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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] hotrod101:
I love the new version very much. It is now so easy to read the comics on my device with the zoom lense. Love it, Love it, Love it.

With that said, I have loaded the comic with the corrupt page 6 to see if it still crashes and well it is behaving differently - Now it crashes right away when I try to load the comic. I can't even look at it at all. Kind of annoying but I'm ok with this. I have not had any other problems with any of my other comics yet, - Have tested around 30 different ones and this one still is the only one causing problems. On the bright side, at least it isn't letting me read and get into the story, just to have it crash half way through or something. It lets me know right away that there is something wrong. So I just will not be able to read this comic on my device. I can still read it on my computer fine, no problems. I use CDisplayEX V1.4 to view on desktop with no problems for any of my comics. If you manage to figure it out, great - You may want to tackle this problem, but don't go out of your way if you don't feel like it just for one problem with one file with a problem, especially since I have not had any other problems with my comics (as I said, I tested around 30 different ones and have about 50 more to test) and since no one else is having problems either. The program (new version) is working great so far as is and you should be really proud for what you have created and shared with the rest of us.

Also, You may want to have this thread moved to Development and Hacking since it is really an app that can be used on multiple devices. This one belongs to my top 10 favorite apps list and I will be making a shortcut in my Ultimate Launch Set Up soon.

Thanks again.

Rod
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kunicki:
Zoom In/Zoom Out toggle and Button mapping

I must add my compliments to the praise. What a great program!

I would like to add the following 2 suggestions:

1) I like to use the DPAD for navigation, so the recent options to customize the buttong is great. I would like to have a Zoom In/Zoom Out toggle option. Basically I can assign the action button to this and it zooms in on the first press and then zooms back out.

2) I use a Palm Treo Pro which has a keyboard. It would also be nice to assign shortcuts to letters. Example: N - Next Page, P - Previous Page, etc.

once again, thanks for marvelous work. One more plug: Please consider taking this open source!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jackthekayman:
I think that the problem of fullscreen exit touching the edge of the screen is because (in device like HD) there's the keyboard icon under the program full screen layer, so if you touch that area (even the program is in full screen) the phone 'understand' to show keyboard and 'force' full screen exit...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kunicki:
I think jackthekayman is correct. I have a palm treo pro running 320x320 and I get the same problem.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Chad Sexington:
Have you guys unchecked the 'Exit Fullscreen by clicking bottom' option under Options > Controls?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jackthekayman:
'course yes ;)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deisama:
I found the fullscreen bug, and I'll fix it for the next release. I forgot to actually check for the setting before switching back :p

Can you tell me the name of the exception you get when it crashes between pages? That way I can catch the Exception, and just show a blank screen for bad images

Aside from the Touch HD, I can't image anything being better than the touch diamond or pro. The VGA screen is so crisp, I can still read text even when its fit to screen. (although the lense does make it a lot easier)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dario69:
You might be able to find old HP hx4700's on Ebay. VGA, great quality, and large screens. You can blast them with cooked roms to get the latest WM 6.1 release.

Also, the Dell x50v is nice. But personally, I will take the better screen over the Dell's 3d chip. The x50v color always seemed washed out compared to the hx4700.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Drybonz:
Awesome... thanks.

Yeah I can get it for you. I'll let you know next time I see it. I don't think the image is bad though. I can view the same file without problems with Hamana on my PC.

Yeah, the Diamond screen looks great but I want bigger. :)

This has actually got me thinking about finding a slightly older tablet PC to use with Hamana on the go.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Drybonz:
Quick feature request... it would be nice to be able to have the lense turn on (maybe with a double click or something) and then stay on until you turn it back off, while still allowing dragging. That would allow you to position it and then move your stylus away and it would stay on.

For me, at least, this would really improve the overall ease of reading.

Thanks for considering my suggestion.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jackthekayman:
I like this suggestion :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] artaburu:
This is the app I've been waiting for years... but my PDA runs windows Mobile 2003 (it can't be upgraded) and it crashes when trying to read the directory path... Could be possible to release a 2003 compatible version?

Btw, thanks for your effort!

Arta
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] THUDUK:
Love this software, use it daily...

Why does each page load top right and not top left, where most comics start ?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] hacqua:
Send page by e-mail

Hello! First thank you very much for this awesome app!

It would be nice if in a future version we could send the current page by e-mail right from Comic Reader. This would be an easy way to share some Dilbert strips with co-workers, for example... :-)

Oh, and another nice feature would be kinetic scrolling (touch panning) to flip pages. This would make navigation even better on devices like the Touch Diamond.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] rareness4:
Did you uncheck the box in the options?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deisama:
Hmm, if the only difference is that 2003 doesn't have an applications data folder, I could probably just find a different place to put the temporary file.

