yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ppic:
hi,

i've got another problem.

i've unninstalled this software, but after a wake up he tries to launche TskFacade.exe.

no file or registry key is reporting to it !!!

what can i do to stop that?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gps-lover:
you should read the thread.

sorry, i can't answer the same question many times.

gonna think of a faq...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ppic:
ok sorry, I recheck it, I'm french so I may have missed something ^^

FAQ= good option :D

ok, finally find it ! page 35 !

thanks a lot ^^
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Blowfish64:
Hey gps-lover,

I'm VERY happy with the ability to add a background! Thanks for that! As for issue 1, I believe I had that problem myself, so will be nice to have that fixed. All your other plans sound great as well. I'm looking forward to it.

Regarding the d-pad in detail. My thoughts are that moving in any direction on the d-pad would highlight (by means of some graphics or shading or whatever) a thumbnail. Press center button would select it, tap-and-hold would close it, double-tap, etc. same as you'd do with the touchscreen, but with the directional pad center button.

Here are a couple of other thoughts related to the subject.

First of all, it's by no means essential, but I think it'd be kind of cool if when a thumbnail was highlighted it increased in size a little bit relative to the other unselected thumbnails. This could happen with touch as well, not just d-pad highlighting, if you implemented the "activate on release" feature of a program like PCM Keyboard for instance. In PCM Keyboard when you press down on a key, a zoomed in larger version of it pops up, then if you slide your finger around to other keys the zoomed version moves with your finger displaying the appropriate image. The program under you finger is selected when you release, not necessarily the one you started with. Also, this wouldn't wreck the feature of tap-and-hold or double tap fortunately.

Another thing I was thinking was how the program should display that a specific thumbnail is highlighted (when using the d-pad or if you implement the activate on release idea). The slightly-enlarged-relative-to-others thumbnail would do it, but shading might also be nice, and I was even thinking of a border. Since thumbnails become different sizes depending on how many processes are running, it couldn't be a standard image, but if we could specify corners and then small middle sections that the program would repeat as needed (the way PocketCM handles textboxes or sms bubbles) that would do it.

And lastly, text is still a problem as it is displayed directly against a thumbnail background so if the background and the text are white it gets flooded out. Perhaps you could allow us to specify a small background image or transparency that the text could be placed on (and which the program would stretch to the size of the text).

So those are my thoughts on things I'd like to see. Hope they all make sense. Not totally essential of course, and not things that should be done ASAP perhaps (though I'm especially itching for D-pad support), but I think they'd give a lot of customizable character to the program.

Btw, what phone do you have, that it doesn't have a d-pad? I thought the Touch HD was the only phone without one.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gps-lover:
hey Blowfish64,

thanks for the ideas. we will definitely implement some of them a bit later.

as for my ppc, i have the Diamond. There was some misunderstanding from my side: I thought you were meaning the real keyboard all the time, not just a dpad.

now it's finally clear.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] m_ihab77:
thank you very much
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Blowfish64:
Oohhhhh, hehe. I see the confusion. Yeah, I'm not sure how keyboard integration would be very practical.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] absro:
Hi.

I have a problem uninstalling the application. I know it was already discussed but I can't do what you suggested.

My problem: I had an older version (0.4 I think), and I had the problem with the task started after wakeup. I installed 0.5 without manually uninstalling 0.4.

Now, I uninstalled 0.5 without stopping the task, but the problem remained. I repeated the steps (install 0.5, uninstall it) 3 or 4 times, then I found the solution on page 35.

Now, the problem is: it looks like something is wrong with the installer itself, because the install/uninstall process broke something: I can't uninstall the application... I go to Remove Programs, select "Yes", then I get a message saying "gps-lover TaskFacade was not completely removed. Do you want to remove it from the list of installed programs?". If I select "Yes", the program still appears in the list and I can try to uninstall it again (with the same results). The Program Files\TaskFacade folder is not removed... If I try to install the application again, using the CAB, I get the warning that the previous version will be removed; I choose "OK", get the error that "The previous version of ... cannot be removed. Do you want to continue installing ...?", I choose "Yes", I try to install the application again and I get the error that "Installation of TaskFacade0.5.CAB was unsuccessful".

So, in the end I deleted the folder "Program Files\TaskFacade" and the links in Start Menu and Startup by hand, but I still have the annoying notification when waking up...

So, to sum up: is there any way to remove by hand the call after the wake up? I don't mind messing with the registries, it's better than having to reinstall everything... :(

Later: I found a solution for this issue. I downloaded a trial version of MemMaid and was able to remove the TaskFacade call. Still got the program in the uninstall list, even if it doesn't exist anymore, but it doesn't bother me THAT much.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] pioppolo:
error message :

I'm Italian, and i have the same problem, but when i put the program in main memory or in a memory card, the problem is the same.

