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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] SkizZO:
OK i've the skin ready :D :D

I have to add only a background (for 3d effect & shadow) to the places images & make a frame for pressed/focused state of the placed button.

Miss also the signal image... if someone has something... give ur help ;)

The bugs into the newer skin engine are:

1) For the big centered button, there's a border around it

2) "Percentage" bars has the borders, also i've inserted the same y coordinates to signal & battery, but signal border is 1-2 pixel down.

3) I'm speaking about "borders" for the "percentage" bars because NO IMAGE is SHOWN... i've replaced the "gradient" string with the "image" but it still show the gradient

4) The text of the percentages is overlayed to the image bars... would be nice an option to hide it or move it... i don't know where it goes (hope depends to x,y coords of the image bars & naturally to the relative position assigned into it) to make a skin that include it

5) I've made, for the background, an image of 150x240, but it is still too long (goes under the buttons)... the REAL background is 320 - 50 (two windows mobile bars) = 270 (bar size from a screenshot);

Then there are the buttons, so 270-120 (buttons are 60x60) = 150

But with 150 px the background image goes under the buttons... i don't want to make 3000 try...

Ps: naturally the skin file, this time, is filled good
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] SkizZO:
...you're fugitive today hehe

However i've seen that you've read the post.. :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
HEHEEH, yes, sorry. The is a "fire" in my company. (IN spain we use this expresion when there is a big problem in a project ( Rail Project, in my case)). IN two hours I will be at home :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] SkizZO:
Take this!!

(buttons are an old version...)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
:eek: :eek: :eek:

That was nice¡¡¡¡¡. Bars are done with gradients?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] SkizZO:
No, it's an image CY=110 CX=8
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
Fine. Give me 1 1/2 hour to go out....
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] silent_killa:
Yeah did mention this in an earlier post, i wasnt clicking on save, lol.

But i have noticed that if i edit a place to change the icon, the place name is replaced with the icon name. If i try to edit again to change place name the icon name still remains.

S.K.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
mmmm. strange...Maybe your data base is corrupt. Could you close the program and delete the file \program files\commmgrpro\comm_mgr.db and start again?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
Just cached a bug when you are adding-editing a place a click the upper left x icon. By now confirm selecting "Save" option...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
Bug fixed. Current version Beta V0.9.0.2. There was a problem if you edit a place/locations/shedule and click the x button. Please, delete the data base before execute the new version
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] silent_killa:
Started again with the new version, and deleted the db file before install.

Still having the same problem with the place name being replaced by the icon name if you edit a place and change the icon.

S.K.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
this is what I do.

1) delete db and start Comm Mgr Pro

2) Click over exclamation icon and select Add place

3) enter a name, description and a icon

4) Ok. Then appears question...."Create a default 24 frame?".select yes.

5) menu/options to go to places tab.

6) Select the created place and select menu\place\edit

7) Change name, desc and image

8) ok

And the place has the new name, description and icon. I ve tried other ways and over diferent devices (tynt, s200, universal) and I cant see that bug. Could you tell with detail what you do?

pd: Thanks to help me in the bug fixing process :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
Hi

Version V0.9.0.3 out.

Changes:

Several fixes.

Remember this software is in beta testing stage and may contain bugs.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
New version: V0.9.0.4 (2007-23-03 10:00)

Version V0.9.0.4 out.

Changes:

Several fixes.

DataBase tools:

1) Backup and restore. It allows to backup all you data (places, locations, actions....) to ROM or storage card and restore it

2) Format DataBase. It deletes all the records.

3) Check integrity: Check the integrity between all the tables of the database and show the total number of records

Remember this software is in beta testing stage and may contain bugs.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
New version: V0.9.0.5 (2007-23-03 23:17).

Version V0.9.0.5 out.

Changes:

1) several optimizations.

2) buffer overflow editing places,

3) Now you can edit default place (name, desc and icon).

4) You cant assign locations to default place ( It has no meaning).

Known issues.

1) Bluetooth settings opens standard windows bluetooth settings dialog. Sometimes windows refuses to open it from other application. Researching about it...

2) Same with wifi settings. Must open standard Microsoft Standar Comm Mgr.

Best regards

Remember this software is in beta testing stage and may contain bugs.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] hekenberg:
Small question ?

what is the numbers in the main screen like 0-664-1[24-23:00:00]
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
Its debug info:

664: Asynchronus commands executed by one of the 8 worker threads of the program.

1: There is one time notification scheduled. It can be the end of the current period, start of the next period o final of a time event (turn on/off bluetooth for x minutes, etc)

24: Day of the next notification scheduled

23:00:00 Day of the next notification scheduled

Greetings
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
Version V0.9.0.6 (2007-03-26).

changes:

1) Popup dialog lost bug fixed.

