yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] phalkon30:
Works great on my Touch Pro CDMA with NFSFAN's 1.04 rom. It should be a default program in all ROM's, it's so professional, fast, and it just works!
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] micheleiacopo:
hi everyone,

i installed the htorch 3.2 but the bright mode doesn't work :( . the normal one goes good. i have an xperia with stock rom. can someone help me?! sorry for my english! thanks for the app.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] bobzero:
Also on NFSFAN 1.05, great program :)
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] diams:
Work it on the " Diamond 1 " ???
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] nubie:
No, It Will not. it is only meant for the Touch Pro which has an LED flash below the camera.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] diams:
Ok thank you
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] realthor:
Works well enough on Xperia X1. No bright light though but don't need it actually I was able to do anything i needed with the normal light.

One question though: i can't find a stand-alone app that would do this so is it possible to make a link from outside the program (like hTorch.exe <parameters>) to access the "turn-off screen" feature -without turning on the led?

Thanks.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] TomasNM:
Yes,that you could,but you need to have synchronization with engine. This could be done via external microphone input.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] DeepThought:
hTorch v1.1 released

Hallo mates!

I just released hTorch v1.1 - please see the first two posts for d/l and change log.

I'm still having problems modifying TorchButtons source to my needs so a few things I wanted to change in v1.1 still are not completed (like turning off the LED on program exit for example). But since I've fixed the only known Bug I consider v1.1 as the first "stable" release tough.

I will try to implement the open todos as soon as I can.

Happy Torching! ;)

DeepThought
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] WDawn:
Thank you! Looks perfect now.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] dbldwn02:
Thanks for this. I was waiting for an easy app!
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] jpl3447:
It would be sick if the torch could come on (short flashes) when a text message comes.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] the guitarist:
what's the difference between this app and tourchbutton app ?!
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] Brendo:
this is a gui for the torchbutton app
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] the guitarist:
Thanks .. does it provide anymore features to the program?
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] DeepThought:
You're welcome - I'm glad you like it! ;)

To be honest my programming skills are not good enough to accomplish that. Sorry.

No, not more than explained in the first two posts. My only intention was to give TorchButton a very simple interface so you don't accidentally start some application while using your TP as a torch (like it happened to me all the time).

I will develop it a bit further (as described in the second posting) but there will be no huge additional features. I want to keep the program as small and simple as possible.

If you have any ideas or feature request of course please feel free to state them!
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] snark_be:
Is Torch source code available? Or is the API described somewhere?

It should not be too complex to do flash light blinking when receiving a SMS, I think.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] DeepThought:
Sorry I forgot to answer that feature request. I will look into that as soon as I've finished the other todos. Again this has to be solved within TorchButtons sourcecode which I want to rewrite to fulfill hTorch's needs.

As soon as I consider hTorch as "completed" I will provide the source on request.

TorchButton uses a DLL call to start the LED. I'm not sure how quickly this call can be performed but I doubt that it can accomplish this frequency. But as soon as I implement the "bicycle lamp"-feature I will know it.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] TomasNM:
Well,I have in my mind this question...that needs to be discovered,but I am not skilled neighter in C++ nor VS2008.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] blokart:
Great and easy to use.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] NutritionN:
Doesn't work on the CDMA Sprint HTC Pro. It's giving me an out-of-date .NET error.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] DeepThought:
I'm glad you like it mate!

Do you have .NET Compact Framework 3.5 installed on your TP?
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] mrrogers1:
Thanks! I just figure out that the older VJCandela and Nilso from the 6800 don't work so this was a great find.:)
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] NutritionN:
I thought .NET 3.5 was in the ROM of Windows Mobile 6.1. Why would I need to install .NET?
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] DeepThought:
The .NET Compact Framework v3.5 is not pre-installed installed onto every WM6.1 ROM. Many still use v2.0 or even have kept it out to keep the ROM as small as possible. You can find out which version you have installed by viewing this RegKey:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\.NETCompactFramework

Or even more comfortable by installing the (very tiny) .NET Configuration Tool which can be found here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=373721

Hope that helps!
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] NutritionN:
Thanks for the info on .NET. You're right. I upgraded on my device and hTorch works now. The only problem is that it does not want to turn off even when I hit the x button to exit.

I tried to go into the camera to turn off the light manually and found my device's camera will not initialize until I do a soft reset.

Spring Touch Pro issue?
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] DeepThought:
Unfortunately hTorchs usage is a bit confusing at the moment because it doesn't turn of the light automatically on program exit. I will implement this in the next version. At the moment the LED is turned on automatically on program start and has to be turned of manual before exiting the program by touching the torch on the main screen. Doesn't this work for you?

