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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ather:
Great release..
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] KamaL:
Nice!

What about memory consumption? How much does it take in general?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] azzambm:
installation was unsuccessful

Great release in deed....

but when I try to execute the CAB file and after I choose "Device Memory" as an installation target I get this message :

"installation was unsuccessful"

My device is X-tel ONE and it runs WM5.....
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Marshall07:
It depends on the cursor you use. With the Tux WaitCursor it takes 73 KBs in my device. Anyway you can check it with a task manager.

@azzambm: Can you try a soft reset and then reinstall? You can also try to download it again.

Marshall
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ebenezer:
Me too.. in my WM5 device..
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jpgrobler:
Me Too HP 6915 WM5
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ElProempie:
From the pictures, It looks really good. Better then the standard wait cursor.

But when i click DOWNLOAD i go to your ibello site.

When i click on MWC2, i get an htm file.

Any change to upload it to an mirror or something, i really like to try this app.

Great work, Keep it up! :cool:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Mikulec:
Its a zip file, it has only icon like a html file.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] manaaa:
HOLY SH!T,

this amazing piece of software rocks! really appreciate your work. thank you! will donate a bit when im clean again =D

marshall for president ^^
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ancola66:
Nice App. Thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] romualdrichard:
Nice program. I used the V1 with the HTC Touch wait cursor... Switch to this one with the glass. Nice.

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] chris.wilcox:
Error locating process

Installs just fine, but when I run MWC2 i get "Error locating process" every time. I changed to Boot delay to 5, 10 and 30, i get "Error locating process" every time. This even comes up every time I run MWCUnload. The Config seems to work and remember which cursor I set.

This seems to be the exact same thing that happened with MWC (ver 1)

I'm using a Tmobile Wing with stock ROM.

-c
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Marshall07:
Please, remove the download link. I explicitly said to do not post the files out my website.

@chris.wilcox: Have you tried a soft-reset?

Marshall
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ancola66:
OK I sorry:)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Marshall07:
Update

Now you'll find the WM5 version ready to be downloaded.

Marshall
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jpgrobler:
Thanks for great software & service!!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] iTouch24:
are u posting all the cursors u are updating ?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jpgrobler:
Multi coloured spiral

Enjoy this one! (I do)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] piper_indebt:
Yes I will, sorry been pre-occupied with some Gig, i'll post them within the week

Edit: POSTED. DId I forgot anything else? Ino and Chacha is already in the cursor packs so I did not update anymore,

All cursors will work on MWC2.2 and 2.1, hopefully :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Marshall07:
MWC2 Development slowed down

Thanks for all your contribuition! Keep it up.

I have a little bad news :(

The filesystem of my hard disk went corrupted and I had to reinstall everything from the beginning (also the operating system). Fortunately I was able to recover about the 99% of the files but some MWC2.2 files are missing.

Now (in my few free time) I'm rewriting some parts of the program... so the development has been slowed down. But it will continue, maybe better that before! ;)

Marshall
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] FatBoyExtraordinaire:
Damn, sorry to hear that. Hope everything ends up all good for you.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] leen15:
When I start the MWC.exe the cursor put itself in the middle of screen and continue to turn with no reason.. :confused:

Quando avvio il file mwc il cursore si piazza in mezzo allo schermo e continua a girare all'infinito senza motivo, qualsiasi cosa facessi..l'ho disinstallato subito mi dispiace.. Diamond, ROM originale.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Madremiha:
Sorry for you Marshall; it's hard !!! (drive...:D)

:(

We are all with you ;)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] enrique999:
Has anyone gotten this to work on the HTC Touch Pro? It doesn't seem to work on mine.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Marshall07:
Hi leen,

does this happen when you boot your device or when you unload MWC2 first and then launch it manually?

@enrique999: can you provide more info on the problem you are having?

Marshall
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] leen15:
I install it, soft reset, set the cursor in setting and then launch the mwc2.exe... this problem happen with my diamond and my girlfriend's diamond too. :(
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] enrique999:
Marshall here is some more information for you.

HTC Touch Pro

ROM: 1.90.401.1 WWE

Radio: 1.02.25.19

I get the "Error locating process" when I load and unload the application. I've increased the Boot Delay and still get the message. It never displays the wait cursor that I selected either, only the default windows mobile wait cursor. I've soft reset and still get the message.

Thanks for your help!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Marshall07:
@leen15:After the softreset, you don't have to launch MWC2.exe. After the softreset MWC2 is started automatically and when you change some settings it is restarted automatically.

@enrique999: What happens if after the softreset (and the error message) you launch MWC2Unload, wait one minute and launch MWC2 from Start->Programs->MWC2?