I had try to create a "program file " folder ( the default i have " Programmi")and put inside the .exe and .dll but the error became most seriously.

However i'm waiting the future version ....:D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gps-lover:
to get rid of this problem, the only thing you have to do is to close the program correctly.

so, please install it again (in case it's uninstalled), run it, close it (BY PRESSING THE OK BUTTON IN THE FACADE). that's it.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kwoodall:
So... any chance of dpad/smartphone support in the next release? Is the next release close?

Kermit Woodall

Managing Editor

GadgetNutz.com
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] pioppolo:
THANKS !

Now it's ok
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] surur:
I have tried this at least 5 times, and it has not done the trick. Thanks absro for the memaid tip.

Surur
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gps-lover:
couple of days, i think.

btw, the new version.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] wikiri:
Task facade works great, but if anyone have sms-chat like me also have problem with it. On my hermes when I've smschat open and run task facade, it can't return program on top corretcly after click on picture.

TaskF. freeze whole system and only solution for that is softreset :(
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gps-lover:
what processes do you run?

what processes are displayed in the Facade?

the name of the "bad" program?

which picture do you press?

since which version is the behavior wrong?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielem600:
i can't instal task facade on my wm5 ( eTen m600+ ) please help me!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] bigray327:
gps-lover, thanks for the great app. I know you don't want to hear this, but the wake functionality is broken. It works fine if you press the power button to wake the device, but if it's waking up on its own due to a text message or phone call coming in, Task Facade comes to the foreground. There must be a difference when it comes to HOW the device is told to wake up. Please look into this.

And yes, I have everything configured properly and have read this thread.

Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gps-lover:
the Facade shows up when the device is woken up. that's it.

technically you cannot tell which process did the wake up.

:)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ramontrotman:
so what is the purpose of this?

// defines whether the Task Facade should be activated on system wake up.

show on wakeup=false
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ramontrotman:
config file still not working. perhaps im doing something wrong. is the config folder supposed to be in the themes folder?

even with the new version windows and processes are showing up even though i listed them not to.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] p50kombi:
+1

Indeed, the config file does not seem to be read.

At least not for the device wake up functionality...

It worked for me in version 0.5, so for now switching back..

Hope this get's sorted, cause I love this small program :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gps-lover:
did you switch it on? from now on it is off by default ;)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] p50kombi:
Don't follow

Sorry, I don't understand.

In your config file, the one attached to your cab, the value is true..

Showonwakeup=true...

What do you mean wirh off by default?

I typed false in stead of true, not to make taskfacade show on wakeup.

The default, as said above, is "true"....
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gps-lover:
ahh, sorry, mixed it up with my local version...

gonna check it tomorrow.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] bigray327:
I agree...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gps-lover:
didn't find any bug.

please, uninstall the previous version completely.

make sure that nothing happens on the wake-up event (turn it off and later, in more than 10 seconds, on).

install the new version.

make sure that the wake-up event works ok (turn it off and later, in more than 10 seconds, on).
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gps-lover:
new version

new version is here

3.6.b3
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gps-lover:
i'm sorry, but it seems like you're having some local problem.

what would i recommend:

1. please remove the app completely (incl. all previous versions and all shortcuts such as the start-up and the programs one).

2. make sure nothing happens when you wake up the pda (no broken links from the previous versions etc.).

3. install the new version (copy the .cab to the pda, launch it).

4. don't do any copy/move actions to the app.

5. reboot.

i'm sure you'll get it working.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] LordDeath:
I have a little feature request here :)

What about selecting the different tasks with the D-Pad? Then we could easily switch to this task with the center button and with one of the soft keys we could close that task.

If I could have the ability to close them, this could easily replace HomeScreen++'s task list from my device :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] pioppolo:
GREAT WORK !!!:D:D:D

It work perfectly on my Tytn wm6

Thanks a lot

PS- O.T. I use with satisfaction another program : Call Firewall. It starts automatically when i turn on my ppc, but stay on display as long as i minimize it . It is possible minimize the program automatically? How i can do it ? Excuse the O.T.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ramontrotman:
im not sure its local....i've tried this with about 3 diffrent roms from diffrent chefs in the last few days. but i hear you. i'll follow these directions and let you know what becomes of it.

maybe the new 1.30 version of s2u2 has something to do with it??not sure. i'll report back though.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Blowfish64:
You can do that with MortScript.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=414105
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Blowfish64:
You can close programs with this program. Just tap-and-hold and you'll see the thumbnail go blank. Once you select another program to go to, it'll close.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gps-lover:
please try to switch off all the semi-system programs and use only ordinary ones for a moment. then, if everything works ok, you can try to add those one by one in order to prove which one is the problem.

or you can describe in details, what do you do to run the program, starting with uninstalling the previous version. the guys over here will try to help you.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gps-lover:
FAQ or DOC

guys,

are there any volunteers to create FAQ or help file for the Facade?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] pioppolo:
I found a little bug, when ppc wakeup task facade starts and display all program are run.

