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[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
Hi there, thanks for the nice words :)

Unfortunately there is no today plugin or Manila Tab are not in the plans, and most likely will never be.

In the meantime I am looking forward to have some free time to continue working on pTasks.. I have some ambitious plans for the next version, hopefully I'll find the time to make it happen. In the meantime I am waiting what the situation will be with WP7 developement.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] countersv:
Hi, cool app, but I've got a question:

I have tasks that are in several categories at the same time (e.g. @Work, !Next).

The category filter is very strict, so when I filter for @Work, I can see only @Work items, but not @Work, !Next. In pseudoSQL terms, right now is:

select items from itemtable where category= '$selected_cat'

and I would like to have it:

select items from itemtable where category LIKE '%$selected_cat%'

I hope I made myself clear :)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] tomylee79:
Hi,

I would love to see the location implemented.

Means: I set to the task an location and when I am near this location I get an alarm (cobination with google maps).

Reason: I have often things to get at a special place which I pass frequently but I keep forgeting it. But the time is changing when I pass the location.

I would love to see this option :)

tomylee
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Dishe:
It also isn't very finger friendly. I would LOVE to have today plugin that shows more information, and in larger tiles so that one can finger-press it.

Today Agenda gets close, but the community really needs something better...
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ephestione:
still, if you're talking aout using your phone without sense, because no matter the app, if you have sense enabled it's going to take up the whole today screen no matter what
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
unfortunately this is well beyond the scope of the utility.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] mobiler:
Error

Hi I just downloaded and installed the latest version and immediately when I run the program on my HD2 I m getting an error so the program is totally non functional. Im attaching the error messagd would appreciate help.

Message:

An error message is available for this exception but cannot be displayed because these messages are optional and are not currently installed on this device. Please install ג€˜NETCFv35.Messages.EN.wm.cabג€™ for Windows Mobile 5.0 and above or ג€˜NETCFv35.Messages.EN.cabג€™ for other platforms. Restart the application to see the message.

An error message is available for this exception but cannot be displayed because these messages are optional and are not currently installed on this device. Please install ג€˜NETCFv35.Messages.EN.wm.cabג€™ for Windows Mobile 5.0 and above or ג€˜NETCFv35.Messages.EN.cabג€™ for other platforms. Restart the application to see the message.

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Inner Exception:

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Trace:

at System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo.set_Calendar(Calendar value)

at System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo..ctor(CultureTableRecord cultureTable, Int32 cultureID, Calendar cal)

at System.Globalization.CultureInfo.get_DateTimeFormat()

at System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetFormat(Type formatType)

at System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo.get_CurrentInfo()

at System.DateTime.ToShortDateString()

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at #=q$dPjvwicUwB1mX939IQvad8hBbdEZ9V2VLUfPBoIP0s=.#=qSpxmbMsIHR004UQMoZmDh33qJ9zEvvOntlfyk$GWFkU=(Object #=qJZJu778sPgSHkfsDs97Caw==)

at #=q$dPjvwicUwB1mX939IQvad8hBbdEZ9V2VLUfPBoIP0s=.#=qH7wlb3tuHpuPYOVaIz4$CA==()

at #=q$dPjvwicUwB1mX939IQvad8hBbdEZ9V2VLUfPBoIP0s=.#=qdI7BY_NLGE3bBpFIjHe5ng==(Object #=q104tRLKaenJlXMk5cSM0KQ==, EventArgs #=qx9gwR7dMkQwM1bSfeR8gfg==)

at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnLoad(EventArgs e)

at System.Windows.Forms.Form._SetVisibleNotify(Boolean fVis)

at System.Windows.Forms.Control.set_Visible(Boolean value)

at System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run(Form fm)

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[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
what ROM are you using? in the regional settings, what country have you selected?
[Windows Mobile Software Development] mobiler:
hi pangel. i am using stock rom 166.405.2 nothing special. regional is israel but all menus and everything all u.s. english. Also i may add that I never had any problem with any app as of yet, only pTasks crashes. Hope you could help.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
Hmmm... I wonder why... Could you do me a favour and check something? Would it be possible to change the regional to English and see if it works?
[Windows Mobile Software Development] hase01:
I very much like your app. When I first started it I sayd "Wow, that's what i was looking for since I got my very first PDA (which was a Palm M500 or whatever this was called that days).

Unfortunately I have one major issue: As I use tasks very intensively and have about 140 Tasks in 15 different categories I also have a lot of tasks which are in multiple categories. When grouping tasks by category ptaks is grouping tasks with several categories under a dedicated header.

