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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kwoodall:
The dpad scrolling of search results works great! One minor problem, easily worked around really, but if your first letter is from any of the keys that are NOT part of the numeric keypad (again, I've got that odd 20 key keypad on my Juno/Shadow like the blackberries) it brings up the text area but the letter isn't entered. It's easy to just hit it twice tho.

I'd still like to be able to turn OFF the bar with the letter of the alphabet in it in the Contacts list.

I'd also like to turn off the favorites display entirely as I don't use it.

One last thing... MAN this app is great!

Kermit Woodall

Managing Editor

GadgetNutz.com
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kwoodall:
BUG - (this may go back further than 6.3 as I just tried it now) in SETTINGS.INI the ShowSystemTaskBar isn't working correctly. If you set it to 1 the taskbar at the top AND the menu bar at the bottom both come back instead of just the taskbar at the top.

I suppose someone might want the bottom menu bar at the bottom to show, although I don't know why, but this should be a separate control.

Kermit Woodall

Managing Editor

GadgetNutz.com
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mlk:
Loving the T9 - only suggestion I would make is that when you come back to the T9 screen either:

1. Present the search results for the entered string, or;

2. Remove the entered string

Just my 2 bobs worth, otherwise - fantastic work, have been waiting for this for ages!!!!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] truburt:
Could you please do a screenshot?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] micronikfr:
this is with SPB MS2, without SPB MS2 it's correctly
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kwoodall:
Yes, and here it is.

BTW...it would be nice if the statusbar title changed to reflect the section displayed. eg: Favorites, Recent Calls, Contact List, Contact Details, etc.

Kermit Woodall

Managing Editor

GadgetNutz.com
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kwoodall:
Er...what? What's SPB MS2?

Kermit Woodall

Managing Editor

GadgetNutz.com
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] iggy:
I think that is mobile shell 2
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] -Arturo-:
*BUG*

@BURT

I don't know if this has already been reported but there's a bug in details screen. If an e-mail address is too long it's being cut and the program adds a few dots for example: asdfssfgggf@yaho.... So when i tap on it, this exact email address is being put in recipment field. The program tries to send a message to asdfssfgggf@yaho... instead to asdfssfgggf@yahoo.co.uk

Can you fix that Burt?

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] micronikfr:
yes it is mobile shell 2
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] truburt:
Thanks, will be fixed!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] truburt:
iContact BE 6.3 Release Candidate

Well, let's verify it.

iContact BE 6.3 Release Candidate

Changes:

- Fixed bug with long e-mails and URLs launched with '...' when cropped

- Categories added to Details screen. Skin .png file updated with an icon for Categories

- SmartDefaultNumber option added in settings.ini. Enabled by default.

When 1, default Dialing Number can be changed for a contact from Details screen. Press and hold the desired number for a few seconds to set it as default.

Default number's icon is marked with a small right arrow (depends on skin file). Do not forget to update your non-default skin to see the arrow.

It may take some time at the first launch of iContact to read and configure default numbers. The delay will occure once only.

- Added some command line arguments:

-openIn=<1,2,3> (1 - Favorites, 2 - Call History, 3 - All Contacts)

-openHistoryIn=<1,2,3,4> (1 - All, 2 - Missed, 3 - Incoming, 4 - Outgoing)

-favoritesCat=<catname> (catname - name of the category to use as Favorites, should be in quotes if contain spaces)

-showSimContacts=<1/0> (1 to show, 0 to hide)

Example:

iContact.exe -openIn=1 -openHistoryIn=2 -favoritesCat="My Friends" -showSimContacts=1

- Skin changes (for skinners, changes since 6.2):

1. Two new icons: small right arrow for Default Number (next to SIM icon) and Categories icon (last one, under calendar icon)

2. New options for T9 keyboard: T9ButtonsFont=Tahoma, T9ButtonsFontSize=20, T9TextFont=Tahoma, T9TextFontSize=13, T9KeyboardHeight=160
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Lycox:
You are the king. Thx for the command line arguments. :)

