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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tobbbie:
Sad that you cannot have BattClock write on a transparent background. I tried also with transparent PNG as BG but it did not work. On my smartphone I also use Xetra XBar (few may remember this...) and this writes to the bar without needing a background picture or filling it with a solid color (at least on smartphone).

If you had access to the data that you overwrite - you could copy that back as BG and then write to it, can you?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tobbbie:
As my smartphone delivers hardly ever reliable data (even after minutes no change), I wonder if the driver would report real data if requested not to use cached values? Can you create an option to chose between the two (e.g. by another BattClockInfo<x> type)?

If you ask once per second but request cached values - what is it good for to ask each second? Either request cached values and ask less frequently or ask current values and ask more often (configurable?)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ephestione:
I vote +1 on the transparent background! I actually find myself playing with the background colour dialog (up to the point of getting it to crash once...) to find the most close match for the wallpaper

usually you would launch the latest cab, and it will offer to uninstall older version first...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] arabbitte:
I really like the idea of an option to read generic registry values ;)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mike2nl:
Hi ZuinigeRijder (buurman),

this is now my screen shot. The BattClock is placed left from all icons. My next test will be to place the BattClock over the actually battery info icon. I have used also a background image from 1x48 pixel (WxH). It is working great. Thanks and go further with your development.

Question:

Possible 4 values for a futrue release or a setting for this....

Screenshot and grafics:

1st = screenshot from main screen (batt middle)

2nd = screenshot from main screen (batt right)

3rd = grafic 01x48 pixel icon
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ALoubert:
Adding an optional today plugin coupled to BattClock ?

BattClock is really a wonderful application...

But there are so many (interesting) values/meters now available that with a maximum of 3 lines, you can't display much...

Of course, all meters don't need to be always available everywhere (that's to say, displayed on the taskbar).

So, my question is easy: couldn't it be possible to couple the taskbar icon with an (optional) today plugin, where we could choose what meter has to be displayed where ?

For example, I'd like to have the CPU consumption, the battery level, as well as the current time always displayed (their place is typically in the taskbar), but I'd also like to know (sometimes) the power consumption or the battery temperature.

For those, the taskbar is not an obligation (on QVGA screens, the taskbar is in all cases not wide enough to display 3 spaces for meters in addition to the conventional icons (phone signal strenght, task manager cross, application title and so on)). Their place should typically be an area you can easily check: the today screen for example.

So, for people needing only 1 or 2 meters, the taskbar icon alone is perfect.

For those needing more informations, an additional optional plugin with icons and the meter value as label (those icons could even be animated in form of a bar filling up to 100% for CPU ou battery load or a VU-meter with a moving needle for temperature) on the today screen could be a simple and fast way to enrich BattClock.

What's you opinion ?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ZuinigeRijder:
I do not know if it is the same as this:

- couple an command to pressing of the BattClock area

- each element in the area can be configured separately (e.g. usefull for horizontal division)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ZuinigeRijder:
Ok, I will try to incorporate it in a next version.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ZuinigeRijder:
I would expect that the voltage will not change much, only when it is almost empty. Or am I wrong?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ZuinigeRijder:
The first image shows the date, time and battery percentage ;)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ZuinigeRijder:
That would work, but mostly people point to an area which has already taskbar icons in it, so they will be copied too. This will only be helpful when using an unused area. Also it can only be done once, because thereafter BattClock is shown. So if your theme changes, the BattClock are will not pick up the new background.

So therefore I did not add support for copying the background.....
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ZuinigeRijder:
I expect it will never give a value, also not when no cache is requested. I also do not know how often the cache is updated, so therefore I just ask the cache per second. That way I am independent of the Driver. Forcing a readout per second might be a battery drainer. But I will add this force option in a next version.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ZuinigeRijder:
Good to see my neighbour (buurman) has made a nice look with a background image. It looks stunning :D

In a next version I will make 6 values available, especially for people using the horizontal possibility.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ZuinigeRijder:
I never made a today plugin. I know it is possible, WindowsMobile 6 SDK has examples. I do not know if that would make BattClock too big or that it would be something which would only work on some phones. Note that totday plugins often do not work on manufacturers own UI solutions, like TF3D or Sense UI. But I will investigate.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] howdykeith:
Hi!

Ok so i am setting up my StatusTicker app with BattClock.

In the registry I see:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ZuinigeRijder\Status:Battery

Current, Temp, and CPU are not there unless I select them to be displayed.

I see...

Thanks,

Keith
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] alnug:
a brilliant app...and applying a backgroung PNG makes it look brillantly 'integrated'! thanks for the app!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ALoubert:
Today plugins don't need to be heavy to do efficient jobs ! ;)

And as you've already done the hardest work (finding how to get and display/format the values), it must probably not be that complicated to add a TP to the already existing BattClock application.

