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[Windows Mobile Software Development] rcsavo:
Hi,

meanwhile i found out that the tabs i was talking about are buttons which enabled or disabled the dates/reccurerence/reminder. I must say that the edit task window is a little bit confusing, so i made alternative layout in manila style (this might solve the problem with the space for the translators as well). I hope you like it.

Unfortunatelly i could not make the reccurence activ so i have no idea what it actually does.

r.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] del4:
Built-in updater

While I have the built-in update option ON, I'm not seeing the popup indicating a new version is available? I did see it once a day or so ago, but it went away before I could confirm the update, so I was wondering if you could add an option Check for Update to the menu to manually perform this check?

Looking forward to trying out the latest beta once I manually copy it over to my device and get it installed... :p
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
good layout... and believe me, i would love to implement it!!! however.... more than half of the controls needed for this have not been developed yet :) (for .net)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] xicko:
Brazilian Portuguese

hey.... I can do it for you! Have you already have a brazilian translator?
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
Nope... but there is an entry for Portuguese! Perhaps you would like to adopt that? :)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
Well, I don't want to annoy my users, so there is a limit of one update notification per week! (this is reset when a new version has been installed). I will however add a manual update check.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] thepolishguy:
catagories

I know that this has been addressed- but i am sorry i just don't understand how the categories work.

1. Is it correct that the categories list is populated by the existing tasks?

so if you have one task with "business" and 1 task with "personal" and you create a new task you will see business and personal in the categories list. But if you delete your "business" task so there are no tasks labeled business- you will no longer see business in your categories?

I have used menu\preferences\general\ignore empty categories in both the on and off position. and i cannot generate categories unless there is a existing task with the category.

2. request. would it be hard to create a categories section so that categories would exist even if tasks do not exist yet with those categories?
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
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1. Yes indeed. That's why deleting completed tasks is not really recommended. pTasks can create the category list based on completed tasks as well. If you enable the ignore empty categories, completed tasks would be ignored.

2. It won't be hard, but it will be tedious and time-consuming. I would have to add an interface to manage these "fixed" categories. I will consider it however in the future.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] zefiltrin:
I'm interested in helping with translation to Brazilian Portuguese.

I saw in the spreadsheet that there is only a PT-PT option. Since both portuguese have significant differences, I think the translations should be different.

If you plan to make a PT-BR version, let me know...
[Windows Mobile Software Development] oo0:
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interesting app, i was using sbsh calendar, and pTask is way better, i think.

just a couple of personal requests:

· possible to have appointment support? [ i wouldn't need calendar tab then ]

· possible to lower priority icons image quality to increase performance [ even on htc leo with its almost impossible to use with icons visible ]

· grouping by due date would be great.

· ability to change font color and have background image.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ardavangh:
ptasks very slowly in hd2

why ptasks is very slowly in my hd2?
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
My telepathy skills are minimal unfortunately...
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
- unfortunately appointment support is not in the works at all... My motivation behind pTasks is to fill in the gaps.. There are plenty decent calendars out there.

- At some point yes, I will try to look into that... I know that priority icons lead to very decreased performance.

- Hmmm.. perhaps!

- Yep, definitely! I wanted to do that anyway....
[Windows Mobile Software Development] thepolishguy:
gotcha

thank you for the reply.

A. I guess i can just create some fake tasks with the categories i want and maybe filter them in a way that they are stuck to the bottom of the list?
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
you can create them and then complete them. If you use the "show complete tasks" filter (the default), or something similar, these would be hidden.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] oo0:
thank you!

imo, it has to be a way to call "pTask New Task" wide dialog from shortcut. [ so we can add new tasks from home tab or startmenu ]
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
This is a

SUPERB

idea! In fact, I will try to include a "New pTask" shortcut in 0.79902.... No idea whatsoever how it will work, but I'll try :)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] thepolishguy:
duh.

yes. brilliant idea. i don't know why i didn't think of that.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Maroon:
I've been thinking about something similar, but instead of adding a task, it would be nice to be able to make several shortcuts for different category views. That way I could have a "shopping list" or a "private TODO-list" on the homescreen.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] e_tomer:
Many thanks for this very good app. I am working with it on my HD2 and from some reason it is very slow on getting in and out of a task (much slower then with the horrible original WM app). Any idea how to solve this?
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
what ROM are yo using? how many tasks do you have?
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Tinus Tussengas:
Been using the 0.79901 for a while now and I think it's save to say that this version is really stable. I can't remember to have any error whatsoever.

I was very busy with work lately so didn't have any time to translate to Dutch. But found some time today so I just translated some new items and adjusted some existing ones.