Will update my diamond skin as soon as possible (after the breakfast I guess ;))

Edit: Skin updated ;) - Get it
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] antihero11:
i found a bug in 6.3 RC version

in t9 keyborad and some other menu, korean letters are showing broken.

but the letters in contact lists are ok.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] truburt:
Have you updated your korean.lng file in Lang folder with the one which came with 6.3? Unicode is used now for language files, so it should be saved as a UTF-8 file with no BOM signature.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] neog:
to whom could serve I have translated in Italian the files. Bye:):):)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sinoo:
@truburt

Is it possible that you let us choose what to see under the names in the list? Optionals like company name, position or other things? I would like company name to be shown in my setup!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] nir36:
RC is much more fluent. The list runs fast and it seems smoother than before.

the scrolling seems much more natural..
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] truburt:
It is a bit too complex change for now. Maybe in one of the further releases.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] antihero11:
Thank you burt :)

:)

this is my new korean.lng for better search.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] iTouch24:
can there be an option added to send a persons contact info to someone in your contacts book...

if i wanted to send janes number and address to joe via a text message ....

that functionality would be great !
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] iggy:
Hi Truburt, excellent RC, no problems on my end.

Really Wish to have...an option to enable/disable the Red End Key from closing iContact. Currently if I hit the End Key to close the phone program it also minimizes iContact and I would prefer it to stay open until I close it (i.e. I need to call a diff number for the contact or another contact - then I have to click on iContact again.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ronenpg:
Hebrew Language Pack

Here some iContact HEBREW translation for Israeli users :cool:

Thanks to Ronen Peleg :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] truburt:
Right now you can send a vCard to another contact. To do so, just click a contact, then click View button (2nd one, with a person icon), and select Send vCard... from the menu.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] truburt:
What exactly happens when you click End from the Dialer? Does Dialer close and iContact appears then quits?

On my Touch it goes in this way:

1. Open Dialer from iContact

2. Close the dialer with End key

3. Home screen appears, but iContact keeps running in a background, so when I click Contacts button it brings up immediately.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] truburt:
Many thanks!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sinoo:
@truburt

Next to my other wishes I already posted, I have another wish! ;-)

Is it possible to highlight the number in another color (maybe via *.skn entry) instead of the small triangle?

It's because I use lycox' diamond skin and the triangle is taped over by some of the phone icons!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] iggy:
Exactly what happens, I would like to be able to set it not to minimize iContact if possible.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] nir36:
funny.. i was 3 minutes from publishing hebrew for icontact here :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] iTouch24:
when i go to menu / send contact.. the only option that is there is beam ...

there is no send via sms or vcard option

sprint htc touch
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mlk:
Excellent release & by far the most efficient - just a word to the wise on this release though: after install ensure you run iContact_config before you start iContact, otherwise it hangs & you will need to soft reset. Either that or I am too impatient to wait for the load of 1120 contacts.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] nir36:
there are cities with less than 1120 people. you should divide yourself :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Zenoran:
sorry for taking so long to get back but the zipped version you provided works great. i tried setting all the options u mentioned and there is still lag even with all pictures enabled. for the time being im just going to use the older version. thanks!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] truburt:
Actually, it did not hang. For the first run (and only for the first run) iContact will now assign a default dialing number to each of your 1120 contacts. It means that each of them will be opened, its Smart property will be set to default number, and then it will be saved. Saving takes a time, so that's the reason for it to being so long.

I'd advice to wait for it to complete once. It won't happen again :)

Probably I'll put a load indicator, or move saving in a separate thread in release version.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] truburt:
You see, it's not what iContact can handle. When you press End button from any application, it not only gets minimized, but screen is switched to Home screen. It will happen to any application, and that's the system restriction, for which I have no solution.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] truburt:
Ah, okay, it must be some POutlook extension installed at my side (HTC Touch). Maybe I'll include this in one of the later releases.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] davidss908:
Icontact

Thanks for posting such an impressng app.

