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[Windows Mobile Software Development] Tatsch:
Thanks for your work, will test tomorrow :)

edit: Maybe consider to integrate the updater in the main app?
[Windows Mobile Software Development] geralt974:
I have some bugs with version 0.656.

When I want to create a task and want to set a date clicking on the checkbox, I have an error (NullReferenceException).

With a task already created, I can't uncheck the checkbox near the date.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
So I finally managed to get empty date handling working... It turns out that it was a lot more complicated than it looked, and I had to write an obscene amount of code to make it work correctly.

If 0.657 is indeed devoid of bugs, I will take a well deserved break from pTasks development for about a week or so :)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Zimaia:
Yes, go make some childs!!! lol

Thanks for your work
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Tatsch:
Tried 0.657. Thanks again ;)

Found issues:

- editing existing task will not be saved

- "Edit Item" window title is not translated

- Very small space for the expressions (especially in translations) for "Start:" and "Due:" at creating a task with date. Half screen is empty, so why not use more than one line? ;) E.g. one line for "Start:", one line for "Due;"

- Idea: Visual/Touch respone for tapping an existing task
[Windows Mobile Software Development] solox:
My wishlist for christmas (a little late)

*Make it possiple to have treeview (it's supported by outlook!)

so we can distinguish between Values, Goals, and underlying Tasks.

Nice interface.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] geralt974:
Tried 0.657.

Found one or two bugs :

- When creating a task, setting only the start date generate an error.

- When editing or creating a task, another bug :

* Click on the checkbox near the due date

* Reclick on the checkbox near the due date. It will uncheck the due date and also the start date and the checkbox of start date is disabled. The checkbox of start start is enabled only if the checkbox of the due date is enabled
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Maroon:
Could this be solved with categories? Remember you can use categories like "Goal > Diet" to mimic hierarchy...
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
thats not a bug. outlook does not allow tasks to have start dates but no due dates. thid is why you get errors if you do that. i did my best to avoid that by locking start dates if a due date is nnot set. how did you manage to set one on its own?
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
ok, i got it now, i will disable start dates for new tasks as well.

unfortunately there are no plans to add trees. there are plans to have subitems, to create stuff like shopping lists, but this will be on tasks with specially formatted bodies.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
i can edit tasks on my device and save them as well. can you provide an example?

i will see what i can do about the rest...
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Tatsch:
Hmm, difficult. I tried 10 times now editing a task (see below). 8 times ok, 2 times nonsense.

It happens during editing the time of reminder. Remember that I'm using Sense 2.1, so I have to tap on hour, minute second to change the value by keyboard, no fingerfriendly popup..

For changing I have to use the keyboard. When I tap e.g. on hour, the keyboard opens, fine. Then I must input two numbers for the hour, but I can write only one number, the keyboard will be closed immediately afteer first number. Tapping again on hour, this time it works and I can write two numbers. This can be reproduced every time. (But not important for you)

After this procedure, one time I got a time to remind I had never input, one other time there was no change in time.

Maybe this is caused by my (Non-)Sense 2.1? :)

Other changes during editing the task (subject, body, start, due) work perfectly.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] acc49ers:
great app so far. would it be possible to add an option to the sort by option in the settings menu? can you add the ability to sort by priority (high, normal, low)? I like this program because I can group by categories, but under each category would like the ability to sort by priority. Thank you.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
Great suggestion. I implemented it, and it will be out in the next version.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
after a hectic couple of days, I am finally happy with the stability of pTasks. Most of the recommendations on this page have now been incorporated, including more detailed sorting settings.

Enjoy 0.658
[Windows Mobile Software Development] yuanguang01:
Thanks for sharing~
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Tatsch:
Hi, thank you again :)

Found issues in 0.658

- Window title "Categories" is not translated. In translation sheet there is a line 97 for that, I changed the color of the line to orange ;) and filled in the translation, but it still does not work.

