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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] David1052:
Sorry if I seem to have got peoples backs up but Paulloft was only trying to reply to an absulute novice

I was not going to post any more for some time as I did not want to annoy anyone but I dont think the remarks were fair or addressed to the right person. All paul does or has ever done is give his time and advice to people who need that little bit extra. I see that version 50 is now out I will stick with 49 for now and try and fix it on my own later.

I cannot help any one as I dont have the knowlageor or experiance the only way I can help in a small way is to sponcer this site which I will do again before I bow out but even that takes me about 20 minutes anywayPaul please keep helping others I did not relise what you ment when you were asking me to take it to P.M.sorry David

ps and a big thankyou to Tom it is a fantastic app
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] vidvandre:
As always; Thank you for creating, maintaining and sharing this wonderful application with us! :)

Either using App2date (very much recommended) or download it from the GCzII section at Nicque.com.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] derlbear:
Paulloft and David1052, don't listen to the complainers. They forgot what the forum is for. And Paulloft (and SecretAgentMan), you posted the BIG MESSAGE again and again so that the most important information wouldn't get lost. This help message was on every (second) page so people could see it when they wanted to find out what to do. Even if it was on the same page, people asked the same again and again.

Please check rule #10 of this forum!

And who cares about the status? Paulloft was already a senior member before the last gc.com website changes and I think we are old enough. When I was 16, it was cool to have 1000 posts in a forum or something like that. But today?? pffffffffffffffffffffffffft :D

Cheers,

derlbear
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Paulloft:
Thank you derlbear, great to have you guys around to balance the 'others'.

I really, honestly, seriously didn't understand the "spamming up" comment until about an hour later when it twigged.

It has never occured to me that the more you post the more facilities you get, I must have passed through that point without even noticing - don't even know what the post count is - or is it a length of time as a member?

Anyway, water under the bridge, no need to be here quite so much for a while now Tom has released a new full version, and I will continue to help David as we have now established email contact.

All the best

Paul
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] David1052:
Thanks derlbear

Now got version 50 on in less than 2mins this was imposible for me last week it is all down to the help I have received from you lads Thanks again David
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] SecretAgentMan:
EDITED:

Go HERE. You should be able to see .50 on the GCz site.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] SecretAgentMan:
When are you seeing found caches posted online as blue ticked? I did a search for nearby caches and ALL of my found caches, including ones posted via PC, are red ticked.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] pingu-net:
I assume you have marked your found caches as logged. You should log them by logging over gc.com to make ist definitely, they will automatically turn to red, next time you download the same list.

FYI: with "Logging/Fieldnote > Mark > As Found" The only action is, it writes a note in a file called "fieldnotes.txt" You can upload this to gc.com, or you log all your founds normally over the Site.

Cheers Pingu-Net
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] vidvandre:
This assumes a specific Windows Mobile version. Better to link to the GCzII page/section where stitch81 can download a version suitable for his/her specific phone. This [link] will be up to date and relevant for future releases as well.

Generally speaking and IMHO; Direct file links is nearly never appropriate.... :eek:

:)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] stitch81:
Tried the App2date, and now i´ve got it. Couldn´t find it at the Nicque page. Thanks for the help!.

This program is one of the best i´ve seen for geocaching, even including all the "official" apps. Thanks for your work!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] SecretAgentMan:
I agree. As I noted in that post, the problem is that Tom hasn't updated his links on the GCzII page. So if you click on the site link as you referenced above, you'll only get a link to .47. Hence, people were asking about where to get it. My direct link is not ideal, but it's about the best we can do for now. I think that qualifies as a "nearly never" exception. :D

I updated my post to reflect that my direct link is for touch screens only and that they'll have to wait for Tom to update his links if you need the standard version.

My summary post contains all that information as well.

