Symbian FS-Plugin Beta 0.1 available

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Symbian FS-Plugin Beta 0.1 available

Post by *sabo »

I put together a Symbian plugin for my personal needs. Maybe somebody else finds it helpfull as well.

The initial beta is avialable for download at

http://www.geocities.com/rs0319/

Excerpts form the Readme:

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Purpose:

The plugin allows Total Commander to access the file system of Symbian based
mobile devices. This provides a convenient way of transferring files (e.g. JPGs,
application files in the software development cycle) between desktop PC and
mobile device.

At the time of writing this the plugin has only been tested against a Nokia 6600
phone but in theory it should be working on all Symbian based Nokia phones or
maybe even all Symbian based phones.
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Installation:

The SYMBFS plugin is based on the Symbian Connect QI API. For details on this
API visit:

http://www.symbian.com/developer/downloads/tools.html#connect

Symbian Connect QI is a layer on top of the native PC/device communication
mechanism (mRouter). Unfortunately I could not find any public information on
the mRouter API so I chose to use the Symbian Connect QI API, although it is COM
based and I consider COM one of the most obsolete things in the word (besides
.NET of course).

In order for the plugin to work both mRouter and the Symbian Connect QI API
runtime must be installed.

mRouter is usually installed by the software that ships with the phone. So make
sure you have the PC/device connectivity software installed.

The Symbian Connect QI Runtime is included in this archive. To install it
execute "SCRuntimeSetup22.exe".

Once these 2 components are installed, copy SYMBFS.WFX to the "plugin"
subdirectory of your Total Commander installation and register the plugin in
Total Commander through

Configuration -> Options -> Operation -> FS-Plugins -> Add

After successful registration a "Symbian Devices" entry will be available in the
Network Neighborhood of Total Commander.

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Known issues and limitations

- Issue: Time stamps of device files might be off on non-XP (or higher) systems.
- Limitation: Device file time stamps cannot be modified (limitation of SC QI
API)

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To do:

- Maybe: Add progress display for file transfer

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copy SYMBFS.WFX to the "plugin" subdirectory of your Total Commander
There is SymbFS.dll file in the zip - not .wfx. You've probably forgotten to rename it.
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Post by *sabo »

djk wrote:There is SymbFS.dll file in the zip - not .wfx. You've probably forgotten to rename it.
Thanks. Didn't change the settings in the Release configuration.

The ZIP is updated.

Sabo
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