- Now I have an greyed-out inactive field in menu called "Other".

edit: What about this aspect mentioned before:

- Very small space for the expressions (especially in translations) for "Start:" and "Due:" at creating a task with date. Half screen is empty, so why not use more than one line? ;) E.g. one line for "Start:", one line for "Due;"

edit2: "Importance" in options are not translated yet. ;)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
- yep, I know about this. it is already fixed in the version in developement.

- It is a placeholder for the time being, as there are not "other options" currently.

phew, glad its only these :D
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Tatsch:
Sorry, did you see my edits in my last post? ;):)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] geralt974:
When I create a new task in v0.658, I set only the subject but when I save the task, the due date is automatically assigned to 08/12/09 and the priority is high.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
thanks for pointing this out. I fixed it in the development version, which i will release in a while.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
0.659 is out. it fixes a lot of the bugs that have been mentioned in this page. Some elements still remain untranslated. I also found out that translation files where not included in the cab file for some reason for the past few releases!

Any further releases in the 0.6x branch will be bugfix releases only. This will include translation extensions.

Category filters and update checks will be introduced in version 0.7.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Tatsch:
Thank you again, especially for the changes on creating new task. I could change some abbreviation.

-> Only one little issue during creating of tasks: There is a checkbox for the date, and on the left oft the checkbox there is too much used blank space, so there the word date (the longer translations of date) are cut, see screenshot.

The german expression for "Date" in the screenshot is "Datum".
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
this will be taken care of in the next version
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Tatsch:
Fine, thx :)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] wil2008:
Dutch translation

I just finished Dutch translations.

Have fun.

Wil
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Tatsch:
Sorry, found another small issue.

See screenshot. I think there should be written "Show color"? :)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
well spotted ;) fixed in the source.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
hmmm... there seems to be a problem with the spreadsheet translations. I will remove public editing access for a while just in case it stabilises.

The updater will also be disabled temporarily.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Tatsch:
Yes, I can confirm this. But it seemed (for me) to be just a problem with cells which contain automatic Google translation, Status of those cells was "Loading ...". I could change one "loading" cell manually by typing the word, and it seems to be ok then.

So I assume, there is no issue with the spreadsheet itself, but with loading of Google translation.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
the new version is out. This release is a beta (so 0.659 is still available).

Please help me debug, and translate ;)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Tatsch:
Hi, tested 0.700beta, choosing date and reminder is much better! Fine ;)

Issues so far:

1. Text displacement must be called a "X-value", not "Y-value"? Right?

2. "quick task entry" is not translated. In translation spreadsheet there is only an entry for "quick task entry field"

3. Filter option are different:

--> Options: All, uncompleted, Overdue (including today), today

--> Menu > Filter: All, uncompleted, Overdue, Today, hidden categories

4. If you tap on preferences > "Items", you will get a window with surprising title "Appearance". Better use only one of those expressions.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
Thanks, thanks, thanks and thanks. (keep 'em coming). 0.701 will have them fixed.

The options window is autogenerated on runtime, and reflects the various options that are available to the end user. Hidden categories is not value-based but rather requires a custom dialog to modify. I haven't created the "manila" control that handles that so far yet, therefore it is not displayed :)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Tatsch:
Hi, urgent issue with spreadsheet: I can handle with access rights for other users. That should not be allowed for me and other users except you ;)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
I know... i will soon change it to invite only anyway...
[Windows Mobile Software Development] stm555:
1. There is no menu item to delete task(s)

2. Title "Importance" isn't translated (when editing task importance), and Ok/Cancel in edit note dialog too.

3. Thnx for nice app! :)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] controller38:
Just installed 0.7 beta version, so far so good, thanks for sharing the nice applicaiton!

I have a suggestion, the overdue items should be colorized just as other PIM applications do, so the user can know which task is overdue and need to be taken care asap. If possible, please include it in next version. Thanks in advance.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
That is a nice suggestion. It will be implemented at some point, but I never commit to suggested roadmaps.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
Thanks :)

Task deletion has been discussed many many many times so far, please refer to earlier in the thread for my reasons. I forgot to add the entry for importance in the spreadsheet, if you use the updater it should be fixed now.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Maroon:
Notes after using 0.700 beta

Thank you very much for this update that fixed alot of my "issues". Here are some more... ;)

1) When adding a new task, Subject should be a required field. It should not be possible to add a blank task.