EDIT: I'm seeing .50 now. (Maybe a an old page was stuck in a proxy.) The summary post has been updated.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] SecretAgentMan:
If you've tried what Pingu-Net suggested and it still doesn't seem to be in sync with geocaching.com, try deleting the files in your \Cache_DB. Files that drive those check marks are kept there, so deleting everything may let GCz get re-synced.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mda2000:
Thank you ! I think, i have to delete the whole Cache_DB - Folder to solve the Problem .

But I'll wait first until eventually nothing more work because I have deposited a large number of notes for caches , which are even deleted then . ... or not ?

Best regards mda2000
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] derlbear:
Do you mean in the fieldnotes? They are saved within the fieldnotes.txt in the GCzII folder. Unless you don't delete it, you don't delete the notes.

Just open the file and look inside.

Cheers,

derlbear
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] SecretAgentMan:
Well, you can try it with just one cache, I think, as a test. I'm not sure this will fix your problem, so it's more of an experiment.

The file I am referring to is inside of a cache folder in \Cache_DB. The cache folders are named with the GC code. So find a cache where you have the red check mark. Look inside that folder and you'll see a file with the .fit extension. That file, if I understood Tom correctly, is what gives you the RED checkmark.

Then find a cache where GCz shows you a blue checkmark, but you know that you should have a red checkmark because you already posted it as found on geocaching.com. (I don't know what file extension drives a blue checkmark.) Just delete that one cache folder and reload your caches to see if the checkmark issue clears up for that one cache.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mitoxy:
Hi Tom,

I am a geocacher from Slovakia und I use the GCzII for Geocaching. It is a perfect and genial software. I can not imagine geocaching without GCzII :)

I wanted to use this function "Merge cache lists". I have more cachelists. But there are the same caches in some of the lists. After merging these listings the same cashes occur duplicately in the new modified listing.

Do not you want to try the new version where the modified, duplicate cache does not appear twice but only once?

I think that I would not be the only one who would appreciate it .

Yours sincerely

mito
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Titus_Andronicus:
Bug in the radar

Tom:

If you have the time, would you be able to look into a bug in the radar screen. It appears that the Average Trace Mode has an error. Several people are reporting that the distance and direction are incorrect. I suspect it is related to where on the earth the user is. I at in the NW hemesphere, and when I am looking for a cache it reports that I am around 16,000km from the cache. Based on GCzII's distance calculation algarithm, it looks like the E/W is mixed up.

PS, the algarithm that it appears GCzII uses for calculating distance is only valid up to 475 km (see http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/bickel/distance.html for more info. I believe GCzII uses the first option which the FCC sais is only good to 475km. And as a test, I did some huge distances using this method (and using GCzII) and the result was larger than the entire circumference of the earth)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mda2000:
Many Thanks ,

i will test all your suggestions on weekend and then i will post the Results .

Best regards,

mda2000

ps Perhaps Tom can even in the "Cache Reload - menu install an additional function, which delete the complete cache and after that reload the complete cache in one step .?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Sigi_cz:
I said it's my forum? oh... where?

I'm asking for an apology somewhere? I didn't noticed that.

Sorry, but this is your problem. Read this part of my post again "Well don't take me too seriously"

Why did you take this personally? I don't understand. :confused:

My spam remark was reaction to one of David1052 posts. Can't post it here because it's "Problem resolved" now ...

I kinda understand unability to post links, but it's just strange to be unable edit your own post (as i made bad typo and wanted to fix it)

Paulloft please accept my appology if my post offended/annoyed/angried you. As I said, I'm glad you were able to help to David1052 with his problem, because there is not much helpfull people as you are.

As you can see, I'm new to this board and I'm also new to whole win mobile, so I can't help yet to others, as I also don't know how to help them with their problems. Sofar I was able to find answers to my questions thanks to people as you, who are willing to help.

Once again. Paulloft my post was not meant against you.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] docfred:
Until now. I thought, that this is like described above. But now I have tested it with one of my found caches. (version .50)

1. On tour I have marked it as found (blue).

2. I have logged it on GC as found.

When I download the cache again to GCZII, the sign didn't turn to red!