I am using Toshiba G810 and it works well. Just want to ask if i have a spb mobile shell for Toshiba, how can i set the dailpad in the icon to be icontact.

That means if i am pressing the phone icon, icontact will appear

Helps would be appreciated.

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mlk:
Thanks Bert for the explanation - makes sense now! Addition of the loader woudl be a big winner - btw, will this allocation happen everytime it loads, or only after install? If only after install, then for new contacts I assume the allocation will take next to no time.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] truburt:
6.3 RC2

Only after install. BTW, I've succeeded to make it running in a background, so in the release version it will not hang, just slowdown a bit.

RC2 Changes include:

- Save default dialing number in a background (works faster now)

- D-Pad scroll support for Details

- Default dialing number can be assigned by pressing and holding the Action key (now works for Smartphones too)

- New .skn option DetailsDefaultNumber - color of default dialing number in details
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] iggy:
Thanks for the explanation Truburt, one can only hope.

Do you or anyone else know if it is possible to reduce the timeout for the phone app. What I mean is when you make a call the phone app is visable and after a few seconds (i think 30-45secs on my phone and sometimes not at all) it minimizes itself and goes back to the last screen (say iContact) but it's a long time to wait hence I always use the Red End Key.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] amarguli:
Video call

Hi Burt,

Do you plan to add video call support in some future release?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] iTouch24:
With t9 searching , is it possible to search within company names as well ... right now it will just search the persons name ... some times i know the company name that i have it under but forgot there name ... then i am stuck trying to find the contact ...

my request is for more powerful searching ....
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sinoo:
Thanks turburt! You're the best.

Another thing: can you add color highlighting for missed calls (in red)?

By the way: the scroll indicator is not working anymore! In the history it's only shown sometimes! In the whole list no more!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jasonfilmfan:
Hu Burt

Thanks for the great changes. 2 request/enhancement idea for you, both in regard to T9 search Keyboard.

1) when you hit the arrow to remove the keyboard could the filter be left on. It would allow more results to be seen on the screen and I thinkt it be useful.

2)could the results assume a wildcard between letters. Initiate on the palm use to do this.

example

pzht would yield pizza hut.

Thanks again
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] pjdick:
Is this a new rellease? I downloaded the zip file, and it looks like all the application files, NOT a cab to install it.

Can you please clarify this for me?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] truburt:
This is a release candidate 2, not a release version yet. So you may take it as a final beta-version. Release will follow soon.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] truburt:
Scroll ind now appears on a greater scrolling speed, where it is actually needed. When list scrolls slowly, groups are clearly visible on the screen. Ind is still visible for Jump-To keyboard and virtual scroll bar.

As for the history, have you checked ShowScrollIndInHistory option in settings.ini?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] pjdick:
Sorry for the newbie questions...

Does this mean I can just copy these files over the current 6.2 files that I have on my phone, or is there more to it?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sinoo:
Thanks... Got it... Haven't enabled the setting for this one!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] nir36:
you CAN copy it to a previous installation folder of iContact and it will work.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] nir36:
burt, RC2 is even smoother than RC1. cool additions for the deaultdialingnumber as well... and loading time is VERY good.

just one thing. when you change numeric value fields in the config executable it immediatly tells you that you need a numberic value.

i thought that maybe it'd be better to have the warning appear only if you try to switch to another configuration page or save without entering a numeric value.. instead of having it pop up after everytime you delete a value. (can drive you crazy :))
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mlk:
I agree, initial load time much improved, down to around 20 seconds for my (far too large) contacts list - well done sir!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] nir36:
lol. i still you think you should at least buy another device to hold a half of your contacts. 1120 is just sick. :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mlk:
What and lose the magnificent slowdowns and sluggish behaviour of a M$ developed Operating System taken to its limits, bah I say!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] nir36:
You're right. i apologize. life is absoloutely pointless without sluggishness.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] antihero11:
korean.clng

this is 'korean.clng' file that i made. hope it'd help someone. :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] antihero11:
my skin :D

my skin is rough assembly of lycox's and other one's(i forgot his name :p)

but for me it's best... :rolleyes:

thanks to lycox and other guy..