Yeah, if you disable dragging, the lense works really well. For the next version, I'll add an option to bind a toggle to enable dragging, so you can quickly use the lense.

If its crashing at the beginning, than there may be something with the rar itself. You could try to extract the files and rearchive them, see if it fixes it.

Anychance you could send me the comic file so I can test it and try to find a fix?

How do I move a thread?

For the next version I'll put something so you can bind toggle fit to a button. That way you can easily change between original size and fit to screen.

No plans for open source. When I'm feeling all enterprisey, I might port it to the iphone and sell it on their store.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] THUDUK:
DOH!!!! thanks loads, what a silly billy I am
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] panvamp:
First, nice work on the app.

Second, I tried installing this on my T-mobile Wing. It installs great. I am also getting the out of memory error when viewing even regular comics. I think I have figured out what is going on though.

I have installed Comic Reader on the storage card. It runs fine from there, however it looks like it still decompresses the images into a temp folder on the main device. And while I love my Wing, the big big negative is that the main device memory is INCREDIBLY anemic. Like I maybe have 3 megs free and almost nothing that I have installed.

I wonder if I'm missing an option to maybe set a temp dir on the storage card instead? I don't care if its slower, I'll wait.

Anyway I wonder if some of the people with the out of memory error maybe don't have enough free storage to decompress comics. But awesome app as far as I can tell.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jackthekayman:
thx deisama for your job ;)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] hotrod101:
The comic file .cbr is not in .rar format - it has already been extracted. All of my comics have been. I have already sent you the comic book file by email to check out for yourself but as I have already said - it is no big deal for me since I have not had any problems with any of my other comics so far.

thanks

Rod
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deisama:
hmm, I never got the email :(

I think gmail is filtering a lot of emails it shouldn't be.

Can you put it up on rapidshare or something and than message me the link?

thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Heb 7:4:
Hi there everyone,

Could any kind soul private message me to point me in the direction of where I'd find comic files to view

Apologies for being a complete newbie! Would be really appreciated though, thanks :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Drybonz:
Sounds great, thanks. Yeah, definitely the lense works better if the page is not dragging. Being able to move the lense and have it stick will improve its usability even more, imo. The offset lense is a neat idea, but for me it is awkward to use. I would like to be able to move my stylus away from the screen and have the lense stay where I left it.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jigmenyima:
Great work buddy! Just the program I've been waiting for years! Almost perfect! Can I make some suggestions?

1. Since most ppcs have really bad navigation buttons, it's a lot better to use the on-screen 'next' & 'forward' buttons. But the problem is that since the buttons aren't semi-transparent, they end up blocking texts. A very neat idea would be to make the buttons semi-transparent, or if it were to fade away after a few secs. I'm sure every will deeply appreciate it. Also, the fullscreen button isn't of any use since one can just double tap to enter fullscreen.

2. As someone had suggested earlier, a bookmarking option for individual comics would be great!

3. It would be great if were to support pdf but I guess that'll be asking a bit too much.

Once again, you rock man! Not only are you taking all this trouble for nothing, you're also responding and updating accordingly. Please let me know what you or anyone makes of my suggestions.

Waiting for your next release with great anticipation..... your fan :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jackthekayman:
yes I think that transparent, hideable or fading on screen buttons would be a great option ;)

as well multiple bookmark and pdf support would be awesome :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jigmenyima:
Glad you agree, jackthekayman! Let's hope our dear developer takes notice of our suggestions. I hope other's will agree too.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deisama:
New version is up!

I spent most of the time working on the autosizing lense. It still needs some tweaking, but I think it manages to detect text correctly about 90% of the time.

Bookmarking for the last 10 recent items.

Touch pro binding for the capacitative panel. May even work on the Touch HD, so you wont even need the onscreen display.

potential fix for the 2003/Out of Space users. temp files are stored in the comic reader directory.

and a bunch of other stuff I forgot.

Try it out and see what you think.

And thanks to everyone here for being so SUPER supportive! I'm glad everyone is so excited about being able to read comics, and I'm having a lot of fun working on this :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] aussiebum:
HOLY smokes! I've barely looked at using v1.3.1 and just installed 1.4.1 and there's already 1.5!? :eek:

Thanks for the incredibly fast updates! I'll donate as soon as I get home :)

EDIT: you don't seem to have any donation links?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] panvamp:
MAN fantastic work! Since having the temp files in the program folder I am no longer getting out of memory exceptions!!! And the autosizing lens seems to work pretty well! Awesome app really!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deisama:
Alright, since you requested it, I put up a donation link :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jackthekayman:
Wondeful!!! :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] THUDUK:
I am going to vote that this should be put forward as the best piece of software on the pocket pc.

Version 1.5 is perfect.

love the way the lens auto zooms around text bubble

I even think page loads are quicker
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tovarish:
I have been waiting for a comic viewer for the ppc since 2005. I used resco viewer but this tops it. My very big thanks to you.

