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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] devilman:
thank you for the answer,

but i am pretty sure it does not depend on the compression used.

It happens to almost every comic book i read, compressed by different releasers.

they seem to be standard cbr files...

I have an HD2, so the hw is good...

by the way, just to be sure, why don't you check by yourself?

this iare 2 examples of the files i am speaking about:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LA1FW2KF

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HXX6QOWE

try to turn page after let's say pag. 80, you will understand the times needed...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deisama:
Sweet, that helps alot. Sorry about the delay, I've been out of town.

I'm checking out the comics now
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deisama:
Ok, I looked into it, and it was in fact a solid archive.

When comics are compressed that way, every page before it has to be reextracted in order to view it. That would explain why it takes so long as you progress throug the series :)

Just use this program on it, and it'll recompress the comic into a zip file which will allow it to work much faster. And the process doesn't change the image quality at all, so there's no downside to doing it.

Now that I have a file to test with, I can see about speeding it up :)

Update: I just wanted to clarify that this is a problem with a specific type of rar file, and not rar files in general. This is only the second time this specific problem has actually come up :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] devilman:
first of all, thank you for the replies.

second :

version 2.1 ROCKS!

great job!

it seems to ave improved the speed (did you do something or just it depends on the fact that maybe the archives i am reading now are different?)

the swipe movement to turn page is simply great, very fast and elegant.

now a little bug report

1) when i installa a new version (it happened also with the previous upgrade) the installation tries to uninstall the previous installed version.

the process, however, ends with a message saying the uninstallation was unsuccessful.

the new version, howeer, seems to install.

2) with version 2.1 , the apps randomly crashes or ends returning to wm home after the turning of a page (i red 3 comics today and it happened quite often)

now, some suggestions.

take them simply as "wishes", if implementingthem would result in a "too heavy" app, forget them:

1) implement the swipe movement also for turning back the page

2) show icons (the first page, that is usually the cover) when you open the "change file" menu (the comic folder) and not only the title

3) implement a fast way to jump to a page, something similar to pdf reader, where you can tell directly the number ofthe page from the main window, without opening another one

4) implement a way to see iconized pages of the comic, from where you can choose the desired page (it would be great if this could bedone with a swiping movement, like the document tab in sense).

P.S : do you know a way to have the document tab in sense "see" the comics?

again, my congrats for the new version!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] toutatis:
Page flipping crash on 2.1

I've bought ComicReader, though I was not sure it would work on all files. But I saw it in action and was impressed.

I've the latest version with 2.1, with the new page flipping function (great ideal !).

This function looks great though it could be optimized as the end of the flipping is less fluid.

After 3 or 4 flippings, Comic reader crashes and I get an error message : WM 6.5 asks me the authorization to send error reports to Microsoft. Here are the first pages of the 2 reports. These are screenshots as there is no means of saving the files.

I've still a stock ROM with WM 6.5 and Manila 2.5.1921.

Hope that it can help you fix this.

I found a way to turn the pages with the volume buttons on my HD2 and these work great. No crash when using this mean to turn pages.

So, it's definitely related to the page flipping. Which means I can use ComicReader :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sirec:
pop onto the comic reader forum, he'll sort a fix out for you
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deisama:
Thanks for all the great feadback! I'm excited about how the page flipping effect turned out, and I'm glad to hear you guys are too :)

Yeah, the update process is very buggy for some reason. I don't know why Windows Mobile sucks so badly at installing and uninstalling cab files, but oh well. All the process does is replace one exe with another, so even though it says it failed, its fine.

I could spend a lot of time trying to fix, but I think I'd just rather add more cool features to the actual program :)

Yeah, thats next on the list. Especially for people who read right to left, I think having the swipe movement in the other direction is essential.

Can't you just use the "goto page" feature to select from the list?

Yeah I figured there would be bugs, but I'm suprised it happens so often. Do you read in portrait or landscape? And are you turning the pages really fast, or is it through normal reading?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] toutatis:
Only in portrait as I didn't realize there was a landscape mode.

I did not read the comics, so I turned the pages quickly.

I uninstalled and installed again ComicReader. I had another crash when I turned the pages rather quickly.

After launching again ComicReader, with the same comics, I had no crash when turning the pages, slowly or quickly. So, it does not occur systematically.

Oh, and I used your cleaner tool for a file CR can't open (no pages found) but the cleaning failed.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] devilman:
I confirm, the app crashes often after turning the page(s) during normal reading, but seems to be randomly.

I use it in landscape mode.

