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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
Hi Tony.

CMP can do it :D . simply push place button and choose "Lock mode". Then you will see all the profiles. Select one and this will be applied until you unlock it using "unlock button".

When today plugin is reactivated will allow to choose which element will appear (BT, WIFI, cell, lac db) and you will change their state using the plugin directly.

Dani
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tony.wheeler:
:o

Dani,

Thanks - hadn't seen that. I would imagine this would be a commonly used feature so you might like to consider allowing direct entry to a 'locked' place straight after a press on the CMP 'Place' button. All the other options brought up are either just tabs on the options window or cancel. I would like to see all the place option settings shown rather than the current way to get to it via the 'Lock Mode' button. After pressing the CMP 'Place' button press you could go straight to displaying the places () and then on press of a place(profile) button ask whether to 'lock' to place selected or set for a pre-defined time limit/change to relevant LAC/Cell code defined place (normal operation if places defined by location).

Regards
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
Well. When you press button place the behaviour depends.

1) If you are in a unknown location It lets you create a new place using those LAC/CELL or Assign that LAC/CELL to an existing place.

And more options. Really Its a very dinamic button....
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] luisprieto:
Spanish version

How many time for spanish version.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
Very soon. When engine skin is finished (few days)

Muy pronto. Cuando el motor de skin este acabado (en unos dias)

Dani
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
Hi SKizZO. Just to note I am woking in the machinery to allow skin dialogs. Now button in popup dialogs takes settings from skin.xml. So now there are new buttons in skin.xml like "settings", "cancel", "lock". Because of this, is needed overlay images of these kind of buttons, like cancel, settings, lock...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] SkizZO:
...if you have seen into the skin dir, they are already here!! :D :D

However i'm making (finished, miss the landscape) a skin with 55x55 icons, so also the landscape goes well ;)

i need to know EXACTLY the screen size of the square & vga devices, portrait & landscape for the last.

i don't mean the screen size, but the effective coverable ares;

For QVGA, in portrait, the effective area is 240x268 px...

now i go away.. see you after 1, 1/2 hour.. ;)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
Nice¡¡. I knew you werent sleeping these two days :)

Of course, I will tell you the client area in square and landscape-portrait for VGA
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] cmalberto:
Hello Daniel. Does CNP support call forwarding yet? I know you were going to consider this per another post in this thread. What I am looking for specifically is being able to always forward when in a particular CELLID...like work, where my signal is weak.

Thanks in advance.

--Mickey
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] SkizZO:
ok, here are two definitive previews.. but:

a) i can't try the landscape skin

b) tell me if you want two text boxes for each skin (one completely white inside for the text problem) or i have to change the shadow into the landscape skin in a way that the white area correspond to the first text line under the "places button" (something like the portrait skin but downside the picture instead of upside)

c) i have to find a solution for the battery/signal images because they've two differents background shadow... and the transparent images looks bad)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] SkizZO:
.... I'm READY (this is the third time i say that??)

All completed, skin.xml included (for QVGA landscape & portrait)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
Nice. Today I will send you the last version with skin.xml so you will be able to do finish your skin :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] SkizZO:
Finished the square skin

Someone can attach a screenshot of a VGA device??
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
Soon finished dialogs......
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Wam7:
Is this a closed beta as I do not see any download links in the first post?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
You can download latest beta from www.commmgrpro.com

Dani
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] thuggin:
Some nailed my thoughts earlier but there has not been a response. But why reinvent the wheel. Is it impossible to use the same comm manager theme (layout, color combos) and just add new buttons?

That way its alot cleaner and goes with the rest of the phone. I am simple and conservative, so cleaner, smoother, and something familiar is BETTER. They way it looks now....It does not go with any other program on the phone.

The current comm manager format would make it more commercial (meaning more people would be drawn to it and pay for it), and pleasing to have on the phone. But great concept and I love the functionality.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
Hi Thuggin.

Well. I dont know if you are talking about hacking standar Comm Manager adding buttons or you are talking about imitate the style. In first case It is almost imposible . Comm Mgr Pro needs Its own memory process space to launch all Its threads and deploy Its activities. Standard Comm Mgr is simple. It only reacts over changes on devices (really changes on registry). Comm Mgr Pro reacts over those events, and connections events, and notifications events, and Location events, and time events....Buffff, very complicated for living together.

But If your are talking about imitate the skin then Its simple. I am working hard in the skin engine and CMP will look exactly like standard Comm Manager, if someone design this skin. In fact I will do it if no one does it. Skizzo is doing a great effort doing his skin and its nice. Now he is doing vga and square templates.

