PocketNotepad

Published Oct 25, 1999/Last Updated Nov 14, 2009

PocketNotepad (Pocket PC)

To every Notepad fun, pocket version of Notepad is now available!

The concept of PocketNotepad is "To provide the same feature as Desktop Notepad does" or "Nothing added to the original Notepad". :-) That is, no toolbars, rebar bands, etc...

On the other hand, it does not provide several functions as it is becoming to its name. The eliminated functions are, for example, printing, drag&drop and so on.

Thus, in the case you do not use Notepad on your desktop mainly, it is not considered as appropriate to use PocketNotepad heavily on your Windows Mobile device. It is thought as appropriate to use PocketNotepad for viewing text files, for taking short memo, for a buffer in cutting and pasting.

While, in the case you are a heavy user of desktop Notepad, PocketNotepad would be the most preferable editor on your Windows Mobile device. It's small, light, cute and simple. PocketNotepad does not require MFC dll. It's really small!

PocketNotepad for Smartphone aka Windows Mobile Standard

PocketNotepad(Smartphone)

Smartphone version has almost the same functionality as the other Windows Mobile versions, including the following:

• Open/Save any text format files with or without .txt extension through tGetFile.dll file dialog.
• Cut/Copy/Paste function via standard Windows Mobile clipboard.
• Select function to select a region without stylus.
• Find/Find Next to find target word(s). Find Next soft key stays for a while, so that, finding the next same word(s) is extremely easy.
• Time/Date function which insert the current time and date.
• Journal function which can be enabled by putting .LOG on the very beginning of a file.
• Word Wrap view style can be turned on or off.
• Set Font to change font and its size used by PocketNotepad.

Please note that it is necessary to install tGetFile.dll (freeware) to open files if you install PocketNotepad to Windows Mobile 5 Smartphones.

Misc screens of Smartphone version

PocketNotepad is a free software. License condition is written in a distributed file. Read the condition before using PocketNotepad.

PocketNotepad is the best of its category and platform for the year 2006 as a result of the test experience of the experts in the field of handheld software of the editorial staff of "ITM praktiker" (Austria).

Downloads (Approx. 90KB)

PocketNotepad for Pocket PC/Smartphone is compatible with tGetFile.dll. Please do not forget to install tGetFile.dll to open or save to a file in an arbitrary folder.

Changes

• False device type recognition, that is, PocketNotepad falsely recognized Windows Mobile devices as old Handheld PC devices under certain conditions, which was introduced in Ver 5.0, has been resolved. Caused by this false recognition, PocketNotepad had several problems, for example, it could execute multiple instances and it could not retain unsaved texts when it was closed by a task manager.

• I brought back the file size restriction because of a bug found in Microsoft Edit Control.
• I fixed a problem observed in "Save As" function. Sometimes, an entered name was used without "txt" extension.
• Installers for English and Japanese languages are combined into one.

• File size restriction has been removed. You can open any size of text files now. The file size is limited only by the amount of memory your device has.
• VGA and larger resolutions have been fully supported.
• Icons with sizes 44x44 and 22x22 have been added which are mainly used by Windows Mobile Standard devices.
• PocketNotepad now executes only a single instance. It executed multiple instances on QVGA landscape Windows Mobile Standard devices.
• Menus have been rearranged in order not to scroll when used with QVGA landscape Windows Mobile Standard devices.
• Dialog boxes have been rearranged for QVGA landscape Windows Mobile Standard devices.