In all cases, congratulations for paying attention to our suggestions and for the work you've already done.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ephestione:
I know that enabling other today plugins when Sense is enabled on my HD2, makes only Sense visible and nothing else :) So today plugin would be an option only for those people who don't use HTC interfaces
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ZuinigeRijder:
Can you post a screenshot?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ZuinigeRijder:
Yes, I already knew that. But for people not having it, it can be an option. Anyway, as always I do things step by step, so first extra possibilities (3 date/time formatstrings, 3 regkeys, battery voltage, battery current force and 6 items to display (mainly usefull for horizontal division).

Then I will try to add 2 battclock areas.

And still other wishes, like logging to csv file, today plugin, clickable areas with actions, etc.

Hmmmm, enough to do.....
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mike2nl:
Wow, jij hebt een heele bool werk voor je....

Wow, that is a lot of work...

:D today plugin = i am a little tp geek
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] La_Globule:
Suggestion to improve the product

Hi,

I've definitely adopted this wonderful app. Thanks.

Let me give you a suggestion : instead of having several BattClock areas, you could make one or several rows scroll automatically between chosen information.

For instance :

row 1 : fixed, displays time

row 2 : fixed, displays date

row 3 : circular, scrolls battery percentage, memory percentage

Tell me what do you think about this.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ZuinigeRijder:
Could be an option, but maybe also a little bit confusing for people. Probably 2 BattClock areas and today plugin are enough options. But I will think about it.....
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ZuinigeRijder:
Translations of BattConfig: Excel spreadsheet

I am planning to provide translations for BattClock. Translations are also shared with TouchLockPro.

Now all texts and languages are in one Excel spreadsheet, see here.

From there one I can generate back the language resx files :)

I hope people get inspired and update/add their language :D

This is the list of languages fully translated:

Chinese (Simplified)

Chinese (Traditional)

Dutch

Russian

This is the list of languages almost fully translated (not BattConfig):

Norwegian

Italian

This is the list of languages where only the TouchLockAction screen is translated (so not BattConfig):

Arabic

Bulgarian

Czech

Danish

German

Greek

Spanish

Finnish

French

Hebrew

Hindi

Croatian

Hungarian

Indonesian

Japanese

Korean

Polish

Portuguese

Romanian

Slovak

Slovenian

Serbian

Swedish

Thai

Turkish

Ukrainian

Vietnamese

Hope people take the time to provide translations now :confused:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] animalote:
Zuinige, I leave that part of battclock translated into Spanish.

Thanks.

Sorry for my googlenglish :(.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ZuinigeRijder:
Thanks, I prepared already the BattConfig localization possibility.

Next version will contain Spanish translations ;)

Hope more translations will follow, before I publish the new version :rolleyes:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Jokes On You:
So would it possible to have BattClock grabs that the background image and use it? With this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=647579 I would have perfection
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ZuinigeRijder:
The problem will be that the first time it will work (if BattClock did not do anything yet). But also then, normally you want to replace the info (status icon). Grabbing the background (=including status icon) is not what you want.

Thereafter TouchLockPro will grab BattClock itself.

So I think this will not be a solution.....real solution would be that Windows Mobile supports *REAL* transparancy. The link you refer to, is where Windows Mobile is in control and can add transparency (just draw info on top). And then it is still not good enough, because you want to replace the existing status icon most of the time.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jaguaralani:
Really feeling glad using this application

This is my screnshot,

I like to use the indicators in the horizontal manner but.

1-Would it be possible to assign different colour for each indicator ?

2-Would it be possible to add more indicators.other than 3 only, in the horizontal mode ???

BTW, I am ready to make a new icon if you added new features, like I did before :D

Thanx
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] pterdont:
Omnia II cpu usage

Hi all,

I'm a happy omnia 2 user and I must say this is very handy little application. I want to report a problem with battclock. On versions above 1.7 (that has cpu usage indicator), battclock constantly consumes 80-90% CPU usage and battery is drawn with about 10% per hour. After just stopping the application cpu usage is back down to normal. I started to try one by one versions back I and see no cpu usage problem on v1.7.

Regards
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ZuinigeRijder:
1. Yes, next version you can configure for each item a different color

2. Yes, next version you can configure 6 items to show

This is a peek preview what will be part of version 2.0:

- Visual feedback if a button is pressed

- Added option to show Battery Voltage

- Added option to show Battery Current with forced readout

- Added option to show date/time in a specified format, including week number and day name (3 formats configurable)

- Added option to show a registry key (3 registry keys configurable), default phone strength, missed call count and unread SMS

- Possibility to configure 6 info items for a BattClock area (e.g. horizontal or for circular display, see below)

- Possibility to configure 6 fontsizes for above

- Possibility to configure 6 colors (one color per info item)

- Possibility to configure 6 items to log to a log file

- Possibility to configure circular changing the last info item (e.g. showing items 2 till 6 for some time in a circular fashion in row 2)

- Added translations possibilities for BattConfig

- Russian translations, thanks to Vadim Bogaiskov

- Chinese Simplified translations, thanks to zhongzw

- Chinese Traditional translations, thanks to victorchen101

- Spanish translation, thanks to animalote

- Dutch translation, thanks to myself ;-)

But still in developing phase :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ZuinigeRijder:
Strange. Others see the same problem?

