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Installation Instructions

Installing YanCEyWare Reader
  1. Library Folder Creation
  2. Reader Installation
  3. E-book Installation

Customizing the Library

Configuring Splash Screens


Installing YanCEyWare Reader

Step 1

Create a folder on your Pocket PC to be used as a library folder for YanCEyWare Reader.  This folder may be created anywhere on your Pocket PC, or on a storage card.  However, you will need approximately 16MB of free storage space where this folder is located in order to hold all of the Standard Works and LDS curriculum for any given year. As such, it is strongly recommended that your library folder be located on a storage card.  Following is a step-by-step example of how to create a library folder.

 

 

a. Open the programs folder by selecting Programs from the Start Menu.

b. Select File Explorer from the Programs folder.

 

c. Select the folder where you would like to create your library folder.  In this example, the folder will be created on my Secure Digital storage card.  That storage card shows up in the folder list as SD Card.  Note that your storage card may had a different folder name depending on your device.

d. After Selecting SD Card (or whatever folder you chose), File Explorer will display the contents of that folder.  The contents on your device may differ from the picture below.  Select Edit or Tap-Hold anywhere on the white area of the screen and the menu pictured below will appear.  Select New Folder from the menu.

 

e. A new folder will be created with a default name of New Folder.  The folder name will be selected and can be modified in this state.

f. Type in the name of your new folder from the keyboard (or using your preferred input method).  The folder can have any name.  In this example, we'll call the folder "Library".

 

g. Now you've created a new folder to hold the e-books for your YanCEyWare Folder.  The full path to this folder is "\My Device\SD Card\Library".  Remember the location of this folder.  The YanCEyWare Reader configuration files and e-books will be copied into this folder in the subsequent steps

 

 

Step 2

Download and install YanCEyWare Reader.   Download and install the latest version of the YanCEyWare Reader Desktop Installer.

 

 
 

a. Download the YanCEyWare Reader Desktop Installer for you Device.  When prompted to Open the file or Save the file to your computer, select Save.  Remember the location where you save this file.

b. Place your Pocket PC in it's cradle.  You're Pocket PC must be in it's cradle before the installation process can complete.

c. Using Windows Explorer on your desk top PC, locate the YanCEyWare Reader Desktop Installer that you just downloaded in step a.  Double-click the Installer to begin the installation process.

d. Follow the on-screen instructions.  When complete, YanCEyWare Reader should be installed on your Pocket PC.  You'll find YanCEyWare Reader in the Programs folder on your Pocket PC.  Tap the YanCEyWare Reader icon to run the program.

 

e. The First time you run YanCEyWare Reader, you are prompted to select your Library folder.  Browse to the Library folder selected in Step 1, select that folder, and tap OK.  NOTE:  Be sure you select the Library folder and not the YanCEyWare subfolder.  If you inadvertently select the wrong folder, don't panic. You can always change the library folder by tapping on the Tools icon at the top of the main YanCEyWare Reader screen and selecting "Configure->Select Library..." from the menu.

 

f. The first time you run YanCEyWare Reader, your library list will be empty.  Now it's time to download and add some e-books!

 

 
 
 

Step 3

Download and install the e-books into the Library folder created in Step 1.   The e-books you download from the YanCEyWare E-books section are compressed zip files.  Each e-book must be extracted from a the zip file before it is copied to the library folder.  The unzipped e-book files will have a ".ybk" extension, such as "BoM.ybk".  Below is an example for a single e-book.  This same procedure should be followed for each book you download

 

a. Download the e-book by clicking on the link for the e-book in the e-books section.  For this example we will download the Book of Mormon (BoM.zip).  When prompted to Open the file or Save the file to your computer, select Save.  Remember the location where you save this file.

b. Using Windows Explorer on your desk top PC, locate the BoM.zip file that you  downloaded in step a.  Extract the contents the BoM.ybk file from the zip file.

c. We now need to copy the BoM.ybk file to our Library folder.  Start by placing your Pocket PC in it's cradle.  This should automatically start Microsoft ActiveSync.  When ActiveSync starts, select the Explore button from the toolbar.

 

d. This should open the Mobile Device window.  From this window, double-click the My Pocket PC icon to get to the root directory of your Pocket PC device (note the following steps may differ if you created your library folder in a different location than in the example.

 

e. From the root directory browse to the "\My Device\SD Card\Library" folder.  This is the folder created in Step 1 above.  The folder should contain just the YanCEyWare subfolder at this point.  If not, verify the previous steps.  The next step will be to drag-and-drop the BoM.ybk file into the Library folder.  NOTE: Be sure to copy the ybk files into the "Library" directory and NOT the YanCEyWare directory.

 

f. When complete, the folder should look like this.  Note that the ybk file is at the same level as the YanCEyWare subfolder, not inside it.  Also note that the book has a ybk extension, not a zip extension.

 

g. Repeat this step for all of the e-books you would like to install.   Note that all the e-book files should be copied to the same directory, as shown in the screenshot below.  Do not copy e-book files into the YanCEyWare subdirectory pictured in the screen shots.  This folder is used to hold splash images, custom menu files, and other YanCEyWare Reader support files.

h. Now that you have installed the e-book into your Library folder, run YanCEyWare Reader again on your Pocket PC.  When YanCEyWare Reader starts up, the library list will still be empty as pictured in step 2f.  To add the e-books you just copied to your library screen, you must refresh your library.  Tap on the icon and select "Refresh Library" from the menu.  You should see a list of e-books similar to the image below.  If not, double check that you have copied the files into the correct folder.  If you are certain the files are in the correct folder, double check that this is the same folder you selected in step 2e. If necessary, you can change the selected library folder by selecting "Configure->Select Library..." from the tools menu.

 

 

You are now ready to begin using YanCEyWare Reader. 

If you would like to add formatting to your library listing, or arrange the order of the files in the library, please follow the instructions found here.

If you would like to add Splash Images to YanCEyWare Reader, please follow the instructions found here.

If you still have a questions or problems, please visit the YanCEyWare Support Forum for assistance.