I.e. I have a category "work" and a category "home" and tasks which belong to both, then I get 4 group headers: "home", "work", "home+work" and "work+home". To have 2 headers ("work"," home" - that is like the native outlook tasks application is working) is sufficient, the multiple headers made it very unconvienient for my 15 categories in countless combinations. Any chance to have a change on this? What is the reason to implement it different from outlook?
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
actually, I didn't even know that you can have multiple categories on each task. I am surprised that ptasks handled that, even though in a inconvenient way. I will check, and let you know.

Many thanks for pointing this out!
[Windows Mobile Software Development] jools5431:
Just wondered if anyone else is having these problems?

Re-starting P Tasks always rectifies the keyboard problem for a short while, but doesn't help with the check boxes.

Hope these comment are constructive, as i'm in no way complaining about this brilliant and FREE App.

Keep up the good work.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] countersv:
It handles them only when they're set in Outlook (or in my case - in Jello GTD), but besides my previous problem, it's also impossible to add newly created task to more than one category. Other than that - it starts to be THE best and simplest GTD app on WinMo.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Reel E. Weird:
jsut d/l...will let you know how it turns out for me...I was actually looking for a more interactive tasks application...Hopefully this is it
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Tsury:
So is this application dead?

Its a shame because it have such potential...
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
Nope, not dead... I still have a lot of things that I want to implement. However, the user base increases by 100 new users per day, which means that I have to do a lot more testing before I release the new version...
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Tsury:
Oh :) Ok...

I just wanted to know because its such a nice application :P
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
I have released a very very early beta of the next version. The plan is to include flagged emails in the list, much like outlook does in its to-do bar.

The current version of ptasks supports only the first email account you have, and will only scan the inbox. You cannot unflag items within pTasks.

I would appreciate it if you could test it and let me know whether it works for you!
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Maroon:
Is support for flagged emails the only change in this version?
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
for the beta in question, yes :)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Purrsia:
So, it's April 15 2010, and I'm looking for a task manager for my Leo; is this project still being worked on? I notice downloads have been disabled. Is there an old version I can download from somewhere?
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
Just have been very busy recently and unfortunately recreational activities have taken a hit. BUT there are currently some bugs with the flagged emails functionality which I have to short out first....
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Tinus Tussengas:
Good to hear there's a 1.0 version coming. As I mailed you earlier there are some things that aren't correct. At least not in the Dutch translation. Will this be fixed? And will the list with translations be updated?
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Tinus Tussengas:
Yes I got write acces. I've done most of the Dutch translation. Is the list complete now? I'll see if I can complete/fix Dutch translation this weekend.

Also I was wondering if you've got any plans for further development of the app (bugfixes, new functies) or 1.0 is last and final version?
[Windows Mobile Software Development] raftbone:
Hi pangel83

I found it too on the UK market and have already bought it. Great so far :-)

Still shows version 0.902 on the about dialog ;)

Some small feature request:

Please add the ability to mark a task as private (should be possible according to the messaging API)

Activating the start and due dates on HD2 with capacitive display is kind of difficult some times. Maybe the checkboxes could be made a little bigger and easier to press?

This would greatly improve pTasks for me.

Keep up the great work on pTasks. Simply loving it :D
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
Yeah, I forgot to change 0.902 to 1.00! (My HD2 is broken... so I tested it on the emulator and missed that! doh....)

Never used the private feature, but I cannot see why that would be possible...

I plan to overhaul the editor window completely. In fact I obtained permission from the author of SenseSDK to use his library for pTasks... That would make it much neater I hope! :)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] raftbone:
Looks great :)

And the private feature would be great too... Simply don't understand how you ment your statement about it.

Is it possible to implement or not?
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
Both are now implemented for the next version ;)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
sent you an invite already :)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] mischgin:
Nice tool

Nice tool, really like it.

One thing that IMO needs improvement is:

editing/adding "Start" and "Due" dates. It would be more comfortable if you would use "calendar-popups" like in most of the Agenda-Tools e.g.:

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[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
Oh I have already implemented that for the next version ;) In fact the entire task editor window has been rebuilt from scratch and it now looks like the contact editor from HTC's sense (more or less). If you've bought it from the marketplace you will get the update for free (next week hopefully!)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] tomparrish:
Thank you for taking time to make this, I've been looking for something like this for a while.

