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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Gech:
Hi

I suppose some bugs are fixed.

and some UIs are modified.

(Also, screens are fitted for Landscape mode.)

http://1942.rocketspace.net/PQzII/GCzII_20090430_1330_0233o.cab

thank you

tom
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] marcuswar:
Thanks for the quick turnaround Tom, downloading now and will report back later :)

Marcus
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] marcuswar:
OK Tom, just tried a quick walk around the car park it seems to work now, I can see the trail at last ! I like the fact it shows you the last few actual positions on the trail.

I will give it a better test later on today, but ofr now it looks good.

Thanks for the quick turn arouns as usual :)

Marcus
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] paulpille:
Hi Tom :)

some feedback to your latest test version:

- on the home screen everything seems to be ok, except small failure in GPS format input (see below)

- in GPS "Monitor/Set Target Location"-Screen I propose a Save-Option for Waypoints (same as on home screen -> Search by Coordinate / Save -> should then also appear in Search by Coord. history)

The GPS format input problem:

MinDec & DegDec ok, however when entering

DMS: N 51 21 54.42 E 0 3 25.02

-> GCzII shows as Target: N 86 54.42 E 5 25.02

-> correct would be: N 51 21.907 E 000 03.417

I propose either to give a short hint like "wrong format, only MinDec & DegDec supported" or to implement DMS :cool:

May be it could also make sense to make a common format check of the user input (latitude/longitude in allowed range).
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Wlk:
Any ETA for version with integrated geocaching functions? Love new features of GCz II, but hate to switch all the time between two proggies :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] khaytsus:
Tom,

Look forward to trying this one!

I was using GCz to do maintenance on a cache last night and it kept telling me I wasn't the owner. Then I realized my username was uppercase, and in the cache lowercase. I changed the username in GCz to lowercase and it submitted.

Is it possible to not check this at all? I have caches that are owned by a different name than my username, such as ones I've adopted and left the original owners name in there for reference, one that is my daughters cache that I put both our names in, etc.. I'd think that Geocaching.com would kick up some error if you attempted to submit a maintenance log on a cache you didn't own, so no need to try to filter this in GCz itself right?

Just thinking ahead, assuming GCz II will have similar code for GC.com interactions.

Thanks!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Lord.Nibbler:
Hi Tom, good job ! (as always :D)

Please find my little suggestions (as always :p)

1°) my drop down list always displays only two items (then I have to scroll with the scrollbuttons of the drop down list to see the other items). Could you please adjust the display item count to have at least 7 or 8 items displayed or even better as much as it is possible to fit till the bottom of the screen :)

2°) could you also adjust the dropdown list width to be wider than the combobox itself (to allow to display titles with greater length). In Win32 it is achieved with CB_SETDROPPEDWIDTH message, I don't know if it works also with windows mobile.

3°) when [save] button is clicked, could you please check if the value wasn't already saved previously (maybe with another name that the value itself) and display it in the "save dialog window" if so, to avoid to inadvertently save several times the same value with different names.

Thank you !

Nibbler.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] pgomes2000:
problems connecting to geocaching.com with GCzII

Hi,

I'm a geocacher and I've tried this application which is one of the most efficient to do paperless geocaching :cool:

With GCz I can search for caches, when I click search I see that my HTC start a data connection, the problem is with GCzII!!! When I search for caches, no data connection is started:confused:

I have input the correct user/password at geocaching.com, but it seems that GCzII didn't start de connection!!!!

any sugestion?

thanks a lot
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] marcuswar:
GCzII isn't finished yet, the integration with Geocaching hasn't been released yet. Tom is working on getting the radar/compass bit working first.

