EVStar User's Guide


  List

     Overview

     Installation

     Usage

     Registration

     Release history and upgrade

     Contract


 EVStar Overview

   EVStar is a Chinese system works with PalmOS, supporting traditional and simplified Chinese input and display, to provide convenience to the Chinese speaking people around the world.


Installation

   You can find the files below after unzip EVStar.ZIP :

evstar.prc EVStar main program (Can't be put into FlashROM)
evstarf.prc EVStar main program (Can be put into FlashROM)
fgb10.pdb Ten point GB font
fb510.pdb Ten point Big5 font
fgccs10.pdb Ten point Hongkong font
gb_big5.pdb Translation table between simplified and traditional Chinese
gbcz.pdb Simplified association Table
gbpy.pdb Simplified Pinyin Input Method
gbwb.pdb Simplified Wubi Input Method
b5zy.pdb Traditional Zhuyin Input Method
b5cj.pdb Traditional Changjie Input Method
b5qk.pdb Traditional Quick Input Method
b5ct.pdb Traditional Canton Input Method
install.exe EVStar installation tool
help\*.* help
loc\*.* Localize Table

   You can use "Install.exe" provided by EVStar or the tools provided by Palm Desktop to install EVStar. After running "Install.exe", you can see interface below:


   Choose User Name, select the parts you want install, then click "Install", the installation program will help you install the files you choose into a specifying user directory. It will install EVStar into your Palm at the next Hotsync.
   Notice: If you have installed  EVStar earlier than version 2.0 , please reset your palm before HotSync; If you have installed EVStar later than Version 2.0, please disable or exit EVStar before HotSync.


 Usage

   After install EVStar, you can find this icon in your palm , click it , start running EVstar.

   Several forms after runing EVStar:

     Main Form

     System Option Form

     EVStar Keyboard Option Form

     Registration Form

     Input Chinese Form



 Main Form

   Form below is the Main Form of EVStar

  In Main Form, you can choose:

Enable Chinese - Enable or disable EVStar
Menu Translation - Enable or disable interface translation
EVStar Keyboard - Enable or disable Chinese input method provied by EVStar


 System Option Form

   Click "Option" after "Enable Chinese" in Main Form, System Option Form will appear.

In system option form, you can chose:

Code Page - Choose System internal code(GB or Big5)
Auto Detect - Enable or close auto-identify between GB and Big5.
Display as - Choose font diplay(GB or Big5)
Small Font - Whether use little font(only valid when you install both 12 point font and 10 point font)
Support Chinese Bold Font - Whether support Bold font display
Sort Records in EVStar - Enable or disable find function of EVStar
Support GCCS - Enable or disable HongKong font display


 EVStar Keyboard Option Form

  Click the "Option" button after "EVStar Keyboard" in main menu, EVStar Keyboard Form will appear.

 In EVStar Keyboard Option Form, you can choose:

Show Keyboard - Whether display soft Keyboard
Chinese ASCII - Whether use Chinese ASCII
Chinese Punctuation - Whether use Chinese punctuation
Auto Insert Space - Whether permit blank after Chinese
Auto Select - Whether permit auto-choose
Enable Phrase Association - Whether permit association input
Enable Phrase - Whether permit input phrase
Display Input Code - If you enable this item, when you input a word,
the input code of this word will display at input area.


Registration Form

  Chose "Register" in main menu, registration form will appear

 Input registration code, cilck"OK", then registration is finished


Chinese Input Form

   Click "abc" or "123" in Graffiti area, you get into chinese input form.

  There are several parts in input form
1 - Soft Keyboard
2 - Click here, get help message
3 - Click here, close chinese input form
4 - Chose input method
5 - Display standard font
6 - Display large font
7 - Chinese chose area
8 - Switch of Soft Keyboard
9 - Switch of Chinese ASCII
10 - Switch of English/Chinese punctuation
11 - Whether permit blank after Chinese
12 - Delete the word just input


How To Register

   First, please go to our website http://evscl.com/evstar , get registration code, then run EVStar in your palm, choose "Register" in menu of EVStar, start Register Form, input registration code. All the usage limitation will be disannulled when you finish registration. You can also get our free upgrade service(use EMail).

Release history and update

  2.21 - 18/5/2000

   
Now EVStar can translate icons at PalmOS3.5.


  2.20 - 12/5/2000

   
Improve the chinese display in AvantGo.

     Alter the chinese translation mode.


  2.10 - 20/2/2000

     Add input method reverse lookup.


  2.10 Beta 1 - 24/12/1999

   
Support Chinese display in AvantGo.

     Add installation tool "Install.exe".


  2.04 - 10/11/1999

     Add ten point Hongkong font.

     Twenty point font will not release together with zip file, you can download it in http://evscl.com/evstar.


  2.03 - 27/10/1999

     Fixed bug in English-chinese translation, add some verbal.


  2.02 - 15/10/1999

     Support scroll list controls translation.


  2.01 - 6/10/1999

     Improve find function.


  2.0 - 1/10/1999

     Support 10 point font for Gb and Big5.

     Make greate change in data structure, you should resetting your palm before installation.


  1.6 - 14/9/1999

     Support main program "EVStarf.prc" which can be put into FlashROM

     Suppport Gccs Font display.


  1.5 - 8/9/1999

    
Speed of translation was improved.

    GB and Big5 was combined into one version.


  1.3 - 25/5/1999

     Add Canton Input Method.

     Add Quick Input Method.
     
     Add Changjie Input Method.



  1.1 - 3/8/1998

    
Provide Translation menu function.

      Support association input.


  1.0 - 5/7/1998

      First release.


Contract

  If you have any problem in using EVStar, please contract us.

  
Guangzhou Earth Village software company.Ltd

    Address: Tianhebei Road, 689#, EVERbright Bank, 25F-B2, Guangzhou, China
    Zip Code: 510630
    Tel:    +86 20 3873 0630
    Fax:   +86 20 3873 0627
    Website: http://evscl.com
    E-Mail: palm@evscl.com