For the page question :

yes , of course, i am using that function .

the point is that sometimes you have to review a page, but you often don't know exactly what it was .

let's think about " a real comic" :

you read something related to something that happened (almost) 20 pages ago, so you "physically" go back 'till you "see" what you were looking for.

this process is too long if you have to try everytime with the page numbers and the swiping menu.

it would be great to have thumbnails of the pages to choose from, and not only numbers...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deisama:
Can you PM me your email address? I think I may have a fix, and I'd like you to test it out.

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] devilman:
sorry i read it only now.

pm is coming
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] devilman:
please, do something (send the modified app if you think it works) beacause this new versione (the one with the swipe feature) crashes really often(10 or more times during a comic reading)

thank you
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deisama:
That's wierd, I emailed you the the fix on Thursday. Can you double check to make sure the email you gave me is correct?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] devilman:
i did not receive your email.

let's try again, if it does not work, i will give an alternative address...

edit :

ok, received with your second email.

i will try it now and intensively tomorrow (it is 1 am here) and will let you know.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] devilman:
ok, it works, you did it!

no crash after a day of usage, well done!

let me add that i am using it with gyrator, and it never crashes when changing from landscape to portrait and viceversa (last version did)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deisama:
excellent! Glad to hear it worked :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] brutaled:
Will this work with the HTC HD Mini HVGA?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jedijordan2046:
where can i download this, found it before then lost it

wheres the link to download?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] josuema:
Can you tell me if your program works on hvga?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deisama:
Yeah, it'll work fine on any resolution
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] AllyKat:
Obviously the current version is for Windows Mobile? Any word on when a version for Windows Phone 7 will be available? (Also, will I have to re-purchase the app)?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] rogermorse:
The version for windows phone 7 should be work in progress (you can follow the official forum for the application). I was also interested cos i fell in love with the HD 7....love which is fast gone after i discovered all the 'crap' which is around WP7, so I am going to go android.

That's why I ask the same question: i sold today my touch HD (where i was using the application). I started using the application a couple years ago...i had bought it, it still had actually another graphic design (different buttons, i don't know why there isn't any screenshot in the first post about that graphic look, before the BLACK/WATER GREEN).

Anyway the question is: since i sold my htc with windows mobile, and I'm gonna get an HTC with android...could I just 'switch' the license to the android application? I didn't sell the application, I gave the phone on factory settings.

Could you do that ? Do you keep trace of every transaction made on the website? When I bought the application, the website was totally different (congratulations), now it's very well made, before there was only one page (with the white - red - blu logo) and three buttons (comic reader for windows mobile, iphone and android).

let me know !!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jjollyroger:
hi, very nice app, I'd suggest to implement a battery icon and clock (with the option to hide/show)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] SublimeMogul:
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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ZED_pt:
cant find site to download comics...free download of course :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] orlandojumpoff:
Please PM if you can point me to a site for manga downloads, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deisama:
I would really love to find a way to do this, but the wheel isn't a standard windows mobile input, so I have no idea how to catch that event. :(

OK, Zoomings fixed

I added a new Feature, "Lense" which I'm really excited about.

You can now click on any part of the screen, and it'll show a zoomed in box over it.

Theres still a lot of tweaking to do on, but I think it has a lot of promise :)

Let me know what you guys think!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Andreal:
First crash after running ver 1.3 :( Previous one was ok.

HTC wizard, WM 6.1, CF 3.5.

ComicReader.exe
NullReferenceException

w ComicReader.ImageDisplay.regenerate()
w ComicReader.ImageDisplay.set_HighQuality(Boolean value)
w ComicReader.Form1..ctor(String[] args)
w ComicReader.Program.Main(String[] args)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jackthekayman:
this is a very great app :D

I'm using on blackston, only one wish if It couls possible, please enable full support of touch screen for change page (now I must toggle full screen and manual select page) ;)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] THUDUK:
Wow...thanks so much, I never even realised this program existed and yet I post and view XDA-Developers site everyday, guess didn't think to look in the Raphael section....

Running this on my HTC Diamond, at last I can just drop my .cbr .cbz files onto my device and read them without converting, was using PictoPocket before this, but was a pain each time having to run the PictoDS conversion software which seemed to reduce the quality just a little too much.

One minor thing, I like to organise my comics into a Folder called comics on my internal storage, then drag and drop the comic folders into that, yet when opening a new comic it only seems to be able to find one level of folders, if you know what I mean.

The speed of this reader is fantastic, the quality, controls are spot on, highly recommended, will add this forum post to my favourites from now on
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jackthekayman:
yes this program works really fine :D

but on full touch device like hd there are some problems 'cause lack of phisical button to map 'next page', 'previous page' and so on, if will be implemented this kind of features the program should be perfect ;)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Dwight2001:
Just trying this program for the first time. It works pretty good but crashes when trying to load a 'Double Page'. I have to go to Page and skip the 'Double Page' to keep reading a comic. I'm running v1.3 on a Stock Fuze.