I think most people are using GCz to get the cache information, then switching to GCzII and using the radar to find it

Marcus
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ScratchyPDX:
GCz II is currently under development and does not have the Geocaching.com hooks in it yet. I think Tom (the developer) is working on making a solid GUI and GPS foundation first.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] David1052:
I now have aproblem when I connect the phone to PC I get "Problem with Btwizard"

could this be part of the problem with GCZ11

Thanks David
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] derlbear:
Well, I guess not. It is a problem with your bluetooth driver of the computer. Anyway.. how do you download the caches? Wifi, BT, GPRS, 3G?

Cheers,

derlbear
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] TheConfusedOne:
Ah!

Thx a lot. Tried the ModDriver today. Awesome! Had some difficulties at first with the driver getting no satellites but found my mistake :D

Let's see whether or not it'll make me happy in the cache tours to come :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] docfred:
@secretagentman

It's not the problem for one cache alone. But when I want to show a couple of caches on google map, I'm not able to see the real finals but only the "startpositions"

docfred
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sbrown2680:
New message on Geocaching.com "Geocaching.com will be going offline temporarily for a site update on Tuesday, June 29th at approximately 1pm PDT (GMT -7). We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause."

Everyone get ready for about 1 week or so of downtime....ugh! Thanks Groudspeak.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] SecretAgentMan:
I see what you're getting at now! Good idea for a new feature!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] xhozt:
DOH!!!! yea this allways makes us gczii cachers cringe ;-(
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] David1052:
I have tried downloading GCz onto my PC then drag and drop onto my phone card I have also tried putting my phone card stright into PC slot and down loading to that pluss I have also tried down loading stright onto the phone from the internet. Now all I get is catch not found I have gone into the apps folder and deleted Gcz but it is still in another folder when I do a serch for it but I can,t delet it from this realy getting frustrated. O and now it will not even open the ones that I have found

David
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] khaytsus:
Food for thought... This is how someone else has created a Geocaching "Connector" to use in their software.. Maybe Tom could look into this if nothing in terms of an actual API has happened.. I don't have any more technical details than this, however the code to this connector is available.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] David1052:
Hi I have managed to delete all CGz11 files what is the best way to put them back on ie on to my desktop then onto storage card on phone or go on to the internet with the phone and down load stright from there. Also is it best to put them onto storage card or the device. I would like to try and do what Khaytsus sugests but it is way above my head

Thanks David
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] davrebelo:
Hi I´m having a bit of a problem with the GPS MOD DRIVER in GCZII.

I´m also not getting satellites in GCZII, no matter what I do I can only get one satellite. You said you had a problem with the satellites, what did you do to fix it?

David
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] TheConfusedOne:
Well, I had the problem of not getting a single satellite.

What did i do:

Started the ModDriver Application --> found myself having a well working bearing and not a single sat signal.

Then i opened the ports screen...

Menu --> Ports

And on this page i checked MsAPI and turned the scan option to "never scan"...

Saved these changes and voilà after a few seconds the first sats popped up and i got a fix...

That's all i did...

Hope it'll help.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] davrebelo:
That was it!!

I did exactly what you said, and voila, all satellites working now.

Thank you very much for the help.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Paulloft:
Gosh you are having problems aren't you. Deary me.

From your PC, go to http://www.nicque.com/PQz/GCz.htm

Download the cab file, the one at the top of the list:	GCzII_20100605_2130_0235_45.cab

Copy this cab file onto the sd card from your phone

Put the card back in your phone then navigate in explorer to the file

Double click it, or whatever you have to do on your phone to launch the cab file

When the program asks where you want to install it, choose either device or memory card (it will work on both)

The software should now be installed and good to go.

It did sound like your 'cache not found' problem was due to files still being stored in your phone's cache (file cache not the type you hunt)

Make sure all the folders in your phone related to GCz are deleted, especially the one called Cache_DB

It should be either on your memory card or device "Program Files" directory within the GCz directory.

Clear this out before you start your clean install.

Good luck 007
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] nimda79:
Geocaching Site Changes AGAIN!

Of course before a holiday weekend guess what geocaching.com does again?!

http://feedback.geocaching.com/geocaching/topics/release_notes_6_29_10

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

When clicking on geocache it kills the app.