I just have two suggestions. Can the application read the next page or two ahead so that when we press the next page key the transition is fast. Second, like cdisplay can you have bookmarks so that i can read multiple comics at the same time.

thanks

tovarish
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Drybonz:
Wow! Autosizing lense is brilliant. Great job!

Also... thank you for adding the option to make the lense "sticky".

A request... could we have the option to set double-clicking to toggle the lense off and on instead of having the lense turn on at a touch? I have it set to "clear lense" but it seems to hop right back to turning the lense on as soon as I turn it off and I can't get it to go back to viewing the whole screen easily.

Also, the lense jumps to my stylus too easily sometimes. In other words, if I am trying to reposition the lense once it is on, it hops to the first place my stylus touches instead of allowing me to drag it a short distance. Is it possible to have the lense respond to a "touch and drag" motion instead of hopping to the first spot the stylus touches? Not sure if that makes sense, but the effect I am thinking of, in my head, seems like it would be less awkward.

Anyway, those suggestions aside... this is amazing! I can't believe how readable you have been able to make comics on such a small screen!

Now I just have to get my comic library to serve from my pc thru orb or some such thing. To the bat cave!!!!

:)

*edit* For anyone who is interested... it doesn't appear that you can do anything with .cbr's thru Orb, but seems like it would be possible with Live Mesh. Unfortunately, Live Mesh is a steaming pile of garbage right now. Hopefully, they whip it into shape soon. Anyone know of any other media serving process that could be used to stream comics to your phone?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] lbhocky19:
only suggestion i have now is apptodate support since your so often bringing out new versions :)

capacitive tapping = ftw
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ernie999:
I tried copying the .cab file to my Ipaq 3975 (WM 2003) and i just says "the file, My Documents\Comic Reader v1.5.cab is not a valid Win CE Setup file" when I click on it in explorer--is there something diffrent I've got to do?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deisama:
Sorry, it looks like windows 2003 is not supported :(
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ernie999:
I found the problem--you apparently require the 3.5 runtimes, I didn't relize this but found it out on another program and trying it again, it now works fine. Actually pretty surprising how well it works, the machine only has 10 megs of program memory right now and I'm viewing 25 meg comics with no problem and very quickly. Having a little trouble figuring out the controls but we'll get there. Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deisama:
Thats awesome, I'm really glad it works so well. Almost makes all the pain and suffering I went through to fix those Out Of Memory exceptions worthwhile :p

Unfortunetely, I can't read read any images ahead of time, because my app is right on the edge of acceptable memory usage, and I don't have any to spare on extra images. However, I did change the code to extract the next file ahead of time, so hopefully that helps you.

And since everyone has been soo insistant about it, I went ahead and added bookmarking as well :p
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Drybonz:
Here is an idea... I know it may be a little far fetched, but it would be really cool.

I don't know if any of you use the PC comic reader, ComicRack, but it is a nice reader with a really full featured library management system. I had recently suggested, on his forum, that the developer add features to allow you to "check out" books from your PC library onto your WM device. People were interested in this feature, but unfortunately the developer did not own a WM device.

Anyway, what I am getting at, obviously, is that it would be really cool if you guys could get together and set up the 2 programs to work in that way. It would be awesome to be able to select a few books on your PC library and click a button to have them "check out" or upload to your phone to take with you on the go, and then just switch them out for a new set of books when you get home.

Anyway, just a thought. Here is a link to the ComicRack website.

http://comicrack.cyolito.com/index.php
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] chr5s11:
This program just keeps getting better! And I finally made a donation :)

The TouchPro controls don't work on the Touch HD, I just get an error message about "HTCAPI" missing.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deisama:
Sweet, thanks!

And that really sucks about the touch HD. I was really hoping that would work out. I guess now I'll have to actually work on those onscreen controls :p
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] scotchua:
Per the OP's request, i have moved this to development and hacking so that more users would be able to enjoy it.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deisama:
I added an option in 1.5.2 "Show Controls by clicking bottom"

If you uncheck "Always show OnScreen buttons", and check this instead, than the controls will only show when you click on the bottom of the screen, and go away as soon as you press one of the buttons.

This even has the effect of letting you double click on the bottom corners to go next or back. Since the first click shows the controls, and the second click clicks the button :)

I looked into it, but I couldn't find a way to convert a pdf page into an image, so it looks like we're out of luck on that one.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ernie999:
I just tried to install 1.5.2 and install failed on my older Ipaq again (3975/wm 2003) I also have a newer machine which I rarely use, that uses wm5 (2795b) and it installs fine on that, I just copied the program directory over to the older Ipaq and installed the 3.50 add-on to get it to work on the older machine last time and it still works fine when I did it like this this time, but maybe you might want to fix it so it will intall on 2003 without having to do it manually.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deisama:
I put up an uncompressed version of the cab file. Please try that and see if it installs on 2003.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jackthekayman:
thx for this awesome piece of software :D

I'm very happy to have donated for your program ;)

p.s.

any chances for pdf support?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jigmenyima:
@ Deisama. Wow! You're actually churning out new releases even fast than we can download them! You have no idea how happy 'we' are to have such a great, selfless person like you working tirelessly just for our happiness. Thank you very much.

