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[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mr_deimos:
Nice app! Working smoothly on a WVGA Toshiba G900. I noticed just one bug so far (and probably a known one) - the program doesn't adapt to landscape. It's just displayed in a 640x640 square after rotating screen (besides that, works fine). After going back to portrait, it looks as it should.

As for feature requests/proposals:

* some basic task manager would be nice to have (browsing, switching and closing tasks - like QuickMenu)

* command line parameters to launch the program with different tabs open (especially the task manager tab, if implemented) should be useful

* this one might be a long shot but hey, who knows - maybe someone will like it? So, how about having one tab with nothing but a text field in it. As you type, a list of applications and applets from entire start menu containing the typed string in their name is displayed below the textfield. So typing "Wi" would display a list with "Wi-Fi" control panel applet, "Wireless manager" and "Windows media player". Typing in "Not" would cause "Notepad", "New Note" and "OneNote Mobile" to pop up. Something like a PC program Launchy. It shouldn't be much harder to implement than an alphabetical list of all apps in the start menu, but much easier to navigate. And easier still if the SIP popped up when you open this tab (preferably configurable behavior - some devices have a hardware keyboard after all).

Anyway, i hope this app grows into a real Start Menu, or even better - QuickMenu replacement :D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] SprintGuy765:
Thanks works perfect on my Touch Pro
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] crazaytalent:
Is that folder creation cab absolutly necessary for use with this app, or was that specifically in syd's situation?

great work by the way
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] allelimo:
Thanks for the info: we don't have a WVGA device for testing but there should be a WVGA emulator in WM 6.1 Sdk, we just need to donwload it :)

There is something like this in the todo list...

Already there (there are some undocumented features, but it is only the first beta...!)

tab #1: "-office"

tab #2: "-multimedia"

tab #3: "-applications"

tab #4: "-connections"

tab #5: "-system"

I don't think this could work without a real full-size hardware keyboard, but we'll think about it!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Bismar:
I'm getting an issue on my Omnia where i have to spam any buttons on the multiple times before it registers.

It most defintely isn't lag as when i press it once and leave it for 5 mins it still doesn’t changes tabs, but spamming it like 3 times in a second changes to another tab.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] allelimo:
I'm very sorry but I can't understand what you mean, could you try to explain further?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Syd159:
No luck. :(

Programs don't show up. Not even after a softreset. I will meddle with iLaunch today.

Thanks again. :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] allelimo:
I'm writing a "howto: quick start", I'll add it to the first post as soon as possible :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Bismar:
Ok you know how at the very bottom, there's the bar with multiple icons, that leads to the applications, multimedia, office mobile etc tabs?

Those buttons for some weird reason only respond on my omnia with a minimum of two taps, that is i have to tap the same button twice or more in a second for it to respond and change to the said tab.

All the tabs except for the office mobile tabs are blank as well, so i doubt its trying to load the tab contents.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] allelimo:
"Howto: quick start" added to the first post.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] allelimo:
This is very strange, unfortunately I don't have an Omnia to test, but I've never seen this problem before :(

See the "Quick start" added to the first post.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] allelimo:
The folder creation cab is not necessary, it is just a quick way to create some folders in the right place!

But you have to create some folders (and then put some links inside them) which will be linked to iLaunch's tabs: you can do this in the way you prefer - personally I use Total Commander :)

For more details, see "Quick start" added to the first post.

Thanks :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Syd159:
Thanks for the "Quick: How to". Works great. :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Monk Eastman:
Is it possible to place source code here?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] allelimo:
The source code is available via Svn at GoogleCode:

http://code.google.com/p/ilaunch2/

You can use a Svn client like TortoiseSVN (free and opensource):

http://tortoisesvn.net/

Using Svn is so much better than uploading an (outdated) zip with the source :)

(and if you want to join the dev team pm me!)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Piranha1:
Hi allelimo

If the program is only for English Roms?