Tom, tear it up again! Thanks :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Paulloft:
I'm not getting the 'cache not found' error this time around.

GCz is letting me search for cahes (at least by 'placed by' name, which is all I have tried so far).

It lets me write a field note.

It lets me preview it just before posting.

But when I click to confirm I want to upload it, the spinning colours, erm, spin for a while then GCz just shuts down.

The log is actually posted to the website however.

Only tested it by trying to post a test note to one of my caches at the moment.

But it looks like we do indeed have a problem.

Why always just before a busy period? Why 3 days before I take a week's holiday???

GGrrrrrrrrr
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] TWiG420:
Since the GeoCaching.com update...

I can search for a cache list fine, and even update the cache info. But trying to view the description now causes GCzII to just close, but only on newly refreshed descriptions. Everything else is working fine (though did not try posting logs yet today).

SO.. if you plan to do any caching before Tom works his awesome magic, DO NOT refresh any cache info.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] nimda79:
Yea looks like it's actually crashing the app now...I was clicking on a member only cache and I am not a "premium member"
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Yorkshiretaff:
Yet another GC.com update kills the GCZii

Morning All (UK Time)

I can confirm that the latest GC.com update (:mad:) causes GCZii to crash/shutdown when you try to download cache details (Touch Pro2 with Energy Dinik June 22 ROM) :(

Thanks again for all your hard work Tom...

YT
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Jake Bullit:
Ditto

Its OK on previously downloaded caches,it lets you get a list of new caches,but as soon as you try to load the details for an individual cache GCz shuts down.:(
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] htc_touch hd:
http://feedback.geocaching.com/geocaching/topics/usable_windows_mobile_application

What a shame for Groundspeak, that in such modern era we still do not have usable supported WM app... :confused:

Please vote on new feedback page for one such: feedback.geocaching.com/geocaching/topics/usable_windows_mobile_application

Tom, please, help us again and again....:D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sbrown2680:
No real benefit for groundspeak to support a dying and soon to be obsolete system... Thank goodness we got GCzII and Tom
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] nimda79:
Well then vote for this one then http://feedback.geocaching.com/geocaching/topics/apis_for_3rd_party_developers :D

Also make sure to post any issues here: http://gczii.newstarforum.com/forum.htm
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] David1052:
Hi Paulloft

Got realy exited then thought I had found the answear,s but no still getting 'cache not found' been on this for days now at one time it would open all the caches that I had found but not the ones I had not but now it just willnot open any the coloured ball seems to spin forever then comes up with 'cache not found' is ther any thing in my options that I need to alter

Thanks David
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Paulloft:
Not that I can think of David. Mind you, right now is not a good time to be testing it as you probably know, the changes to the gc.com website yesterday have caused GCz to stop working properly now anyway.

So it might prove difficult to determine what problems are being caused by your setup and which are down to the website changes.

I don't think enough testing has been done for anyone to know exactly what problems the website changes are causing at the moment.

Might be better to wait until Tom has done the business and mended GCz so you know that is working properly then try again.

Are you using wifi or GSM connection by the way?

(Although it shouldn't matter, especially if you are getting some downloaded but not others - very odd.)

Oh, and just double check that the cab file you downloaded IS the latest one and it's name matches that of the one on the website. I downloaded a copy once when it was updated and it somehow managed to download an older version - the file I downloaded did not match the one on the website.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] David1052:
Hi cab file is the same. Dont know if I am using wifi or GSM connection I do get the full list of cache,s but when I click on then it spins forever the says cach not found. I will keep intouch and let you know of any changes I would hope you will do the same.

Thanks David
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Paulloft:
You should be able to tell if you are on GSM or Wifi by what is switched on in the phone. If you don't have wifi switched on it won't be using it.

Usually the wifi indicator on the status bar is an upside down ice cream cone with a ball on the top, a ring round the ball and two arrows beside it.

