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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] chronster:
mine gets an exception when loading saying next.png wasn't found.

i copied and pasted next.png into the main directory and it loaded, then got an exception when i hit the search button.

seems to me like it's just a matter of setting up the location of files properly.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] AcIdC0R3:
When trying to kill the process of some software like Resco File Explorer a popup comes up that says 'Win32 Application'. I click on 'OK' but it still resides in the list and it stays red like it's going to close but it never does. I also have GPS software that does the same thing when trying to kill the process from within FingerPoint.

I'm still having the issue with the icons not changing even after giving it a path attribute.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dancer_69:
I have the same error with 0.2.2 after I run a control panel applet. It starts successfully, but after I close it or return to fingerpoint I get this error. This doesn't happen in previous versions.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Olioaglio:
Hi ryhkowal,

is it possible to assign icons from the 48 folder to the settings (3rd) menu.

I customized the settings tab to german now (works fine in 0.2.2 except

the bug when quitting the settings), but the icons are lost and I didn't

figure out how to assign them to a non app. Can you help out.

Tried it this way but program crashes at start then...

without the icon src part it works but with standard icon.

Olioaglio
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] AcIdC0R3:
I'm having trouble too with some applications having default icons and that path= syntax isn't working for setting custom icons. I hope we can figure this one out...:cool:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] alhuang69:
The 0.2.2 is great and better than 0.2.1

I like the black skin.

Thanks a lot
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] AcIdC0R3:
Well, I found the problem with the custom icons not taking (even with the 'path=' syntax). I had three icons that would not change no matter what I did. So I decided to copy the \icons\48 directory over to my pc and browse them as large thumbnails and there I saw the Live Messenger (msn.png), Resco File Manager (explorer.png) & SPB Backup (package.png). So I just replaced them with my own and it took. I guess these files and icons are hard coded in a data file or something and those applications default to those icons. Anyways the path= syntax does work because I tried it on another application and icon and it took.

So if you have applications that you want custom icons for and they won't change no matter what, it's probably because those applications hard code/default to an icon in the 48 directory.

It was so simple that it eluded me....I was looking too hard...

On a side note: If I slide on an application that is not present and then either go to allapps or third tab it errors on me. If I wait a little bit for the process to clear and then go to one of the tabs all is well. Difficult for a power user like myself. This error might have been brought up earlier but I'm not sure as each one was explained a little differently.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ryhkowal:
What device are you using? Did you install form 0.2.2 cab?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ryhkowal:
Now some icons are hard-coded. I make sure that another version allow overriding hardc-oded icons.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ryhkowal:
Try this.

<Icon Src="\password.png" AppName="Zertifikate" />

I removed space in App Name should be AppName.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ryhkowal:
Please find new version... Hopefully it solves you problems.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dancer_69:
Problem solved for me, thanks a lot.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] BustedNuts1:
I know that this is an app launcher (and a damn good one at that), but :

Any plans to incorporate a contacts page with a list of a couple favorite numbers of friends/family? I think that would make this one of the end all be all must have apps.

Just a suggestion, thank you and keep up the great work.

Also, are there any plans for future versions to be more user friendly, like switching skins or adding favorites?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Evoce:
nice idea, i support this!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dividivi:
Nice app. Thank you so much. This is now my program launcher to launch my favorite apps.

Few problems in v 0.2.2 I found on my touch pro

1. When I click second icon in bottom to display all apps, I'm getting out of memory exception. And I've lot of applications/games installed (around 100!!).

Can you mae the "max memory" as configurable in settings.xml? I don't mind if this app uses more memory, as this is the best launcher I've seen so far.

2. When I use the VGA skin, I'm not able to use the slider (with find icon on right top). I could not able to scroll with find icon with VGA skin. But with QVGA skin, slider is working fine.

