Welcome
Requirements
Installation
High-Resolution
Upgrading

Getting Started
The Interface • Icon View • List View
Pop-up Sheets • Tools • Tabs • Ticker • Pix
Menu Bar Items • Options • Sheet • Device

Managing Applications
Getting Info • Re-naming Applications • Hiding Items
Categorizing • Expansion Media • Tabs Sheet
Beaming • Beaming Databases
Deleting • Deleting Databases
Launching • Hot Spots • QuickSilver

Advanced Features

SilverScreen has many advanced features that allow you to customize the appearance of the launcher environment. This includes a wide range of theme, font and icon selections.

Using Themes

Themes are the key to making SilverScreen sparkle! Themes can replace the battery meter, ROM applications, and the pop-up sheets with custom graphics.

Installing/Removing Themes: Themes come in [theme name].pdb file format. You may HotSync themes as you would any other item. Once installed the theme will be listed in the first pick list of the Theme dialog. (To access the Theme dialog first select Options from the menu bar, then choose Silver Prefs > Theme.)

To remove a theme first tap the list-expander button to display databases. In the expanded list SilverScreen themes are indented under the entry "Silver Data" in the All category. Drag the theme file you want to remove onto the Trash tool on the Tools sheet.

Scroll Bar: Four custom scroll bar designs are offered in addition to the standard b/w scroll bar. Mulholland and Sunset are very contempary in appearance with subtle shading, whileVine and Wilshire are more traditional. Choosing the Theme option will display a scroll bar in the style of the choosen theme or auto select the best match from the five built-in styles.

Font Selection

Options are also provided for choosing different fonts for application and category labels.

Built-in Fonts: Three built-in fonts are available. Cagney is essentially the smallest possible legible font and is intended for displaying the greatest amount of text within a given space. Stewart is simlar to Cagney in width but is as tall as the standard Palm font. Hepburn is a stylish script font.

FontBucket: Download and install FontBucket™ by Hands High® Software to access your library of third-party fonts within SilverScreen. The FontBucket option always appears as the last choice in the Tab Font and Icon Font pick lists.

Replacing Icons

Use the corner button or the Sheet menu to activate the Tools sheet. Drag an application (or database) onto the Info tool (the first of the four large icons shown on the Tools sheet) to bring up the item's Information dialog. Tap the icon that appears in the upper left corner to access the Replace Icon dialog. Use the pick list to select an icon set and then drag the desired icon on top of the old icon to replace it.

Installing/Removing Icon Sets: Icon sets come in [icon set].pdb file format. Before color icon sets may be used the chroma.pdb file must be installed. HotSync the icon set file as you would any other. Once installed the icon set will be listed in the pick list of the Replace Icon dialog.

To remove an icon set first tap the list-expander button to display databases. In the expanded list SilverScreen icon sets are indented under the entry "Silver Data" in the All category. Drag the icon set you want to remove onto the Trash tool on the Tools sheet.

Frequently Asked Questions

The Sensei is in! Find answers to all of the most frequently asked questions regarding SilverScreen and Hi-Res It! Try the links on the About Us page to submit your question via e-mail.

Customer: I have a hi-res device but SilverScreen is telling me hi-res themes cannot be displayed. Why?

Sensei: You must first install HiRes to enable high resolution support within SilverScreen.

Customer: I have moved applications to my Memory Stick and SilverScreen cannot see the files. I used MSGate to move the applications from my CLIE to the Memory Stick.

Sensei: You must use SilverScreen to move applications from the handheld to the Memory Stick. Then choose the Copy or Move command. Memory Sticks have a directory structure just like floppy disks and hard drives. SilverScreen uses the same directory naming convention used by Palm OS 4.0. SilverScreen will recognize files that are placed in the directory /PALM/Launcher. Early versions of MS Gate move files to /PALM/PROGRAMS.

Customer: How do I restore a third-party application back to its original icon?

Sensei: The changes you make in SilverScreen overwrite the third party application's icon of the same bit depth. The b/w icon is unaffected. The overwritten icon is not stored anywhere and cannot be restored (i.e. just like replacing an icon on your desktop computer). To bring back the original icon the application in question needs to be installed again.

Customer: Why can't I replace the icons of the built-in applications?

Sensei: Icons for built-in appication are assigned using the Theme dialog.

Customer: Can I make my own icons and themes?

Sensei: We do not offer an icon editor for general use, but we are now providing instructions on theme design and will compile the best entries for publication at our Web site and the author's use. Complete details are available at:

http://www.pocketsensei.com/design.htm

Only a limited number of submissions will be considered each month and those that are complete, correctly implemented and arrive earliest will be favored. Have fun designing as the possibilities really are limitless!