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[Windows Mobile Software Development] Elderen:
2nd the performance issues as raised by RobneyWood: being a heavy task user with 250++ tasks the current version 1.2 is not responsive enough for daily use for that much tasks. However appreciating the efforts Pangel83 is putting into this software (and his swift responses in this forum).

Some remarks for improvement (next to speed):

- When using multiple categories (e.g. @Phone + ProjectX + NextAction) is not correctly showing (currently shown as 1 string "@Phone, ProjectX, NextAction).

- ptasks is using the term "Enddate" which in general (a.o. PI, SenseTasks, Outlook) is refered to as "Due date"

- Startdate requires due date to be set: I am used to setting only due dates for tasks I have committed myself to an due date, whereas all other tasks I am progressing on (thus start date is active and set) do not have a due date (in fact I am implementing FC urgency paragdim in this way; a nearby due date is high urgency; whereas a task without a due date but with high importance also needs attention).

Furthermore I noticed that pTasks in my (excessive tasks) case uses over 15M on memory usages, whereas SenseTasks uses 2,4M on the same dataset; and PI uses 1,9M. Probably this ties into the performance issue. (Ps. I am using a HD2 with recent Dutty ROM).

Anyway, appreciating all the good work being done in getting a decent Sense UI Task program for our WM devices.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
Send me an email through the About->Feedback menu. I will send you an alternative version which contains some stopgap measures that I also gave to RobneyWood :)

With regards to the rest:

- I know about this, and I have been thinking about how to handle multiple categories elegantly for some time. I delayed its implementation because I had never actually came across someone who used multiple categories ;)

- Good point, in 1.3 this will be renamed to "due date"

- If you've been reading this thread you will have found out that I never refuse feature requests (that are within my control)... But this is a limitation of the Outlook API, which really really does not like tasks with an start date but no end date. I cannot see why either, but there is no way around it unfortunately (go to Desktop outlook. even that does not let you create a task with a start date but no end date!).

As is the case with speed, memory usage has been improving steadily over the past few versions. Once I submitted 1.2 I realised that I was not disposing properly some elements from the view/edit windows. These seem to be the culprit for the slightly inflated memory usage in some cases, and thankfully it is easy to fix :)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] amt16:
nice app :) good job
[Windows Mobile Software Development] shinyplastic:
Hi,

I concur, very nice app, thanks!

Using Jello (free outlook task manager) I also end up with combined categories "@Someday, General - Computer", and would love to be able to view by primary category.

BTW 150+ tasks and 30+ categories on an old HTC Touch Diamond and performance is OK!

Thanks agian!
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
Seeing that multiple categories are important for a lot of people, I will implement them eventually, but not in 1.3, as there are more important things that need to get out of the way. :)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] zlobniy_prepod:
Are you planning to create a trial version of your app?
[Windows Mobile Software Development] MarcVS2:
Flagged emails?

I don't get my flagged e-mails. I have an Exchange account (Exchange 2003) and I'm syncing by Air...
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
OK, lets check a few things!

- Have you enabled flagged emails in your options?

- Do your flagged emails appear as flagged in the inbox of your device?
[Windows Mobile Software Development] MarcVS2:
Flagged mails

- The option is marked

- The mail does show up Flagged in my Inbox (does this only work with mails in the Inbox?)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
Yep. Essentially it scans your device inbox (and sub-folders) for flagged emails, so if you cannot see it there, pTasks can't see it either.

People who had reported problems so far with this had either not enabled the folders containing the messages they were looking for, or had chosen to synchronise only the past 2-3 days or something like that. If this does not apply with you, please PM me your email address and we'll continue investigating from there :)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] schmenge:
Can't get pTasks to start wtih iPhone Today

I am using iPhone Today (1.53 I think) and pTasks 1.3. I created a shortcut icon to pTasks (animation off). When I tap my icon pTasks tries to start (Windows Mobile "hour glass" pops up), but then nothing happens. I have to go to the Start menu shortcut and start pTasks that way. Then as long as I leave pTasks minimized rather than closed my IT shortcut works fine. Not really sure if this is a pTasks or iPhone Today issue, but I thought I would check here. I have tried making my IT shortcur both to the .lnk file as well as the .exe, but the results are the same.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
Hi, I am tempted to say that this is an issue with iPhone Today, as so far I haven't hear of this problem from any of my users to date. I suggest to contact the iPhone Today developers and ask them if they are aware of any problems calling .NET assemblies.