So thanks for the suggestion of classical Comm Manager skin. Added to "to-do list" :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] thuggin:
So thanks for the suggestion of classical Comm Manager skin. Added to "to-do list" :D[/QUOTE]

I do really appreciate all of the work. I understand that you are helping, so I really do not want to sound thankless. I know its hard to please everyone.

I downloaded the beta, and I am playing with it now. Its not bad. I have to do more reading, but I think it will solve my issue of the radio noise at night while sleeping.

Thanks again
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mrvanx:
Agreed an imitation of the comm manager layout would be VERY welcome. Seperate skins are also a REALLY good feature for this app.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
I do really appreciate all of the work. I understand that you are helping, so I really do not want to sound thankless. I know its hard to please everyone.

I downloaded the beta, and I am playing with it now. Its not bad. I have to do more reading, but I think it will solve my issue of the radio noise at night while sleeping.

Thanks again[/QUOTE]

Tip: Create a home place and add lac or cells to it. Create a "night schedule" (for example, from 23:00 to 07:00) and setting for actions: Connections disabled and Speaker mute. Create a "day schedule" from 07:00 to 23:00 with connections on and speaker on. This simply will enable your connections and speaker again.

Greetings
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Wam7:
Thanks for the link. I have to agree with Thuggin. It is the first thing that I thought; it would be so much more appealing if the skin resembled WM6 and the present Comm Manager. The functionality seems excellent but the look is not.

I know that art is in the eye of the beholder but I suspect it would have much more universal appeal if it kept to the standard WM6 comm manager look and feel with a few tweaks.

I have a similar program on my P910i which I miss a lot so I am glad you are working on this project. Keep up the excellent work. :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
Thanks wam7. Dont worry, Classical Comm Manager Skin will be done :o

And remember that the current skin is only at 50%. Final version will be nice :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] SkizZO:
...i hope that for the MANY functions that has this app, the standard skin is too restrictive, if changing background gradient is helpful... once finished all skins i can make others versions of different gradients color (matching the WM5/WM6 style)

..... and 4 cicciocant happiness... the VGA portrait is finished hehe
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
Again here Skizzo

1) Now skin engine reacts when orientation is changed and that layout is applied "on the fly"

2) Three directories with three skin.xml. Example:

\Program Files\CommMgrPro\themes\SkizZO\qvga

\Program Files\CommMgrPro\themes\SkizZO\vga

\Program Files\CommMgrPro\themes\SkizZO\square.

In each directory there are the images and skin.xml. This one has the same structure that before but obviously you only need to fill the <resolution> tag needed.

I continue testing this...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
Skizzo engine is finished...Post a reply when you read it and I will send you it with a rar with the default theme complete...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Rougenator:
I'm very curious! Good work guys! :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
SkizZO bars now allow images instead gradient. Sample using standard qvga theme:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] SkizZO:
i hope you come back to the pc if i post here hehe

..guys work in progress don't worry
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tony.wheeler:
Places and Schedules

Dani,

I am trying to get my Vario II to turn off the radio (phone) and speaker each evening and then each morning undo the changes made (radio and speaker on). I am having some problems getting it to work :( and would appreciate some help. To ensure phone is always on when away from home (and any other defined LAC/Cell 'place') I have defined a place called Unknown with a 24 period - this has the speaker set to ON and the radio set to ON - no other changes are made. I have set to 'On Enter Vibrate' to alert me. Does the phone actually turn off if I am using it or data at the time?

To turn off the phone and the speaker each night (only when actually at home), I have created a place called 'Home' which is associated with the local 2G and 3G signal. Against this place (Home) I have a schedule that turns off the phone and radio each evening from 2230 till 0630. I have set to vibrate on enter. I know that when the radio (phone) is off I cannot rely upon cell/LAC code defined actions/scehdules because no cell/LAC can be seen! This is what I have found:

- the 'On Enter Vibrate' function keeps intermittantly vibrating my device for ages - infact it apears not to turn off till CMP enters another place or schedule - one to look at....

- Whilst the schedules appear to work OK when the device is actually awake it does appear not to wake the device to make the changes. I found that last night the night-time schedule (at home) did not activate - was that perhaps because the device had gone to sleep? At least the radio 'on' flashing LED kept flashing.. I turned on the device and it then turned off the radio and speaker - it worked OK. This morning it failed to turn back on the radio and the speaker.

It would clearly be possible to set all sorts of place related schedules that were at odds with one another and could not be achieved because of conflicts - how does the application handle this? I am very happy to do specific tests if this helps.

Regards
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
Hi Tony.