For all who delete their Cache_db Folder. With this action you will delete also all your notes and all your self calculated waypoints!

docfred
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Labersack:
Deleteing Cache-Folder and keeping Notes, Waypoint etc

Every few weeks I delete my Cache_DB folder.

It grows and grows, and some old caches from regions I have visited but will probably not need again in short time need too much space.

So I connect my phone to PC as USB-storage.

I start TotalCommander (testversion for free at ghisler.com) and open the Cache_DB folder.

Now I press CTRL-B and I will see all files in the subfolder without their folder, the same way as they were directly in Cache_DB without subfolders.

I sort all files by extension (clicking at the ext. at top of the column) and press CTRL-A for selecting all files. (they all become red)

Now the Important part: unselect (right mouse button) all *.pwi (notes) and *.wpt (waypoints).

If you are sure all pwi and wpt aren't marked (they should be black again) hit F8 to delete all other files.

Next step is STRG-B again, now you will see all the cache-subfolders, most of them now empty.

Press Shift-Alt-Enter and TotalCmd will show the size of each subfolders.

Now sort the dir by size and mark all zero-byte-folders and delete them.

You keep all your waypoints and notes, and if you re-download this caches your notes and waypoints are still there.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] docfred:
User manual for GCzII in german

During the last days I have written an instruction manual for german users in german.

You can download the pdf using the link

http://www.tewald.net/index.php?id=123

Have fun

docfred
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] SecretAgentMan:
Blue Check Marks Getting Updated to Red Check Marks

- - - -

Short version for Tom: "Download all caches" should probably contain a sub-routine that updates the red check/blue check status of a cache. Some users are "blue checking" a cache with GCz, but the posting the find using a computer. When a list is refreshed using Download All Caches, the check mark status is not being refreshed as it would be had a live query had been done.

- - - -

MDA 2000, DocFred and perhaps a couple others has recently posted about issues where blue check marks (or "ticks")(caches marked as found but not posted to GC) have not been getting updated to red check marks after posting the log separate from GCz. For the most part, this seems to be working as it should, although there may be a slight "refresh" issue with GCz.

I found a couple caches today in a series entitled "The Legend of Sherwood". I listed these caches in GCz by searching by cache name for "The Legend of Sherwood". I opened two of the caches I found and "blue checked" them by doing a Menu, Post Log/Field Notes, Quick Mark, Found. I did not post logs using GCz. When I went back to my Sherwood list, I then saw the two caches I marked as found annotated with the blue check marks. So far, so good.

Using a computer, I went online and manually posted "Found" logs for the two caches I had "blue checked."

In GCz, I then did a Menu, Download All Caches on the Sherwood list. When I returned to the list, the caches I had logged via computer were still blue checked, which is, I think, the issue that has been posted about. HOWEVER, I found that if I went back to the main screen and searched again for "The Legend of Sherwood", the found caches were updated to show red check marks. The red check marks remained when I opened the saved Legend of Sherwood list as well.

Conclusion: Download all caches does not update the "found" status of the cache. Other operations, such as displaying a list by a live search (i.e. Search by Cache Name), will refresh the cache's found status, which carries over if a list containing the found cache is opened.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] djstern:
Sorry to see Paulloft leave.

I'll be honest. I'm one of those lurkers that people always are talking about. I don't post if I don't actually have something intelligent to say. I don't take the time to answer the same question that has already been answered dozens of times, often on the last page or two. I'm of the belief that if some one can't take at least a little time to see if their question has already been answered recently, why should I make the effort they aren't willing to make their self.

Occasionally, I see a post that I could and normally would reply to. In almost every case some one like Pauloff has already beat me to the punch. Again, I don't repeat what has already been said.