HTH
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] NutritionN:
Thanks, once more. Tapping the torch shuts the light off. Super app!
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] vaccpalm:
Quick Question

How do I get Htorch to show up under programs ???

I have to go intl the Accesories folder to start it. I was trying to find it with all the other programs under All programs but its not listed there.

Thanks !
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] DeepThought:
Are you sure, that it's not listed under "All Programs"? For what reason ever not all Programs are listed alphabetically - I have hTorch as last entry in the list.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] DeepThought:
@ALL

I'm currently beta testing version 2.0 which I will probably release later today. It has a completely redesigned interface (which looks more professional now) and addresses all major hiccups of the 1.x versions.

I really look forward getting your feedback once it's released! ;)

Thanks for your support,

DeepThought
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] vaccpalm:
Your right , almost every program is in order but Htorch is on the bottom. Thanks. Look forward to the next version. Terriffic program.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] snark_be:
Programs with a first uppercase letter are listed first, then the programs starting with a lowercase letter.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] DeepThought:
Thanks snark_bee, I didn't know that. I will keep that in mind when naming my next application! ;)
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] DeepThought:
[hTorch v2.1 released!]

Hallo my friends!

I just uploaded hTorch v2.1 and updated the first two postings accordingly. Please read them before updating.

I'm very curious about your rating regarding the new version! So please let me know what you think!

Ciao,

DeepThought

PS.: Last but not least - THANK YOU ALL for your support!
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] Xo0oM:
v2.1 is perfect. Thanks :D
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] Fat Boy:
this is better than I had hoped and shows a lot of effort! Love the new graphics as well and the easy one push on/off is wonderful.....better and better.

thanks much, for me this is a must have. Are you still concidering adding the strobe?
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] DeepThought:
Thank you, I'm glad you like it!

Yes I do. But there are a lot of small problems I have to solve to accomplish that. The strobe itself shouldn't be a huge problem anymore. Not that I have found a way to recognize the LED status. But there are two more problems which have nothing todo with the LED: The device must stay on, otherwise the LED stops functioning. So I have to prevent the device from going into standby. But than I have two more problems: If the device is awake so is the touch screen. Which consumes a lot of power and where you will almost certainly push some button when you put it in your bag pack or where ever. So I'm not sure if I will be successful.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] TomasNM:
Well,hope,the frequency/pulse length will be not a problem.

For keeping the device alive there can be used a code for preventing this and another code can be used for display-off,so the device will e alive,but screen not.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] DeepThought:
Yes, there should be a solution and I will try to solve the issues and implement this feature. But please don't expect a implementation soon. As for the frequency. As mentioned I use TorchButton 1.1 underneath to control the LED and therefore I don't have much choice regarding the frequency. It will probably be around 1 second.

PS.: If you know some code for preventing entering the sleep state or for turning the display off; or some open source program(s) that can be used to accomplish that, that would probably help to speed up the solution. Thanks in advance!
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] awriter:
hTorch or HTorch file name makes a diff in Program List?

I'm really looking forward to getting this onto my new TouchPro - but one question before loading: since programs get listed with Capped letters first (as noted last page by another poster) and the file is still called hTorch with a lower case 'h' -- if I change the name of the cab to HTorch_v2.1 before dragging it onto the phone, will the program be higher up in the programs list? Or will that have no effect because the file itself is hTorch?

Thanks for all your work on this!

Lisa
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] DeepThought:
Hallo Lisa,

no - renaming the cab-file wouldn't help. You have to rename the shortcut which is placed in "\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories" after installing hTorch. But to make it more comfortable for you I've attached a small cab-file which will rename the shortcut to uppercase "H".

PLEASE NOTE: You have to install hTorch v2.1 before installing this cab.

Ciao,

DeepThought

PS.: I'm glad if you like my work!
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] awriter:
Wow! What a quick and helpful response. Can't wait to load it...

Thank you very, very much!

Lisa
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] Fat Boy:
I have used AEBPlus to register hTorch to my enter button on my Sprint Touch Pro for long press and bam hTorch comes on. Great shortcut for easy use in the middle of the night. Man this is great, thanks agian.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] DeepThought:
You're welcome Lisa!

Thank you, I'm glad you like it!
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] katsumimi:
I want 2 Brightness mode (low/high).
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] DeepThought:
Unfortunately that's not possible at the moment since the camera can only enable/disable the LED and there are no brightness modes. TorchButton v1.1 uses the camera-dlls to control the LED so it only supports the same functions which the camera itself provides.

As far as I know NetRipper is working on a new TorchButton version which might have a "super bright" function included. But I don't know much about it at the moment. Also it's not clear if this "super bright" mode could harm the LED.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] snark_be:
Hi DeepThought.

