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Frequently asked questions

1. I have a previous version of Egress, what is your upgrade policy?

Simply put, I don't charge for updates. If you buy Egress you get lifetime upgrades for free, however, if you feel that an upgrade provides significant benefit, please feel free to tip the author using the Egress tip jar.

2. I have a subscription list on my desktop rss reader, how do I reuse it with Egress?

The functionality to import a subscription list was added as of version 1.6.0. Prior versions of Egress required you to copy the .opml file from the desktop and replace the myChannels.opml file used by Egress. With version 1.6.0 and later, import from a file or a URL is available from the Tools menu.

3. Can I import a subscription list more than once?

You can safely import a subscription list more than once. Egress will add any folders or channels from the .opml file if they are currently not found in the subscription list. A folder is considered to be matching if the title is the same. A channel is considered to be matching if the URL for the feed is the same.

4. How can I add a new newsfeed?

You can add a newsfeed in one of several ways. If you are viewing a web page which has a Radio Userland coffee mug subscription icon, simply click on the icon from within PocketIE with Egress running and the feed will be added to your subscription list. If you can copy the URL of the newsfeed into the clipboard, simple paste the URL in the Add Channel dialog. Finally, you can type in all the information manually in the Add Channel dialog.

5. Sometimes when I attempt to update a channel nothing seems to happen, why?

Actually Egress will always attempt to update a channel when requested, but sometimes won't attempt to contact the web server if the request comes too soon after the last successful update. Unless specified in the RSS, the default update interval is 1 hour, so generally you can only update a channel every 60 minutes. If you want the most frequent update possible, set the check for new items interval to 15 minutes and Egress will update any channel that has exceeded it's update interval every 15 minutes.

6. Do I always have to use the stylus to navigate?

No, the keypad provides the ability to navigate through the items as well as the channels. Pressing up and down will move to the previous and next items within a channel respectively. Pressing right and left will move to the next and previous channels respectively. Pressing the keypad will launch the currently selected item in the browser.

7. How do I upgrade Egress and install a new version of the Today screen integration (egress.dll) ?

WindowsCE does not make it easy to update a Today screen plugin so you have to jump through some hoops. The following steps will work for 2002, 2003, 2003SE and Windows Mobile 5. First, go to Settings/Today and select the items tab. Deselect the item for Egress and click ok. Perform a warm reset on your PocketPC (this will cause the DLL to be unloaded). Install the new version of Egress and you should be "good to go".

8. I uninstalled Egress and now my PocketPC is reporting that it can't find Egress everytime I synchronize, what to I do?

If you uninstalled Egress, prior to version 1.5.1, when you had the 'Check for new items when handheld inserted into cradle' was selected, then you will receive this error every time you attempt to synchronize with the desktop. To resolve this problem you can download the control panel applet 'Tasks' available from this website. Once installed, click on the 'Scheduled Tasks' icon within the Control Panel and remove the task which refers to Egress.

9. I want to use Egress but don't have a Windows PC to run Egress's installation program. How can I install Egress?

The installation program for Egress utilitizes the ActiveSync mechanism for installing Egress on the PocketPC. It was done this way to make the installation process as simple as possible. It is however possible to install Egress from the .cab file. Download the .cab file (the link is in the upper right corner of the support page) and copy the file to the PocketPC. Once executed, Egress will be installed on your PocketPC.

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Current Version:

3.4.1

Release Date:

Dec 3, 2003

Last Update:

Nov 27, 2007

Download Size:

348K

Supports:

PocketPC  2003/2003SE Windows Mobile 5/6

Price:

$12.95