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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jimski:
More Info:

Kept excluding applications until I could open All Programs. Got the All Programs list down to 70 apps, with 27 apps & Interent links in my Favorites folder. Both folders will open on my Fuze (TouchPro) without any memory errors. Can also go into Control Panel and back to All Programs or Favorities, so everything is fully functional. Part of the problem is that although I have set, "ExcludeFavorites= "true", ALL of the Favorite apps are also INCLUDED in All Programs. You can add Favorites to the Exclude AppName list and they will still show up in Favorites but not in All Programs.

Hopefully this will help users who are getting Out of Memory errors when trying to open this application. You just need to reduce your All Programs/Favorites link lists to someplace around 100 links total. At least this is a workaround until the developer can find a way to allow for additional links.

Again, I really like this app, but a few things need addressing:

-Out of Memory errors on HTC (and maybe other) devices

-Improve sensitivity for Search Button on VGA skin

-Suggestion to remove Search Button from Favorites & Control Panel - Really useless as apps are in categories, not really alphabetical

-An option to set app to Minimize on Exit so that after closing the application you jumped to, you don't go back to the FingerPoint screen. But based on memory drain, you probably want ExitOnLaunch = true" for All Programs. In other words, set to Exit application by default, but allow Favorites (more frequently used) to either Exit or Minimize through settings.xml, on an app by app basis.

-Get Control Panel link working. Both controlpanel.exe and settings.exe do not exist on my device, so selecting the link does nothing. Individual links to control panel functions work, but I can't go to the Settings screen, which I assume this link is supposed to do.

Hope this makes sense. Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jimski:
Well, this app takes too long to open, is just too much of a memory drain. And I couldn't find anwsers to some quiestions like; minimize/close of exit always, so I found a good alternative here. It's not free, but I was planning to make a donation to whomever could get it right anyway.

Very small footprint. Uses almost no resources. Always minimizes (or closes-your choice) on exit. Loads automatically after soft reset and launches in 1-2 seconds when you need it. And very customizable. It just works.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mrtax:
Great program!!!!

Please, Where is possible find a little guide for configure setting.xml (command, exemples, ect) ? Thank.

Mrtax

It's possibile that the program write in a file (xml) the list of program after it had scanned the application on the ppc, and use after this file for set and modify the settings.xml. If the program save the list it's possibile that when start o restart it will be more fast?

i think a tap&hold menu with "copy to fav-group xyz" can do more easy configure settings.xls

Thank
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] qiuness:
i like the app so far... keep it coming
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] f_mulder:
Donations

I don't mind donating, though I saw your last version is for WQVGA/QVGA only,

while I am now going to use VGA device...

Please consider that, and I'll consider donating :rolleyes:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] fatmanCZE:
Czech version

I have CZECH version of WM 6.5, but FPL (ver 0.2.x and 0.3.x too) installs POLISH version of settings.xml - for example: Calendar (EN) is "Kalendář" in CZ version, "Kalendarz" in PL version. When I change

<App Name="Kalendarz" Title="Calendar" Description="Kalendarz spotkan" />

to

<App Name="Kalendář" Title="Calendar" Description="Kalendarz spotkan" />

Calendar will start, but icon in Favs has disappeared.

Some favs can I change/translate (Kalendarz to Kalendář, Zadania to Úkoly, etc., but some favs I can't translate - e.g. "New Task" means "Nový úkol", in WM 6.5 the task is also spelled as "Nový úkol", but no action is taken with caption "New Task" nor "Nový úkol" in settings.xml.

Is there Czech version, or English version, which can be easily translated?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tamiroff:
like this app very much.

but Out of Memory error on the all programs tab makes this app unusable.

i can not reduce the links. i use them. also i have less then 100 links.

i see this app is no longer developed.

pity. it is a good app and very refreshing.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jimski:
Yep, too many problems for me to continue with this one so I switched to Launch Manager a few months ago. Not free, but a flawless app manager.