Also I really like the idea with the 'new task shortcut'! Would love to see dat implemented in the future. :D
[Windows Mobile Software Development] e_tomer:
I'm using the original ROM I have got: 1.48.405.2(71294)Newpan472 WWE. This includes an integrated Hebrew support which is not available in the original HTC ROM.

Manila version 2.5.19211619.0

Radio version 2.05.51.05_2

Protocol version 15.28.50.07U

I now have 320 tasks (most of them filtered out as completed).

Any directions how to solve this (I understand that speed is not issue for others?)

Thanks in advance!
[Windows Mobile Software Development] e_tomer:
By the way, I have two suggested improvements:

Add text editing options (e.g. "undo", copy, paste)

Allow text style to be presented (i.e. colour, bold etc') - I add these on my PC and see them in the original WM ToDo application.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Tatsch:
German translation

@all: Please find somebody to continue/update GERMAN translation.

I did the translation for a while, wanted to support this great tool.

But for myself it's impossible to use pTasks in serious environment mit WM 6.5 Sense 2.1: I can't use my fingers to set reminders. Additionally there are nonsense entries in time, when editing the reminder's time by keyboard. But it's an issue with my device and Sense 2.1 - this is not a general issue.

So I hope that there is somebody who will continue the german translation of this application - thanks. :)

You don't have to pay for this tool - please support it!
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
thanks for your kind words! hmm... i thought that i fiixed the reminders bit :(
[Windows Mobile Software Development] geralt974:
Hi,

Your application is great.

For the reminder, it's not a bug. It's difficult to set reminder. You have to type fast to set the right time.

It will be great to set time finger friendly, just like appointment in sense 2.1.

In sense 2.1, the field time is a button. When you click on it, it opens a windows.

And then, you have two ascensors to set the hour and minute finger friendly.

You don't have to use the keyboard.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
Version 0.79902 is out :)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Baldrick1:
Hi pangel

Nice one! Download and installed very smoothly. Am giving it a run through. Will report anything found as soon as I can thereafter.

Regards

Balders :D
[Windows Mobile Software Development] curtin88:
Hi pangel83, I have noticed from the latest version that when in colour-code, when a task is due today, it is coloured as "overdue". Is it possible to have one colour-code for those tasks due "today"? Thank you. It is a great software.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
great suggestion! I will include it in 0.79902 :)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] meggalomatix:
Scrolling behaviour using HD2

First i want to thank you for your application.

When using it with the HTC HD2 (Leo) the scrolling behaviour is different like in other apps. It doesn't speed up. Is this intended?

(I know, i have to improve my english skills, but hope you can understand the issue)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
yep it is intended to work like that...
[Windows Mobile Software Development] meggalomatix:
Thanks for your quick reply. I work with long lists in many categories and i would be nice, when it would be possible to scroll fast to the bottom (Now I had to change the visible categories for faster access to the tasks). A toggle switch for multispeed would be a nice feature for me.

Thanks

Oh sorry, just read in your ToDo List "Modify Speed".
[Windows Mobile Software Development] stm555:
"Quick category field" missing in translation sheet
[Windows Mobile Software Development] e_tomer:
:confused:
[Windows Mobile Software Development] brooon:
very nice application, thank you very much for your effords and congrats for your skill ;)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] gjeremie:
category icon

nice app

is it possible to add categories icons in the task list (with icon in .png format for example) instead of grouping by category (because i have many tasks and with several categories for each -> so a long long list!)

and group by due date (future/undated/past/current tasks)

and add little scrollbar (like in htc messaging app) for long list

it would be sweet!

thanks
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
this is not a priority right now as it would not add much in terms of functionality...
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Quark987:
Some ideas

Hello,

Thanks a lot for implementing my request :). I have more ideas to improve the program:

Ability to disable leading and trailing icon/blanks (priority etc) on each line. The general idea is to save space. Right now i'm rarely using priority etc, so all my tasks have a lot of leading blank space (and they're truncated at each line end :(). I'd like more information and a more compact look (perhaps some of the status information could be moved to the trailing line where you have the "... more" text - which i do not understand the point of :)).

Also it would be nice to be able to control the font size.

Thanks a lot...

/Lars
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Quark987:
... and also...

Just forgot this: Also it would be great if the settings in view would stay set when the program is restarted. If i exit the app now, or reset my phone, i'll have to wait for it to load my tasks ... so that i can subsequently go into view, ant put a checkmark in "the tasks due today" :)

Thanks !

/Lars
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
The "more" text indicates that there are further information stored in the body of the task. I admit that it is not the most elegant solution.