1 problem that I noticed or maybe I'm not doing it correctly, is that there isn't a drop down list or something to that effect for the category's. Each time I setup a new Task I have to fill out the category again. Also after I have inputted the category it will not show up in existing section.

Thanks again

Edit:

My bad, I noticed that everything works fine after I rebooted the phone. I guess I was thinking that It should happen as I'm doing it. No big deal, and wow, awesome customer service. :)

This has to be one of the Top 5 best things to buy for under $2.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
Hmmm... This is weird! It should appear and work correctly... In a day or two I will be releasing v1.1, so let's hope that you will not have the problem with the new version... Otherwise, please get back in touch and we'll investigate further what's causing it. :)

(If we indeed discover a bug, I will issue you with a patch to correct it, as it won't be included in the official install until 1.2)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] tomparrish:
:DLove the upgrade.:D I noticed one thing today when I was playing with my HD2 and touched the Task Bar bar (:)), anyway it opened up windows mobile task instead of pTasks. I didn't know if you where aware of this or not. If there is anything you can do to have it link to pTask instead that would be great.

Keep up the great work.

And thanks again for making an awesome addition to my phone.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] JakubAnderwald:
Hi,

pTasks doesn't show my flagged emails from my Outlook Email account.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
Is it an exchange account, synchronized over the air using ActiveSync?
[Windows Mobile Software Development] JakubAnderwald:
Now, it's synchronised to my Outlook via ActiveSync
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
ah, as said in the program description this can work only for Exchange via Activesync accounts... This is a microsoft limitation unfortunately, not mine!
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
I am looking for more translators for German, French, Portuguese, Norwegian, Russian, Danish and Polish.

If you are interested and would like to volunteer, please PM :)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Si6776:
It's an HD2, no custom Rom. I did raise a support issue with WMP, but no response yet. Guess I'll have to ask for a refund and try again.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
I really need some help with the translations for French, Spanish and Portuguese.

If you can speak any of these and can spare a few moments, have a look at the translation spreadsheet at http://bit.ly/8jT1j1
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
I have temporarily changed the spreadsheet to be editable by anyone
[Windows Mobile Software Development] liaquila:
Hi

I'm from Brasil. You asked help to translate to Portuguese. Maybe I can help. But when I tried to access your spreadsheet in Google Docs I got a error saying I don't have permission...

Looking forward for buying your application in Brasilian Market Place! Let me help with Portuguese translation!

Liaquila
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
Version 1.2 is out. Enjoy!!! :) (Change log and screenshots on the first post)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Peter Bulthuis:
Filtertemplates

Nice work: 1.2!

Isn't it an idea to make filtertemplates that makes the next possible:

i.e. a filtertemplate @Office. This one contains a few categories like @Calls, @PC-office and @Office.

A filtertemplate @Home, that contains a few categories like @Calls, @Home, @Garden, @PC-home etc.

The user can make other templates as well with their own set of categories, like @Groceries.

That makes it a lot easier and quicker to filter. Just tap the filtertemplate and you have the right categories visible.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
This is actually a nice idea :)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] liaquila:
I think the problem with Marketplace is related to phone model

I'm begining to think that I can't see ptasks in Marketplace becouse of the phone model.

When I'm on my PC as soon as I log out of my windows live acount, I can see ptasks in brasilian catalog or US catalog... When I log in my account I can't find it any more.

In my device, I can't see ptasks in any catalog even when I'm logged out.

It must be something with the phone model. I'm using a cooked rom (Energy Rom) and my device model shows as "T-Moble_LEO".

Can someone that have a US HD2 with the original ROM tell me how does show the Model in the Settings -> Device Information -> Phone Identity ?

Thanks in advance!!!
[Windows Mobile Software Development] robneywood:
Logic behind categories & performance

Could you please explain the logic behind the categories? If I create a task, create a new category and assign it to that task it appears ok. If at some point I end up with no tasks assigned to the category, the category vanishes from the list and has to be created again, even if it still exists in the native tasks application. Is this by design?

On an extension of the topic, not all categories available to the standard tasks application are visible in ptasks. Where does ptasks draw it's list of categories from?

On the performance side, I have approximately240 active tasks, a list will grow considerably if I can make this work the way I'd hope however in a number of places it's really slow to respond. Granted there is a splash screen that warns me of this now it's installed. There was no mention of a speed to task count performance issue when I purchased. The native task application does not have the same performance issue. What, if anything, is currently being done to address this or is there something specific, without reducing the task count, I can do to improve performance?