The swipe to select in FingerPoint was ingenious and I hope that it gets adopted by every finger friendly app that displays entried in a list format. Up/down to scroll and left/right to select. No accidental selections. It should be a standard way of doing things.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dex416:
Is the development of this project still ongoing?

It looks fantastic, I would love to see this work for VGA devices.

Thanks,

dex416
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] savrix85:
Hi,

how may I remove some apps from the list like che "Exclude list" of the previous version?

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] alhuang69:
It is a great and beautiful program. Thanks a lot, indeed.

I had tried it for an hour but cannot figure out how to include or exclude the apps in the Favorites like the previous version ???

There are too many things in the Favorites but I don't want to show most of them.

Sounds that this version does not have the way to customize the include/exclude the apps....... back to the version one by now.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Evoce:
just edit the settings.xml in the main folder of the programm. it has a pretty simple syntax and lets you set up favorites-groups, bookmarks etc. just play around with it, its really easy to understand.

to remove the things you dont like, simply remove them from the file.

enjoy =D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] alhuang69:
It is working now.

Thanks a lot.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] twolf:
My small contribution to this promissing software. :)

A skin...

A couple of bugs I noticed doing the skin:

- The icons name and path is hardcoded, if i write another name it always go back to the default or it doesnt show anything at all.

- The skin doesnt respect the bottom icons, it always creates that grey rectangular area and pushes the icons up.

So to install, take that in mind:

- Backup the original files in Skins\WQVGA\Icons.

- If you customized the Settings.xml file, dont use mine, just change the name of the skin to...

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

- Close the program before making these changes.

- Enjoy.

Would like to request the option to show the top taskbar.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Olioaglio:
A few questions to the author:

1. How to exclude unnecessary apps from the all apps list in v0.2?

2. v0.2 seems to have a little bug with caching the icons from favorites

if they are not in the icons folder as png. If you start an app from the

favorite list, the icon appears but dissappears after you touch again.

3. I wasn't able to customize the third tabs items/descriptions names to

german. When I try to, the exception error also appears and stops

FingerPoint. Can't figure out the problem.

Olioaglio
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dody:
This update is great but would you put your all versions in one thread so it will be easy to find + could we choose the favorites as i dont have the default favorites programs you made
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Evoce:
there you go! =P
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dody:
Thank you so much Evoce!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Kraize:
Could you do a VGA version of that. Pretty please :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] AcIdC0R3:
Very nice application...

In VGA mode (I have a Touch Pro and I have it set for VGA) under all apps. Some of the icons are offset slightly to the left cutting their icons in half. Some icons are normal though and then some icons are real small and some applications don't even have an icon. I would figure that Album would for sure have an icon yet it has none. Also, when adding new applications to the Favorites menu, no icons show up next to the newly added applications. Any ideas on this?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] twolf:
I can export the buttons in other sizes with no quality loss, but since I dont have a vga or even HD screen to test it in, someone else has to do the XML.... ok? :)

HD:

VGA:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] clandestino_usr:
This application is very, very promising, however on my touch HD it has a recurring bug which happens when I switch from one panel to another (for example, from the favorites panel to the full program list, or to the settings).

Has anyone experienced the same issue, and is there a way to eliminate the bug?

Keep up the good work, this is really a nice piece of software!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ryhkowal:
I'll take a look at this and try to reproduce this error.

This is not an error of the application. You have wrong XML syntax. You cannot use & in XML use & instead.

Good example

<App Name="Try" Description="My Try" Path="@Browser" Arguments="http://www.google.de/search?source=ig&hl=de&rlz=&=&q=wetter+gelsenkirch en&btnG=Google-Suche&meta=lr%3D" InetAccess="true" />
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ryhkowal:
TO tell you the truth I did not see this error ever on my device... I try to reproduce that and come up with a fix.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ryhkowal:
1. I had to remove this feature for this release. I will bring it back in ext release.

2. Could you give me a more detail use case that causes icons to disapear.

3. Rights now it is impossible as names/descriptions come from process list.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ryhkowal:
Unfortunately each device has a different way of starting ControlPanel you have to google to find out how to start it on you device. On Omnia it is \Windows\ControlPanel.exe.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dancer_69:
In htc devices there isn't a control panel executable(at least from my experiance) but if you search you will find a settings.exe that you can put it anywhere on your device and after edit the settings.xml to add the path.