The text for each task item is rendered as a ManilaPanelCheckBox using MichyPrima's SDK, and I have no control over where the beginning of each line is placed. Unfortunately his library is closed source, which makes writing a custom ManilaPanel a bit tedious. I do plan to get around to that however once the other items in the "soon" list are done. :)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
Hmmm, how much time does it take to actually load the tasks in your machine? (plus how many tasks do you have?) I am working on an HD2 so my idea of speed is flawed :)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Quark987:
I work on a HD2 as well, but nevertheless it takes a few seconds to load. So i have to wait to show only todays due tasks (which is the view i'll ALWAYS use on my device).

Don't know if its controlled by the SDK you're using, but an option to turn off the categories would be nice :) (as you can guess by now, i'm going for the real plain vanilla look :))

best regards

/Lars
[Windows Mobile Software Development] romek13:
Well done, but what about setting reminders for each task? In original Outlook Tasks it's so unconfortably to tap on correct tabs.

Best regards
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
Could do, but keep in mind that I am implementing requests out of courtesy, so no need for capitals.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ronald_adi:
Pang, First of all, excellent job with this application. Tasks are so important and it baffles me why such simple straight to the point task programs dont exist.

Could you please let me know why adding this as a manila tab is out of the question? Is it impossible? or simple not a requirement of yours?
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ronald_adi:
Another simple request. I downloaded .net 3.5 from another link on XDA, however it refuses to install. I simply get a message saying that "installationnsuccessful".

Could u please give us a link to a working .net 3.5 file?
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
if you have an HD2 it should already be installed. I suggest that you look in the forum for solutions...
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
- Not worth my time.

- Manila is not designed to be extensible.

- People have added/modified tabs in the past, but these are hacks, and not meant to be for widespread use.

- pTasks is written using an entirely different language from what is used in Manila.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Isadora:
Great job! Would it be possible at all to have the option to display the due dates as well?
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
Added to the todo list :)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Beefheart:
Did you make the necessary manual change to the registry?

[Mobile Device\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\.NETCompactFramework]\2.0.7045.00 - change value from 1 to 0.

[Mobile Device\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\.NETCompactFramework]\3.5.7283.00 - change value from 0 to 1.

Reset.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
new version up. It contains speed improvements and provides a field in the main list for the quick addition of new tasks.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] _tangent:
It's highly likely I'm being a bit of a spanner here, but quick Q:

I know .net 3.5 is required by the ap, but since i'm on an HD2 i was under the impression that it was pre-installed. It isn't on the remove programs list, but then again neither is office mobile.

However, when i try and run pTask, i get an error along the lines of "you don't have 3.5 you. You need 3.5"

Before i go gallivanting off installing software i may already have, i thought i'd check to make sure i'm not doing something stupid first?
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
now that you mention it, it looks like I have actually manually installed CF 3.5 on my hd2, so perhaps it doesn't come preinstalled after all.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
thanks for reminding me. pTasks could indeed use some optimisations in terms of speed. I have something in mind that could speed it up when entering the editor window. Nevertheless, 320 is quite a big number of tasks :)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] e_tomer:
But still I think that something is not OK with my device...:(

It takes about 20-30 seconds to get out of an individual task to the general list. In the original horrible WM application it takes less then a second. Do you have an idea what could be adjusted in my device? Its all new and doesn't have a lot of applications on it.

I fear that I will have to return my device to the supplier since the ToDo is an important feature for me.:(:(:(
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
DO NOT RETURN YOUR PHONE to the supplier if its only pTasks that has a problem... Chances are that there is a bug in the program somewhere.

Try deleting all the completed tasks. That might solve it...
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Maroon:
Two Norwegian translations

Hi,

Just noticed that there are two Norwegian columns in the translation spreadsheet. The leftmost of them has some foreign words (not English/Norwegian) in them.

I guess one of them can be deleted?
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
uh? where? screenshot?
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Maroon:
*blush*

I opened the translation spreadsheet from GDocs and not from the link on the first post. The problem was that it was for Tasks Manila. Not pTasks...

*blush*blush*blush*

I just looked at Tasks Manila. I'm only using pTasks... hehehe
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Beards:
pangel83,

Whilst I love this Task Management program and it's 'finger-friendly' approach there is one item which I would love to see added and that is having tasks that can be subdivided into smaller tasks each with dates.

As an example I carry out many medical procedures each month. Each procedure requires a date but also several sub-sections again all having dates.

It is only when all sub-sections have been date completed I can then deem the main task complete.

At the moment I have one category named Medical.

What I would then like to achieve is to have sub-categories where a Medical task can then hold several sub-tasks with dates and categories.