2) When filtering on categories, I personally think the preferred way would be to choose which categories I want to see. Not those I don't want to see.

3) It would have been nice to have a Category dropdown on top of the task list to make it easy to change which category to view. This dropdown should have a All Categories entry.

4) I miss a quick way of adding items to a category (for example shopping list). If you implemented the category dropdown I mention above, then the Quick Task Entry could use the selected category in the dropdown.

5) I think it's too difficult to hit the checkbox to complete a task since it's not very finger friendly. Is it possible to make a bigger box around the checkbox clickable? Even better, make it in another color or somehow visually show that "Hey, you can click me to complete"

6) On Preferences > General you can change Filtering and Grouping. These are redundant since those has it's own main menu choices.

7) On Preferences > Items (under Importance Icons) Y-position comes before X-position. On other settings, x-position comes first. It's allways best to be consistant.

8) Deletion of tasks. I've read your arguments of not implementing it, but I still not sure why deletion is different from changing a item. You risk "corrupting" a task in both operations, don't you?

9) Norwegian is now updated, but still missing these translations:

- Text Displacement (Y). In the spreadsheet you have "Text Displacement (X)", but I don't think you use that one?

- The Complete dialog
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
I prefer to have all settings somewhat centralised as well.

These had been already fixed in the code for the next version :)

Ι prefer it the other way around. I therefore added functionality for both! (to appear in 0.701)

I have thought about these, but I have not decided yet how to implement them, interface wise. Let me think about it.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
0.701 has been released. I consider this version to be unstable still, so proceed with caution. Several minor fixes exist all around the program, plus more options in category sorting.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] NetRipper:
I've used this quite a while back, but worked nicely.

http://www.eqatec.com/tools/profiler
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
hmm yes, but this does local profiling.. it tries to run the app in the PC. As pTasks distinctively relies on Pocket Outlook, it can only be profiled while running on a WM device...
[Windows Mobile Software Development] geralt974:
I have noticed three bugs :

- When the start date is greater than the due date, the task is not saved. It's better to have a message that indicate that the start date must be lower than the due date and stay on the task.

- For the notification, when I edit a task, I can't see the notification that I've made for the task.

- When I group by importance, the translation for low, normal and high doesn't work.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
thanks, these will be fixed in the next version!
[Windows Mobile Software Development] NetRipper:
No. For .NET CF, the desktop app prepares the dll's and executables for profiling. You can then copy it to your device and run it.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
ah, I see :)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] stm555:
Tasks without subject still can be saved. But with warning "tasks without subjects cannot be saved" :)

Also would be nice to show subject in "complete task" conformation window to ensure what i didn't miss by finger to other task
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
Yep, sillly mistake, fixed in the next version. Nice suggestion
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
can you elaborate on the above?
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
Version 0.710 has now been released. I consider this version to be a Beta as well (in terms of stability).

This version introduces, among others, the ability to send tasks via email or sms, and update checks.

Update notifications are currently set to appear once every day. Subsequent versions will introduce the ability to download the update directly, or dismiss updates until the next version has been released.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] geralt974:
When I edit the task, the reminder always indicate always the current time.

I can't see the reminder that I've made.

For the new version, I can't access the menu Preference / General. I have the following message : enumType parameter is not an System.Enum.

I can't edit the time of the reminder in the new version because the menu for the keyboard is replaced by the menu Other.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
Look at the first post. You need to enable reminders through the app settings. I will have a look about the rest :)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
All these are now fixed in 0.711.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Maroon:
Lot's of errors in 0.711

After installing 0.711 I had to reset pTasks configuration to get it to start.