Marshall
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] leen15:
now seem work, but sometimes appear default cursor with no reason... :confused:

Is possibile have vista cursor big? :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] enrique999:
it still says "Error locating process." I've increased the boot delay and still the same message. :(

Nevermind on this one. I'm not sure what happened, beside me soft resetting the device a couple times for other reasons, but it works now.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Marshall07:
@leen15: I'm happy to hear that it works now.

@enrique999: Try to increase the boot delay.

Marshall
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] schreda:
I Have a Bug with this...

The WaitCursor is only showed, when it shouldn't! like inverted!

I use Diamond Project V3.3 ROM
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Marshall07:
When this happens, please, can you try to unload MWC2 with "Programs->MWC2->MWC2 Unload" and then reload it again with "Programs->MWC2->MWC2"?

If it works, then probablly you have to increase the boot delay to avoid the bug at the startup.

Marshall
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] schreda:
Ok that did work

big thanks!!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] iTouch24:
has anyone else tried this on the cdma htc touch pro ? ... i dont have the phone yet to test .. but i have been using it on my regular touch and wanted to use on the PRO once i receive
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] iTouch24:
i cant get this program to work on the htc touch pro cdma... eitehr freezes phoen when i am trying to pick icon ,,,, or is loading when it shouldnt be .. def conflicting with something
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] evilc:
Just to report I had wierd issues with the touch pro also.

Reboot until you stop getting the "Error locating process" error.

Then pick your cursor, and reboot again to get it working.

It does work, but it looks scarily like it is gonna bork your system for a bit. At one point I had the default windows cursor AND tux strobing together...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Marshall07:
Please, what is you BootDelay settings? Touch Pro and Touch Diamond need larger boot delay.

Marshall
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] iTouch24:
i kept it at the default value.. what do u recommend for the touch pro ?

are there going to be anymore professional vga wait cursors released?

is it necessary to load the whole program.. there is no way to just install a cab to change the wait cursor to a specific one...? is that only recommended for wm5 devices...?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] evilc:
I kept it at default value too. It is fine now, just a little twitchy on the first boot or two.

BTW, the grey/blue gear cursor is f'n awesome!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Marshall07:
- TF3D can cause some problems at boot because it takes so much resources... So if you increase the boot delay to something like 20-30 seconds it may solve the boot problem. (For the Diamond and the Touch Pro there is a different way to safely load the programs at boot without interferring with TF3D. I'm planning to implement this way, too).

- Yes I'm planning a brand new release with an totally new config tool and with new VGA cursors (now I have a Diamond :D). However it will take some time.

- The whole program is necessary but not the cursors. You can browse to "\Program Files\MWC2" and remove the folders of those cursors you don't like (but remember to not remove the currently selected one).

- It will work in WM5 and WM6 devices

Marshall
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] BigDede:
I keep having the "Error locating process" either with launching MWC2 or unloading it ... I've increased the boot delay up to 20 sec and still no luck

The device is an HTC Touch HD

Cheers
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] BigDede:
Update

Actually after a soft reset it worked, however the new cusrsor kept spining all the time on the screen until I unload the program.

hopefully a new version compatible with TF3D :))))
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Marshall07:
Yes, there will be a version compatible with TF3D (I hope soon but I'm so busy right now).

Anyway, try to increase further the BootDelay, for example to 30-40 seconds and see if it solves the problem

Marshall
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] RallyPunx:
This looks awsome. Patiently waiting for VGA/TF3D version for my Fuze.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Marshall07:
Update: HappyNewYear Cursor released

Small update:

HappyNewYear Cursor released. Just to wish you a happy new year
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tobyota:
Having website troubles

Marshall

I'm chompin at the bit to give this a try but I am getting a network timeout error when trying all the links listed.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] drewsky208:
Web site down

So, yeahhh, if the requirements are that people only download from someone's website, said website really should be working. :confused:

Not flaming, I'm just sayin...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Grant Barker:
I'm trying to.

Looking forward to downloading it and thx..
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Marshall07:
Website UP

Hi there!

Yes, it was a server problem. Now it works again. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Happy New Year

Marshall
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] rpmccormick:
Any ETA on the new version? I hate the beach-ball, but am trying to have the restraint to wait for the new TP/Diamond version.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Marshall07:
Please, take a look here.

Marshall
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Mr Anderson:
I have a problem with this version on the SE Xperia X1.

It seems to interfere with the Panels interface somehow. When I select the SE panel I see the egg timer (:)) appear briefly, but then the panel fails to appear and instead reverts to the Today screen.

I see v3 is in beta testing, but I don't know if Xperia is covered. I'd be happy to do so if needed.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Marshall07:
Does the problem disappear if you disable MWC2.2 with MWCUnload?

