Communications - Ericsson MC 218 Reference Information

A control panel provides access to settings for time/date, sound, screen, power, keyboard, printer,
modems, dialling, Internet service provider, and locale including home city. The control panel
also allows the extras bar to be configured, and provides access to an application
installer/uninstaller for third-party software.
Application installation is very simple: as noted in earlier, the application architecture dictates file
location conventions and simply scans the file systems to find installed applications. Applications
may be instantly installed by copying their files into the right locations, or by inserting a CF card
with pre-installed applications on it. The application installer allows application developers to
deliver a single file that is expanded into multiple files in the correct directories, on any selected
drive. The package file's extension is
packages, and files may also be installed directly from a PC using EPOC Connect. After
.sis
installation, a stripped-down version of the
Versioning and dependency information are also supported.
The graphics window server starts the shell, which itself is started immediately after F32 has
successfully booted. The shell starts the EIKON server, which monitors the task-switching keys.
In turn, the EIKON server starts the APPARC server, which monitors the file system and caches
information about installed applications, running applications, open application files, and most
recently used application files. For efficiency, the shell runs the EIKON server and APPARC
server threads in the same process as the shell itself. For reliable multi-tasking even when
applications are busy, the shell threads run at higher priority than standard applications.
8.2.5.4 System help
Help for standard applications and the shell (referred to as the System application) is provided in a
single compressed database, which is launched (or switched to) using the
The database may be conveniently searched or browsed.
Add-in applications may provide their own help, by using a menu item to launch the help
browser with their specific help database. The
help databases from Microsoft Word RTF files. An SGML format used in the
chain is also documented, and may be used for creating help databases using other editors.
8.3 Applications
EPOC is a whole operating system encompassing a base, graphics, applications, Java runtime
system, wireless communications protocols and applications, and many other features. This
chapter describes the application suite in terms of features offered to the user, and how the
applications are implemented using EPOC's underlying technology.
This chapter is part of the overview series for EPOC R5, covering core components,
communications, software development options including the Java environment, applications, and
connectivity to PCs and PC-based applications.
8.3.1. Introduction
EPOC Release 5 includes a full application suite of office, PIM, messaging, utility, software
development, system and connectivity applications, optimized for EPOC machines' portability,
wireless communications, and synchronization with PC-based data.
Applications delivered by Symbian are:
Office Word processor, spreadsheet, database, spell checker, Jotter
PIM Contacts manager, Agenda, world map and alarm clock

Communications

Email, fax and SMS, web browser, serial comms
Utilities Calculator, Sketch, Voice Notes
File/apps browser, control panel with settings for time/date, sound, screen, power,
keyboard, printer, modems, dialling, internet service provider, and locale; user
System
information including password, extras bar configuration tool, and program
installer/uninstaller
OPL program editor/translator
Development
Bombs
Game
: EPOC SDKs contain a
.sis
file contains information used by the uninstaller.
.sis
tool, supplied with EPOC SDKs, creates
aleppo
tool to build the
makesis
help key at any time.
processing
aleppo
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