Is this CPU usage dependent of what information is shown? Or does that not matter?

You can enable debug logging (in the about screen) and post the debug log file BattClock.log.txt in the root of your phone. Maybe that gives me a clue?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ephestione:
Attached is the italian translated XLS file... it's in openoffice format, hope you can open it :p

I translate the whole set of strings, and also revisited several translations which were less than accurate.

View attachment itatrans.zip
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] YoLoLo:
Hello to all !

I'm new to BattClock and i must admit i like it ! So usefull infos in sucha a small place !

I've got an idea to make the background kind of 'transparent', at least for regular backgrounds...

The color of the top header is coded somewhere into the registry, it looks like the code you use to set up the background...

Why BattClock wouln't use this key to put the value into the custom field ?

What i'm meaning is a transparent background is impossible, but automatically put the value of a regkey (it's coded in the TSK file) and make it the same color of the top bar should be possible...

I'll try to look over the web to see what the key location should be...

Thanks for such a good freebee ! ;)

PS : And, ho... I'm willing to help for the French translation of this tool !

(I've made some French translations as a freelance : SKTools, Claunch, CryptoCard, and many of SBSH's products)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ZuinigeRijder:
Ok, thanks, I could convert with OpenOfficePortable and copy the Italian column. Will add it in the next version......
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ZuinigeRijder:
Ok, indeed BattClock could use dynamic the background color of the taskbar. Actually, it just can look up the color of a pixel in the taskbar (so a location with nothing overdrawn). A Registry key would be great too. However, this will only work with a solid color and not with a gradient color. But for some people this might help.

It would be great if you can provide the french translations, just download translations.xls and edit them with Excel (or OpenOffice).
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ephestione:
or rather just replace your MS office with openoffice instead, you'll be saving baby seals! :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] pterdont:
Hi,

please find the log attached. It was created by battclock v1.9. I guess the cpu usage is not dependant on information displayed, at least it doesn't seem to be.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] YoLoLo:
Yes, i agree it's a workaround but should be usefull for non gradient theme.

Searching into the help files of ThemeGenCE (exellent freeware to create theme), i came across this help file, and this one it can be usefull ;)

I've made a search in the registry, and i've found the main regkey of the colors : HKLM//SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Color... I think the keys should be BaseHue...

Or i think the creator of this free tool, Benoit Thonnart may help ;)

I will start the translation very soon (this afternoon), and will post it here ASAP to be included in the future version !
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sh.a.rk:
Screenshots on my Omnia II - CPU 30% and BattClock show 99% and batterycurrent show 0mA and temperature 0.0C. Can development this great software for different omniaII hardware?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] YoLoLo:
Okay, here is the FRENCH translation !

I hope this will be okay for TouchLock because i don't know about this soft, and the sentences are longuer in FR rather than ENG...

Anyway, here is the file zipped
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] pterdont:
OK, I flashed one of the latest versions of the firmware, the battery drain is gone (stayed all night and still 100% battery), but cpu usage is calculated wrongly. I have read in another thread that Omnia II has cpu with variable clock speed and this is causing the wrong calculation of battclock. However battery drain is always 0mA and battery tepmperature is always 0°C. Anyway, I love this app and I enjoy using it even without these features.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ephestione:
no drain for all night? Did you set it to airplane mode? As that sounds quite impossible, the fair average for night is 4-5% drain
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] pterdont:
No it was not on airplane mode, I just didn't use it so phone was in sleep mode. But I have just charged it before I leave it for the night. Btw, My average is 4 - 5 % for 24 hours with 2-3 calls a day which average to 5min each. Battery is 1500mAh.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ephestione:
I see, bigger battery. Still, it's almost impossible you get no drain at all during the night, given the correct proportions you should still get 3-4% overnight.

4-5% total in the 24hrs means an uptime of almost 3 weeks before needing a recharge, and there's no way I am going to believe that! :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] pterdont:
nope, it actually doesn't mean that as the battery doesn't have linear capacity to voltage response :) I actually haven't discharge it below about "30%" ( which is not so good for the battery ). But you are free to believe whatever you want :) This is going offtopic and thus I don't think this is the place to discuss it.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] wonderous:
Tried to make it transparent. Gave up, photoshoped out the gradient background, and set it as the background for battclock. Now it's okay, since I'm going to keep the theme
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ZuinigeRijder:
Thanks for the info, can you share a screenshot?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ZuinigeRijder:
Good to hear the battery drain is not due to BattClock.