If you are connecting with GSM then that indicator becomes either a G or an H or an E with two arrows beside it.

Anyhow, that's not important right now.

The encouraging news is that what you are describing is not unexpected at the moment.

I can download the full list of caches, searching by 'nearest' or by 'location' or whatever.

However, when I click on one of them to download the full details, my GCz just shuts down.

Others in here are reporting (I think) that they are getting the dreaded words of death i.e. "Cache not found" - same as you.

So no one is able to bring up the cache details for an individual cache at the moment since the website changes.

It is now a waiting game to see how quickly Tom can find some time to fix things. But given he does this completely voluntarily in his spare time, we should not pester him. Once he knows there is a problem he will fix it as soon as he can. After all, he's a cacher too ;)

In the meantime it's not the end of the World, as it is still possible to import GPX files from pocket queries generated on GC.com and use them n GCz (assuming you have paid your £18 a year to become a premium member - and I can't see a reason not to).

The only thing that can't be done at the moment is live logging of finds (or DNFs) or live downloading of latest cache info in the field. But that's not the end of the world.

Keep your pecker up, soon be fixed :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jackouille:
I have the same problem with GCz ....45
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] derlbear:
That's the best description fo the wifi indicator that I've ever read :-) Thanks!

Cheers,

derlbear
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Paulloft:
I sell ice creams in my shop and whenever I see that symbol I wonder how they get the ice cream to stay on top of the cone that way up - I never can :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] David1052:
Hi

Thanks for that I have now swiched on the wi-fi I am a premium member of GC. Do I just import the pocket queire onto my phone from the email that I get? You must bear in mind that I am that thick I should not be alowed to own a PC or a smart phone

Thanks again David
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] David1052:
Hi Paulloft

I have swiched the wi-fi on I am a fully paid up member of GC. I have downloaded the zip file from Gc How do I get it to work with GC2 bearing in mind that I am so dence I should not be alowed to own a PC or a smart phone

Thanks again David
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Paulloft:
Don't leave the wifi on all the time - that ice cream cone will eat up your battery. Just when needed.

What I do is this (and there are undoubtedly other ways, but I have got into this routine now so it works for me):

Download the PQ onto my netbook (usually unzipped so there are two files, the cache GPX file and the waypoints GPX file - which has wpts in the name)

Then I copy them across to the phone via bluetooth and put them into a directory I have set up on the phone.

If you don't have bluetooth then just pop your memory card into the PC and drag and drop the files across into a directory where you want them. I store all mine in a directory on the root of the memory card called "Geocaching".

Then open GCz and select:

Menu>Cache List>Import GPX

Then navigate to the folder where the gpx files have been stored.

Tap on the one that doesn't have the wpts extension. GCz will deal with the wpts file all on its own, so don't worry about that one.

GCz then imports all the caches, followed by all the additional waypoints, and after clicking OK, presents you with your list of caches. These should all be fully downloaded, so just click on them to see the full details.

Then I save the cache list (Menu>Save cache list as...)

and give it a name that means something.

Your cache list is now saved and you can access it in future by going (from the main GCz screen):

Menu>Cache list>Load Cache List

and select it from the list shown.

Get yourself a list of caches from a PQ GPX file loaded up then you can play around with them and see what this brilliant software can do :)

Oh, and Paul will do, we might as well be informal :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] David1052:
Hi Paul thanks alot for a very full explenation I have tried it but get a little confused I will try again tomorrow and be intouch once again thanks for all your help David
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Paulloft:
No problem, I'll try to help if I can but am going on holiday on Friday so am going to be quite busy tomorrow getting the business in order before I go. I'll check back here if I can, but there are plenty of other very helpful people here who I am sure will help guide you through using GCz if I am unable to.