2) CommMgrPro now detects wm5 and wm6 so double switch from GSM to UMTS only is done twice in WM6

3) Now there are are 20 icons for places and user can add own images.

4) When the location isnt known there is a quick option to assign it to a known place

Version V0.9.0.5 (2007-03-23).

Changes:

1) several optimizations.

2) buffer overflow editing places,

3) Now you can edit default place (name, desc and icon).

4) You cant assign locations to default place ( It has no meaning).

Known issues.

1) Bluetooth settings opens standard windows bluetooth settings dialog. Sometimes windows refuses to open it from other application. Researching about it...

2) Same with wifi settings. Must open standard Microsoft Standar Comm Mgr.

Best regards

Remember this software is in beta testing stage and may contain bugs.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] hekenberg:
Nice to have ?

Hi,

Comm mgr Pro.:

I using "tre" in sweden and GSM is not enabled everywhere.

I would like to have GSM when it is possible and Auto if GSM is not possible.

Maybe can you have a fallback if one setting is not finding any signal.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
Hi, V0.9.0.7 out

Version V0.9.0.7 (2007-03-26).

Changes:

1) Bug fixed choosing image for place.

2) All the lists have popup menu associated and can be manipulated in this way

3) GDI optimization.

4) When a time frame is create the default actions are associated to it.

5) Flickering correction

6) BT and WIFI microsoft settings applets now works always. (I hope)

BR
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
I suppose GSM is always enabled and UMTS Not always enabled, isnt it?

Dani
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Applestar:
..

Daniel,

could you make a preference setting to disable the tray icon?

So far I got a corrupted database right at the beginning (?) - after a format everything ok so far

When will the application quit working? Could you post the expiry date of the releases?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
HI.

1) Yes, next version (one or two days) will allow to disable tray icon

2) By now I dont delete current database when reinstall. Maybe I should because It can cause incompatibilities between latest versions and oldest versions.

3) I dont understand. Selecting menu/exit the application exits. Beta versions havent expiry date....
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] uniqueboy:
Hi, just a thought does this app or could it also switch sim cards automatically by cell location and or time when using a dual sim adapter ?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] chrisryn:
skinning

Figured out how to change icons but how do you change the other colors.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
Nice suggestion. Added to to-do list
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] SkizZO:
i've thought another nice thing...

If you show the cellID & LAC Code into the upper left/upper right white squares (into centered button), with another 4 images we can "represent" the locked/unlocked state & CellID/Lac Mode into the lower white squares.

With this... we've finished the portrait skin...(graphic bugs a part)

i hope also that the landscape skin needs in addition:

Centered Button

Background

Bars
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
I continue here with the fire :mad:

Ok skizzO. Just send me the skin and a picture....and I willl program it (in a general way.....)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] SkizZO:
what skin/picture??

I already have thougt to send you the last skin, so you can verify the bugs mentioned some posts ago

For the 4 images which represents Locked/unlocked & CellID/ Lac code.. i haven't it... it's a "last minute idea" ... tomorrow i can do something if you approve.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tony.wheeler:
Version V0.9.0.18 Comments

Daniel,

It's looking great and SkizZO's latest skin (yet to be incorporated) looks nice too. I've confirmed that the AC Power on bug has now gone so good work again. I noticed a few more things:

The images for the buttons sometimes remain grayed out until another button is pressed. Pressing the refresh (Get) button corrects the problem. Straight after starting the device all button images appear bold but if you select any button and then just hit Cancel it causes the image of the button previously pressed to be grayed out.

What does the Unknown (x2) mean on the CMP screen:

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What is the relevance of the yellow warning triangle which sometimes (as above) has the tick showing?​

CMP data Connection Button (Earth image) - this might be better with the word "Data" on it to make the purpose clear - rather than "connection" in the latest skin shown from SkizZO. Also the logic of the selections behind the enable/disable data connection is fine but one of the buttons says Off when it means (I think) Disable:

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Data Connections - I also notice that if you disable and then enable the data connections that the "enable" actually enables all the potential data connections rather than just the last one that was enabled. Perhaps you cold store the last data conenction(s) enabled just before disabling the data connection - then simply reverse (toggle) the relevant data connection(s) back to "enabled".

All the icons for Home, Office etc seem to have gone :(

Options/Schedule tab - rather than having to select menu then "Time Frame ...." why not allow double-clicking a named place to enter edit mode and perhaps press and hold on the place bring up a menu of Add/Edit & Remove. You could provide similar change of feature/setting throughout program on other tabs.

Closing CMP - I keep accidentally pressing the close x and have my device actually configured to CLOSE applications when I do that. Could you remove the top right cross so that we cannot do that but have to select Menu - exit?

? The "Get" button seems to be just a refresh. Is that what it does - just refresh the whole page to check and display settings from device?