Thangs again to help me test CMP :D

Well. You are right. When Radio is OFF CMP doesnt attend schedules. I didnt think in your situation but now I think Its usefull so I will change (very easy change). So next version (very soon, including vga and square skizzo skin) will include it.

Related with changes of schedule when device sleeping. Well, It should work. IN fact my device is always sleeping when I change location or schedule and It works 95%. What happens with other 5%?. CMP rely on Windows Time Notification system. This is the same way used by alarms or calendar events. So when the schedule changes then windows notifies CMP. Until now It has worked good on my device except one time. When I arrived work (I ve assigned BT on to work) I could see BT light was off. When I turned on the device then all worked. Why?, when windows notifies CMP about a schedule, if device is sleeping CMP only has some seconds of process and sometimes there isnt time to execute the schedule because CPU mode is idle (low conscient mode). I can avoid it this awaking up the device to give CMP time to execute the schedule.......and It will be included in next release (today or tomorrow). So when you install next release (0.9.0.20) please tell me if those issues work.

Dani

pd: Have you create a new place called "unknown"?. You should use "unknown" place that is included in CMP at the begining (this place cant be erased). This is special willcard place. But you shouldnt create a new "default" place......
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
Ok, I ve finished those two items:

1) When there is a change of schedule the device is forced to wake up (cpu status on, not idle) to ensure the schedule is executed completly.

2) Schedule is executed when radio is off too.

So now you can schedule to turn off the radio in the night and turn it ON in the morning :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] SkizZO:
Qvga finished (some corrections on fake.png but it's simple)

Square finished (to test)

Vga portrait finished (except battery/plug/signal)

need to create a landscape vga template, save background & bars & fill the skin.xml

then places icons

...so Goodnight, tomorrow university! eheh
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
:) Ok tomorrow I hope to fix landscape problems.By now you already can set rgb transparent for all images.....
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mthomas:
two small issues

Daniel,

Ihave noticed two minor issues with .19 build.

1. I have multiple connectins set up for data. I have specified the second one down from the top in the list as default. However if the one above it is enabled, it will be used to connect rather than the default connection.

2. I saw this before with ms live search, but have now seen it occur a couple times with pie: no auto disconnect after x time. I am not sure, but I think this occurs when a connection other than the default is used to connect to data. I will test this after I post this.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mthomas:
follow up to two problems

1. I have verified that the upper most connection in the list that is enabled will be used to connect. CMP ignores the default connection selected in the dialoge box.

2. I have also verified that terminate connection after x minutes does not work if connected with other than the default connection.

3. Third bug noted. If I connect from CMP, default connection is activated no matter which connections are enabled. (correct operation). However, if connection is initiated by pie, it will use the connection highest up in the list which is enabled.

I hope this is clear.

marc
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mthomas:
Daniel,

The issue I am having with auto disconnect is not consistant. I cannot seem to consistantly reproduce error or correct behaviour. needs more trouble shooting, or perhaps a clean install?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tony.wheeler:
CMP Suggestions & Questions

Dani,

With the potential to create many place/profiles at varying times it can be difficult to know which one is active - I also suspect that some of the problems described are due to conflicting place profiles. Have you considered changing the display for the options|Schedule tab? It would be much clearer if Place description was inserted as the first column rather than a drop down select list. This would provide a table overview of all possible profiles - you could even (please) show the active profile by highlighting the currently active profile row/line. The ability to sort by various columns would be a great help too - this would allow you to see what happens by location or time. You could even display this additional time information (if applicable) on the front screen of CMP either over or under the place icon.

:confused: CMP will not allow me to assign either a LAC or Cell ID against my 'work' place. It tells me the cell/LAC has already been assigned and asks if I want to reassign. It does not show all of the Cell IDs available for the work location - just the one that is already assigned. I thought that (normally) for any location there would be a few (more than 1) LACs and perhaps many Cell IDs. This appears to be the case at my home where I have LACs of 9 and 1021, but many many Cell IDs ranging - in fact many are repeated so there appears to be an error.

Surely if there are multiple LACs and Cell IDs per location then CMP should select a unique code and not just offer up the one code for selection?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
Hi.

Thanks for the report. I write down It and I am going to take a look at this.

Dani

pd: 1) You are right. If there are multiple connections....
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
First issue has been solved.

I am talking a look at second one....
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
Hi Tony.

Actions tab is going to be redesign from scratch becaouse I am going to add many actions and It is unclear.

If I include all the schedules of all the places in the table (schedule tag) then I cant show the lower bar (graphic representation of the current day for the selected place). Anyway I will try to find a way to paint all schedules.