Or take it from here:

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=171462&d=1238500138
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] lesscro:
Yeahhhh...

Awesome... All works great...

but , mystery crash on enter Settings menu...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] wapvirus:
Works great on my prophet qvga only one thing i have noticed when i press your close icon the app only minimizes not close ,

Still nice app scrolls really smooth even on my device Thanks :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] oknaka1:
Is we could configure the favourites it'll be a great app!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ryhkowal:
You can configure it. Please add ExitOnLaunch="true" to each favorite if you would like the FingerPoint to exit right after launching one of the app.

example:

<App Name="MyMap" Description="GPS Map" ExitOnLaunch="true"/>

If you would like it to exit always - please look into registry.

HKLM\SOFTWARE\FingerPoint\Setup
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ryhkowal:
Hi. Please find new version 0.2.1 with quick fix (see first post). Try this version. I hope it will fix this exception. I do not realy know why you see this exception as it does not happen on my device... maybe you have different framework installed.Please let me know if the fix solved your problem.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ryhkowal:
Hi. Please find new version 0.2.1 with quick fix (see first post). Hope it helps.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ryhkowal:
Hi. Please find new version 0.2.1 with quick fix (see first post). I forgot to add this to 0.2 release. Now with 0.2.1 you can add icons like that:

<AllApps ExcludeFavorites="false">

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

<Exclude AppName="icon" />

</AllApps>

in settings.xml. Icons are in Icons/48 or any other folder defined in skin xml:

<Theme IconFolder="\Icons\48">
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ryhkowal:
New version is also available from your phone. Open new releases and you'll find new version to download.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] AcIdC0R3:
When updating to a new version, does the new version overwrite the xml file? I backed mine up just in case.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] davide.oasis:
I added some apps to favorites... most icons are shown, but other aren't shown... are there any way to show app's icon like AllApps?

thk

EDIT: only now I show your info to Icons.. thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] twolf:
Sorry but the hardcoded skin bugs remain.

If I create the folder SKINS/QVGA/ICONS_TW, he continues to read the icons from SKINS/WQVGA/ICONS...

Even if the twolf.xml tells him to go elsewhere.

:(
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] afehn:
Really nice app, great GUI.

Out of interest what language did you write your app in? Did you code the interface yourself or use the iContact open source as the base?

Only problem I noticed with the app was that sliding left or right would quite of often set the screen scrolling up or down quite quickly.. great work though!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] AcIdC0R3:
Now that we can add custom icons. WOW! Nice app. I might even use the start menu hook and replace my start menu. very nice app...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ryhkowal:
OK I take a look at that.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ryhkowal:
I guess it will override old settings.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ryhkowal:
The best way is to add custom icons. As I removed checking for standard icons in favorites because it needs to read all links, then files and then icons. It takes time - so app would start long.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] davide.oasis:
ok thanks... and nice apps!!! WOW!!!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ryhkowal:
It's .net cf C# - I did not use any code base from other projects. It's my first C# project so I guess I'm still learning. :)

Well I guess I have to work a bit on that. What resolution is your device. It might be resolution related.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dgaud007:
[EDIT] -- Disregard. Looks like you answered while i posted this. Thanks,

Just to clarify: I don't want to use custom icons at this point. I just want the application icon to be shown in the FAVORITES list as it is shown in the ALL APPS list. Is this possible? Or do apps in the FAVORITES list require custom icons?

Here is my xml:

<Group Name="Office">
<App Name="Cash Organizer" Path="\Storage Card\Program Files\Cash Organizer\Cash Organizer.exe" Description="Financial Manager" ExitOnLaunch="true"/>
<App Name="HP48" Description="Calculator" ExitOnLaunch="true"/>
<App Name="Notes" Description="Outlook Notes" ExitOnLaunch="true" />
<App Name="Tasks" Description="Outlook Tasks" ExitOnLaunch="true"/>
<App Name="Excel Mobile" Description="Pocket Excel" ExitOnLaunch="true"/>
</Group>

PS,

Version 0.2.1 has solved the exception error for me so far... Thanks!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] teelotes:
Hi twolf, thanks for the great skin you have made! I immediately used it upon installing this application.

