Q: Does FM work on PPC 2003?
A: Yes!
Q: Will FM work when Animated Today is installed as well?
A: Although you don't have to, you should disable
any running Animated Today Theme when you want to run a FlashMate. This is
because a FlashMate will take up only the free space on your Today Screen after
the end of the Today Screen components. If AT is running a theme then you will
have very little space to see Petra doing her thing...
Q: How do I see a FlashMate?
A: Click Start->Program Files->FlashMates to
start the application. Select a FlashMate from those listed in the "Select
FlashMate" drop down, select the random period to wait for FlashMates to appear,
check the "Enabled" checkbox and then hit "Update FlashMates". When you close
the application and return to the Today screen your FlashMate will
appear!
Q: What's the "Refresh" button for?
A: After you have installed a new FlashMate if it
doesn't appear in the "Select FlashMate" dropdown select Refresh and the
application should go and find it for you. After you've refreshed check the list
again and it should now be listed.
Q: What do I need to run FlashMates?
A: You need to install the Macromedia Flash Player available
here
Q: I installed FlashMates to my
storage card but it doesn't seem to work?
A: Both the FlashMates application and FlashThemes
player must be installed to the default location in the PocketPC's main memory.
This is a bit by design and a bit by oversight, however together they don't take
up that much room. If you want to save space remove the two default FlashThemes
- "FlashTheme" and "Fish" from the \Windows folder and you be left with taking
up under 200KB (not including the Macromedia Flash Player - but you'll want this
anyway).
FlashMates content themselves can be installed and run from the
Storage Card. this is because they do tend to take up a lot of room (up to 2MB)
due the animation quality and the number of animations (roughly 6 in a single
FlashMate).
Q: Do I have to select a particular theme to view a FlashMate?
A: No! Regardless of the theme you choose the
FlashMate will appear on top of it appearing as part of the actual theme!