Regarding the small, auto-hide on-screen buttons: I'M UTTERLY SPEECLESS!! Just what was missing in my wish-list!! Thank you very very much! It's truly a pleasure to read any comic book now.

The bookmarking function is also great, though the 'recent' function suffices for me at the moment as I don't have much comics. But will come in very handy when I've downloaded lots of comics. Thank you very much!

I do have a few suggestions, to assist you into making this beautiful program PERFECT!!

1. LENS:

The lens could really use a function to not to be dragged along with the page. It simply renders this great feature useless, at least for me. As a result, I'm reading comics on 100% size. I've tried the new auto-lense feature but it doesn't work properly and consistently. I don't know much about programming but I guess it must be near impossible to have auto-lense to recognize dialogue bubbles with 100% consistency, though you may prove me wrong.

2. EXIT:

An exit option would be great in the menu, as one can easily press the upper-right exit button only to find that the program has exited. Not a major issue though.

2. PDF:

It would be great were it to support pdfs as well, but as you'd mentioned, doesn't seem possible. Not a major issue.

As of now, I can only think of these suggestions. I'm sure that I'm speaking the minds of may users of this great program. Please do let me know what you think of them. And also get some proper sleep. I've been noticing you're really working your ass-off on this. None of us, your fans, would like to deprive you of your sleep and daily activities.

Thank you very much.

Your big fan.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tovarish:
thanks a lot. I'll try out the new version immediately.

*UPDATED* I did check it out and loading the next page is much faster now. The bookmarks feature is wonderful too. Great job..

tovarish
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] character:
Like to ask if I can put this on my storagecard rather than my device
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] echolock:
Awesome app, I couldn't believe there wasn't a single decent comic reader available until now.

One small feature request - could we have AppToDate support? :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ernie999:
Works like a charm, I evan verified with another old ppc I have (5555) with a virgin install of the net 3.5 and it works fine.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Jon's X7500:
Pages too big for RAR handler?

Just found a small issue with 1.5.2. On ONE of comics, one that's bigger than the others, double-clicking to leave full screen means that I get an error when I try to go to the next page - whether or not I return to full screen mode.

I don't have that issue wth the smaller comics. As they should have the number of pages (more or less) I suspect it's down to individual page size (ie scan resolution). Another interesting factor: extracting all the files from the .cbr file, then making a new .cbz (of exactly the same size, BTW) eliminated the error.

Anyway, here's the error:

ComicReader.exe

IOException

File could not be created.

at ComicReader.ClsUnrar.ProcessFileError(Int32 result)

at ComicReader.ClsUnrar.Extract(String destinationPath, String destinationName)

at ComicReader.ClsUnrar.Extract(String destinationName)

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

at ComicReader.RarComic.loadPage(Int32 page)

at ComicReader.Comic.preloadNextPage(Object NULL)

at System.Threading.ThreadPool.WorkItem.doWork(Object o)

at System.Threading.Timer.ring()

Also, I tried to go back to 1.5.1 to see if that acted the same way, but it wouldn't run. I had to reinstall 1.5.2. Does the latest version install resources the older one doesn't like?

Other than that, and I can easily work around it, this is a brilliant piece of freeware. Thanks very much!

PS Looks wonderful on the Advantage's 5in VGA screen. Speech is readable without the lens. Usually.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] red_hanks:
Thanks man...works great with my BA!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Lokosis:
Great work, I will definitely be trying this out in the morning. Been looking for a cbr/cbz reader for a while now. Funny how there wasn't any until not for WM.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jigmenyima:
Whew! the forum's back online. thought t was a goner. been trying to load this thread all day! Hi Deisama. Hope you had a good weekend. waiting excitedly for your next update. please kindly take our suggestions into consideration. thank you very much.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deisama:
Thanks so much for your donation. Its always appreciated :)

Unfortuntely, I looked around, and theres simply no way to add PDF support without buying some kind of 300 dollar PDF library. However, if you look around, you might be able to find a windows tool for converting a PDF into a bunch of images, and than you could just zip them up and use them in the comic reader.

To be honest, I'm not entirely sure what your talking about, but it sounds like you have "Show lense while dragging" checked. If you turn that off, than it should work like you want it to.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] supreme_one333:
I don't know if this has been asked already, but where can I get comic books for this app?