There is another thing that you could try. In the pTasks folder there is a small program called pTasks.Restart which I use whenever I want to restart pTasks (essentially I call this, then pTasks terminates and then it runs pTasks). Try creating a shortcut for that in iPhoneTodayy and then run it. I would actually be very curious to know if it works :)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] schmenge:
Creating a shortcut to run ptasks.restart.exe *does* work. It also made me curious as to why that would work................ When you install iPhone Today is installs some common icons/shortcuts by default. One for Tasks. I just redirected that icon to pTasks and although I could swear I took out the "tasks" parameter in the shortcut, it was still there. Deleting that fixed my problem (is there a smilie icon with a tail between it's legs?)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] esociarius:
Thank you very much

... for a great application, which just works as it should - on HD2 with Artemis 26.1 and CHT 1.8.5. Also thank you for the quick updates!

Please continue your work.

Best regards

esociarius
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
Thanks! It's my pleasure that people find it useful :):)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] bbonzz:
pangel, don't know if you don't receive my mails or what else. And don't want to be rude... but if i don't receive the app updates (the translators edition i have has expired a long time ago), i won't be able to further update language i'm in charge of (italian)

cheers
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
Hi, I haven't actually received any email from you so I didn't know it expired! PM me your address and we'll sort this out :)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Stoerner:
will the upgrade to the next major version in august be for free if I purchase now ?
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ndamianou:
Purchase now and Upgrade

Good question - I logged in specifically to ask this question

The app looks very good (and one I have been searching for since I got my HD2 7 months ago), but since you have said there will be a major update, this question becomes important! :)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
Indeed guys, updates are always free :):)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] dunster:
Can I delete all completed tasks with this program?

I couldn't find the answer by searching this thread.

Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] masfaw:
Questions about 1.4

pTasks is looking better and better. :) I am thinking of buying it from MarketPlace (even though MP is a terrible application).

1. Can you update pTasks screen shots with latest version?

2. Is copy and paste now available in pTasks?

Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Macelangelo77:
I haven't tested it yet, but will let you know when I've tried.

Sincerely,

Mac
[Windows Mobile Software Development] schmenge:
Just upgraded to 1.4 today. For me at least no massively improved. :( I find the speed to be about the same, maybe a touch slower. My "due today" items are being colored as thought they are overdue.

Tilt 2 with a stick rom. pTasks installed to card. NOT running Sense.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
There is not a function that does this directly, there will be in 1.5. It is however very very easy to make it show only completed tasks and then tap them and delete using the mass delete function
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
There seems to be an issue with Tilt2 stock ROMS, particularly the ones provided from Sprint (dunno if you have that one). There is something in there that causes pTasks to run slowly. I hoped that 1.4 would have solved it, but I'll keep looking :)

People with "customised" Tilt2 / TouchPro2 roms don't seem to have any problems, nor others with other devices.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
1. As Mac said, updates in this

version are under the hood. Refer to the change log for accurate feature details, everything is recorded

there.

2. Almost. there are one or two places where it still needs to be enabled and this will be done in 1.5
[Windows Mobile Software Development] schmenge:
It is an AT&T, but still stock. My phone is employer owned so I think IT would flip if I went to a cooked rom. :) Maybe the new stock rom that is on the verge will work better.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Dragonspank:
Desired Feature:

Any chance of implementing task reocurrence options like for daily/every 2 weeks/every sunday/once a year etc. ? Like task 1001 does.

Your ptask is perfect, with the exception of missing the custom recurrence option!

Great work!
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
I did have a look at implementing it. However, it is a lot more complicated than it sounds looks like, and from an earlier user survey that I carried out it was not classified as a priority among the user base. In 1.5 onwards I am concentrating on bug fixes and a few features that are not offered by the default or alternative task managers. I believe that once those are out of the way I will have a look at recurrence :)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Dragonspank:
ok, look forward to that future version.

But for now the current version still does alot of wonderful things, and I will still utilize it!

Keep up the fantastic job!
[Windows Mobile Software Development] schmenge:
FWIW, I flashed the new HTC Tilt 2 ROM the other day and while pTasks was laggy with the original ROM, it is much snappier. with the new ROM. :) I saw 1.5 on Marketplace. The highlighting of tasks sue today are still highlighted in pink (overdue). Overdue is also in pink. Other than that 1.5 looks good so far.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
Yep, there definitely was a problem with the HTC Tilt 2 ROM that caused pTasks to be very slow.. Quite a few people had complained about this, but I couldn't do much about this! I know about the highlighting bug. Send me a PM with your email address and I will send you a beta that fixes this once I have it ready.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] esociarius:
Hi pangel83

Again thank you for your very usefull application.