However, I realised the skin is displaying the title text in white against the white background, so I edited the XML file a little. Maybe you can help to fix this in your release?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] teelotes:
Is there any specific way I need to name the icons to get them recognised in the favourites menu? I've placed custom icons in the 48 folder and restarted FP, and then also a soft reset, but they're still not displayed in the favourites menu.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] afehn:
My device is QVGA.

And well done for producing such a nice piece of software as your first app. I'm even more impressed considering you have done this in .net, which doesn't offer up much to help you create easy to use interfaces.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] AcIdC0R3:
Can you not add the '&' symbol anywhere within the xml syntax? Everytime I try it gives me an exception error. I'm trying to add Pictures & Videos but everytime I try it kicks that exception error at me. The actual file name that it links to is pimg.exe residing in the windows directory. Any help on this...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ryhkowal:
No you just have to map them in setting.xml

like that

<AllApps ExcludeFavorites="false">

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

<Icon Src="\icon1.png" AppName="ApplicationNameFromAllList" />

</AllApps>
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ryhkowal:
& is a special character in XML - if you want & in xml replace it with &

This is how xml is handled. You can not add also other special characters as <,> " you should replace it with < > "
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] AcIdC0R3:
It still kicks out an syntax error.

This is what I have:

<App Name="Pictures &amp Videos"

Description="Pic &amp Vid Viewer" ExitOnLaunch="true"/>

EDIT: My bad... I forgot the ; at the end of the amp.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ryhkowal:
It should work if you add Path to <App

example

<App Name="Fragment" Description="Setup device" Path="\Windows\Menu Start\Programy\Gry\Fragment.lnk"/>

This works for me. It should resolve shortcut. You can also add full path. I dont know if you can add programs on storage card.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] teelotes:
Thanks! The app is working really well now.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Dr4g0n75:
+1

is there a way to get rid of the yellow?

totally clashes with my theme :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ryhkowal:
Version 0.2.2 solves this bug. Please find new zip with your skin. It was modified to meet new version requirements. It was set up to be in WQVGA/My folder. You can change it to any folder you wish.

If you upgrade back up all your icons and xml skins.

If you would like to customize what color the item is highlighted when triggered by left to right or right to left slide set it in settings like this:

<Item LeftToRightBackground="255,215,0" RightToLeftBackground="253,99,71" ... />
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ryhkowal:
In new version 0.2.2

If you would like to customize what color the item is highlighted when triggered by left to right or right to left slide set it in settings like this:

<Item LeftToRightBackground="255,215,0" RightToLeftBackground="253,99,71" ... />

Remember to back up your skin before upgrade.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] twolf:
Yes, it works now, thank you.

I just assumed that the bottom grey area could be disabled, so that the buttons could be on the total bottom of the screen. :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] teelotes:
Hi, I've tried 0.2.2, and I get this error after I access items on the Settings page (I randomly tried Bluetooth, Memory, and About). I can access the items fine, but after I close them and return to FingerPoint, it gives me this error instead of refreshing (the app dims but does not display loading bar).

FingerPoint.exe
InvalidOperationException

at System.Diagnostics.Process.EnsureState()
at System.Diagnostics.Process.get_MainWindowHandle()
at PaneItemContent.GetRunningApps()
at PaneItemContent.get_RunningApps()
at FingerPoint.Interface.MainForm.SetTab()
at FingerPoint.Interface.MainForm.MainForm_Activated()
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnActivated()
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WnProc()
at System.Windows.Forms.Control._InternalWnProc()
at Microsoft.AGL.Forms.EVL.EnterMainLoop()
at System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run()
at FingerPoint.Program.Main()

I reverted back to 0.2.1 but could not reproduce the error, so it's probably a new bug in 0.2.2.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] AcIdC0R3:
Invoke Text within Messaging

Does anybody have any idea how to invoke the SMS or Texting part within Messaging. I can't find the file associated to the SMS part of Messaging. So far I can only open Messaging and then choose which action to take; text, email or picture mail. Anybody...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] AcIdC0R3:
No custom Icon...