When I start hTorch, I get an error message from .Net:

hTorch.exe

NotSupportedException

System.Drawing.Bitmap

at System.Resources.ResourceLoader.LoadObjectV2()

...

Any idea what's wrong?

It worked yesterday and I didn't install any program since.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] DeepThought:
Hello snark_be,

sorry to hear that. Didn't have this problem yet. I did a bit research but couldn't find something specific. It seems to be a problem where the .NET framework is not able to load the graphics. Have you tried soft resetting your device?
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] alekukoc:
But which is the real difference between this application and TorchButton? Does it add sth new?

Thanks.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] DeepThought:
TorchButton is an application which enables the LED on first execution and disables it on second execution. But (intentionally) without any graphical user interface.

hTorch provides a graphical user interface and uses TorchButton underneath to control the LED.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] snark_be:
Indeed I've been playing with the .Net control panel. When I reverted all values to Default, hTorch worked again. Strange it's the only .Net application that was impacted by the change of .Net setting. But now it works again, so sorry for the inconvenience.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] DeepThought:
No problem mate! hTorch depends on the latest .NET extensions maybe your other .NET applications don't and therefore only hTorch was impacted.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] bugee_d:
Hey..

This is definitely one of my best application ever.

I really love it.

Great first attempt. Keep it coming.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] DeepThought:
Now you almost made me blush! :D

Thank you! It somehow makes me proud to know that a lot of people all over the world are using my little app. ;)

Thank you all for your support!
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] DeepThought:
prevent device from going into standby

@ALL

I'm currently working on v2.2 which has only one change: Preventing the device from going into standby while hTorch is running. Unfortunately I wasn't successfully so far. So if anyone knows some sample vb.net code or an open source vb.net application that provides that feature please let me know. That would help me very much!
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] owilsky:
One wish:

Could you exchange the two buttons?

When I hold my TouchPro in the hand I would like to easily turn on/ off the light.

But I can not reach the top button with my thumb easily....

Thanks,

Oliver
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] DeepThought:
I leave that to the majority - does anybody else think the buttons should be swapped?

You could also use the left softkey to switch on/off the LED. Wouldn't that be a solution?
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] owilsky:
Or maybe make it configurable ;)

Maybe, but the soft button is much smaller and more difficult to hit by finger ...

Let's wait what the others say :)
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] huynhc:
thanks deepthought. your app saves my shins from bumping them trying to get to my bed at night!
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] 1999TL:
awesome app. Looks and works great!
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] DeepThought:
;-)

I will consider that. I don't want to unnecessary blow up the app but maybe I can make this choice depending from a reg-key.

Mate, what kind of hands do you have? :p To small to reach the upper button but with to thick fingers to hit the soft button? :)

(no offense, just kidding!!)

Yep. If others would like to have the buttons swapped too, than I will swap them in the next release. If not as mentioned I will see what I can do for you.

LOL. Belive it or not but that was exactly my intention in first place. ;-)

Thank you mate!
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] Fat Boy:
for me I like it just the way it is. I use AEButton to turn it on using the hold down on the enter button(VERY easy to get to) and it is on. Then to turn it off I use the great big off button provided. I dont practically turn it on off on off so the top button and reaching it isnt an issue and I dont have a problem anyway.

It would be great if this program had a 10 sec screen dim. That is, after it was turned on and there is a 10 sec delay the screen goes all blank and only wakes up when touched.

Again, great program and it is a great practical tool.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] del4:
My two cents:

-As for the buttons, the only configuration I'd like is an option to display or hide the two big buttons. The softkeys are easily accessible and duplicate the functionality of the two buttons, plus I think the display would look 'cleaner' without the buttons and with just the softkeys.

-I'd like to see the current version number displayed on the screen since there's no way of knowing what version is running at the moment.

NM, answered here

-Also, it would be very useful to have the current battery status displayed as well so that we know how much "light" we have left to us. One night I used my LED for about 30 minutes solid since it was my only light source, but worried constantly about how much power was left and had to power up the LCD to find out, wasting more power. Displaying the battery level on screen would alleviate this.

-About the only "issue" I have with this app is the delay upon startup. With several flashlight apps I had on my Mogul, they started up pretty much instantly, but with hTorch, there's a noticeable 2-3 second lag before the LED lights up. :confused:

Thanks for a great app that HTC should include by default!
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] thehyecircus:
You ought to find a way to configure it to the PTT button.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] del4:
There are several button-mapping programs out there that you may want to try. I used AEButtonPlus extensively with my Mogul and mapped a long press of my email button to launch a flashlight app, which worked great. Only bad thing about my new Touch Pro is that, unlike the Mogul, there are almost no buttons available to map to applications. AEBPlus hasn't been updated since May, but there's a good chance it will let you remap your PTT button to hTorch.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] thehyecircus:
I am waiting for (HOPEFULLY) Tuesday before getting my hands on my Fuze, so help me out here. How does this app work? Can I map my PTT button so that one press turns the app on, and the next turns it off? Or will it have to work like "One press opens the app, and then you go from there"?