Respected to your confussion :confused: . I dont know If I understood you correctly. In places tab when you select on place then in the right list appears all the lac/cell (depending on the current mode) assigned to that place. When you select menu / location / assing then the poupose is to assign a cell or lac to the place selected in left list. IN the next screen appears selected by default "Use current place" and current lac or cell is displayed. If you uncheck that option then you can write the cell/lac you want. If you get the message "cell already assigned" is because that cell or lac is already assigned. (maybe to work?). And you can reassign it again. Obviously a place may have associated many lacs and many cells. In fact my office has two lacs and 6 cells....

Dani
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
Referred to disctonnect issue in multi-connections environment.

When CMP check for traffic activity It is done in all ras connections. Generally only one is connected at same time but all are examinated. Some times there are residual traffic associated to the connections. Because of it I consider that there was data traffic if it was bigger than 1024 bytes. Sometimes I open IExplorer and I can see much data traffic. When I stop surfing during some seconds I see some bytes going. Why? I dont know. and It can avoid to cut the connection. Anyway I continue taking a look at this..l
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
SkizZO,

I ve fixed some problems in skin engine. Now all is refreshed switching from one orientation to other. I ve done some changes in you skin.xml because there were some problems.

1) Bars coordenates.

2) background image in place button must me relative to this.

So current state is:

pd: Uploaded latest version to let testing GUI but keep in mind this version isnt uploaded to official web and hasnt been tested deeply. It included all fixes of these days....
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] SkizZO:
Ok, i thought that bar coords were relative to the first coords i insert (after commentated button declaration into the skin.xml)

..Into the ToDo list:

- bar_ls.png is not loaded into the landscape mode, instead i see bar.png

- problems with right bar, portrait of course..

- Into the landscape mode x&y coords for upper text doesn't works

- in landscape or portrait, the text doesn't show the part after the "-", cx is set, in landscape, to 188 (enlarged the text area)

- align to x=0 y=lower, the place image into "places window" & align / reformat the frame for cellID/LAC location mode (in vertical on the right should be ok)

Working to finish qvga... how to declare the transparent color for each button? transparent="R,G,B" instead of transparent="no/yes" ?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
Ok, taking a look to theses thinks and fixing bars....

ahh, rgb is set :

<image id="overlay" cx="67" cy="57" r="255" g="255" b="255">overlay.png</image>
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tony.wheeler:
CMP Issues?

Dani,

I am sorry but do not understand just how to set the places as you describe. If I try to add a work 'place' then how do I know what the local LAC Codes and Cells IDs are? It seems that CMP just offers me the LAC Code and Cell ID that conflicts with ones already set for my home. I mentioned that there were many many Cells IDs that show when I am at home and you can see that in the attached screen shots (using 3G) just what is shown here at home - there are only 2 LAC codes: 9 and 1021 (for 3G). Is there a problem with so very many Cell IDs showing - many are repeated. How do I get to see all the possible Cell IDs that are available to uniquely select for my place of work?

I also find a problem at the end of each day at work that is being caused by CMP. At work (in the office) there is no signal and when I come out at the end of the day and regain a signal I call home. On every occasion I find that as I try to make the call the device (Vario II) vibrates a number of times and then shows a warning in Spanish - also attached. I have a place called work but as yet have no configuration set and no assigned Cell IDs or LAC codes - I cannot set them. Can you help?

I think CMP is also causing other issues but I have not been able to isolate this application as the cause just yet. I'll keep trying to isolate them and get back to you. Just seen new SpbPhone Suite app. Take a look here - there is a very good Today plug-in to control it with some good ideas... http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/phonesuite/tour.html?en

Regards
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] SkizZO:
daniel... the last version.... ROCKS! eheh we're 1mm near the next relase ;)

The bars works WELL with their dimensions.. (110x8 olèèè :p )

ToDo ist : <TopTextSate> string is missing into the <!-- Place button (Big centered button)--> (portrait & landscape);

i have problems to move it into landscape.. Into the portrait the text is shown well because it's into the original position.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
Hi Tony.

I can see there is a problem with repeated Cells and LACs and I will take a look at it. The spanish error (mutex timeout) raises when some hardware (radio, phone, bt....) refuses to be accessed during more that 10 seconds. Is this situation very often?.

Tipical way to assing cells or lacs is:

1) Create a place.

2) You can add the lacs and cells by hand (in place page) but It isnt recomened.

3) when you are in that place but you see "Unknow place" or other place then press place button and selects "Add cell". It goes to the page that allows you to assign that cell(or lac) to that place.

4) If you are in LAC mode then all cells that CMP finds in that lac are automatically assigned to that place.

I will take a look to repeated codes problem......

Thanks :)