Anyway, would you like to contribuite in the beta testing of MWC3? There is no one with an Xperia, yet.

Marshall
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Mr Anderson:
Yep, problem disappears when MWC is unloaded.

The funny thing is that the other panels (fish, SPB mobile Shell, Google, Media, Radio etc) are okay. It's just the two SE panels, and that the panels button becomes sluggish and unresponsive, requiring several presses before it works again.

With MWC enabled, selecting a SE panel brings up the low-res still image (while the panel loads in the background), the waiting icon appears, the panel loads for a second but then closes and the default Today screen appears instead.

I'd be happy to experiement with MWC 3 if you'd like to PM me with details. :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Marshall07:
Ok you are in! I'll PM you ASAP!

Marshall
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] redvil:
hi guys I have serious problem with mwc 2.2 default wait cursor is always active in all tab....in tflo3d too...before I do an hard reset can anyone send me the version 3..to verify if I can solve problem? please help me

:(
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Marshall07:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=3421058&postcount=76

Marshall
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] rexboy:
Delete, problem solved
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Weapondrift:
I keep clicking on your links to your website Marshall, but they keep saying it no longer exists O.o
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Marshall07:
My hosting server sometimes crash so you have to wait some time to see my website back again.

It's a drawback of a free hosting :o

Marshall
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] doudaix:
Is it possible to extact the wait cursor of a particular rom in a .cab ?

for this included in NRGZ Energy roms...I love it.

After a little research I found that the corresponding files in Windows directory is the Shellres.192.dll one. But when Icopy/paste it in another rom it change start and sound(?) icones in the upper taskbar.

how to get it alone ?

Thanks for your answer ...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] TheRem:
can anyone make a Wait Cursor out of this Rubik's Cube Ani Cursor? thanks!

how i wish that MWC can import .ani files.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] doudaix:
No answer ?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] TheRem:
this thread is confusing me with another thread...

MWC3 Transparent WaitCursor:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=497196
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Marshall07:
It is normal, because the file Shellres.192.dll contains both the cursor and the taskbar icons (with the start icon too).

If you want to change only the cursor you have to edit the file with a resource editor (like Resource Hacker or Exescope), export only the cursor frames and import them (again with a resource editor) in the original file you have on your device.

bye

Marshall
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] priyamaalini:
pl tell how to hard reset x-tel one
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] amar1975:
Hi Marshall,you don't like that ppl post ur work but i am trying 4 hours download 2.2 Wait cursor application but can't do it.Even from ur web page.Can yu tel me where to download.Thanx !
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Marshall07:
Hi amar1975,

I'm sorry, actually my website no longer exsists (the hosting company disappeared!). This is why I uploaded the all the files into the MWC3 thread (the latest version).

Is it ok, or are you looking particularly for the 2.2 version?

Marshall
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] vovantuong:
dead link?????????????????
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Marshall07:
Yes vovantuong, unfortunately my website is down. If you read my last post (just above your) there is a link to the new thread.

Marshall
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Marshall07:
The problem is my fault and is related only to some browsers. Anyway it should work good with Firefox and Internet Explorer.

Marshall
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] curious george:
Looks great!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jpgrobler:
HI

Works Fine but on my HP 6915 Square screen the bottom of the config screen is nof visible, any chance of adding scrollbars or moving everything up?

Thanks!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] LordDeath:
I can confirm this :(
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Marshall07:
It is true. I'm sorry about that! I'll try to find a solution for the square devices. In the meantime, you can change the settings by editing the values under

HKCU\Software\Marshall\MWC2

and then apply the changes with the "Save" button in MWCConfig.

Marshall
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Marshall07:
Thank you, ancola66 for removing the link ;)

Marshall
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kwill:
thanks for the new release. i really like your app as it made such a small detail, a big deal. thanks so much.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kwill:
im having the same problem. and now ive soft reset and s2u2 wont let work. so my phones locked. the slider isnt responding at all.

so, soft reset again and all is fine. dont know what caused it.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Marshall07:
Maybe you have to play with the boot delay. If the problem appears again, try increasing the boot delay.

BTW, thanks for the report.

Marshall
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ebenezer:
Sometimes blank cursor twinkled in some games..
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] robbyr:
Very nice but very buggy. :(

Each time I try to start the program I get the "Error loading process" message. If I increase the delay time, it only increases the time it takes to get the same error message. It took me a while to figure out how to change the delay since the config program only stays open for about 2 seconds so I have to be really quick. Hope you get the issues fixed since this is nice eye candy! Thanks!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dgaud007:
I had the same problem initially with the config program closing after a couple of seconds. Then I figured I needed to LOAD the wait cursor first, then soft reset and after that, I can now use the config program to preview and select the cursors. So far is working for me.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] chris.wilcox:
I can confirm that I soft-reseted and the same prob was happening and other stuff seemed strainge, so i was going to uninstall after another soft-reset and everything works. Some devices may need to soft-reset twice, no idea why, but it works for me now :D

Thanks, Marshall.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] theme freak:
I only have one bug so far..it is the config will only allow me to configure thing in aroun 4 seconds..more than that it will quit the config app..so hope it can be fixed :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] HaiLe512:
Thanks!