Good luck.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Airfoil:
It would seem that last nights maintenace had made enough changes to cause GCzII to become unstable. Several areas of the app is now crashing and links to google maps are no longer displaying useful information
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] shaggyguitarist:
There was a new cache published near me last night. I was away at away so I didn't try for FTF. I did a search nearby this morning and the search brought the new cache up no problem. When I selected it the program crashed.

I then restarted GCzII and loaded pre cache list. The new cache had a yellow icon next to it. I opened the description and it crashed again. on the 3rd restart I could open hint,logs gas monitor and google map no problem.

One thing I also noticed was the random letters in the google map page bubble. Also the owner name was random on the main search page.

Unstable but useable.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] geo.ildebrando:
Target Location

Hello !

I own a HTC Tytn2 and use GCzII for geocaching, for me it's the best software.

I want to know how delete the waypoints inserted with GPS Monitor/Set Target Location.

tnks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Paulloft:
That's the phone I used to use - good little device.

You don't have to delete the coordinates you have manually inputted and saved into the GPS monitor screen. It will just keep storing them as you add new ones and (I believe) drop the oldest off the bottom of the list when it gets full.

If you want to delete them, go into:

Menu > Option > Manage History

and in the drop down box at the top, select

4: Coordinate

You can then edit, add or delete your stored coordinates.

Hope that helps
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] geo.ildebrando:
Great

tnks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ahmedsaid:
Crash

Hello .

When I try to download caches program is crash .

What's going on?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] zuz242:
it was mentioned in the posts before: today geocaching.com did change their website / layout. so gczii needs to be update again.

hopefully rather fast ;)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Paulloft:
Read the last couple of pages of this forum.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gstar854:
HI,

iam new to this forum and to geocaching.

I read somewhere (cant remember where), that when you disable download of static maps it works again.

I tried it, and it really works for me.

lar

edit: if you have done this i think you will have to delete your caches and download them again to take effect
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] K9Sports:
GCzII down!

Just in time for Geostock too. Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] stratuus:
I'm new to Geocaching and have only used the GCzII system three or four times on my WM6.1 Acer DX900. As noted in the quote above, when I selected the 'Description' button, GCzII crashes. Every time.

Hopefully a new release will sort things out, I'm beginning to enjoy it!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ThoMo1969:
Pease add an option to just download google maps

Tom,

is it possible to add an option to the download menu to just download google maps?

I mostly use pocket queries (gpx files) but if I want to download the google maps the whole cache (description, logs, ...) will be downloaded - which fail in case of gc website changes. So if the option mentioned above it doesnt matter.

Thanks,

ThoMo
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Paulloft:
It'll probably be better for Tom to fix GCz to work with the website changes, then you won't have a problem.

Would rather he worked on a complete fix than mess around with patches to overcome 'current difficulties'.

The chances of future site changes causing exactly the same problem in GCz is remote, so any such feature would be redundant once GCz is fixed anyway.

Not looking good for a fix before the week-end now :(
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Drozman:
I tried this solution and it works for me too! I've downloaded 500 caches but some images haven't been downloaded. It's the best thing to do until the next release of GCzII!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Heart1010:
sorry... how to disable download of static maps?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Paulloft:
Menu>Option>Static Map Settings

Uncheck all the different map size options

Can confirm that solution is working for me too.

No more crashes even when posting a log.

Houston - we have a solution :)

And if it's just the static map settings causing the problem then

a) I can live without them as I never use them anyway

b) It hopefully won't be too tricky for tom to fix
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] vidvandre:
Menu > Option > Static Map Settings (uncheck all to disable all...)

For the five caches I tested with (both updates and new caches); I can confirm that disabling static map downloads, stops the crash on cache download...

Going out caching tomorrow, so it's very nice to have a workaround that makes GCzII usable again! gstar854; Thank you so much for sharing this bit of information!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] equo:
disabling static maps download...

Correct! Workaround works for me, too.

Regards,

equo
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Airfoil:
Thanks for posting this workaround. It works perfectly! And I never used those static maps anyways! ^^