Paulloft was one of those rare breeds that had the patients to take the time to work with people and had the patients to understand that noobs needed their hands held more than most. That was a good quality, one that in all honestly, I and most here really don't have.

I am truly saddened that Paulloff has felt the need to leave this forum. This forum belongs to the community, not to any individual. If some one don't like what they read here they are free to either ignore it, or leave. Criticizing some one is never the correct action to take and never provides anything resembling a positive outcome.

I can only hope that Paulloft is willing to return once some time has passed and that others like him don't feel driven away as well.

Truth is, any forum like this usually only has a hand full of people that are willing to make the effort to support an entire community, and the loss of even one of them is a loss to the community as a whole.

Please, if you have something negative to say, either keep it to your self, or take it to PM, but a public post is no place for negative actions of any kind.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] docfred:
Conclusion: Download all caches does not update the "found" status of the cache. Other operations, such as displaying a list by a live search (i.e. Search by Cache Name), will refresh the cache's found status, which carries over if a list containing the found cache is opened.[/QUOTE]

OK, that could be a solution, but in the field, especially when I am out of germany, where I have no data flat, it would be better to update a single cache by loading the single cache again.

docfred
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] derlbear:
Hi docfred,

It's nice that you created a German manual for GCzII. Overall it's good, but when it comes into detail there are many points missing. It seems that you don't know how powerful some points are, especially the Fieldnotes.txt or the export function. You wrote that the export function can be useful for those who also work with other devices. But it's actually for those who use other programs, too (POI for TomTom users.. so that you can switch to TomTom and navigate directly to the cache or parking waypoint). The import section is also missing which is very useful when geocaching.com changed their website again and downloading isn't possible any more.

You also say that the results are pretty bad when you use the postal code.. and also explain that you don't know what the geocoding settings are for :) When you edit the last one, the problem with the postal code vanishes :)

Also, some "hidden" features are missing, like the power of the GPS-log and what you can do with it.

It's a good manual that you wrote and the pictures help to get an overview, but I suggest that you create something like a wikipedia website where others can edit or add points to the existing manual. That would be perfect, at least for the German users :-)

Cheers,

derlbear
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Titus_Andronicus:
I think you may well still find him posting over at gczii.newstarforum.com. Trust me, there will be no flameing over there like we have recently seen here. It realy is a shame. This forum has been free of flaming for about 400 pages, now suddenly, here it is.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mda2000:
So, i have tested something about the Blue Tick- "Problem" and found one solution . I have to load a new Cachelist which includes the Blue-ticked caches . After that the Caches are red-marked in all lists .

I hope, this helps you too . ;-)

Best regards ,

mda2000
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] docfred:
@derlbear

I'm aware, the the manual do not cover all topics. Especially the function, I do not use are under representated.

A Wiki would be good.

But untli now there is no manual, so this is a start.

P.S.

Today I myself have succesfully changed the german menu of GCzII. I have changed "Wegpunkt-Koordinaten festlegen" in "Wegpunkt als Ziel festlegen".

I`m very proud, because I'n not experienced in programming under windows mobile.

docfred
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Titus_Andronicus:
Ah....I beleve what icon is attached to the cache is set in the cache's xml file, so indeed if it is updated in one list, all should reflect that.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Titus_Andronicus:
There must be some free wiki hosts. You should try setting something up like I did with http://GCzII.newstarforum.com.

edit: google turned up many.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] SecretAgentMan:
I don't think it's in the xml. I believe GCz uses a zero byte file with the GC code and a file extension based on the found status. Blue checked items have a .fnd extension; red checked items have a .fit extension. These files accompany the cache's .xml file in the cache folder under \Cache_DB.