and i hope someone 'd try to use it.... :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Petulinek:
Great app, but with RC2 i have problem:

i have made czech lng and clng files and this version of program doesnt show letters with diacritics : š, č, á, í... In contacts is OK, but in legend - history, program settings etc. not...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] strojvudce:
Např v Total Commanderu to otevři a ulož jako Unicode. A potom šup sem s tím. Prosím. Já se do toho taky pustil, ale když už to máš. :) Anglicky totiž nevládnu. :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Petulinek:
Prd unicode, UTF-8 :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] truburt:
Detailed description of skin options

Good news for the skinners: I've prepared a little doc describing options of .skn file and layout of .png file. You can read it here: http://burt.vndv.com/index.php?ind=reviews&op=entry_view&iden=3
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] truburt:
6.3 Released!

Finally, BE6.3 released!

Probably there still are some minor bugs, but with your invaluable help 6.3 is really nice :)

Thank you all for helping me to develop this app!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] wearefree:
No problems whatsoever... works beautifully with Lycox's new Diamond skin, great work!!

Well seems like the call history idea I had is too much, but hey the current one works and that's more important.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] nir36:
burt, did you change anything from RC2 to the final release? it seems EVEN smoother..... now it's flawless.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] MiToNiOeS:
hi, i have installed the 6.3 version but crash it, someone have this problem??? (before i have the 6.2 and run perfectly)

I installed version 6.2 again and works well
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] MisterMark88:
I installed 6.3 after removing 6.2, but it doesn't start. When i click on the contacts icon it launches the headerbar and then it closes the program without any notification or error shown. I tried to reinstall it but that doesn't help either. I didn't used the beta or release candidates versions. My device is a Touch Cruise with the original 6.0 HTC 1.27.404.1 NLD rom version.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] MiToNiOeS:
i have the same problem, with htc diamond
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sinoo:
Two things truburt:

1.

ListSecondaryText2 changes the color only when repeats are not behind contact name. Would be great if we can colorize it there too?

2.

What about color highlighting for missed calls in the history?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] larryg4:
Crashes on htc Touch

Last vesion was 6.3b5 and worked flawlessly but 6.3 crushes after launch.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] anod:
Hello Burt!

Thanks for your work...

If there any plans for transparent skin that getting compatability with the current system skin?

I know the magic word: Pozhaluista.... :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] lsherif:
Hi Burt,

Facing a problem when choosing the phone book icon in the middle the whole application exits.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] wearefree:
For those of you who may have trouble starting BE6.3:

I didn't remove the old icontact (be6.3 beta2), I simply copied the main program files with theme file and language files to overwrite the older version. It works fine.

Also it may have something to do with me preview it on my storage card (run the program on the storage card after unzip just to test).
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] WildSioux:
First off, Wow...good job on this 6.3 burt. I have been using ender's version since you came out with 6.2. 6.2 was slooooowwww. No more in 6.3, it is fast!

To those having problems with 6.3... The first three times I opened this on my mogul, it closed. I opened it again, and it worked. I don't know why it did this. But my theory is that it had to build the cache for the pictures, list, and history. I also forgot to delete the old cache. So that may have an effect on it as well.

It is working now, and it is fast!

I have a pointui 1.02 theme as well!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] rhunnicutt:
Search enhancements

Awesome program, love the Burt addition but...

The search goes through the whole word, so if I type an 'i', any name that has an 'i' in it matches instead of only names that start with an 'i'. I would love to see it match only those names that start as my typing starts...

Also, the call history only shows 'Today' calls. My phone call history has a months worth and the config is setup for 10 days...

