File Manager Software for BlackBerry® Devices
with OS 4.3 or higher

FileScout (formerly known as BBFileScout) - Product Details A file manager Software for BlackBerry® Devices The "all in one" file, zip, text and image manager for your BlackBerry®

What you can do with FileScout?

• Browse over the file system of your BlackBerry® device
• Show hidden files and directories (indicated by grey name)
• Show 'encrypted content' (indicated by a caution icon )
• Creating new directories
• Copy a single file (or a group of files) from one folder to another
• Move files (incl. multi select)* (in the same way as copy a file)
• Auto rename/overwrite if a file already exist at the destination [of copy & move], this behavior is configurable via options
• Renaming existing files*
• Delete existing files [even ones that are preinstalled (like wallpapers or ringtones)]*, ***
• Copy complete directory structures (including all it's content) in the same way as single files can be copied
• Move complete directory structures (including all it's content) in the same way as single files can be moved
• Delete directories with all its content (recursive)*
• Unpack ZIP-Archives (including directory structures) - no support for password protected zips
• Create a ZIP-Archive from a marked single file
• Create a ZIP-Archive from a group of files (mark multiple files by pressing the SPACE-key)
• Create a ZIP-Archive from a selected directory (including all it's content/recursive)
• Resize Images to save time and money when sending photos that have been taken with your BackBerry® or coming from other sources (this also can save device memory)
• Rotate Images (90°, 180°, -90°) (might require image resizing first)
• Create Playlists across multiple folders [select in any folder your audio files (via Space-Key) and once you have marked all files select 'Create Playlist from <selection>' from the menu]
  (this menu item is only available, if you have specified a 'Playlist Directory' in the options)
• Create Playlists from current directory content [optional: including all subdirectories (recursive)]
  (this menu item is only available, if you have specified a 'Playlist Directory' in the options)
• FileScout register itself as default content handler for '.INI', '.LOG' and '.XML' files [This allows you to open this files e.g. from eMail attachments directly in the FileScout SimpleTextViewer/Editor]
• Add the current directory to your 'favorite directory list'
• From anywhere goto any of your favorite directories (from the list)
• From anywhere goto any other directory on your device by using SHIFT+G|SHIFT+H (Nodes can be expanded or collapsed with the SPACE-Key)
• Opening Media-Files**:
  • Audio: W4A|AAC|MP3|WAV|AU3|MID|WMA
  • Video: MPEG|AVI|MP4|3GP
  • Image: JPG|PNG|GIF|TIFF|SVG|BMP
  • Office (requires installed "Office to go"): DOC|XLS|PPT
  • PDF (requires installed "PDF to go" or "Repligo Reader")
  • Other: TXT|HTML
  • Playlists: M3U
• Opening custom registered files - FileScout allows you to associate own file extensions with custom applications (like you might know it from other OS)****
• Opening Files in a SimpleTextViewer:
  • You can open small files (smaller then 250KiB) in plain text mode - This enables you to open XML's, INI's or any kind of script files (or any other files) in your BlackBerry®
  • Once the file is opened, you can mark/select text and copy it into the clipboard (to use it where ever you like or need it)
• Opening Files in a SimpleTextEditor:
  • Once it's enabled in the options you can edit the text files that you have opened in the SimpleTextEditor. But FileScout is still far away from becoming a fully functional text editor (that might change in further releases).
  • by default all files will be open with UTF-8 character encoding
  • Re-read file with different encodings:
    • Re-read file with 'UTF-8' encoding
    • Re-read file with 'ISO-8859-1' encoding
    • Re-read file with 'UTF-16BE' encoding
    • Re-read file with 'US-ASCII' encoding
  • Save File
  • Save File as...
  • both 'save' functions will use UTF-8 encoding
• Creating new text files (if edit-mode is configured in options)
• File details:
  • Filename (complete)
  • 128px Preview (for images only)
  • Path in which the file is located
  • File size
  • MIME type
  • Last modification date
  • Is Hidden [YES|NO] (writable)
  • Is BuildIn [YES|NO]
  • Is DRMLocked [YES|NO] (if accessible)
  • Is Encrypted [YES|NO]
• Directory details:
  • Directory name (complete)
  • Path in which the directory is located
  • Total file size (incl. sub-directories)
  • free space
  • number of files
  • number of directories
  • Last modification date
  • Is Hidden [YES|NO] (writable)
• Send any file as eMail attachment to your BlackBerry® contacts
• Send any file via Bluetooth to any other device that supports OBEX-Object-Push***** (experimental)
• Send content of plain text files (xml, ini, txt etc.) as SMS
• Options:
  • General Settings
    • Startup Directory (default EMPTY)
    • Confirm Exit of FileScout (default OFF)
    • Confirm Delete of files & directories (default ON)
    • Show hidden files & directories (default ON)
    • Use BlackBerry® build in eMail composer (default ON)
    • Default action when destination exist ['do nothing'|'rename file'|'overwrite destination'|'ask each time'] (default 'do nothing')
    • Directory Structure loading Thread ['Slow'|'Normal'|'Fast'] (default: Normal)
  • Appearance
    • Font Size ['small'|'medium'|'default'|'large'|'I am an old man'] (default: DEFAULT)
    • Sort directory content (default ON)
    • Specify the sort order of the directory content: by file name, by file size, by modification date and by file extension (type) (default 'by name')
    • Show 'filename' in Menu (default ON)
    • Default/alternative Folder icons
  • Thumbnail Options
    • Show thumbnail images (default OFF)
    • Thumbnail scale factor (default 2x)
    • Thumbnail-Store Directory (default EMPTY)
  • Image operation Options
    • Allow image resizing (default ON)
    • Image size: user defined, 1200px, 1024px, 800px, 640px, device resolution, ask each time (default 'device resolution')
    • Delete original image on resize (default OFF)
    • Add resolution information to filename (default OFF)
    • save as PNG or JPG (default JPG)
    • JPEG Quality (1-100) (default 75)
  • Media-Player Options
    • Playlist Directory (default EMPTY)
    • Clear selection after Playlist creation (default ON)
  • Simple TextViewer/Editor
    • Allow editing in SimpleTextViewer (default OFF)
    • Font Size ['small'|'medium'|'default'|'large'|'I am an old man'] (default: DEFAULT)
    • Maximum text file site (default 256KiB)
  • File associations
    • Use the FileScout build-in text viewer/editor (default ON)
    • Use the FileScout build-in ZIP handler (default ON)
    • Use the BlackBerry default Browser to open HTML files (default OFF)
    • Force BlackBerry® media content handler for images, audio & video files (default OFF)
  • Custom file associations
• Key short cut Help Popup Dialogs [select from the menu 'Key short cut' to see all current available key short cuts with a description]
• Key short cuts [main screen]:

  [C|V]:	(C)opy to Clipboard [store the actual selected file/dir on the Stack]
  [O|P]:	(P)aste from Clipboard [copy the current file on the stack to the current directory]
  [M]:	(M)ove from Clipboard [move the current file on the stack to the current directory]
  [U|I]:	(I)nformation about selected file or directory [file details]
  [DEL|Backspace]:	(Del)ete file/directory
  [A|S]:	(A)rchive file/directory
  [SHIFT]+[A|S]:	Open the (S)earch Dialog
  [E|R]:	(R)rename file/directory
  [D|F]:	Create NEW (d)irectory
  [SHIFT]+[M]:	(M)odify Image
  [L]:	Create play(l)ist from selection
  [G|H]:	(G)oto favorites [open favorites Dialog (if defined)]
  [SHIFT]+[G|H]:	(G)oto any Directory [will open a tree structure of your BlackBerry® filesystem]
  [T|Z] [T|Y]:	(T)ext mode Edit [open the current file in the simple text viewer/editor]
  [SPACE]:	Select/Deselect the current highlighted file (and go to the next one)
  [SHIFT]+NAV UP|DOWN:	Select/Deselect multiple files
  [SHIFT]+[U|I]:	(I)nverse sort order
  [SHIFT]+[O|P]:	Change sort (o)rder

• Key short cuts [favorite popup]:

  [ENTER]:	Open the selected favorite directory
  [DEL|Backspace]:	(Del)ete selected favorite directory entry
  [ESC]:	Cancel - close the popup dialogue

• Key short cuts ['all directories' popup]:

  NAV LEFT:	Collapse current node (or parent)
  NAV RIGHT:	Expand current node and go to first child
  [ENTER]:	Open the selected directory
  [SPACE]:	Expand/collapse current node
  [ESC]:	Cancel - close the popup dialogue

• Key short cuts ['Search Files/Directories' popup]:

  [ENTER]:	Start the search | Open the current selected file or directory
  [O|P]:	Open (P)arent Directory
  [U|I]:	(I)nformation about selected file or directory [file details]
  [ESC]:	Cancel - close the popup dialogue

• More to come ?

Additional Notes

• Please Note: Some files on a BlackBerry® devices have some sort of DRM (DigitalRightsManagement). Cause of this it could be, that the files can not be copied, moved. FileScout will give you a warning information once you try to copy a file that have 'encrypted content' - FileScout will mark these files with a "lock" symbol. Additionally it could be the case, that even deleting of this content is not possible.
• Even if I own a Storm myself there is no extra TouchScreen support (yet) - this means it will work on a Strom like on any other BlackBerry® device.
• Some parts/files in the '/system' and '/store' folders might reappear after a battery pull - The device seams to auto restore some of the files.

*	Deleting or renaming files from your BlackBerry® can harm the core functionality of the device - use this function at your own risk!
**	Not all media types might be supported by your device
***	Some files on a BlackBerry® device are marked as "BuildIn" - unfortunately most of the time it's not possible for FileScout to delete this type of files.
****	The 3'rd party application itself have to support to be started with an file as additional command line parameter (this is quite usual in other OS's but I do not know much about 3'rd party BlackBerry® applications right now)
*****	Once you choose to send a file via Bluetooth, FileScout is opening a list of available Bluetooth devices that are in range (and that support OBEX-Object-Push) - The initial list will be empty and once a device will be detected the entry will be shown in the list. This Bluetooth device search could take some seconds - please be patient!