Dwight2001
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deisama:
I put up a new version of 1.3 that should fix these problems. Redownload it and try again
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jackthekayman:
any chances to have hd touch screen support?

for example double tap on upper right = next page, double tap upper left = previous page ;)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] BenDick:
Hey I like the idea of the new updates, but I can't seem to open the program. Whenever I do open it, I get an unexpected error and it closes.

I don't know what is going on. :(
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deisama:
download 1.3.1 and see if that fixes the problem

Yeah, thats really lame that the HD doesn't have any user buttons. How are you guys supposed to do anything?

This weekend, I'll be redoing the UI. Putting in a proper preferences menu and all that. I'll try to add something in for you than.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jackthekayman:
thx very much ;)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deisama:
Thats awesome! I had the wizard too for a while, and just upgraded to the Fuze. I assumed the low resolution would make the comics unreadable, but you're right, I loaded it up and it looks quite nice!

Thanks for ruining my rational to upgrade :p

Yeah, I was using Picto pocket too. Its not to bad, for a started app, but there were a lot of things it lacked, which is why I started this app.

Actually, I'm suprised, I had assumed the PictoPocket project had been abandoned because there wasn't a lot of interest in comic readers for the PDA. But clearly thats not the case!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jackthekayman:
I'm using version 1.1, I'm gonna to pass at 1.3.1, do you suggest to uninistall the previous version before install the 1.3.1?

thk again for this nice and very smart app ;)

waiting for touch support :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Dwight2001:
Still having the crash with double pages.

The error message says "An unexpected error has occurred in ComicReader.exe".

Under details it says "OutofMemoryException Not enought storage is available to complete this operation"

An example of page numbering would be;

REALLYp09 (Single Page)

REALLYp10-11 (Double Page)

When advancing from a Single Page to a Double Page you get the error message. Is there a file size limit that ComicReader has as far as how large a .jpg can be?

Thanks for all the work,

Dwight2001
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deisama:
Yeah, the .NET Compact framework is surprisingly terrible when it comes to memory on the PDA. In hindsight, I wish I had done the project in C++, but its to late now. Unmanaged memory has practically unlimited memory, but try to make two big bitmaps in .net and "OutOfMemoryException"

You want to avoid files that are more than 1500-2000 pixels wide.

You can try turning off the lense feature. The extra push might be enough to open that two page file.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] hotrod101:
Love the new version with the zoom box; however, would love it even more if the zoom box was larger as it does not always zoom in on full text baloon and can be difficult to align to read everything in the text baloon's in the comic. I find that it does speed up the reading but would speed it up even more if the zoom box was larger. I would like to keep the comic size to fit screen to see all the art and read all the text using the zoom box.

Great work though. Best comic reader I have found (only found 1 other though "the Nintendo DS one which required conversion" the quality was not near as good as your program. Keep up the great work. I can't believe how fast you are comming out with updates. WOW :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Andreal:
New version works fine (screenshot with lense in 2 x zoom mode), lense function too, but...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jackthekayman:
with 1.3.1 when I choose 100%, full screen and I scroll the image I have a large blank shape on screen until I move the image.

after I'll post a video to explain better that.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Chad Sexington:
I keep getting error messages like this when attempting to open a double page:

ComicReader.exe

OutOfMemeryException

Not enough storage is available to complete this operation.

at ComicReader.ClsUnrarReader.GetImage(String rarPath, String filePath)

at ComicReader.RarComic.loadPage(Int32 page)

at ComicReader.Comic.GotoPage(Int32 page)

at ComicReader.Comic.NextPage()

at ComicReader.Form1.nextPage()

at ComicReader.Form1.Form1_KeyDown(Object sender, KeyEventArgs e)

at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnKeyDown(KeyEventArgs e)

at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WnProc(WM wm, Int32 wParam, Int32 IParam)

at System.Windows.Forms.Control._InternalWnProc(WM wm, Int32 wParam, Int32 IParam)

at Microsoft.AGL.Forms.EVL.EnterMainLoop(IntPtrhwnMain)

at System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run(Form fm)

at ComicReader.Program.Main(String[] args)

It does work again when I turn off the Lense feature, but there's the obvious problem of not being able to read the text on double pages. And I needs to catch up on my Batman reading. Please help.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deisama:
Try and download 1.3.2 and see if that fixes the problem.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Dwight2001:
I tried 1.3.2, but I did have to turn off the Lense for double pages to work. With the Lense turned on, the double page would load and crash if you tryed to drag it around. I'm fine without using the Lense.