Everything works good and helps me to organize my private and professional chaos. :)

One little thing is here, but I don't even know, if the problem is within your application:

I wanted to use the task-addon from cookie (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=7452547#post7452547). He said, this would work with ptasks, without giving additional commandline-options for the tab on the task.

If I tab on the task, there is the message "Aufgabe nicht gefunden" (task not found), which comes from pTasks (I think). Did I something wrong in configuring?

Thank you in advance and best regards

esociarius
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
I think that the task-addon is not working correctly with pTasks. Unfortunately this is not something that I can fix myself, as it relates to the parameters that the addon uses to call pTasks... I will however contact them myself as well to investigate :)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] esociarius:
Thank you for your excellent and fast support!

esociarius
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Smith07:
Download

Hi,

maybe I am stupid, but where I can download this pTask sw? Usually it can be found on the first page, but I can't find a link. Thank you
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
Look it up at the marketplace
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Peter Bulthuis:
You can download it on Windows Mobile Market Place
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Cyclu:
pTasks not work with latest CHT ver.2.0

new task ok, if open task problem.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] cbr6cer:
First thanks a lot for your great app which should allow for filtering out non-active tasks (something I´ve been looking for for ages!).

Completed a hardreset on my HD2, installed your app from marketplace but it won´t let me filter out tasks which will start in the future...

But it used to work

before

the hardreset! Please help! What can I do to make future tasks disappear again?

Thanks a lot, I appreciate your effort and hard work!
[Windows Mobile Software Development] monowalker:
Can you change minimal requirements for devices or sth? I'd like to buy pTasks but I get an error: This application is not compatible with your device selection, or has been removed from publication.

Phone: Samsung i780 with unofficial WM 6.5 (officially 6.1)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] sszz:
not available through Marketplace in my country

Dear pangel83,

I tried to buy the app through WMMP but after signing in the search engine does not find it any more. This occurs independently of what country catalog I choose so I removed my phone from Marketplace (Touch Diamond 2). Thereafter search was able to find pTasks again but since it is not possible to register any Hungarian credit cards at the Marketplace I really think I am stuck here.

So two questions arise:

1. Is the app compatible with the TD2 at all?

2. If so is there any way at least to try your app? I am aware that there are no trial versions but not being able to buy it either is very disappointing.

Thanks for your help. Regards!
[Windows Mobile Software Development] vdesmare:
cannot find it on windows market place

i'm using a HD2. I cannot find this app on MarketPlace. I tried different languages/catalogues.

Can someone tell me how I can download it? (or give me another place where I can download it?)

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Software Development] aurelioig:
marketplace doesn´t let me pay
[Windows Mobile Software Development] masfaw:
Buying pTask

Hi,

I am interested in buying pTask, but am concerned about using MarketPlace. As you may know, it will close down for Windows Mobile and I will not be able to re-install when needed.

Will you provide this app through Handango or some other service? I am willing to buy from MarketPlace or you directly if you can send me the CAB.

Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] NanaSarah:
Also interested, but Marketplace has no place to buy

I'd also like to try this, but the Marketplace page has nothing on it to tell me how to buy, assuming they are still open at all.

Any place else to get it?
[Windows Mobile Software Development] _tangent:
Understood. I'll get that installed first then! Looks like a cracking app. Was only saying a couple of days ago to a friend of mine that i was surprised they hadn't skinned the tasks, having done everything else.

Might try and get into a bit of winmo development myself. Software development is my day job, mainly C++ in the windows/visual studio world, but also a bit of .net (C#) and some java.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
strongly suggest it. programming for WM with visual studio is a pleasure, you can even remotely debug an app running on your phone over bluetooth :)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Beefheart:
Net 3.5 does not come pre-installed, you need to download the PC version and install it, this will automatically install onto the HD2 when you next synchronise. But you then need to manually edit the registry as I indicated on the previous page (quoted below) before performing a soft reset. If you don't edit the registry, the HD2 will continue to use Net 2.0 despite the install.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
hmmm I don't remember doing the registry bit on mine.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] _tangent:
Now that sounds useful! I'm guessing some sort of visual studio debugging client ap needs to be installed on the phone to write the debug output out to bluetooth?

Cheers for the info pagnell! I had seen your post about the reg keys on the previous page, but wasn't aware of the "install on pc and sync" procedure to get the newer .net onto the phone in the first place!
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
nope, just need to connect with activesync, and choose to deploy on the device. Visual studio does the rest.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ronald_adi:
thanks. it works now. Apparently the file i got hold of was an ARM instead of PPC.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] czbird:
it would be nice if the task list was word wrapped. can i hope for this? thanks :)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Quark987:
Automatic refresh

Hi again,

I'd like an option which can be used to set automatic refresh when the app gets focus. This is a supplement to the manual refresh that must be used today.