Thanks though!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] WildSioux:
BTW...where do I upload themes?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] truburt:
For those who have BE6.3 crashes

The crash is related to a Smart Dialing Number functionality behavior. Hot fix will be available tomorrow's morning (it is 22:22 here right now:).

For now, you can just turn SmartDialingNumber off in your settings.ini, it should resolve the issue.

P.S. For those of you who do not get a crash: it will happen if you create a new contact while SmartDialingNumber is on. So please turn it off until a hot fix is available.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] truburt:
This will require a lot of effort, and unfortunately my time is limited. So not in the next releases, izvinite :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Zenoran:
new version has no more lag! good job!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] EnsconcE:
Nicely done! This app really evolves in your hands, i like it.

Though i have some remarks, because the skin is not displayed correctly in landscape mode. Besides that i would opt for an iPhone like option screen, just to make the picture complete :). S2U2 has an iPhone like option screen if you do not know what i mean.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] nir36:
dude.. this just keeps getting better and better...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] truburt:
Thanks :)

Could you please describe what's wrong in landscape mode? I must have missed that while testing...

Also, what is S2U2? :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ather:
S2U2

stands For Slide2Unlock 2..the most famous Software by our beloved Friend A_C

Its a Port of Iphones Device Locker
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] truburt:
Ah, I see, I should take a closer look to this tool :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Lycox:
Nice, nice, nice!!! :)

Great work man :)

Btw: Working on my Diamond skin to work with your new edition.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] adjim1200:
hey i love the app just some things if you could make an icon set where the icons are not to stretched out on the history or just a new icon set, and on the history the time dose not fully show and on top the wireless career merges with the time but besides that this app is a lot better the original. much faster and more responsive THANK YOU
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] zoro007:
Meanwhile I managed to solve this right aligning.

Please have a look at the enclosed image.

There are some items (like time, operator name, ..) I can't find in the programm. I mean I don't know where to change their font size.

Could you help me ?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] truburt:
You can turn off stretching of menu buttons in your .skn file! If you use skin 'burt', then open burt.skn with any text editor, find MenuStretch=1 there and change it to MenuStretch=0, that'll do the trick.

Could you please send me screenshot of a time problem? It must be related to 12hr format, isn't it? I'll try to fix it.

Meanwhile, you can try to edit ListSecondaryWidth option in .skn file, it determines the width of time field in the history. Try to set it to 50 or even 60 pixels.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] truburt:
In BE 5, you can play with many options inside .skn file, such as DetailsHeaderWidth option to set width of action name, TitlebarFontSize to change size of titlebar font, etc.

Unfortunatelly, I haven't yet put all of Titlebar settings there. You should manually edit values in void DrawTitlebarOn(HDC hdc, RECT rTitlebar) function inside Titlebar.cpp for battery fill and some other things.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] francesco85:
im going to test your last build, thanks! :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] truburt:
Quick update to 5.1 in the header:

- Fixed wrong keyboard cell width/height calculation at start

- Fixed position of labels in Item Details

- MenuStretch is set to 0 by default in skin files
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] wearefree:
The new edition is excellent! Finally the title bar shows time in 12hr format. And the transition is a lot smoother compared to earlier editions.

One small cosmetic bug: the call time in the call history is a bit too long so the front and back are cut off. Could you use a smaller font or make that field longer?

Another quick quest: could you make a burt bright skin? The dark skin is cool when looking indoors but hard to read under bright sunshine. Thanks!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] chiekh:
Index in favorites list

Please can you implement the index system in the favorites liste like in the 0.6 version?

because if we have long favorites list and we want to make a call to the last one we must scroll all the list.

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] doullos:
Hi,

The soft is very good.

But, I have again the bug with iContact (0.73be5.1) on HTC devices with HTC Cube on my Touch Cruise. And now, I must to restart the phone because the start menu, the cube... are freeze !

If I can help you.

Thanks.