NOTE: Please read this guide before installing ZLauncher to your handheld.
Important Tips Before The Installation
- DO NOT remove the system launcher from
ROM, or you will DESTROY your handheld!
ZLauncher IS an enhancement to the system
launcher; it IS NOT a replacement for
the system launcher.
- ZLauncher is NOT compatible with the previous versions of SwitchDash
0.44. When running in HiRes 64K colors mode with a version prior to SwitchDash
0.44, place ZLauncher on the exclusion list.
Installation
- Download the ZLauncher.zip file to your computer.
- Unzip the ZLauncher.zip file into a directory of your choice with
an unzipping utility.
* Because Palm Install Tool may not handle long file name properly.
If you can not install files onto you handheld, try extracting the files to
the root directory of the HardDisk drive, such as "c:\" , then install
and HotSync again.
- Use the Palm Install Tool to install the necessary .prc files to
your handheld. You must install ZLauncher.prc and at least one theme
for proper operation. (See Directory Structure)
- If you are using ZLauncher v1.10b3 or higher, simply install the
new version over your previous version.
- If you are running ZLauncher v1.10b3 or earlier, uninstall ALL
of the application from the handheld before installing this new version.
- If you are using a lower version of ZLauncher v4.00, you should
first overwrite the category information of the built-in launcher with the
category informtion of ZLauncher(ZL Preferences > Category Setup >
Overwrite System Category Info) before installing ZLauncher v4.00
or higher version, to save most category information of apps.
- If you have run the previous betas of ZLauncher v4.00, and encountered
problems with the creating new tabs, and the problems still persist after
installing this build, please use ZL Manager to delete ZL_CategoriesDB
from RAM, then launch ZLauncher again.
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Now perform HotSync to install ZLauncher onto your handheld.
Directory Structure
- Back Images: Sample background image files for ZLauncher.
- Help: ZLauncher User Manual in three (3) languages (Traditional Chinese,
Simplified Chinese and English).
- indexb5.htm (Traditional Chinese version)
- indexen.htm (English version)
- indexgb.htm (Simplified Chinese version)
- IconSet: Enhanced icons that replace the icons of the built-in Palm
OS applications.
- Plugin:
- ZReaderLite.prc: ZReaderLite can read PalmOS
format documents (doc) and TXT files and opens automatically when these
type files are launched by ZLauncher.
- ZLQuickLaunchHack.prc: The hack for PalmOS
3.5 or 4.X. Activate this hack in the hack manager program such as XMaster,
Teal Master. So that to use QuickLaunch Anywhere feature. NOTE:
PalmOS 5 or higher version can NOT use this hack!
- JpegLib.prc: JpegLib is used for converting
JPG file into background image on ALL handheld models. If Sony JpegUtil
Library is available on your handheld, you don't need to install JpegLib.
- Theme: You must install one of these themes with ZLauncher.prc for
the launcher to operate properly. Other ZLauncher compatible themes are available
for download on the Internet. To find more themes, please refer the section
of ZLauncher Resources in the ZLauncher User
Manual.
- ZLT_AquawoodXP_Sony_64K.prc: Theme for
the Sony HiRes handheld which runs on PalmOS 4.0 or higher
and supports 64K colors, such as Clie N/T/NR/NX series, Clie SJ30.
- ZLT_AquawoodXP_Sony_256.prc: Theme for
the Sony HiRes handheld which runs on PalmOS 3.5 or higher
and supports 256 colors or 64K colors, such as Clie N610C.
- ZLT_AquawoodXP_Sony_16.prc: Theme for the
Sony HiRes handheld which runs on PalmOS 3.5 or higher and
supports 16 grayscales or higher colors, such as Clie T415/SJ10.
- ZLT_AquawoodXP_Std_64K.prc: Theme for the
standard LowRes handheld which runs on PalmOS 3.5 or higher
and supports 64K colors, such as Palm m505, Handspring Visor Prism/Treo
90/270/300, Treo 600.
- ZLT_AquawoodXP_Std_256.prc: Theme for the
standard LowRes handheld which runs on PalmOS 3.5 or higher
and supports 256 colors or 64K colors, such as Palm IIIc.
- ZLT_AquawoodXP_Std_16.prc: Theme for the
standard LowRes handheld which runs on PalmOS 3.5 or higher
and supports 16 grayscales or higher colors, such as Palm m series,
Handspring Visor Edge/Treo 180, Clie S series.
- ZLT_AquawoodXP_Hi_64K.prc: Theme for the
High-Density handheld, such as Palm Tungsten | T / W / C, Palm
ZIRE 71, Acer S50/S60, Garmin iQue3600. NOTE: This theme also applies
to Sony Clie UX50/UX40.
- ThemeDoc: Specifications and basic instructions for creating ZLauncher
themes and iconsets.
- Utilities: ZLauncherManager.prc
ZLauncher Manager is a management utility for ZLauncher. It is used to uninstall
all or part of ZLauncher, manage the components of ZLauncher, and restore
the system launcher as the default launcher. If ZLauncher crashes with other
applications, ZLauncher Manager can be used to help identify the problem.
(See ZLauncher User Manual)
Menu commands of ZL Manager:
- Restore Launcher - Restore the system launcher as the default launcher.
- Remove Preferences - Remove preferences of ZLauncher.
- Uninstall ZLauncher - Uninstall all items of ZLauncher.
- Manual.htm: ZLauncher User Manual.
- Read1st.htm: ZLauncher Installation Guide (this document).
- ZLauncher.prc: The main program for all supported handhelds. You
must install this file and one theme file for ZLauncher to operate properly.
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+- Help (ZLauncher user manual)
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| +- indexb5.htm (Traditional Chinese version)
| +- indexen.htm (English version)
| +- indexgb.htm (Simplified Chinese version)
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+- ThemeDoc ( ZLauncher Theme and IconSet Specifications )
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+- Plugin (Plugins for ZLauncher)
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| +- ZReaderLite.prc (ZReader light version for ZLauncher)
| +- ZLQuickLaunchHack.prc (QuickLaunch Anywhere for PalmOS3.5 and 4.X)
| +- JpegLib.prc (for decoding JPG files)
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+- Utilities
| |
| +- ZLauncherManager.prc(ZLauncher management utility)
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+- Theme (Themes for ZLauncher)
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+- IconSetDoc (Themes for ZLauncher)
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+- BackImages (Background images for ZLauncher)
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+- ZLauncher.prc (main program of ZLauncher)
To learn to use ZLauncher, please refer to ZLauncher
User Manual (Manual.htm).
Thank Larry Miller for the assistance in updating
this guide.