Right now with QVGA skin on my TP to launch my favorite programs. Thanks again for this great program!!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] teelotes:
Thanks a lot for the fix, the app is running smoothly for me now. :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] AcIdC0R3:
Works great! Curious obout one thing though. I've been selecting the New Releases button at the top of favorites a few times during the day and their was no notification in there on ver 0.2.3. If I hadn't have been browsing this forum I would not have known about it. Incidently, ver 0.2.3 still does not show up in the list. Do you have it parsing this thread for all available releases? If so, since you changed the title it might not be picking it up.

Also:

This is true for VGA on my Touch Pro too. It's a little hard to find just the right spot.

Great software non-the-less. I do plan to donate come payday to further the development of this software.

Nice work...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ryhkowal:
I released it late night yesterday and I forgot to put it on the Internet. So it was not available yesterday. Now it is present in New Releases.

There is still some work to be done in VGA version. Could anyone make a video showing whats wrong with VGA version.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ryhkowal:
Can you check how much memory it takes on your device. I have 75 apps and nothing happens. Can you exclude some apps to see if it will work. You don;t have to unistall just add <exclide AppName=".." /> - see forum for details.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ryhkowal:
Right now I'm focusing on making the app bullet proof so it can run on as many devices as there are. Maybe your feature request can be done in the future. but not very soon.

As to adding favorites inside the app not in XML. This is on my feature list.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] AcIdC0R3:
VGA ScreenCaps

I just thought I would provide some VGA screen captures for those wanting an example of what it will look like on a VGA screen...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Olioaglio:
Did not solve the problem unfortunately. No matter if there's the

space in (App Name) or not (AppName) it crashes, once the

icon source part is inside the code line.

App crashes (0.2.2) or gives an error that I should fix syntax in XML file (0.2.3)

App works, but there's no icon for the system tab (3rd)

Any suggestions?

Apart from this, the exception errors in 3rd tab after exiting the settings

is fixed in 0.2.3 (thumbs up).

Olioaglio
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] AcIdC0R3:
My xml file has all 'App Name='. If mine is working fine should I convert all of them to 'AppName='?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ryhkowal:
I guess you are not putting it in a right place. When you look at xml you'll see:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>

<FingerPoint Skin="WQVGA/White.xml">

<Favorites>

</Favorites>

<AllApps>

</AllApps>

<ControlPanel>

</ControlPanel>

</FingerPoint>

YPu have to put in in the AllApps as this icons has to be used everywhere where the name=="Zertifikate"

So put here

<FingerPoint Skin="WQVGA/White.xml">

<Favorites>

</Favorites>

<AllApps>

<Icon Src="\download.png" AppName="Zertifikate" />

</AllApps>

<ControlPanel>

</ControlPanel>

</FingerPoint>

And it should be fine. It work for me.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] brunoisa10:
tested on french Touch Pro

it has a nice design (the black skin)

but I have Error

and many applications doesn't work (Calendar is not working and so many , I've only the ControlPanel , Total Commander which works)

the explorer to have all the Applications is appearing only twice during my testing (else it is the error shown)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ryhkowal:
Can you click Details and send it here. Without that I ave no information on what happend.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] brunoisa10:
I've tested once more and if I can see the list of all applications , the choosen application works well

in favorites nearly nothing works

about my message here are the screens
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] chronster:
Is there a way you can have a "Start menu replacement" mode or something?

Basically take the contents of windows\startMenu and display them in a list when a person starts the app. They could switch to other categories, but this would be the first list they saw when it started up.

Also, in this mode, the app would start up minimized initially, so people can load it up with startup then bind the start button to this app.

Really, that's what would make this app phenomenal.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dancer_69:
You can use startbutton hook to replace the builtin start menu with fingerpoint(search the forum). It's not exactly what you want but is very close.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] H4N5:
does it work on a xperia?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Olioaglio:
@ryhkowal

Thanks a lot for clarification, m8 :cool:

Did misunderstand the howto first :o

Works a treat now. I am quite happy about!!