Yes, it looks like the variable clock speed confuses the Microsoft API I call. Most CPU usage programs compute them per process and then count them up, so they can give apparently a better result. But that will cost also more computing power and I want BattClock to be lean and mean. I do not know how to get the current clockspeed, otherwise I could correct :cool:

Did you search for another battery driver, because apparently the batterydriver does not give the information back (stated in the Microsoft API I use). In a next version I have a force readout option, maybe that will give the values, but I think it will not too.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ZuinigeRijder:
Thanks, I posted TouchLockPro with the French language. The next version of BattConfig will have the french translations too.

However, I am adding features, so probably new words will be added. I hope that you can provide the missing translations at that time :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ZuinigeRijder:
BaseHue on my phone gives 123 (0x7B), which is not completely black. So I am not sure about this registry key. I will try to change the theme, to see if it changes appropriate.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ZuinigeRijder:
Nothing strange in the log.

I just use the Microsoft API GetIdleTime()

So we have to blame Microsoft :rolleyes:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] wonderous:
I changed the location of the addon, that's why the colors dont match. It's supposedly more toward the right of the taskbar. But I think you get the picture;)

Edit: WM6.1 with Pocket plus & HomeScreen Plus Plus
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] YoLoLo:
Yeeppee ! It's a great thing, French people like to have French language on their soft ! ;)

Yeeppee (bis !) I'm pleased to have this soft in French ;)

I'm at your disposal. You can drop me a mail at mynicknameonthisforum@netcourrier.com (replace the 1st part with my nickname here, to avoid spam bots...)

I'm not really aware of deep system coding/cooking, as i'm not a coder (work in computer, but no coding !)

I think i'm not so far from the right regkey... Let me know ! :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mivec:
just a suggestion, can you add in the "day" as one of the option, as I always find it a good thing to have with one look on my phone.

Cheers
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] stm555:
thnx 4 nice app!

here my simple "skin" for standart wvga :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ZuinigeRijder:
That will be part of the next version. See this post.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ZuinigeRijder:
Thanks for sharing. I see you have also a lot of other programs showing indicators, mainly as today plugin. And I see the values of BattClock match the ones with the other programs ;)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ZuinigeRijder:
Thanks. Indeed a simple background can give nice effects :eek:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] casouzaj:
Hi ZuinigeRijder,

Thanks a lot for your application! There is a particular behavior of the battery meter on my Acer M900: as long as its battery is being charged, its native charging meter keeps sliding back and forth (from 0 to 100, then back to 0, continuously), thus not showing the real charging level at any given moment. The same applies to every 3rd-party battery meters I have intalled so far, including BattClock.

I've noticed that, whilst in this state, BattClock keeps showing the same battery current level as the one present at the moment the charging cable was attached (e.g. it shows 243mA as long as the battery is being charged). I wonder if would there be something to do about it?

Thanks again, anyway.

Cheers!

Carlos
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] VeEuzUKY:
Hello, great app!:)

Is it possible to configure more trigger levels for a future versions that can change into 5 user selectable colors?

Than would be great:)

Thanks again for this really nice application:)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] igch:
Small wish

Thanks for the great application!

I look forward to the new version 2.0

I have a small wish:

Could it be shown the quantities consumed capacity, since the end of last charge in mAh ?

This would be useful for detecting "The End" of battery life,

full charge and full discharge can easy display real capacity of battery...

Also, I would be pleased with your ability to view time in format hh: mm: ss

Thank you
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ephestione:
I answer for the author: it's not feasible to have it check the battery drain all the time, this would require the CPU to be always running, even during standby, and it will kill the battery pretty soon.

Also, the time format will be freely formattable from next version, it's in the todo list.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] igch:
Hmm... I don`t think so...

The program has information about the value of current during your standby (when I turn the phone ON (from standby) for a short time of 1-2 seconds is shown the value of current about 10-12 mA, but during work it is 60-700 mA, according to the application)

Also the program has the information how long the device was in a state STANDBY.

Then it could not the problem calculate the approximate capacity mAh consumed during STANDBY.

For this reason, I think is not necessary to require the CPU during STANDBY.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] wonderous:
Here's my other screeny

WM6.5 with Pocket Plus and HomeScreen Plus Plus
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] multi888:
Thank you...this App works great on my M20...:)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ZuinigeRijder:
I did look up M20, because I did not know that phone. Good to hear it is working on yours too :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ZuinigeRijder:
Thanks for sharing again :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ZuinigeRijder:
I use the API:

GetSystemPowerStatusEx2.

The info in there:

SYSTEM_POWER_STATUS_EX2

Are you looking for BatteryAverageCurrent and BatteryAverageInterval.

Or at BatterymAHourConsumed :confused: