document list view
The document list view shows files on your device.
document list layout
The document list has two components:
Immmediately below the title bar of the document list view is the
current view indicator. The indicator consists of one
or two optional icons and a textual label to show you where
in the document list view hierarchy you currently are.
When the document list shows the view
list, the indicator label shows Select View without
any icons.
The following lists describe what the indicator shows
for each of the views.
- Recently Opened:
The indicator shows
Recently Opened.
- Updated:
The indicator shows
Updated.
- Categorized:
When listing the top-level categories, the indicator shows
Categorized.
When listing the contents of a category, the indicator shows
the categorized icon, followed by a folder icon, and then the
name of the category.
- Favorite Folders:
When listing the favorite folder aliases, the indicator shows
Favorite Folders.
When listing the contents of a favorite folder, the indicator shows
the favorite folders icon, followed by a folder icon, and then the
alias of the favorite folder or the name of one of its sub-folders.
- Device & Storage Cards:
When listing the internal and external storage volumes,
the indicator shows
Device &
Storage Cards.
When listing the contents of a volume, the indicator shows
the device & storage cards icon, followed by either a
device icon, storage card icon, or folder icon, depending on
whether the current listing is for the root of the internal
volume, the root of a storage card (either built-in or external),
or a sub-folder of a volume, and then the
mounted name of the volume or the name of the current folder.
For the internal volume, the volume name shows
as Internal Storage.
The document list or file list occupies the space
below the current view indicator
and above the menu bar. It lists the files and folders within the
current folder. Folders always appear before files.
For each file and folder, the list by default shows four pieces
of information for each item, described here:
- Icon: The icon provides a quick visual indicator
of whether the item is a folder (
)
or a file (
).
- If the file is on a storage card, the card mini-icon
appears in the file icon's lower right
(
).
- If the file has neither been viewed nor categorized, the
new mini-icon that looks like an asterisk appears in the
file icon's upper right (
).
- If the file belongs to one or more categories, the
categorized mini-icon that looks like a filing cabinet
appears in the file icon's upper right
(
).
Categories also use the folder icon. The icon for the internal volume
uses a device icon and the icon for a storage card volume
(either built-in or external) uses a storage card icon.
- Name: The name is the name of the file or folder.
- Date: For files, the date column shows the last
modification date of the file. For folders, the date column will
likely show the creation date of the folder, unless the underlying
file system supports updating of the last modification date
for folders, in which case, the last modification date shows.
Since categories have no associated dates stored and the
Favorite Folders view shows
the union of content for all mounted storage cards, only
the Device & Storage Cards
view shows dates for folders.
- Size: The size column applies only to files
and shows the size as a rounded value of up to four digits
with a magnitude of bytes, kilobytes, megabytes, or gigabytes,
indicated with 'B', 'K', 'M', or 'G', respectively.
For the following, the list only shows the icon and name.
- The Select View list
- The Categorized list showing the top-level categories
- The Favorite Folders list showing the aliases
- The Device & Storage Cards list showing the
internal and external volumes
For each item, the name shows on one line and the date and size
show together on a second line. You can optionally hide the date
and size line through the
List options
to allow more items to fit on the screen.
To open a file, move the selection highlight to the file's name,
then press the Action button. To enter a folder,
move the selection highlight to the folder's name,
then press the Action button.
To return to the previous list or to go back up one folder
level, press the Back button.
Use the Sort sub-menu in the List menu, to select a sort order
for items in the list. You can sort the current list
by any of name, date, or size in either ascending or descending
order. The initial sort order is by name in ascending order.
To reverse the sort order from ascending to descending or
from descending to ascending, select the same sort option again.
The Sort sub-menu is disabled for the
Recently Opened view.
Regardless of whether the sort order is ascending or descending,
folders in the list always appear before files.
views
The document list view provides five different views of documents you
have installed on your device.
To access a given view, first move back up the view hierarchy using
the Back button until you get to the Select View list, where you can
then select the desired view.
The Recently Opened view lists the documents you have opened
recently, ordered from most recently opened at the top to least
recently opened at the bottom. By default, the list shows only the
ten most recently opened documents. To change the number of documents
listed, modify the List options.
The Updated view lists documents you have previously opened that
have been updated since the last time you opened them.
The Categorized view lists documents you have placed into one
or more categories. iSilo™ initially creates
two top-level categories named Business and Personal.
In addition to being able to select a specific category from the
category list, you can also select the [All] listing or the
[Uncategorized] listing from the top-level category list.
With [All], you get a listing of all categorized documents
located anywhere and all uncategorized documents located immediately
within any of the favorite folders.
With [Uncategorized], you get a listing of all uncategorized documents
located immediately within any of the
favorite folders.
The Favorite Folders view provides an easy way to quickly jump
to a list of documents in any folder to which you have assigned
an alias. iSilo™ initially creates a favorite folder
with the alias iSilo to the \My Documents\iSilo
folder.
Some devices have the capability to have two or more storage cards
mounted simultaneously. Viewing the contents of a favorite folder
provides a unified view of the same folder across all mounted
storage cards.
To add a favorite folder to the list, use the
Favorite Folder Alias
command in the List menu.
To determine the path of the folder associated with each alias,
or to rename and delete favorite folders aliases, use the
Edit Favorite Folders
command in the Tools menu.
Favorite folder aliases are always sorted lexicographically
in the list and
in the Edit Favorite Folders
dialog.
The Device & Storage Cards view provides a way to browse
through all files of all folders on your device.
To list documents installed in the internal storage memory
of the device, select Internal Storage from the
volume list that you get when you enter the
Device & Storage Cards view.
To list the contents of a folder located on a mounted storage card,
select the card volume from the volume list and then navigate
to the desired folder. The storage card will probably be
Storage Card or Storage Card2 if your
device supports more than one simultaneously mounted storage card.
To open a file, move the selection highlight to the file's name,
then press the Action button.
To access additional file operations, press the Left Soft Key
to activate the List menu. In the List menu, select the
File sub-menu to get the following commands for files:
The Categories command in the File sub-menu presents the
Categories dialog, which you can use to categorize the
file into one or more categories. You use the Categories
dialog to also create, rename, and delete categories.
Tap Done to accept changes you have made to the
categorization of the file.
categorizing
To place the file in a category, check the box to the
left of the category by moving the selection highlight to the
desired category and then pressing the Action button.
You can place a file into any number of categories.
In the Categorized
view, the file shows in the list only when you go to a
category to which the file belongs.
To remove the file from a given category, uncheck the box
to the left of the category.
creating a new category
To create a top-level category, first select any top-level category,
then in the Menu menu, select New. In the New Category
dialog, enter into the Name field the name of the new category,
then select OK.
To create a sub-category, first select the category into which
you want the sub-category created, then in the Menu menu, select New.
In the New Category dialog, enter into the Name field
the name of the new category, check the Sub-category
checkbox, then select OK.
To create a category at the same level as another category,
select an existing category at the same level, then in the Menu
menu, select New. In the New Category dialog,
enter into the Name field the name of the new category,
then select OK.
Following are some additional notes about categories:
- Category names can be up to 29 characters long.
- Categories are always sorted lexicographically in the list.
- You can create sub-categories up to ten levels deep.
- If you attempt to create a new category with the same name
as another category at the same level, you get a message
saying that the category already exists.
- You can have up to approximately 5,000 categories.
- The combined size of the names from all categories
can be up to approximately 50,000 characters.
renaming a category
To rename a category, first select the category to rename,
then in the Menu menu, select Rename. Enter the new name
into the Name field, then select Rename.
You can not rename a category to that of an existing category
at the same level. If you attempt to do so, you get a message
informing you that the category already exists.
deleting a category
To delete a category, first select the category to delete,
then in the Menu menu, select Delete. You get a message asking
you to confirm that you want to delete the selected category
and any sub-categories it contains. Select Yes
to proceed with deleting the category. Select No
to cancel deletion.
If the category has sub-categories, all the sub-categories
are also deleted. Any files in the deleted categories
are removed from the deleted categories.
Note that deleting a category does not delete the
files belonging to those categories.
Use the Delete command in the File sub-menu to delete the file.
iSilo™ asks for confirmation before deleting
the file.
Use the Rename command in the File sub-menu to rename the file.
When you do so, iSilo™ presents the Rename File
dialog so that you can enter a new name for the file.
Use the Information command in the File sub-menu to view
information about the file in the Information
dialog that iSilo™ presents. The dialog
shows the file name and folder location at the top. Below those
fields are the last modification date and time of the file.
Next come the Size and Type fields which show
the file size and type, respectively.
Use the Copy command in the File sub-menu to copy or move the file
to any favorite folder.
In the Copy File dialog, select the Copy settings/categories
option to also copy the document settings and categorizations
of the document. Select Delete original if you
want to perform the equivalent of moving the file to the new
location.
If you need more flexibility in copying files, you can use a
third-party file manager.
To enter a folder, move the selection highlight to the folder's name,
then press the Action button.
For the Favorite Folders view
and the Device & Storage Cards
view, you can create an alias to a folder by first selecting the folder,
then in the Menu menu, select Favorite Folder Alias.
If the folder already has an alias, use the command to edit
the alias.
Invoking the command shows the Favorite Folder Alias dialog.
The Folder Path field shows the path of the folder.
You can not edit the path shown. It is only present to show you
the path for the alias. In the Alias field, modify
the alias to your liking, then select OK to add the alias.
In the Favorite Folders view, the
alias should appear in the list when you enter the view.
menus
The document list view has two menus:
List menu
Use the File sub-menu of the List menu to invoke
a file operation.
Select Favorite Folder Alias on the List menu
to add or modify a
favorite folder alias.
Use the Sort By sub-menu of the List menu to select
a sort order.
Select Refresh on the List menu to force the document list
to rescan for files and update the document list. By default,
the document list automatically updates itself when it detects
new or deleted files and folders. However, there are situations
where this may not happen.
Use the Filter sub-menu of the List menu to select
what files to display in the document list:
- All Files (*.*):
Show files with any extension.
- iSilo/Palm Files (*.pdb,*.prc): Show files with
either the extension .pdb or the extension .prc.
The .pdb extension usually denotes files
in the Palm database format. Files in iSilo™ format
utilizes the Palm database format as the top-level storage
format, so usually a file in iSilo™ format will
have an extension of .pdb. Files in Palm Doc format also
usually have an extension of .pdb since they also utilize
the Palm database format as the top-level storage format.
Sometimes Palm Doc files may also have the extension .prc,
though that extension is usually used for Palm application files.
- Text Files (*.txt): Show files with the extension
.txt. Usually files with an extension of .txt are in a plain
text format.
Exit
Select Exit on the List menu to quit the application.
Tools menu
Use Edit Favorite Folders on the Tools menu
to activate the Edit Favorite Folders dialog to rename
and delete favorite folder aliases.
To rename a favorite folder alias, move the selection cursor
to the alias, then press the Action button. This presents the
Favorite Folder Alias dialog.
The Folder Path field shows the path of the folder
associated with the alias. You can not edit the path shown.
It is only present to show you the path for the alias.
In the Alias field, modify the alias to your liking,
then select OK to rename the alias.
To delete a favorite folder alias, move the selection cursor
to the alias, then press Delete. Note that iSilo™
deletes the alias immediately without asking for confirmation.
Select Done to exit the Edit Favorite Folders dialog.
Options
Use Options on the Tools menu to activate the Options dialog
to set options for the following:
List
Select List in the Options dialog to specify settings
that affect the document list view display. Here, you can
set the following options:
- Show shortcut: By default, each item in the document
list shows the shortcut digit that can be used
to quickly select the item. Uncheck the option to not show
the shortcut digit. Note that you can still select an item
with the digit key corresponding to the line of the item even
if you choose to hide the shortcut digit.
- Show icon: By default, each item in the document
list shows an icon to provide a visual cue as
to what the item represents (i.e., file, folder, etc.).
Uncheck the option to hide the icon.
- Show title in bold: By default, each item in the
document list has its name or title displayed in bold.
Uncheck the option to have the item display with a non-bold
font. Note that the date and size always display with a
non-bold font.
- Show extension: By default, each item in the
document list does not show its file extension,
which is the part of the file name consisting
of a period and up to four characters at the end of the
name. Uncheck this option to show the file extension.
- Show date and size: By default, each item shows
a second line displaying the date and size of the item.
Uncheck this item to not display this line, thus only
showing the item name line. Note that even if you hide
the date and size line, you can still sort by date and size.
- Font size: Select the font size to use
for displaying the item name, date, and size.
- Automatic refresh: Check this option to have
the document list view automatically update itself when
it detects a change to the top-level folder's files,
immediate subfolders, and files within those subfolders.
Uncheck the option to prevent the document list from
automatically updating itself. In this case, you can
manually tell the the document list to update itself
by using the Refresh command in the List menu.
- Auto-categorize: Check this option to have
iSilo™ automatically categorize documents located
in the
iSilo folder of the default documents
folder (i.e., \My Documents) which
have specified default categories and have never been opened.
Icons
Select Icons in the Options dialog
to select which mini-icons to show.
The following list describes the mini-icons:
- Storage card: If the file is on a storage card, the
card mini-icon appears in the file icon's lower right
().
- Unread & uncategorized: If the file has neither been
viewed nor categorized, the new mini-icon that looks like
an asterisk appears in the file icon's upper right
().
- Categorized: If the file belongs to one or more categories,
the categorized mini-icon that looks like a filing cabinet
appears in the file icon's upper right
().
Settings
Select Settings in the Options dialog to specify settings
that affect the saving of a document's local settings
and the Recently Opened view.
A document's local settings include the following items:
iSilo™ creates an individual file in the
"iSilo\Settings" of the default documents folder (i.e.,
\My Documents) for each document's local
settings for which it saves. By default,
iSilo™ automatically
saves the local settings for a document when you close the document.
You can change this behavior by changing the Local settings
field. The three possible choices are the following:
- Automatically save: Automatically save the local settings
of a document without asking when you close it.
- Ask before saving: Ask you whether you want to save
the local settings when you close a document.
- Do not save: Do not save the local settings when you
close a document.
Each local settings file takes up storage space. Over time, if you
have viewed many documents, the cumulative space occupied by the
local settings files can add up. So by default,
when the amount of space used reaches 100KB, iSilo™
deletes the oldest settings files (e.g., based on when the local
settings were last written) until the space used goes down to about
90% of the limit. You can increase or decrease this limit by
changing the Amount of space to use field.
If you tend to keep a lot of documents around, you may want
to increase the limit. If you are tight on space and do not care
so much about the local settings of documents you have not viewed
recently, then you may want to decrease the limit. The actual
size of a local settings file currently depends mostly on how many
local bookmarks you
have created for the document. However, a rough estimate
of the size of a typical local settings file might be anywhere
from half a kilobyte to one kilobyte. Using this rough estimate,
a limit of 100KB should allow for at least the saving of the
local settings for the last 100 documents you have viewed.
For the Recent file list field, specify how many files
you want the Recently Opened view
to show.
Extensions
Select Extensions in the Options dialog to specify file
extensions you want to associate with iSilo™.
Documents in iSilo™ format generally have a
file extension of .pdb and rarely, but sometimes, .prc.
Palm Doc documents also generally have a file extension of
.pdb and sometimes .prc. You can associate either, both,
or neither of these extensions with iSilo™.
For each extension that you associate with iSilo™,
if you tap on a file with such an extension within the
File Explorer program, then it will start iSilo™
with that document.
Please note that iSilo™ does not understand
how to read all files with the extension .pdb or .prc. The
.pdb extension is generally used to denote files that have
the Palm database top-level organizational structure. But
what kind of data and how it is stored within this top-level structure
is application dependent.
Mode
Select Mode in the Options dialog to specify
trial and free mode settings.
While in trial or registered mode,
you can use the Free mode option to turn
free mode
on and off to see what that mode is like.
During the 30-day trial period, you can use the Show trial
period reminder option to enable or disable the
messages that let you know how many days you have left
in your trial period.
Use System Information on the Tools menu
to activate the System Information dialog so that you can
determine the user ID you need to provide in order to obtain
a registration code for a document that requires a registration
code. The user ID is provided in the User ID field.
About iSilo
Use About iSilo on the Options menu
to see the iSilo™ About dialog.
If the Serial # field at the bottom of the dialog
says UNREGISTERED, press the Right Soft Key to select
Register to enter your license registration code.
document types
iSilo™ provides direct support for a set of standard
document types and a catchall for textually viewing the content of any
other document type, useful for viewing plain text files.
standard document types
- iSilo™ 3.x/4.x: The iSilo™ 3.x/4.x format,
newly supported by iSilo™ 3.0, adds color, table,
and other advanced capabilities to documents.
- iSilo™ 1.x/2.x: The iSilo™ 2.x format
added image, hyperlinking, and formatted text capabilities to the
high compression capabilities provided by the iSilo™ 1.x
format.
- Palm Doc: A popular compressed plain text format supported
by most document readers.
catchall document type
You can use iSilo™ to open any other type of file
for viewing in text mode. This is generally only useful
for files in a plain text format as iSilo presents the
content as is. If the format of the content is binary
or a mix of text and binary, then you may see gibberish.
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