When I exit pTasks I get this error:

pTasks.exe FormatException

in System.Double.Parse(String s, NumberStyles style, IFormatProvider provider)

in #=qDvQFDTlS_LhIdr1juiikntF8X5dGL4qfxGKQW$gIy15b1dvOgL9q664eymwkL6Yg

.#=qb5ANReR22EKJmCD$l_ooLg==()

Note there might be some typos when writing down these garbled names.

If I disable automatic update, everything works ok.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
I know, the updater is quite immature still, but I am working on it. Try 0.713?
[Windows Mobile Software Development] stm555:
713

- tap on task's checkbox, then press NO > checkbox is checked

- "Use colours" disabled, but works anyway

- "Overdue items" need to be added to translations

- and still

- "Edit item" in edit note dialog isn't translated.

- update checker don't work - a lot of crashes and hard to disable :)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] bbonzz:
hi pangel, cannot access anymore the google spreadsheet to update: it's all black. I can see it in list view, but not in normal one. I've googled the problem, and it seems to happen when the spreadsheet is too big...

EDIT: solved, it had to do with internet permissions
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Maroon:
Still get errors a couple of seconds after starting pTasks. The first error is the same as before, but the second error is:

pTasks.exe ObjectDisposedException

in Microsoft.AGL.Common.MISC.HandleAr(PAL_ERROR ar)

in System.Windows.Forms.Control.Dispose(Boolean disposing)

in System.ComponentModel.Component.Dispose()

in MichyPrima.ManilaDotNetSDK.ManilaNewTextBox.Dispose(Boolean disposing)

in System.ComponentModel.Component.Finalize()

This time I can't manage to turn off updates without editing the configuration file manually.

Feature request: Exception handling. Minimum logging of all errors to a log-file. Even better, let the user email errors with stack trace. Maybe an option that has to be turned on by editing the config file...?
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Maroon:
I think one way to give the user option to quickly add a task to a category would be to combine your existing Quick Task Entry with a new Filter Tasks dropdown. This dropdown should be placed above Quck Task Entry and be optional.

The items in the list should be:

- All Tasks (no filtering)

- Filtered Tasks (using the filter applied through Menu > Filter

- Category 1

- Category 2

- etc etc

If the Quick Task Entry is visible it would add a task with the category if list is filtered on one of the categories -- or no category if "All Tasks" or "Filtered Tasks" are used.

Just my suggestion... :)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
Yep, found it! Apparently your device expects floating point numbers with commas (0,712), while the server provides them with dots (0.712).

Will be fixed in 0.714.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
This took me hours to debug... It happens only after there has been a problem in the main thread, and pTasks is about to close as a result. In the new version, pTasks will try to kill its own process just before this error is about to happen...
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
Thanks for the suggestion... I will consider it when the time comes to implement it...
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
- Fixed

- Fixed

- Fixed

- Fixed

- Fingers crossed, it should be better in 0.714. Please report errors.....
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
0.715 is now out :)

Those of you who disabled online update checks because of bugs in 0.713, would it be possible to re-enable them to see whether it is any better now? (Preferably using the reset utility).
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Maroon:
Update works nice (now 0.717 out!) - and the new handling of exceptions is superb!

Good work! :-)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
Ah, I was just implementing a suggestion.... ;)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] stm555:
717 just installed by updater from 715 without any errors :) (but with old translation:D)

Soft buttons [Ok] and [cancel] in "edit item" dialog (when editing note) still not translated

and

Message:

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Inner Exception:

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Trace:
РІ Microsoft.AGL.Common.MISC.HandleAr(PAL_ERROR ar)
РІ System.Windows.Forms.Control.get_Text()
РІ MichyPrima.ManilaDotNetSDK.ManilaNewTextBox.get_Text()
РІ #=q0iX8rnpD54NPcTtoJG9xrxV4F90RglfsQEMqkjR8Zp8=.#=q_r4mkxiHPZqf_EnEjyfo2vp81UgaHmJMrEV8CPCoKjY=(Object #=qVORWqiZDAuqYh_PoGzg4_g==, EventArgs #=qRvja$Tq8Jc8rM5N5WLtcfg==)
РІ System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem.OnClick(EventArgs e)
РІ System.Windows.Forms.Menu.ProcessMnuProc(Control ctlThis, WM wm, Int32 wParam, Int32 lParam)
РІ System.Windows.Forms.Form.WnProc(WM wm, Int32 wParam, Int32 lParam)
РІ System.Windows.Forms.Control._InternalWnProc(WM wm, Int32 wParam, Int32 lParam)
РІ Microsoft.AGL.Forms.EVL.EnterModalDialog(IntPtr hwnModal)
РІ System.Windows.Forms.Form.ShowDialog()
РІ #=q_YBV$aq_HudjJZOoTvUwaoFFmRlauRr4Ue8MrGeh7W4=.#=qMnJAbojQ9FTo8YYuskse8w==(Form #=qcDC9U600VnpyoWABC_4Kkw==, Boolean #=qAuUraQWdZnoICHPZMKM0Hw==)
РІ #=q_YBV$aq_HudjJZOoTvUwaoFFmRlauRr4Ue8MrGeh7W4=.#=q1s7xjnQaOgKaheorDUS2Zw==(Object #=q49R55BEgMIyOVc$waUmglA==, EventArgs #=qEkkrQHOTvrdFCL$u9DNvgg==)
РІ System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem.OnClick(EventArgs e)
РІ System.Windows.Forms.Menu.ProcessMnuProc(Control ctlThis, WM wm, Int32 wParam, Int32 lParam)
РІ System.Windows.Forms.Form.WnProc(WM wm, Int32 wParam, Int32 lParam)
РІ System.Windows.Forms.Control._InternalWnProc(WM wm, Int32 wParam, Int32 lParam)
РІ Microsoft.AGL.Forms.EVL.EnterMainLoop(IntPtr hwnMain)
РІ System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run(Form fm)
РІ #=qv9JGuAl9_GkCgPhZ_t$osA==.#=qUyG13YlT8dMuf7xN4pEWhA==()
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Maroon:
Hehe, excellent suggestion! ;)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] geralt974:
I have some suggestion concerning the overdue task :

- You can use the color of the text (indeed of the cell) to indicate the overdue task.

- You can indicate the number of days overdue.

For the reminder, I have the same problem :

I edit the task and indicate that I want a reminder the 05/01/2010 at 2pm.

I save the task.

When I reedit the task, the reminder indicate the current day and time. But in Outlook, it indicates the right reminder (05/01/2010 at 2pm).

Also one bug :

When I reset the ptask, when I open the first time, I have some errors (FormatException at System.Double.Parse). I don't know if it's because it's a french rom and I send the language to french.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
Great suggestions re; colour and overdue dates. Are you sure that you are using the latest version though? I though I fixed both of these bugs...
[Windows Mobile Software Development] geralt974:
I've downloaded the latest version but the version indicate 0.713.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
hmm.. you clearly seem to be running a wrong version.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] geralt974:
I've downloaded the latest version on the first post.

Is it the latest version in the first post ?
[Windows Mobile Software Development] kruelant:
Is there any chance to add a possibility to schedule a call to one of your contacts (Similar to Send Email or Send SMS)?

Add New Task -> Phone Call -> Select Contact from the contact book -> set reminder time -> contact card pops up when it's time to call

Damn I miss that handy SonyEricsson thingy...
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
Absolutely not, this is way beyond the scope of this program. I am sure that there are alarm or scheduling applications that do that.

You could write a utility yourself that does that! Getting started with WM developement is not that difficult watsoever, there are plenty of tutorials and reference manuals around.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
are you sure that you have cleared your cache? try a different browser, pc?
[Windows Mobile Software Development] kruelant:
I see. Just hoped it's not something that complicated... :)

By the way, how do you delete a task in pTasks? Can't find it...
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Maroon:
It's not implemented yet. See TODO-list on first page :)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] kruelant:
Whoops.... sorry :o