Olioaglio
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] AcIdC0R3:
Brunoisa, What screen capture software do you use? I've tried like five or six different ones and can't get screen caps that good.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ryhkowal:
It seems that you device is out of memory. I can not do anything about it. What is your device. How much free memory you have?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ryhkowal:
Anyone with VGA resolution may expect error regarding next.png file. There is an error in Skins\VGA\VGABlack.xml - look for:

RightImageSrc="next.png"

and replace it with

RightImageSrc="\Skins\next.png"
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] brunoisa10:
acidcor3 : mainly MyMobiler , sometimes PocketController Pro for the big one

rykohwal : I have a TouchPro so plenty of memory is available
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] AcIdC0R3:
I tried MyMobiler but for VGA it is slightly pixelated like the ones I just posted. I'll try PocketController Pro.

Thanx...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] excilion:
Same here.

French touch pro, official htc rom, same error.

favorite tab is working.

settings tab is working.

only "all programs" tabs is doing this error.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] AcIdC0R3:
It will do it on both All Programs and Settings tab if I bring up FingerPoint and then switch to either one of those tabs too fast it does it. I'm a power user so I click through applications quickly. The Touch Pro is good for this because it has a lot of memory and a good processor to allow it.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] AcIdC0R3:
I must have posted my last message in the wrong post...oh well...

I get an 'OutOfMemoryException' error too. When I start FingerPoint and then switch to either 'All Programs' or 'System' tab too quickly I get the error. Or from 'All Programs' to 'System'. I have a Touch Pro and I'm only utilizing 35% of my memory so I'm not running out of memory. It doesn't happen when waiting like about 8 to 10 seconds and then switching tabs. I do notice a drop from 35% memory to using about 45% when I open FingerPoint. I've attatched a video of the whole process.

EDIT: Also, I have to do a soft-reset to finaly clear the error.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] MyPhoneIsBlue:
Installed on my samsung I770 with no issues. Smooth as can be, looks great. I can swap tabs with the greatest of ease. Scrolling works with finger or mouse, and works damn well.

...but i am unable to launch anything.:confused:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dividivi:
You have to swipe from left to right to launch (not through single/double tap/click)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] brunoisa10:
thank you acidcor3 for your reporting

hope the dev will find the problem
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] MyPhoneIsBlue:
doh... it's always the obvious. thanks much.

I forgot to mention in my other post that i'm using realVGA. The default qvga skin works very well on my 320x320 screen. It's also the first program I've run with such smooth gesture control, no tweaks whatsoever.

Great work, this software has some great potential.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] DeVisible:
Hi,

first of all thank you very much, ryhkowal for creating this awesome program launcher. It's working fine for me except for one thing:

I'm not able to change the highlight color (the yellow color when you start an app by clicking from left to right).

I tried to append this line LeftToRightBackground="102,153,255" (with light blue color) in the item but it does not work for me, i.e. the color is still yellow.

The line looks like this:

<App Name="TomTom Navigator" Description="GPS Navigation" ExitOnLaunch="false" LeftToRightBackground="102,153,255"/>

This line is placed in 'Favourites' in a new category but I guess that should not be the cause of my problem.

Thanks in advance for your response.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] rosenhauer:
FingerTouch closing

Is Fingertouch suppose to close (not just hide) when you launch items. I see in the settings that there is an ExitOnLaunch="true" on a one of the items. I added ExitOnLaunch="false" to a few and it seems to stop FT from closing when launching those. But on some in the All Apps screen close and some hide. Is there a way to set a global setting to hide not close? Or is this a bug when launching some programs?

Edit: An earlier post (now that I'm seeing them all) had something about checking the registry HKLM/Software/FingerPoint/Setup but when I look there I don't find any values. The folder exists in the registry but no values. Should there be some or do I need to add something?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] rosenhauer:
Missing Icons

I added a bunch of items to my Favorites tab. But all of the ones that don't have "predefined" icons in the 48 folder show up with no icon. On the All Apps tab the icons show up fine. If I create an icon and add it to the 48 folder and add a line for the <Icon Src> then it shows but I would prefer it just uses the "normal" icon if a custom one isn't present.

**** Never mind I found the answer in an older post *****

Note to self when in hybrid mode you miss a lot of posts!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] rosenhauer:
I just finished reading the whole thread! The LeftToRightBackground="102,153,255" isin the Skin file not he settings.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] AcIdC0R3:
Talk about troublesome...