I'd be willing to do some beta testing to assist you in resolving issues because I stand to benefit from their resolution.

I'm running version 1.2 on an Australian version of the HTC HD2 with a standard ROM.

Thanks!
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
Indeed, pTasks draws its list of categories from what the tasks that exist at each time. The reason for this is that the Outlook API does not include a mechanism that provides access to its internal category list (or at least one that I could find so far). However, in version 1.3 I hope to have found a way to fix this. Worst case scenario, pTasks will be able to remember the categories that it has encountered in the past. A quick way to "fix" this right now (if you filter out completed tasks) is to create a few dummy tasks on the categories that you want to keep, and then "complete" them. They will be hidden out from view, but as pTasks can see them, it will include their categories. This should do the trick for the time being.

From my experience developing pTasks the overwhelming majority of users don't have more than 50 active tasks at any time and never experience problems. 240 tasks is admittedly a lot of tasks, but I have been always trying to accommodate even such extreme usage scenarios. As other users may attest as well, performance has steadily improved so far with every version :). I am working on increasing performance further in 1.3. The native task application may not have performance issues in your case, but take into account that it is much much much simpler compared to pTasks, it's interface is basic and more importantly it does not rely to the same API to access tasks. Essentially it is like comparing the performance of Notepad to the performance of Word 2010 ;).

To improve performance... Which ROM do you have? Is it up-to-date? Do you have a lot of things running along with pTasks?

A lot of thought has gone into how to achieve better performance while still providing all the functionality that cannot be found on the native application. I would be curious to know under which situations you encounter performance issues. You can use the feedback button in the about menu to contact me.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
This is weird... Very weird in fact! The HD2 is most definitely supported, and the Marketplace should know that... You could: a) Contact microsoft support? b) Create a new MSN account through your phone and try to login with that? If both of these fail, send me an email and we'll find other means! :)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] robneywood:
thanks for the prompt and detailed reply. Unfortunately the suggestion of the category workaround does not work. I created a new task, added it to a new category, confirmed that both the task and the category were present, marked the task complete, when adding another task, the completed task's category is not available, only the categories belonging to tasks not yet complete still appear in the list.

I appreciate the use I intend is outside the normal range, I've experimented a bit and it appears the slowdown only occurs when the list is being presented after being removed from the screen. Using the above new task example, when I select new, the new task entry screen draws very quickly, almost sub-second, when I add the new category the category screen also draws very promptly, when closing the category screen and returning to the new task entry it's quick. Click OK to save the task and it slows dramatically, between 4 and 9 seconds.I've tested a number of scenarios with other applications running, even none at all, and it does not change the speed. The same speed issue drawing (or perhaps it's saving) also occurs if using the advanced view and adding a new task from the top of the screen. A refresh also suffers the same slowdown. Interestingly however, once the list is presented it is very, very quick to navigate. I can dial up the scroll speed and with a single flick the tasks scroll so fast it's a blur of text streaming by. While it's streaming past I can 'stab' my finger at the scrolling list and it instantly stops and is very responsive.

The task entry is the challenge for me. I often have to rapidly record a number of tasks one after the other with very little time to be able to delay in between, usually on the phone with someone rattling off a list of problems. I've been experimenting with different filter and grouping options and so far none make it any better, but to your credit, they also don't make it any worse either!

I look forward to any other ideas you may suggest and would like to work with you on resolving because I think this is a mighty fine application withstanding these couple of issues, keep it up, thanks!

ROM: 1.72.841.0 (82124) WWE. As far as I can tell this is the most recent version.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] robneywood:
Further to last post; if I create a task, use it to create the required category, give it a name like 'zzzzzzzzzz @car category lock' and do not mark it complete it solves the problem enough for now. The suspect task is always at the very bottom of the list so it will rarely even display on my screen and this then holds a place on the category list.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ecmaba64:
Ok, there is a single culprit for all this and this is the refresh function, which is called whenever you edit/add tasks or ... refresh the list. I believe it can be optimised further, as it goes through the list of tasks 3-4 times whenever it is called. Of course this is not the problem when we are dealing with 50-60 tasks, but... in situations with 250... it's pushing it a bit :) This... will take a bit of black magic though, as the tasks still need to be sorted, categorised and filtered As a stopgap measure, I will implement for you a switch that disables automatic updating once the task is added which should do until 1.3 is out. Send me an email (you will mine find in the about->feedback) menu and I will send you an alternative cab :)