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iSilo™ beta: changes

This page lists the changes in iSilo™ 4.05 beta4 from iSilo™ 4.01.



Version 4.05b4 adds the following new features:


All platforms:

Added hierarchical multiple-category support:
Each document can belong to any number of categories simultaneously.
Sub-categories can be created up to ten levels deep, allowing for hierarchical categories.
Category names can be up to 29 characters long.
Support for up to approximately 5,000 categories.
Support for a combined size for category names of up to approximately 50,000 characters.
Support for default categories specified using a category path with forward slashes as hierarchical category component separators.
Added support for automatically categorizing a document into its specified, possibly hierarchic, default category the first time the document is opened.
iSilo™ for Palm OS®:

Completely reworked the document list view.
In the document list view menu:
Added the Edit Favorite Folders command to the Tools menu for accessing the dialog for renaming and deleting favorite folder aliases.
Removed the Open File command from Tools menu, as the functionality for opening a file from any folder is now available through the Device & Storage Card view of the document list.
Moved the Delete All command to the new List menu.
Moved the Refresh List command to the new List, renaming it as just Refresh.
Removed the Synchronize List command from the Tools menu as it is no longer needed in the new document list view operation model.
In the Document List Options dialog:
Removed the "Sort by", "Refresh", and "Show size" options, which no longer apply as such in the new document list view operation model.
Added the "Fields" option for specifying which columns to show in the document list view.
Added "Recent list" option to specify how many files to list in the Recently Opened view.
Added the Settings option to specify the maximum size for the document settings database.
Added support for the following five document list views:
Recently Opened: Lists documents opened recently in order from most recently opened at the top to least recently opened at the bottom.
Updated: Lists documents previously opened that have been updated.
Categorized: Lists categories and categorized documents.
Favorite Folders: Provides view of files in aliased folders unified across multiple memory cards.
Device & Storage Cards: Lists all documents in iSilo™ and Palm Doc format installed in the internal storage memory of the device and all files of any type in all folders on all mounted memory cards.
To support the five new views, made the following changes to the document list view interface:
Added a folder up button for going up one folder.
Added a volume/folder popup list for selecting another volume or higher-level folder.
Added a sort popup list for selecting the sort order.
Added a tab bar for selecting the current view.
Support for document settings for documents located anywhere (e.g., removed limitation of not being able to save settings/local bookmarks for documents opened via Open File menu command).
Removed Mode popup from document list.
Added file and folder context menus for items in the document list:
Context menu accessed via tap on icon, one second stylus hold on name, or Right button on four-way navigator.
Commands in file context menu: Open, Categories (for categorizing a file, and for creating, renaming, and deleting categories), Delete, Rename, Beam, Information, Copy
Commands in folder context menu: Enter Folder, Favorite Folder Alias
In the read view menu:
Removed the Details command from the Edit menu.
Added the Categories command to the Edit menu for categorizing the document currently being viewed, and for creating, renaming, and deleting categories.
Added the Delete command to the Edit menu for deleting the document currently being viewed.
Added ability for iSilo™ to take advantage of the expanded screen of the Sony CLIÉ TH-55.
From 4.05b1: Added "Copy settings/categories" option to Copy File dialog.
From 4.05b1: Added Delete Special command to the document list view List menu with commands to clear the recently used list and to delete the document settings database.
iSilo™ for Pocket PC:


Completely reworked the document list view.
In the document list view menu:
Removed the Choose Folder command from List menu, as the functionality for opening a file from any folder is now available through the Device & Storage Card view of the document list.
Added the Exit command to the List menu to terminate the program.
Added the Edit Favorite Folders command to the Tools menu for accessing the dialog for renaming and deleting favorite folder aliases.
In the document list Options dialog:
On the List tab, added option to enable/disable automatic categorization.
On the Settings tab, added "Recent file list" option to specify how many files to list in the Recently Opened view.
Added support for the following five document list views:
Recently Opened: Lists documents opened recently in order from most recently opened at the top to least recently opened at the bottom.
Updated: Lists documents previously opened that have been updated.
Categorized: Lists categories and categorized documents.
Favorite Folders: Provides view of files in aliased folders unified across multiple memory cards.
Device & Storage Cards: Lists files and folders anywhere in internal storage and on mounted storage cards.
To support the five new views, made the following changes to the document list view interface:
Added a folder up button for going up one folder.
Added a volume/folder popup list for selecting another volume or higher-level folder.
In the menu bar, added icon buttons for selecting the current view.
In the context menu for files:
Removed the Create Copy, Select All, and Rename/Move commands.
Added the Open, Categories (for categorizing the file, and for creating, renaming, and deleting categories), Rename, and Information commands.
Added file and folder context menus for items in the document list:
For folders in the document list, added support for a context menu with the Enter Folder and Favorite Folder Alias commands.
In the read view, added the Categories command to the Edit menu for categorizing the document currently being viewed, and for creating, renaming, and deleting categories.
In the read view, updated tool bar icon colors to shades of blue.
In the iSilo™ device-side ActiveSync® service provider, added support for installation of documents to user-specified paths.
iSilo™ for Windows®:


In the File menu, added the Open Categorized command to open a categorized document.
In the Edit menu, while viewing a document, added the Categories command for invoking the Categories dialog for categorizing the current document, and for creating, renaming, and deleting categories.
iSilo™ for Windows® CE Handheld PC:

In the File menu, added the Open Categorized command to open a categorized document.
In the Edit menu, while viewing a document, added the Categories command for invoking the Categories dialog for categorizing the current document, and for creating, renaming, and deleting categories.
iSilo™ for Windows Mobile™ Smartphone:

Initial revision.
Version 4.05b4 addresses the following issues:

All platforms:

From 4.05b3: If a black and white lossy compressed image is displayed before a color lossy compressed image, the color image may display in black and white.
iSilo™ for Palm OS®:

On the Treo 600, the up and down keys do not change the autoscroll speed.
On Sony CLIÉ devices with Palm OS® 4 and high resolution displays, drawing may be clipped incorrectly.
When displaying text using the monospace bold font, some characters may appear garbled.
When using Font Silo with at least one Font Silo font installed, viewing a document in iSilo™ 1.x format may give a blank screen.
On a Tungsten T3 with the screen expanded, opening a file using the Open File or Document Information dialogs may cause a fatal alert.
From 4.05b1: When converting from the old database settings to the new database settings, if a document had been categorized but never opened, it would not retain its category.
From 4.05b1: When the categories are edited, the Category view may not reflect the changes.
From 4.05b1: Sending iSilo a launch command (e.g., from a launcher) may not launch the document, but instead go directly to the document list view.
From 4.05b1: On the Tungsten T3, when the screen has been expanded or previously expanded, the Font list in the Font Manager and Font Options dialogs may extend below the virtual silkscreen area if there are many fonts, making it impossible to select some fonts.
From 4.05b1: The Favorite Folders view only displays the content for one memory card.
From 4.05b1: When last leaving iSilo with a document open and then restarting iSilo, iSilo may crash or just start in the document list view.
From 4.05b1: Deleting a category may cause a fatal error.
From 4.05b1: Deleting a category using the Categories dialog invoked while a document is open may not be reflected when returning to the document list view in the Categorized view volume/folder popup list.
From 4.05b1: In scroll lists, moving the highlight cursor fails to correctly highlight lines that come into view from the top (e.g., using Up on the 4-way navigator).
From 4.05b1: In the document list view, after copying a file and then accessing the Categories dialog may result in a crash.
From 4.05b1: When the document list has completely loaded the current list, after opening a document and closing it, upon returning to the document list view, the document list would refresh.
From 4.05b2: When using a launcher to launch a Palm Doc document with iSilo as the reader, iSilo would start in the document list instead of the document.
From 4.05b2: Deleting categories may cause all documents to become uncategorized.
From 4.05b2: Deleting the current category does not refresh the list.
From 4.05b3: On the UX-50 with the expanded screen, using a font other than the device font results in the right third of the display being blank.
From 4.05b3: In the scenario where a new document is opened and then closed immediately, after reopening the document, categorizing it into two categories, making a jump, and then closing the document, a fatal alert may occur displaying the message DmWriteCheck failed.
From 4.05b3: When returning to the Recently Opened view from either closing a document or restarting the application, the view shows the sort popup.
iSilo™ for Pocket PC:

After powering off with a document from the memory card open, and then powering back on, the document becomes unreadable.
From 4.05b1: If the Action button is assigned to close a document, using the Action button to close a document may close it and then reopen it.
From 4.05b2: When viewing a document then viewing a dialog or going to another applications, keys would not work upon returning to the document.
iSilo™ for Windows®:

From 4.05b3: When using a method to attempt to scroll horizontally when there is no horizontal scroll bar, the application crashes.

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