[B] // localized start menu/programs folder[/B]
// localized folder name (from language file)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] allelimo:
No, this code snippet:

// localized start menu/programs folder
// localized folder name (from language file)
SHGetSpecialFolderPath(NULL, szNamePath, CSIDL_PROGRAMS, false);

is exactly the opposite: it gets the "localized" path to "programs" folder, so with an english rom it will be:

"\windows\start menu\programs"

with an italian rom it will be:

"\windows\start menu\programmi"

etc., so it will work with any language automatically :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tmz:
Looks great.. And works great..Thanks for your hard work T M Z
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Piranha1:
Thank you. It was my mistake. I did this with the press more than read.:rolleyes:
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Monk Eastman:
iPhone skin :) Just copy attached file to the iLaunch installation folder and choose "iphone_new" skin in the settings...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] allelimo:
Thank you! Can we add it to the next betas?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Monk Eastman:
This skin is just a simple compilation of 2 skins: iPhone skin from iContact and default skin from iLaunch. I'm not the author of iPhone skin, so if it is allowed to use iPhone skin from iContact you can freely use this compilation.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] RaptorRVL:
Got some issues on my Omnia here as well. Bottom buttons don't respond well. And one time, can't reproduce, iLauncher crashed (got the send/dont send error report screen) and kept on giving me those reports. So it was continous crash loop. Had to go over the taskmanager app to kill it.

Don't know if its a feature, but when I swipe from left to right over the bottom buttons, the highlight of the programs goes down o.O

But all in all, it doesn't seem to work properly on an Omnia :(
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] allelimo:
Ok, so iLaunch does not work well with Omnia - we'll try to understand why :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] iggy:
First, thanks for the great app., very fast.

Req. is it possible to have 2 or 3 columns of apps instead of 1 line for an app.?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Shoddy_me:
Hahah, is there anybody that actually likes the tab icon design? I find it hard to belive. :p

ps: I made it.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] iggy:
I have no problems with the design, just like more apps to be viewable so I get my mostly use apps on the first page that is displayed then if I need the others it just a quick flick away.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] danial.aw:
smartphones?

Hey would this work in smartphones? because i cant seem to find any good smartphone launchers

thx danial
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] allelimo:
I'm sorry, but the answer is no: smartphones do not have a touch screen, and ilaunch is a "finger-friendly" application... :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Wlofea:
This looks awesome, can't wait!

Request though... instead of limiting to 5 folders, would it be possible to code-in some kind of catagories? IcontactBE, for example, has a commandline which allows it to open on the favourites page, but also allows the commandline argumentt to dictate WHICH group is currently set a the favourite.

Hard to explain, see this link :

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=3533956&postcount=1376

Looking good though, thank you!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] allelimo:
Command line parameters are already implemented:

tab #1: "-office"

tab #2: "-multimedia"

tab #3: "-applications"

tab #4: "-connections"

tab #5: "-system"

About the favourite group I don't understand exactly what you mean: iLaunch has 5 tabs, and each tab is in fact a "favourite" group, so with the command line argument you can go directly to the choosen tab yet :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Wlofea:
I posted quite late, sorry, you're right :D

Will users be able to customise the group names/icons ? That would be sweet.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Monk Eastman:
Users already are able to customize group names by changing ".lng" file in iLaunch folder and customize icons by choosing skin in settings... you can find iPhone skin in this thread for example...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ashburn:
nice app, a question to ask is it only me or is it everyone cause i have to double tap on the buttons to show the apps or so
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] allelimo:
What's your device screen resolution?

Because there are some problems with WVGA screens, but we're trying to fix them :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tatarasi:
I noticed an issue and I am wondering if there is a workaround this:

First of all, I installed iLaunch on Storage Card.

if I try to launch iLaunch from iLaunch.exe from SC\Program Files\iLaunch - everything works fine.

But, if I copy iLaunch.exe in Windows folder, when I try to launch it from there, I get a screen that is all scribbled, only lines and pixels, no form.

What do you think might be the issue. I didn't get this kind of behavior from any other application.

By the way, it's not a big deal, the application is wonderful. I am just puzzled by the behavior described, and I don't have an explanation.

thank you very much
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] allelimo:
iLaunch is released as a cab, which means that you should use the cab to install it: it is easy!

I don't understand why are you coping iLaunch.exe in the Windows folder - there are dedicated directories (program files or storage card\program files) on WM devices to install applications, and the cab can install iLaunch exactly there, where it is supposed to be.

Sometimes an application is not made by the exe only, and the cab takes care of all the needed files (and registry settings, etc.)