Or can I use macros as well?

Sorry, I'm a complete newcomer to Windows Mobile.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] del4:
Keeping the device out of standby while hTorch is running would be a very useful feature. Nilisco Flashlight v2.0, which I used a lot on my Mogul, had this functionality, IIRC, as well as providing shortcuts that would run for a specified time, say 30 or 60 seconds.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] del4:
No worries, we were all newcomers once! ;)

The way hTorch works, you'd press the PTT button to launch the app, then use the left or right softbuttons (the two labeled buttons along the bottom of the screen), or the two square buttons further up on the screen, to control whether the LED is on or off and to quit the app.

If you just want to switch the LED on/off, you could use TorchButton directly rather than hTorch, which is a GUI front-end for TorchButton.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] DeepThought:
@del4

Thank you for your opinion! That's the kind of support I need to make the program better!

I will look into that. Sound's like a good idea for the next release!

It is displayed, you just have to touch the programs name on the main screen ;)

@ALL

If you could choose how it should be displayed, how would you like look like?

- Displaying the standard status bar, so that also reception etc. is displayed

- Displaying a percentage value somewhere on the screen

- Displaying a battery bar somewhere on the screen

The first option would be the most easy one to do. Than I would just have to reconfigure the program not to "maximize". I have originally chosen to maximize the program so that 1.) the screen is as dark as possible and 2.) to prevent accidental tabbing something on the status bar.

I've already tried to address this issue with build 2.0 and tightened up the source as much as possible. But the delay is the unfortunate result of the .NET Framework which loads up when starting the program. So that can't be solved unless switching to a completely different programming language.

Thank you! Well, if the are going to ask me about it I don't have anything against it! :D

Look at post #57 in this thread. I think that's what you are looking for. Isn't it?
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] del4:
NM

Doh! Actually, just discovered that there is, I just didn't look at the first post closely enough. In case I'm not the only one, if you tap on the app name in the lower left corner of the screen, you get the info box displayed in the second screenshot of the first post. :o
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] monx®:
@DeepThought

Thanks alot for this great app sir. Very useful ;)
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] DeepThought:
Mate, you have given me a great ROM so I'm honored if I can give you back a small app in exchange! ;)
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] del4:
I would prefer the first option, but depending upon the user's theme, it may clash with the nice dark theme you're using, so you may want to do something like A_C has in his S2* apps and customize the topbar. For exampe, while we would like to see the battery, signal strength and time, we don't really want/need the start button or an Ok/Close button.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] hivesnl:
Torch app 1.1 updated to Htorch

The application looks brilliant. Nice interface aswell.

But i've got one question :

Since i have updated the the former torch application 1.1 it needed to be uninstalled, so i did.

Later i have installed your version of the torch. But still the shortcut of the old application is still remaining.

Any advice how to clear that from the program screen?

I had another application with the same issue after uninstalling.

Thanks for advice so far.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] snark_be:
hTorch and Torch are 2 different apps. hTorch requires Torch to work, so do not remove it. You can go to the Start Menu directory with a file manager (Total Commander, Resco Explorer, File Explorer, ...) and remove the Torch shortcut.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] del4:
Remove 300s upper bound

@DeepThought

On this subject, any chance the author of TorchButton would share with you the code for TorchButton rather than having your app completely dependent upon the other, adding in their name on the credits screen of course?

Reason I ask is that I would like to have the ability to run the flashlight longer than just 5 minutes, having relied upon this functionality several times in the past. I just posted about this over in the TorchButton thread, but wondered what you thought? If the existing 300s limitation could be removed, would you be interested in incorporating an option within hTorch to make the maximum time user-selectable?
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] del4:
Remove SIP

In the next release, as part of simplifying/cleaning up the interface, could you remove the SIP button on the bottom of the screen? Not really much need for text entry? ;)
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] hivesnl:
I know that it are 2 different applications.

Although, i saw somewhere in all these pages that you should uninstall the other application (torchbutton1.1) first before using this application.

And I do not mean the start>programs , I mean : the same kind of screen as settings but then APPLICATIONS
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] snark_be:
Yes, but if you remove the shortcut from the Start Menu, it will be gone from the Application list too.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] hivesnl:
THANKS, i found out what you meant.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] del4:
Looks like a new release is forthcoming that will be removing this 300s limitation...