Great App.

Dwight2001
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deisama:
Can you send me the comic book file that crashes so I can test it?

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] draxredd:
Great app. A joy to use on Touch HD's big screen !
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Andreal:
Everything works fine with v. 1.4, but while in the option window there is no SIP after tapping on lense width/height edit box (wizard has hardware keyboard, but some devices doesn't have one). Could you add SIP shortcut in the lower right corner next to the Lense panel?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Chad Sexington:
Works like a charm now. Thank you.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jackthekayman:
thank you very much, this program is wonderful :D

only a couple of issue:

1) if i disable the lense the program crashes

2) could be possible to have the option to hide on screen button keeping them active and working? for example If I hide next page button but this button is still active I could to go forward with pages by clicking bottom right corner but I have the screen free of every button ;)

I ask for this cause sometimes on screen button occasionally cover images ;)

by the way gratz for the program, it works fine :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] rareness4:
when i was reading a comic, when i turned to the next page, I keep gettin this error. Not sure if it's the comic file or the program, but here's what some of it looks like..

edit* just like the previous poster those errors came up when I disabled the lense, but it works with the lense enabled.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] BenDick:
Super big kudos on the next update. You are really keeping busy here.

One thing that I had noticed when you are in fullscreen and tap anywhere near the bottom of the screen where the menu is, the program escapes from fullscreen. Maybe it needs a small fix on that. I dunno.

I like that there is a border on the lens. It really helps when you are reading a big white area. Perhaps you can have an option to change the colour of the border and option to turn the border off.

Again, you are coming out with ideas and updates so much. I appreciate your dedication. This is such a good program. Thumbs up!!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deisama:
download the 1.4.1 release, and it should fix this problem

Theres an option under controls to disable that.

and thanks, I'm glad everyone is enjoying it
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] rareness4:
The fix works great. Thanks again!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deisama:
Dwight2001 was able to confirm that the OOM exception is finally fixed (thank goodness)

Can you load the comic with the corrupt page 6 and see if it still crashes?

Thanks!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Dwight2001:
Deisama, I can confirm that you got this working correctly on 1.4.1. I've read the entire comic I was having issues with all the way thru with no problems.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Kiongz:
Thanks for the great job and fast response in making such a wonderful program!!!

Everything is working fine from v1.4 onwards. It really includes all the option to make comic reading an enjoyable on our WM device. :)

Kudos!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] genomik:
I have Samsung Omnia winmo 6.1 newest version and it will not run, says needs newer version of .net framework.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jackthekayman:
even if I've disabled 'exit full screen' when I touch the edge of the screen it exit fullscreen :confused:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] chr5s11:
Did you install the Microsoft Compact .NET Framework 3.5?

@deisama

Your program is absolutely awesome! I can read my comics on my Touch HD in Landscape Mode even without the lense! :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Drybonz:
Hey, this is a great program! Just what I was looking for to read comics on the go. :)

Just want to mention that I am also having a problem with the program exiting fullscreen when I tap/hold near the bottom of the screen (even if the option is set to "not" do this).

I am also getting some occasional crashing when turning pages.

Thanks again for this great app. I will be following its progress with each release.

Can anyone recommend a WM device with a nice big screen, that is also affordable, that I could use just for reading comics? This looks great on my Diamond (especially with the sweet lense function) but I would like a device with a large screen.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jackthekayman:
yes me too, this is only issue with this wondeful program :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dselig:
I get an Error, File cannot be created

i'm using a HP iPaq 111
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] BenDick:
I had a quick idea for the comic reader.

I know you can save the comic and position of your last read when you first open, but how about multiple bookmarks? Say you are reading more than one comic or want just a quick view of another comic. The place is missed.

I think having bookmarks would be a great idea!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] scythe000:
Thanks so much!!! I've been looking for something like this forever!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Dwight2001:
I thought I would share how I've been using Comic Reader to view my comics. I personally do not have any comics stored on my Fuze. Instead I share some of my comic folders on my Home Computer with my Live Mesh. I then download the comic I want to view. When I'm done I simply delete, knowing I can retrieve it again at anytime or load another comic.

I've been looking for a way to view comics on my WM Phone for about 2 years now. This program Kicks A**.

Thanks so much Deisama.

Dwight2001
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] avidreader:
Thank you

I have been looking for something for my pda for a while now to read comics. I'm tickled pink that you have spent the time to develop and support this!:cool:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] genomik:
got it working with the net 3.5 framework update. Worked fine so far on Samsung Omnia. Thanks a lot, now I can go on vacation and read some comics.