This is not an issue, it is a wrong installation... the reason of course is the skin - I suggest to use the cab instead of copying files around :)

But if you really want to move iLaunch to another location without using the cab, you have to move together all the files in iLaunch directory, but this is not a supported or suggested way of installing iLaunch ;)

Thank to you :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] saltorio:
Allelimo, I found an error in your configuration how-to:

You state the name of the folder should be "Mobile Office", when in fact (according to what works) it should be "Office Mobile".​

With that said, iLaunch is looking promising. I do have a few suggestions/requests (some of which may have already been mentioned but I figured should be mentioned again):

An option for double-tap to launch would incredibly helpful. I have a tendency to accidentally launch applications when I mean to scroll (this happens in other apps with finger scrolling capability too), and I find double-tap to activate rectifies the problem quite well.

The folder name tends to blend in with the list in the default skin (ie: the font is only slightly bolder than the list text). Somehow making the folder name more distinct would be helpful (possibly with a different coloured background, or a larger font size), as would an option to simply not display the folder name (this'd be nice for landscape QVGA screens where vertical screenspace it at a premium).

The ability to customize which folders are used would be wonderful. I had to completely redo my Start Menu (and thus all of my UltimateLaunch shortcuts) to accommodate the hard-coded folder structure of iLaunch.

Including the Settings panels as a separate folder would be awesome. Key for my in a launcher is the ability to also access all the WinMo settings panels directly from the OS, without having to manually create shortcuts for each.

You're doing a wonderful job though. I greatly look forward to seeing iLaunch progress, and it's already getting some good use on my phone. Please keep up the great work!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tatarasi:
Yes, you are right, and, remember, I am not at all a "computer person", I have no formal education in this field. What you say about "cab" makes total sense to me.

In just two words, the reason I wanted to copy the "exe" file in the Windows directory was because I intended to use the TouchLockPro's Capacitive Areas to launch iLaunch by sweeping. Meanwhile, I realized that in order to do that, the files DO NOT have to be located only in Windows, but anywhere else, you just need to write the path correctly :)

Thank you very much again for your quick and comprehensive response, and for this application, entirely. I was long looking for something like that, to make my device easier to be accessed.

all the best
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] allelimo:
You're absolutely right, how-to corrected - thanks :)

This is a nice idea :)

This is something already done for iAgenda, it could be easily ported to iLaunch.

The folders are already customizable: see post #37 on page 4 :)

There are some plans about this, but surely not for the next beta...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] saltorio:
:confused:... :(... OH GOD, AND I JUST SPENT AN HOUR REDOING MY SHORTCUTS!!! <slams head into desk>

I'm OK. I had actually tried that, but (stupid me) forgot to save the changes in Notepad. No wonder it wasn't working (d'uh).

Might want to mention how to change it in the first post, just to help people in the future not to be as dumb as me. ;)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tatarasi:
Shortcuts

Just sharing the "folders" issue, the way I worked it out, maybe this may help some folks:

I created in Programs 5 new folders.

I named them "x Application", "x Tools", etc, so they would be sorted together, alphabetically. Easier to be found if you want to edit the contents.

In there I created shortcuts (copy/paste shortcut, using Explorer) for whatever programs I wanted to have on the launcher. I noticed that iLaunch recognizes only .lnk, and not .exe. At least, on my phone.

In other words, no need to change previously (hard to make) shortcuts for other programs (like Ultimate Launcher).
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tatarasi:
scrollling

Question:

I noticed a nice feature, that if you put your finger on the right side of the screen, and slide it up, the tab scrolls down, so you can easily access to view and choose the desired shortcut. Perhaps this is the iPhone characteristic, I do not know.

Also, in my Fuze, I noticed that I can use the scroll wheel to scroll through the shortcuts.

However - and here comes my question, for the creator, or anybody who might know -

1. from time to time, those features are not present, do not work (any of them). If I either close and restart the iLaunch, or short press Power button (just to suspend, and then back on), the scrolling it's possible again.

2. I use the Capacitive Areas (a feature of TouchLockPro) to launch different applications (including iLaunch). I did notice that more often than not, those areas become unresponsive since installing iLaunch. Suspending by short pressing the Power button and then activating again the phone, it will get those Capacitive Areas back to life.