It is a very nice program but it does not work well with Polaris running wm6.1. The window cursor would appear at reset and stay on. Not sure what caused it. MMC comes on but the windows cursor stays on after the MMC cursors went away.

Thanks, it is a very nice program. Pls keep up the work.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] pomfiedel:
hi,

it works very wwell on my mda vario III with winmob 6!

Good work!

cu
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Marshall07:
This is probablly because you never launched MWC2 first. Try launching MWC2 and then open MWCConfig.

Have you tried increasing the boot delay?

Marshall
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] theme freak:
Yes that right after I have set the delay boot to 10 secs and soft reset and open the app again..there is no 'exit' the config again..thanks :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] frankie_t:
I am using the MWC WM5 version in my Asus P5252 (WM5)

I have the same problem too, the config is work fine before , but after the first launch, the config will quite after 4sec whether MWC 2 is loaded or unloaded?!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] lopez1_de:
Thank you for this great software. I like the Tux! :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Nightmanx:
Very nice work !

but its not working right on my Ultimate WM6, after installaton it works fine,

but after a soft reset, dosent work anymore ?!

even when i check the config & set the cursor, it shows the default WM6 cursor while the MWC2 is running ?!

hope to fix this bug ASAP !!!

Thanks ,,
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Marshall07:
Hi Nightmanx,

Please can you answer those few questions?

1. Do you have PIN or PASSWORD enabled at boot?

2. Can you check if MWC2.lnk is present at \Windows\Startup?

3. What is the value of "Boot Delay" in the Config tool?

Thanks

Marshall
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] evilc:
Nice app, worked first time on my WM6.1 kaiser

One question though - what are the "Skins" on your site? Are they meant to be extra wait cursors? I see no real interface worth skinning, and when I intall one of the cabs I see no change. Also if I try to install another skin cab it says it has to remove the existing waitcursor skin.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Marshall07:
MWC2 is far different from Marshall WaitCursor Skin.

- Marshall WaitCursor Skin is a skin for the

default

WM wait cursor

- MWC2 (and MWC) is a brand new application that

replaces

the default WM wait cursor and supports PNG files with transparence.

Marshall
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] evilc:
Ahh, OK - maybe you should make that a little clearer?

Also, how about MNG support? Or something else that can temporally compress, as it seems a bit of a waste to store each pixel of every frame rather than just a diff...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mr_deimos:
I don't really see the point of additional compression - MWC uses png's that are compressed files to store the skins, and they have to be decompressed and stored in the memory as bitmaps anyway. When they're needed they should be accesible as fast as possible and with as little CPU usage as possible - remember that decompressing images at runtime would take CPU time, and since it's a _wait_ cursor, it's displayed when the CPU already has more than enough to do ;)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] evilc:
I said *temporally* compress, as in a video that only stores a diff betweeen frames. Not compression as in performing math or run-time comparison.

This should surely result in less memory and CPU usage as it is only has to process the pixels that change, not every pixel for every frame.

This would potentially enable full-screen animations, which are currently unfeasible due to memory and CPU usage. These may not be such a silly idea as it first sounds. I am not talking about a full-screen animation, just something using part of it at any given time with the rest transparent. For example, a wait cursor could be the border 1px of the screen glowing and spinning around the edge or something - if done as a progressive mng, only a couple of hundred pixels per frame would have to render, with the current method, every pixel on the screen would be processed, plus the file size difference would be huge.

Not that it hugely matters, your app is great anyway, just suggesting ideas to make it even better ;)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Marshall07:
Thanks for the suggestion evilc, but like mr_deimos saied, using a compressed format will make the CPU work more.

Let me explain:

If you save the pictures as compressed, when you want to draw them, you'll have to decompress them requiring more CPU work. Once you have loaded the pictures, they'll reside in the RAM as decompressed thus occupying the same as the uncompressed format.

MWC and MWC2 work in this way:

- Load the png pictures (will take a few time and it will be done only once)

- Then the pictures will reside in the RAM so avoiding to reload them again evrerytime the cursor needs to be shown.

BTW, few png frames will not require too much memory (and maybe neither big pictures will) so I "vote for PNGs" :p

However, very thanks for your suggestion and please, explain me further if you think I didn't answer correctly or if you want to add something.

Marshall