I change in the config file : show on wakeup:true to false, but on wake up nothing change, task facade run.

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gps-lover:
exit the program, then launch it again for it to read the changed config.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] bigray327:
How many people do you need to tell you that this function is broken??
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gps-lover:
well, i definitely don't need you, my dear.

my interlocutor will address me if my advise does not work.

of course, if you have any problems, please let me know.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] bigray327:
I don't know why you're being so defensive about it, but I've had enough of your bad attitude. I'm just going to go use one of the other free products that do this. Good luck with your little project.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gps-lover:
i'm not selling you anything.

i'm not doing anything for you.

i don't know you.

i don't need you.

is that clear?

good-bye.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] pioppolo:
First, I thank you for your work, you spent your time for us without remuneration...

I exit from program ( push OK ), next I put in stand-by the ppc, next i wake up and task facate goes on :(.

Sorry but i think that the command "false" has ignored, but i don't know why .

OT- I'm arrive to minimize at start up the program "Call firewall", with a little script using mortscript. Thanks:D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gps-lover:
i'm afraid it's because of a wrong uninstall of the previous version.

please uninstall the Facade, make sure the taskfacade folder does not exist, then play with wake-up.

if there is some message like "program Facade not found", please let me know.

if not, please reinstall the facade, don't launch it, go to the config.txt, change wake up option from "true" to "false", save config.txt, run the facade.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] pioppolo:
OK!

I'll try soon...

Thanks a lot:)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielem600:
can i install this version on my wm5? i can't instal V 0.5 :(
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielem600:
i can't instal 3.6.b3 too :(
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] pioppolo:
It works well !!!:D:D:D

I follw your istruction... thanks a lot gps-love.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jerryssg:
good to use

this is a good file to use
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dande:
POLARIS

Last version works fine on my Polaris.

Thanks a lot gps_lover for your efforts and hard job.

Take care.

Thanks

Dande
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gps-lover:
very good!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gps-lover:
DirectX / OpenGL specialysts needed

hi guys,

if any of you could help in moving the Facade from GDI to managed DirectX / OpenGL - please drop a line in the messenger.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gutte:
Correct syntax for config?

Think this is a great app, but I have problems with TF showing unwanted windows / apps.

What is the correct syntax for writing names of processes or windows that should not be shown in Task switcher? When I start my Touch Dual Task Facade shows a lot of windows that are system processes with no window names and I have to close TF and start it again to get rid of those windows. Why? It seems it does not change what is shown when I start my HTC if I add these processes / windows to unwanted in config.txt
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Blowfish64:
Hey gps-lover,

Thanks for the new feature of the shading for text. Looks a lot better!

Couple of bugs. When i opened my phone settings, did something, then closed it, I opened the task switcher a while later and the "Settings" thumbnail was showing. Tapping on it brought me to the desktop. Double tapping on it brought up "CTLPNL.EXE" with a window type of "WS_CAPTION". Nothing would close it and it didn't seem to be truly running.

Another time I opened a word file and got two instances of pword when only one was really running. Hope you can fix these issues with the next release. Thanks for your continued development.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Blowfish64:
Hey gps-lover, how's the next version coming along?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gps-lover:
hi Blowfish64,

working on your remarks, plus my regular fun - to redesign the internal structure.

hope to publish it this week.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Wishmaster89:
gps-lover what can we expect from the new version?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kwoodall:
Any chance you'll add dpad/scroll navigation so that Smartphone users can also use Task Facade?

Kermit Woodall

Managing Editor

GadgetNutz.com
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gps-lover:
yes, dpad support will be there
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kwoodall:
Yeeeeehaaaaaw! (pardon me, but I am from the south, ya'll)

Kermit Woodall

Managing Editor

GadgetNutz.com
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gps-lover:
new version 3.7.b1
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dande:
Hi gps-lover,

Where is the cab? I can see only the change log at the attached files.

Thank you very much for your great job.

Cheers
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] hanackin:
hey !

same problem for version 3.7.b2... :D:D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dande:
Version 3.7.b3

Hi gps_lover,

If you select one application for closure and "X" icon appears and then you press OK instead selecting other tasks program simply crash.:confused:

Thanks

Cheers
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dande:
Hi gps_lover

Apart from the above problem, everything works just fine including exceptions,

dpad etc.

Of course it's whole functionality it's faster than previous version.

Very good job. Congratulation once again.

Just please fix the above only.