I might uninstall iLaunch and see if the problem vanishes (I didn't have this behavior before iLaunch). Maybe there is a Setting that I could adjust, or a registry tweak even, so iLaunch would not affect the Capacitive Areas.

thank you very much for considering this.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] saltorio:
I thought about doing that, but then I have two separate sets of shortcuts to maintain.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] allelimo:
I'm sorry, but I don't have a Touch Pro to test TouchLockPro, so I have no idea about "Capacitive Areas" and how they interact with iLaunch.

Probably the first issue too is retaed to this, because I've never seen such a behavior on my device.

Maybe some other dev team member knows about Touch Pro?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] zard:
Very nice. Love it, it's fast.

If this has been asked or suggested, please pardon me and just ignore.

1. Will you be implementing the grid alphabetical search like iContact?

2. How about icons for the apps?

Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] allelimo:
1. There is something planned for the next beta :)

2. This is on the todo list, but only if speed will not be affected. Not for the next beta though ;)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] zard:
Hi allelimo,

Waiting eagerly for your next beta. If you want a beta tester before releasing, let me know. I'll PM you my email.

Honestly, the speed is so fast that even though it's not very pretty now, the combination with the start button has made me so much more efficient. The grid will be the most important for me. I've posted a request for such an app using the grid concept from iContact many months back but received no responses but now, there is hope.

Waited 2 days for your next beta (sorry, very eager and impatient) and hope to get hold of it soon. Look out for my PM.

Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] clandestino_usr:
Here's an redesign of the default skin so it matches TF3D more accurately. Feel free to grab & use as you like (just download, rename to "default.png" and replace the file in the app folder).

On another hand, I'd have a little request for the next beta: the ability to reorder the list. Now that's something I already do by prefixing the shortcuts with numbers, so it looks like this:

What would be great, would be a rule that scans the names of the shortcuts and automatically remove any leading numbers, so "1. whatever" would show up as "whatever", while keeping the sorting order. Hope my explanations are clear.

And keep up the good work, this little app is a pure gem!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] allelimo:
Great work with the skin, thanks - it will be included for sure in the next beta :)

Ability to reorder the list added to the todo list, it's a good idea!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] f0ster52:
hello all, first thanks for the great work.

then one problm:

I can't work out how to change folder/screen names for the 5 groups, i'm not a noob so i think i've tried everything i could imagine (read: thousands of combinations of the changes described below)

could you please tell me on which point i'm wrong?

1. copy english.lng file to win

2. edit lng file with notepad, changing the section (for ex.)

applications=Applications to applicazioni=Applicazioni

3. overwrite the old english.lng

doesn't work

tried to create another lng file (italian.lng) with the new setting, and loaded it with your config app, doesn't work.

in both cases the app doesn't seem to change nor group name neither the scanned folder.

is there something i'm missing?

thank in advance,

Piero.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] allelimo:
Quick solution for italian language:

http://garsim.blogspot.com/2009/03/ilaunch-personalmente-il-launcher.html

The .lng file is a standard ini file, so in english.lng you find:

applications=Applications

the first part is the key name, the second (after the "=") is the string displayed by the application.

So, to change to another language:

1. save english.lng as xxx.lng

2. change ONLY the strings on the right of the "="

applications=Applicazioni

3. save

4. choose the new language from the settings application :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] saltorio:
Hey allelimo,

I did a Google search for iLaunch earlier on my phone, and I came across another application for the PocketPC with the same name. From what I can tell, it's not related to this project, but I thought I'd let you know in case you were unaware, as it could cause some confusion.

http://www.dvdtoiphone.com/
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] f0ster52:
ok, i'm actually a noob :D

a great work allelimo, ideed a great work
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tatarasi:
navsensor

I have a quick question: does your application have any connection/ influence over the navsensors?

thank you very much
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] allelimo:
If the navsensor is the diamond touch and wheel sensor (I don't have a diamond, so I don't know exactly...)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] allelimo:
I didn't know about this one :(

We'll probably have to change the name of iLaunch... suggestions are welcome :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] saltorio:
iAppManager

iQuickLaunch

iTouchLaunch

iStart

iStarter