Bonsai is a powerful and fully customizable outliner and has been regarded as a killer application on PDAs by so many in the old days. Originally developed for Palm OS, the very last update releases a build
(5.0.5
) for Windows Mobile.
I have been using Bonsai on both my PC and my Palm device
(Alphasmart Dana
), and even on my Android phone using PHEM and I would say it remains my personal pick of outlining and GTD solutions. It will be a dream come true if it can also run on my Jornada 720.
Mobyware lists the requirements as follows
http://www.mobyware.org/pocket-pc-os/bonsai-5-mobile-for-windows-mo...
Quote
Requirements: .NET Compact Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1
Supported operating systems: Windows Mobile 2003, Windows Mobile 5.0, Windows Mobile 6 Classic, Windows Mobile 6 Professional, Windows Mobile 6.1 Classic, Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional
These were the steps I took in my attempt to get the app to run:
Step 1: At first I installed .NET Compact Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 Redistributables from here:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=7740
It has to be installed on PC first. Under C:\Program Files
(x86
)\Microsoft.NET\SDK\CompactFramework\v2.0\WindowsCE\wce400\armv4 there are two CABs: NETCFv2.wce4.ARMV4.cab and NETCFv2.ppc.ARMV4.cab . I chose the wce4 one as the ppc version simply won't install on my Jornada 720.
Installation of the v2 CAB is tricky. I found that I need to install it on a clean system without stuff like .Net Compact Framework 1.0, Redgear, etc.
(Yes, it's supposed to be for WinCE4, so is this a problem here?
)
Step 2: Then I installed RedGear
(enabling newer Windows Mobile and Pocket PC apps to run on older WinCE platforms
):
https://www.hpcfactor.com/scl/81/Alpaxo_Software/RedGear/version_1.0...
Step 3: Finally I installed Bonsai. Surely it complained about incompatibility but installation went fine.
The problem is the app won't load. Pressing the icon I can see a RedGear bar flashing at the bottom for half a second and then gone. Nothing happened then.
An alternative is to try to load Bonsai via StyleTap. But that app is super expensive
(USD$60??
) and I assume the app won't make use of the whole widescreen estate.
Much appreciation to anyone who can provide your insight here.