Thank you

Cheers
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gps-lover:
sorry for not answering. i'll check it on wm5 emulator the next day.

anyone running facade on wm5 successfully?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] htctoucher:
how do you ban activesync, s2u2 and throttle lock?

i put "activesync.exe" (and tried "activesync" when that didnt work) in both processes and window, neither worked

any ideas?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kwoodall:
The new version rocks. Seriously. It does have a few rough spots and so...

Bug -- when first run it doesn't appear to do anything or even start. Sometimes it won't open the first few times it's selected, then works fine after that.

Bug -- bottom menu bar stays visible showing whatever was on there from the previous active screen, although none of it works. It's just shown.

Otherwise the dpad support is excellent - everything seems to work like I would expect it to work. Even the backspace key takes me right back to Task Facade or to screen I launched from.

Nice work!

Kermit Woodall

Managing Editor

GadgetNutz.com
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gps-lover:
anyone else having the same problems?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gps-lover:
activesync's process name is repllog.exe

you can check it by double-taping the corresponding slot.

for other programs, i don't use it. just double-tap them to check the process name.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gps-lover:
ha-ha. maybe i know the reason.

first, backspace processing is not mine.

i am processing only arrows plus 'activate' middle button.

so, if your "backspace" is the ok/close button, then when you press it, the facade is being totally closed, not minimized.

in this case, when you launch it next time, it will first run in background, and you have your problem #1 - you have to launch it one more time to get it activated.

please check.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gps-lover:
New poll

New poll: WM version that you use when running Facade.

Please participate!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gps-lover:
is the new snapshot on the 1st page better than the old one?

is it comfortable for referencing?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Blowfish64:
Hey gps-lover. Great to see a new version! I like the d-pad support!

Also, don't know if you fixed this bug in the latest release but I got a null argument exception error on boot...

Keep up the good work!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dande:
This the way I do it and works fine:

banned window names=ActiveSync,S2U2,,quickdial

This double ,, is on purpose in config, for windows that come up with (no)name " ,,".

Try it and let me know.

Cheers
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gps-lover:
I don't know either!!!

Because you do not show the top of the stack in your snapshot.

:D

But try the new version anyway.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gps-lover:
please upgrade

please upgrade to 3.7.5 (snapshots on timer were not working because of previous internal changes)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gps-lover:
and btw, you can see me now! :p
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dande:
HTC Album

Hi gps-lover,

Something strange happening and Task Facade does not show HTC Album

although active on backround.:confused:

Everything else works fine!

A big thank for your effords.

Cheers
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gps-lover:
strange. on my ppc the album works ok.

anyone else?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] loveheels:
setup unsuccessful
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gps-lover:
2 danielem600 only!

can you try the attached cab?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] J0nas:
I can't close any program... :\ When I tap and hold, shows an red X but nothing happen...

How can I assign "talk button" (like movie) to this program?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ytsejam_:
hi is there an option for task facade to auto-minimize (or auto hide) after switching tasks (tapping onto a pane)?

coz, i'm using an animated minimize (from touch commander) script which shows a down-sliding animation when minimizing applications.

so, when a current application is "switched to/made active" using task facade (therefore the application's window order is above task facade), and i minimize it using my sliding minimize script (binded to the red call key), task facade comes up after the minimize animation and becomes the active screen. the problem is, by becomming the active window, task facade immediately takes a snapshot of that minimized program as a black window because the animation script slides the current window down in a black background (though the animation is fast, like 200ms), thus the last frame of the last application is a black window..

my explanation is a bit shady, but i hope you get it.. :D

i'm really liking the speed and the footprint of these new task facade releases.. i just hope that the option is added to improve user setup versatility.. thanks..
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gps-lover:
do you need an option to switch off the zooming animation?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kwoodall:
Actually that explains my 'doesn't run the first time I select it' bug. The backspace (which is not an ok/close) switching screens is, I suppose, just the phone's built-in feature and it works well with TaskFacade. Bravo!

I am occasionally getting a Null Exception crash or some other crash. Is there a log file we can upload to show the details to you?

So now we're looking to get rid of the bottom bar.

Kermit Woodall

Managing Editor

GadgetNutz.com
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gps-lover:
have nothing to do with that, unfortunately ;)

just use any snapshot making utility

doen't seem anyone else, incl. myself, experiencing it. need a snapshot.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Jiggs1337:
I would also like it to auto-minimize, as when I close a window, Task Facade is then shown, instead of the next app window that I should be seeing.

So say i have Resco, TomTom and PocketPlayer open. I'm currently viewing Resco, and use Task Facade to switch to PocketPlayer. Then i minimize PocketPlayer, and instead of seeing Resco behind it, I see Task Facade, and have to click on Resco to get to it.