JonMisurda

I was about to edit a Word document on my PDA last week when I realized it was too complex for Pocket Word, so I needed it to open in TextMaker. Normally Pocket Word is ok for me, and I like it since it opens a lot more quickly than Textmaker does, so I've left PWord as the default program to open my *.doc files when I tap on them.

I realized here that I really missed the ability to do an "Open With..." like you can in the desktop windows, and especially the way it works in Windows XP. I see that at least Resco File explorer allows you to do this, but I just use the built-in file explorer and sometimes Total Commander.

I decided to start writing my own "open with" utility for the pocket pc. Right now I have a very rudimentary, but functional version. However, the way the pocketpc works, there are some limitations. You have to add the "open with" menu item to every file extension that you want it to appear with, there's no way (I've found, if someone knows better, please help!) to associate it with every file or those with unknown extensions.

That said, I'm looking to gauge interest in such a program and to possibly get some people to do some beta testing and preliminary suggestions. If you're interested, either in testing or in the end result, post here and in a few days, I'll post with a link to download the first beta.

I've also attached 2 screenshots, one of the new context menu entry for text files, and one of the open with dialog that pops up.

Thanks for your input.

Jon