I have been using your xml syntax:

and I have a lot of custom icons. I came accross one file that has eluded me though. It is the Messenger application. It continues to retain it's default icon and I can't seem to change it. Under \StartMenu\Programs lies the Messenger link. It ultimately links to a file in the windows directory call WLMMessenger.exe. So I tried using WLMMessenger as the 'AppName' and it did allow my custom icon but it would not open Messenger. It just showed me a red 'X' in the corner saying that it was an invalid link. I'm seeing that the syntax reads off of the link files within the \StartMenu\Programs directory and not the actual file itself. In this circumstance, is there any way for me to assign Messenger my custom icon? If so, what is the proper syntax to make it work?

Thanx...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dgaud007:
Ok, Thanks. I got it working perfectly now (v 0.2.1), even for the Morstcripts icons. Here is my xml in case anybody else is using shorcuts to Morstcripts:

<AllApps ExcludeFavorites="True">
<Icon Src="\contra.png" AppName="Contra_Script.lnk"/>
<Icon Src="\castlevania.png" AppName="Castlevania_Script.lnk"/>
<Icon Src="\Another World Icon.png" AppName="AnotherWorld_Script.lnk"/>
<Icon Src="\navigator.png" AppName="Navigator_Script.lnk"/>
<Icon Src="\memory.png" AppName="FreeUP Ram"/>
<Icon Src="\development.png" AppName="UltimateLaunchConfig"/>
<Icon Src="\wifi.png" AppName="WiFIFOFum2"/>
</AllApps>

Here is xml to call the Mortscript:

<App Name="AnotherWorld_Script.lnk" Path="\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Mortscript\AnotherWorld_Script.lnk" Title="Another World" ExitOnLaunch="true" />

PS: If the target shortcut contains a command line parameter, i.e. \Windows\SKTools,-221, the icon is not displayed.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] AcIdC0R3:
I added a path statement to the syntax for a path to the link in the start menu and I tried a direct path to the executable file within the windows directory and neither one worked. Some other way maybe...

EDIT: All I can figure is that it's pulling the default icon from a neighboring .dll file or possibly from the rom. What's strange though is that Resco Explorer is the same way. Everything I try It just won't change...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Paul_Days:
?

How do I delete current "Favorites" and add my own?

Paul
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Evoce:
Thanks for adressing my problem so fast and for the general community-support!

Keep up the awesome work! FingerPoint has become THE launcher of choice especially for the Omnia!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] teelotes:
I reserved my two precious softkeys on M2D Home screen for... you guessed it, FingerPoint. (The other being TaskFacade.) Curiously enough both are giving me a headache today... hopefully the bug in 0.2.2 gets resolved soon. :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] scar45:
This app is great! I do have a request though, but I know that it could be a big one. I am thinking that this app would be great if we could configure it to read from the Start Menu items, so that it could be used as a finger-friendly Start Menu replacement. I know that the icons in the Start Menu are not larger PNGs, but it would be cool if a PNG background was used (some kind of circle) which then put the Start Menu icon of the program centered within it. This would allow for a clean look while being able to keep the original icons from each of the programs in the Start Menu.

Any thoughts?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ms17-designe:
i read the threat but did not found an anwer on my prob /bug or what ever ....

i edited the .xml to vga but when i want to start the app it tells me an icon is missing (next.png)

error: File \Progamm Files\Finger Point\next.png not found

so i searched the folder and its realy not there ... anyone got it for me?

btw do i have it to install into device? (Touch Diamond)

I testet both internal and device memory ...same problem....
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ryhkowal:
It's my fault I released debug version that do not catch all exceptions. There is a new release coming soon.