Either way, some operations have routines to update the found status, and some don't.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] docfred:
Thats right. It's not in the .xml-file, but it's caused by the .fit-file. Has anyone looked into a folder, that should be red instead of blue? Perhaps there are both files, the .fnd and the .fit.

docfred
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] SecretAgentMan:
It's one or the other. The file's extension gets changed when the status is updated.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] thorn_pl:
This soft don't work on SHG-i600 (320X240) :(
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] pingu-net:
What's the detailed Errormessage?, What OS are you using?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] thorn_pl:
Hi

I have a PY8 OS:

Errors:

First: File open failed [\Storage Card\Instalki\Skin\COMMON\320x240.txt]

(i don't have folder Skin and COMMMON)

Second: Unknown screen size. [320x240]
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Gech:
To use standard,

1) Use CAB file to install while necesary files first.

2) Then unzip ZIP file to overwrite EXE file manually.

thanks

tom
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] thorn_pl:
now working great

thx
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dsadavenport:
Directory create failed

Hi, I installed GCzII the first time on my HTC Touch 3G and all seemed to work fine except that when I tried to get cache details, it would tell me that the cache could not be found.

So after reading the FAQ, I uninstalled and reinstalled the latest version (50). But now any attempt to look for caches from the front page results in "Directory create failed. [download\HTTP_Log].

Any ideas?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] SecretAgentMan:
It sounds as if GCz cannot create the directory to which it needs to write it's logs. Maybe it's a permissions issue.

From the main menu, do a "Menu, Option, Download Settings." What do you have listed there? You can try changing the path there. There is no browse button, so you'll have to type it in manually. If you have a storage card in your phone, try \Storage Card\GCz . Otherwise, try \My Documents\GCz . Post back with what's in there now.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mda2000:
@Tom ... Is there any way to implement a function to download the whole galery of a cache in one step ?

Best regards ,

mda2000
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Titus_Andronicus:
use "download all caches" function in the cache list window.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mda2000:
I mean to download a geocache-gallery like this : http://www.geocaching.com/seek/gallery.aspx?guid=0b20313b-1b23-4acb-a282-88b825589200 .

And I have another question :

is there a way to delete a whole Cache-list , including the entire contained caches from the cache-DB ?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Sigi_cz:
bug?

I'm currently playing with different ROMs on my Touch HD and one of first things im trying out is if GCzII is working.

I have exported configuration file (attached GCzII.ini) from GCzII v0.02.35.50.

Every time I try to import it into newly installed GCzII, I get message to restart GCzII and then error message pop-up

Set event failed

[s_hExitThread]

after clicking OK, I can start GCzII, my settings are there and everything works fine. So I just want to report that little error window (I saw it on 6 different ROM so far)

EDIT: doh.. forgot to add the config file
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Titus_Andronicus:
There is no simple way to do this. Why dont you take these questions over to http://gczii.newstarforum.com for a more in depth discussion.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mda2000:
OK , i will do this .

Thanks

mda2000
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] wimyv:
(Minor) bug report

I was importing a gpx-file into GCzII. There were 945 caches in the file. But at the end of the import GCzII said that 243 caches were imported.

I opened the file in an editor to find out which cache would be in position 244.

That turned out to be GC224PR.

I noticed that this GC224PR had a very, very huge content. So I gathered that this could be the cause of stopping the import. I opened the GPX-file in an editor and I stripped out most of the content of GC224PR. I imported the resulting file into GCzII. And now the import was succesfull: 945 caches imported.

Another thing I tried is search for this cache in GCzII. Whit the option "Search by Cache Code". This resulted in the next error mesage: HTTP buffer is overlow. [\...GCzII\HTTP_Log\05_CacheCode.html]

Greetings, Wim.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Didibochum:
Export .GPX Problem

Hello,

if i export a cachelist into a .gpx file everything works fine, but i can`t open this .gpx with cachebox, which is my second cachesoft.

There comes an error window with : system.exeption in cachbox......anyone else solved this little problem ?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Titus_Andronicus:
I think this means that cache box is not fully compatibly with the gpx format. They probably have only included the groundspeak and gsak functions, and not all the functions defined by the standard.