have been visible on Pocket PC 2002 but it was observed as strange behavior on Pocket PC 2003 when users specify an alternative battery icons.