I tried finding the icon used for the Comm Manager on the Touch Pro but no luck. So I set out to make my own. Mind you, I have over 5000+ .png picture files because I have Object Dock on my desktop and laptop computers. I created a Comm icon and resized it to 96x96 because the Touch Pro is VGA. I am sharing it with everyone. It is a icon of the HTC Touch Pro with an airplane, networked globe, blutooth, and wifi all on the display. And believe it or not, It actually shows up pretty good. You can just make out the little icons on the display on the icon itself within TouchPoint. It's not the best out there but for those trying to find something similar, this is what I offer. I have also included the base files used so as you can create your own if you wanted. The Base Touch Pro is 480x480.

Cheers....
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ryhkowal:
FingerPoint can close itself if it consumes more then 4MB of memory.

It can also close if there is not enough free memory to run the program you just lunched.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ryhkowal:
Anyone interested in 96x96 icons? You can replace old 48x48 icons with its VGA equivalent (96x96). See zip below.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] freeman_908:
thank you for such a nice program !

may i ask something about the icon ?

what is the connection ways between the icon in the 48 folders and the program?

for example , how does the program bind the icon"music.png" to the program "S2P" ?

for some programs ,there's no icon for them, it will use it's own icon in the "all program" tab , but in the "favorates"tab, it display with no icon , how can i correct it ? even when i add the full path as below, no works.

<App Name="UCWEB6" Description="WWW" Path="\Program Files\UCWEB6\UCWEB.exe" InetAccess="true" />

<App Name="RPhoneMan" Description="RPhoneMan" Path="\My Storage\PROGRAM\Resco Contact Manager\RPhoneMan.exe" />

i'm using the 23 version on i900 .thanks !

-------------------------------------------------------

problem solved ... when i point Path to the shortcut in the start menu folder~
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ryhkowal:
You have to put icon tag in the AllApps (settings.xml). You bind it by name.

Example

<FingerPoint Skin="WQVGA/White.xml">

<Favorites>

</Favorites>

<AllApps>

<Icon Src="\music.png" AppName="S2P" />

</AllApps>

<ControlPanel>

</ControlPanel>

</FingerPoint>
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gropich:
hi,

there is no more .txt file for customing the differents link to programs?

i would like to put some progr on "favorites group" but i dont know editing .xml file ..
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] AcIdC0R3:
I'm still getting a:

I'm nowhere close to running out of memory though. I have a Sprint Touch Pro and it's VGA. Any luck with this error?

Thanx...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sebdigital:
Thanks for this amazing app! I have two questions :

- How to remove the first line "New releases" on the favorites tab?

- How to remove the separators named "Group" in the settings.xml? I just want a list of my favorites programs without separators like the old or first version of fingerpoint, it was more simple to edit the old favorites.txt! :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] braindoc:
Still not sure how to add custom icons

Sorry for the noobie question but I'm not familiar with XML scripting. If I add custom icons as png files to the icons folder how do I get these icons to show up on the favorites launcher. This is what my XML file looks like:

Favorites>

<Group Name="Entertainment">

<App Name="Kinoma" Description="Kinoma Player" Path="\my storage\program files\kinoma\kp5.exe"/>

<App Name="Weather" Description="Weather Watcher" Path="\my storage\program files\Weather Watcher\Weather Watcher.exe"/>

<App Name="Google Maps" Description="Web maps" InetAccess="true" />

</Group>

If I want custom icons for Kinoma player and weather watcher on the launcher page what do I need to add to the XML script, assuming that the name of the icons are Kinoma.png and WWM.png?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Olioaglio:
In the 0.2 (without .1, .2. 3) AFAIK there wasn't the seperators and

the new relaeases part. I don't know exactly though...

Why don't you create just ONE group called favorites and place ALL favorites inside this one. So theres just the new releases and the favrites tab...