Uninstallation - I did an uninstall then installed the newest version. I noticed that no offer to save of delete settings was offered so the uninstall is not a clean one - I know because when I installed the new versions it had my settings still in the program.

Any chance of a few words of description on each of the tabs within options? I'm happy to trawl through the thread but having looked through most of it I can see no real detail. It's looking goo Daniel
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] SkizZO:
- The #5th is resolved, the background is, for portrait, 240x148 (the y coords of wifi button... i haven't thought it before )

- Fixed the battery/plug/signal images, now match with new background (still in research of a new signal image)

- Remember those bugs... i know that you're at work.. i'm going to sleep.. another hard day tomorrow...

See your pm's ;)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
I continue on the office.....

Nice review Tony. Tomorrow I will coment all the issues. Some notes:

1)Happy to listen plug bug is gone.

2)when you reinstall registry data is erased (pin and some things) but database keeps there. In this way you dont have places,actions....again

3)skin engine is in progress so many visual errors for sure :)

4) Default connection is used to connect/disconnect but not for enable/disable. These ones affect to all connections. So enable or disable all connections. If it is confusing I can change....

Tomorrow with more time I will discuss and work "intensive". Today has been a hard work day and very little time for cmp

Your comments are really appreciated

Dani
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
HI again. step by step:

1) Grayed BT. It you talk about BT button the problem is sometimes BT driver refuses to provide a OK answer. It is usually when you reset the device. BT manager tries to get BT status 5 times. If no success then It is grayed. Usually It is corrected pressing refresh button after some seconds. I will try to schedule a delayed refresh status after reset... Does It happens in other buttons?

2) Its a temporally image showing that the place button has the focus. Probably will be replaced.

3) Yes. I will upload a new verison now with the icons.

Fixing it right now....
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
Hi. The bug of place images is important so I ve stopped development and I ve created a new version that fix this problem.

Version V0.9.0.19(2007-04-18)

1) Places images bug en 0.9.0.18. Places dialog didnt show any image.

2) The portrait QVGA is extended to landscape QVGA, Square and VGA. GUI can be weird (in square and VGA resolutions but CMP doesnt refuse the run)

3) Keep in mind that skin engine and SkizZO Skin are in pogress so some images looks strange

Dani
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] SkizZO:
has changed something into the portrait strings?? can i copy/paste the newer settings into the skin.xml of this version? (only 4 portrait naturally)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
Hi Skizzo.

I only have fixed the dialog images bug and I have copied the settings in skin.xml for qvga portrait over landscape section and vga. The problem is that if those sections and empty (lancscape, vga, square) then CMP wont start in vga devices or TyNT landscape. No more changes. It has been a "urgent" upgrade. Later I continue working.......(at home)

on more thing. I installed the skin you send me. All fine but space for text under place button isnt well placed. Anyway, I am going to allow set this text too.,.....
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] SkizZO:
yes, i've intentionally moved the white area because there is enough space... if you don't want to move the text, tell me & i adjust the area..

Today i prepare the landscape images..
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
Dont worry Folk. I will set x, y, cx and cy for this text, like the upper text..:) . Is the right way, to let configure all the items
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] SkizZO:
...the skin engine ignore my landscape settings, also, for the text we're speaking about, into landscape mode i can use only 2 new images, one is the "bar shadow" that is very small.

I'm finishing the landscape skin so that, once resolved the main bugs on the app, should work :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] uniqueboy:
Nothing to add, it's just fascinating observing cmp come together.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] SkizZO:
....so see the preview of the landscape skin (made with photoshop, not working yet)

Edit: GULP!! i'm looking now that it's too width!! i haven't calculated the windows mobile bars size...maybe is for this that the landscape settings doesn't load??

one afternoon of work spent unusefully....

i will mix all the icons once discovered the effective screen avaiable
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
Looks nice SkizZo. I continue working in my job. Hope today finish the pressure in my job (Final date of a very big project). Tomorrow I will fix engine landscape issues...(Today If I dont arrive too late....)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tony.wheeler:
Daniel,

Got the latest version and place icons OK now:) - thanks. Some comments and answers to your questions:

I have looked more at the grayed out icons on the CMP screen - whichever has the focus is grayed out. This means that whenever you select a button icon it gains focus and will not return to an un-grayed state till you press "get"/refresh or move the focus with D pad or thumbwheel. Perhaps button focus should be shown again with an edge round button rather than this way - one for SkizZO perhaps (and I think he is working on this so sorry if already planned).

Is there somewhere I can learn more about LAC and Cell codes and what they mean - I assume the cell code is more detailed but are all the codes all the cellphone masts the phone can see? Is there any mapping to show the codes versus geographic area? I find that the LAC code is the same at home as at my work (4mls away) so this cannot be used to switch profiles for me.