I have searched for an alternative tasks application and even posted a topic request here on xda-developers asking if anyone knows of such a program.

If you feel this could at some stage be looked into I would be most grateful.

Many thanks in advance.

Beards
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Maroon:
I think this is not possible because pTasks is based on Outlook Mobile. You don't have the concept of "sub-task" there...

What if you skip having a "main" category called "Medical" and instead use categories named "Medical [subtask]"? I know it don't look as good as having subtasks, but I guess you would archieve the same...?
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
My intention is to keep pTasks fully compatible with the native tasks application, outlook and activesync. I am working on something that will partially achieve what you are looking for (and be compatible with outlook), but it wont be ready for some time.

In the meantime, I can think of the following options for you:

- Instead of having a "medical" category, you could have more detailed categories for each medical procedure. Creating these categories should be easy to do in the latest version through the quick entry field in the main page.

- Perhaps a "mindmap"-type application would be more suited for you? Have a look at "Pocket Freemind" and its desktop counterpart (Freemind).

http://eringal.com/pocketfreemind/
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Beards:
Many thanks for your kind reply which is understood.

The Medical categories idea would have a problem in that I need to distinguish one task with all it's sub tasks from another task.

Having several Medical categories would not relate to any one given task.

However, I appreciate the idea of MindMapping. It is something I did think of but felt could not be achieved on the HD2.

I will most certainly look into this.

In the meantime I will continue to watch this topic closely. You have a wonderful 'finger-friendly' application here pangel83. :)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] roisagi:
great app - though working a bit slow.

device:

samsung omnia pro (b-7610), wm 6.1
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Baldrick1:
Hi pangel

Hope that you are well?

I am still getting the 'issue' with needing to enter the HH or MM or SS components of the Reminder time TWICE, ie, if I want to enter 30 minutes I need to enter '3' on the keypad which is reflected in the field in question (cursor stays in the field but U cannot physically enter the '0' at this point) and then enter '3' followed by '0' (which this time is allowed) and bingo I have 30 minutes entered.

This is the same for the HH, MM and SS fields?

Not insurmountable but annoying as it requires more key presses than would otherwise be necessary.

Anything that yo can do to resolve?

Cheers

Balders :D
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ephestione:
I haven't read the whole thread, but I did search "alarm" in it and didn't find my answer... in short, yesterday I installed and used ptask to remember me to do a call today at 10am.

The task had a starting and ending date for today, and an alarm for today at 10:00:00 (obviously), a 2-3 words titlte and a 2 rows body.

What happened? few minutes ago, since I remember I should've gotten the alarm, I check the phone, the green light was blinking but I got no sound, "that should be normal because I disabled notification sounds" I thought, but when I went and tried to turn on the display, nothing happened, no matter how long I pressed the power button. I tried and called myself from home, phone was unreachable... any thoughts?
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
no idea. ptasks is just an interface to pocket outlook tasks. as soon as you set the reminder, the notification is going to be generated by outlook, and not ptasks itself!
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ephestione:
thanls for the reply ;) Actually I realized it just yesterday, as, believe it or not, I didn't notice there was a "tasks" app in the HD2 start menu until I dug enough.

Will test the same scenario using just "tasks"... pTask is way more appealing so I'd rather keep your app in my device :p
[Windows Mobile Software Development] billyJ:
translations missing

i did a polish transalation, but some text missing in program

look at the screenshoots

Clear Filter, Delete task, Change category, Canacel, On, Off, Custom

can you fix it
[Windows Mobile Software Development] jools5431:
Thanks pangel83, This app has just got better and better. I have ditched pocket informant, as this does exactly what I need.

Couple of problems though, but could be my HD2:

The keyboard keeps popping up when I try to select a task, sometimes making it impossible to select a task.

Sometimes it's impossible to select a checkbox. It might take 10 or 20 touches to select it.

Other than this, a great App

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
Yep, I know about this :) I will release a new version in a couple of weeks that fixes this and other problems....
[Windows Mobile Software Development] :
Today Plug-In

Hi Pangel83,

Thanks for a great face on Tasks with all the gizmos that should be in it. It's great - it starts in filter mode, is finger friendly and is much nicer to use than the old Tasks.

This is another request for a Today plug-in! Nothing speccy, just something simple for my Today screen that shows the number of tasks in the selected filter, with optionally the number of high-priority and/or tasks due today & overdue. Or you could modify the existing Tasks plug-in so it starts pTasks instead. Either way, I'd be rapt and be very grateful.

Thanks again,

Robyn (Samsung Omnia II WM6.1)