Olioaglio
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Raghav_K:
problem with touchflo

hi the app works fine but am facing problems wheni try to edit the favorites in the xml file... the app launches but it kills touchflo 2d :(

i ve tried 2-3 different times but no use, so i just restored the original xml..

Would be cool if someone says if there's any problem in the syntax below..

<Favorites>
<Group Name="Medi Books">
<App Name="5MCC" Description="5 Min Clinical Consult" ExitOnLaunch="false" Path="\Storage Card\Program Files\5-MinCC\5-MinCC.exe" Arguments=""/>
</Group>
<Group Name="Games">
<App Name="SuperSlyder" Description="Fun Game" ExitOnLaunch="false" Path="\Storage Card\Program Files\Astraware\SuperSlyder\SuperSlyder-arm.exe" Arguments=""/>
</Group>
</Favorites>

<Favorites>
<Group Name="Medi Books">
<App Name="5MCC" Description="5 Min Clinical Consult" ExitOnLaunch="false" Path="\Storage Card\Program Files\5-MinCC\5-MinCC.exe"/>
</Group>
<Group Name="Games">
<App Name="SuperSlyder" Description="Fun Game" ExitOnLaunch="false" Path="\Storage Card\Program Files\Astraware\SuperSlyder\SuperSlyder-arm.exe" />
</Group>
</Favorites>

i dont have this problem while launching app from the programs tab
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ryhkowal:
<AllApps>

<Icon Src="\Kinoma.png" AppName="Kinoma" />

</AllApps>

Put Kinoma.png in Icons/48 folder
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ryhkowal:
Unfortunately I had not luck with fixing this error. Don't know why it happens. Maybe a rework is needed to make it work differently on VGA devices.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] braindoc:
Thanks, that worked.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dividivi:
If I remember correctly, You said you are limiting the max memory to 4MB. Could you make it configurable, so that phones with more memory (like TP, Diamond..) can allocate more memory?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] AcIdC0R3:
You might want to mention this on your first post as I've spent hours cofiguring this and to now learn that there is no fix. Others with similar or the same devices need to know this so they can decide whether or not to install your software.

I hope that you can fix it otherwise I have no choice but to set it aside and not use it until it works correctly on my device.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Raghav_K:
excuse me!! Would be nice if someone at least tries to help!!!!!

I really wasn't asking much... Just if that coding was correct or wrong :confused:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] AcIdC0R3:
I don't think you need to use the

I believe you only need to use that only if it is 'TRUE'. I believe it stays resident upon launching another application unless that statement has the 'TRUE' attribute. There is an exception though from what I have read through this thread is if your phone doesn't have enough memory it will exit FingerPoint in order to run the application you just launched. Also I don't believe you need the

unless you have to state an argument on the application for it to open a certain way or perform a diffirent function than it normaly would.

I hope this helped. The developer knows more about xml syntax than I do.

Cheers...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Raghav_K:
thanks for the reply man :)

I tried with "exit on launch = true" before but din work... tried with removing the arguments as u said now.. din work too..

and the phone has like 45 mb free ram so it shouldn be a problem.. Lets see if the developer has any opinion regarding this..

Thanks again, for replying :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ryhkowal:
Application will kill itself if it takes more then 4MB of ram. I make it configurable in next release.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ryhkowal:
If you do not change settings.xml does it not kill touchflo 2d?

What device do you use?

VGA or QVGA?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Raghav_K:
^ hi i use a jade (qvga)

The program as such works fine... not killing touchflo 2d..

when i edit the settings xml file to remove all ur entries from favourites and add mine, it kills touchflo 2d...

when i revert the original xml file it runs fine... weird i know... so i thought something was wrong with my xml coding :D

Thanks for reply :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dividivi:
That would be awesome. Thank you!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ryhkowal:
By adding new apps to favorites the mermy consumption may increase (if you have more fav apps). But application should kill itself not touchflo as I do not do anything with touchflo.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ryhkowal:
Application will just exit and not throw any exception. Did you have problems will app exiting or throwing exceptions?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Raghav_K:
^^ Okay i ll try that again and see if the problem happens :)