Options/Actions - surely the text "On AC Full Power" should read "On External Power"? Can the device actually tell whether the DC external power supplied is from USB or mains connected charger?

I know you are working on landscape skins but perhaps you could allow vertical scroll bars if required to view screen areas below the viewable area? This would allow use on square screens right now. None of the lower part of any of the option screens can be seen in landscape - I assume allowing scroll bars is a matter of code only. This is not a problem at all for me but would allow use of this on square screen devices.

When a button is pressed on CMP main window the pop-up options buttons are not quite of the same quality as the rest and this detracts slightly from the overall impression - very minor and I know this is development.

The same button option pop-ups would be better labelled according to the setting being changed. For example when changing the BT settings it would be better to label the pop-up "BT Options" rather than the same (as all the other) "Select an option" - you might even expand the size of this pop-up and include some helpful text to explain what the buttons are for. This would requirte additional code but would certainly add to the impression - it might also be better to surround the pop-up options boxes with a black line so it stands out - or even better still gray-out the whole main window when the focus is on the options button pop-up?

Don't stay up too late :o working on this - do you and SkizZO go to sleep?

Regards
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] SkizZO:
make the landscape skin is very difficult with the actual "big centered button"... we can say that's impossible to fit into a "simmetric way" all the buttons & the place background...

i hope that or the scheme is the follow and big place resized (white areas), or we have to remove a button for the landscape...

Remember also, if can be done, for the big centered button, a scheme like this:

[CELLID:XXXX][___PLACE.IMAGE___][LAC:XXXX]

[MODE_image][_________________][LOCKED STATE IMAGE]

So the background can be resized because the "unlocked mode" string is too long

PS: I'M considering an usable area of 320x190, landscape, also if there are x & y coords for each of the 4 elements showed up (except place image) i can abandone the original layout & fit they well, with in addiction to the landscape skin a backround image, a big place button background & 1 bar.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
skizzo dont break your head with landscape skin in qvga because 99% of the people uses qvga devices in portrait view. So there must be a landscape layout but is enough if it works and shows the buttons. Vga is different because many people use vga devices in landscape view. But then you will havce 640 x 240. square devices are important too because many users have treo (and they are stuck in v0.9.0.16 because engine versions dont work on them). Again the pourpose is this works and show all buttons. Obviously will be necesasry to reduce buttons....
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
Tony nice overview again. Now working at job and tomorrow I will comment deeply your suggestions but some notes:

1) In big cities one point can be covered by 6 or 7 cells and up to two lacs so here lac mode is reclomended. Out of the city (big city) olne cell can cover 4 or 5 km and a lac can cover 25 km so here cell mode is recomended.

2) I will research about grayed buttons. Maybe there is a bug.

3( Again thanks. Please dont stop publishing comments...

Dani
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] turt:
Hello,

I have a "Mobile Internet" connection where I can use 10 hours per month.

Is it possible to have a monitor that says how long you have spent online with the "Mobile Internet" connection (thus not including Wi-fi time!), during a selectable period of time?

Thanks!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
Yes, but no now. CMP will monitor traffic per quantity and time. It will be ready in few weeks.

Dani
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] turt:
Okay, too bad...

Do you know of another program that can do that, till yours is ready?

Thanks!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
No sorry. I only know spb gprs monitor but I think It uses traffic amount, no time.....I will notify you when It's ready
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tony.wheeler:
Additional CMP Capability - Profiles

Dani,

An Idea - CMP started off from Bandswitch and a desire to control the full 'comms/data' capabilities of WM5 phones but as you have now added location dependant profiling capabilities you might consider taking the program off to a new direction with minimal coding change (I would imagine).

CMP allows for the creation of either time or location (LAC/Cell) dependant 'places' BUT you provide no means to manually start or change a place (profile) just yet. In the same way that phoneAlarm (pA) provides easily selectable user-defined profiles you could do the same. From the current skin why not add 'on-click' functionality to the top centre image (shows place icon/image) to bring up a scrolling list of images and text representing the defined places?

Coding such a dynamic icon list might be difficult so you might predefine typical profiles (CMP places) just as as pA does now with its Profiles: Home, Work, Meeting, Night, Quiet, Car, Flight. Now this would take you into direct competition with other similar programs but you already have almost all of this functionality now - it's just difficult for a user to get ready access because if he currently wants to activate a pre-defined CMP place he would have to modify the Schedule applicable to a particular Place. The similarities with pA are now quite large but the interface approach is different.

Today Plug-in - The Today plug-in (when re-activated) might include buttons too for at least the more common user inputs (manual CMP place changes?). I use Spb Mobile Shell and it might work well with such a plug-in - albeit you'd have to watch out for excessive use of resources that would slow or make the device unstable, a particular issue with the TyTn/vario II because of low memory allocation.

Regards