Best regards

Lars
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
new version is up, with proper settings management (of which I am rather proud of) and a settings window. this should simplify further development by a LOT.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Steve0007:
OK Thank you Pangel, nice little app :)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] appelflap:
It's getting better and better. :)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] brooon:
Hey pangel83! :)

Thank you very much for your efforts, it´s aready a really useful app!!

One question:

would it be possible to include a "delete" function? I´m really missing the possibility to completely remove old tasks from the list (not just to hide the finished tasks!)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
I am still undecided about this. I take security very seriously, particularly since some people automatically synchronise their tasks with an exchange server. It is a bit more difficult to accidentally cause data loss through the task editor... Until I decide what road to take, the absence of a task delete is a feature, not a bug :)

I do welcome opinions though! If I ever allow task deletions, I will at least offer an option to ask for a password first.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
new version up, now with category editor!!! :)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] madindehead:
Looks good mate. Will have to give it a try.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ionrage:
Nice one pangel83. Can't wait to try the latest release with Category Editor!
[Windows Mobile Software Development] appelflap:
Love you! :) Now can you add a clever procedure so that tasks really are getting done. :p

BTW I noticed that you are sorting the tasks alphabetically, can you create an option to sort them by priority?
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
it's on the list :)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Isadora:
lol good idea that :p

Pangel: thanks, this is turning into something really really good :)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
new version up! added sorting and tried to make it a little bit quicker.

Could you guys please provide some feedback on speed? how long does it take to refresh in your machine?
[Windows Mobile Software Development] appelflap:
Speed is bad. Usually it takes me days to finish just 1 task. :mad:

But I can enter them really quick! Good job.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] brooon:
Bug!

Hey there!

Unfortunately, I think i´ve found a bug...

when I add a new task (button "new") and then push the Category "button" the keyboard dissapears. Well, when I want to add a new category i need the keyboard of course :) so when I want to open the keyboard (pushing the WinMo keyboard button at the lower end/in the middle), ptasks switches back to the new task window and freezes...i have to go back to the ptask main window using the HD2´s back arrow. sometimes i get an "unexpected error in TodoITems.exe.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Isadora:
refresh speed is fine on mine.

I have noticed the following though: if you use the "new" softkey to add a task the due date selection is fine but if you add a task with the "quick entry" field then select it from the list to edit it, clicking on the due date does bring the calendar but the year is 4501 :eek:
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
thanks I will look into that.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
oooops! I knew about this, but I forgot to fix!
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Isadora:
well on the plus side, plenty of time to do the task...:D
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
both bugs should be fixed now.... Can you check that it works in your phone?

If you ever get an exception, I would appreciate it if you could tell me what you did before in happened :)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Isadora:
all good now :)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
version 0.5c with reminders is now up :)

Most of the features have now been implemented, so it will be about a week or so until the next version :)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Isadora:
Niiiiice :) thank you
[Windows Mobile Software Development] alexd83:
Thanks a lot for your work !!
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ET:
@Pangel83, great app with a lot of potential, been using it now for a couple of day's and updating frequently with each new version.

One thing i really dislike though is that there is the text "...more" underneath each task. Is it possible to change this or even better get rid of it? I don't see the need for this as it would bee quit clear that if you wan't to open the task you have to press it.

This also would make it possible to have more then 9 tasks in one screen, i have more and therfore have to scroll.

EDIT; just noticed that on the lower right corner is say's "file", shouldn't this be "menu"? Damn i'm pickey.......
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
yep yep yep, I know, it is on my "soon" list already :)

So far I have been focusing on features, appearance is next. I plan to provide options to customize many task-rendering aspects, as all of us pretty much have different opinions over how they should look.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ET:
Hehe, will wait patiently for the next version!

This is becomming quit a project for you, can remember you saying the first version is "as is" and had no ambition to further develop this. By now it is allready way better then the default task app from Windows Mobile.......
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
i know i promised it won't be a week until the next release, but I wasn't quite happy with the editor. So I redesigned it. :) It should be more finger friendly, as I moved a few features to separate windows.

In other words, pTasks 0.5e is out! :)

Next release will be 0.6, which will bring a redesigned task list. Oh, by the way. Does anyone care about task recurrence?
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Isadora:
that's a very short week ;) will try it a bit later.

Personally not bothered about recurrence