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[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Wind Dancer:
One More

It would be nice to decide the length of time for visible tasks. For instance, if you have repeating tasks every month, you only want to see one occurrence of each. Also order by due date, importance, etc.

Just my 2 cents.

very nice start to a very useful app.

Thank you

Is it possible to retain settings after update?
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] ithinkurdumb:
@dkp1977:

We're currently working on a new feature that will allow tasks to be load instantly after the app starts.

@cina:

We do plan to support Exchange 2003 and other services that support ActiveSync (such as Hotmail). But unfortuantely we don't have a timeline for that.

@Wind Dancer:

Didn't know you can have spaces in your XDA screenname :p. We're working on this and should be available in the next version.

Settings should be retained during upgrades. However from v0.2 to v0.3 we changed several structures so old settings are erased. Sorry for the inconvenience.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] ithinkurdumb:
Brine The Wine 0.4 is now available

Brine The Wine 0.4 is now available on Marketplace.

New features include cache support and a tweaked interface. With cache support, users will be able to view, add or update tasks without internet connection. Changes made offline will be synced once the phone is connected again. The new home screen now show incomplete tasks ("to-do" in Outlook) and all tasks seperately.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] dkp1977:
Nice update, thank you. Finally I can delete tasks. :) What I don't really get is the difference between "to do" and "tasks". They show almost the exact same items. What's still missing is start and due date in the overview. A nice to have style feature would by the way be if the user could choose a background picture from his library. :)
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] ithinkurdumb:
@dkp1977:

We actually added "delete task" few versions back. To-do and Tasks are Outlook terms. To-do is incompleted tasks and Tasks is all tasks. If you don't have any completed task (some people just delete them after completed them), then these two lists would be identical.

v0.5 will add start date and due date support. It will also address some sync performance issues that came up because of local cache. It should be available in the Marketplace soon.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] ndamianou:
Can't connect

Can't connect:

I have my e-mail: john.doe@company.com

username: xxxxx

domain: ddddddd

how do I enter all that in the 1 field available ??

Not sure what I am missing.

thanks- great app by the way!
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] jmerrey:
eta on exchange 2003 support?
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] ithinkurdumb:
@ndamianou:

In most cases you just use your email in the email field. But some organizations use different mechanism to authenticate, so you migt want to try [domain-name]\[username] or just username.

@jmerrey:

We're already working on it, but unfortunately we don't have an ETA yet.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] dkp1977:
Once again, a nice update. Thanks. :) Would it be possible to have start and due dates in the overview? Like directly below the task titles, just in a smaller font or so.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] ithinkurdumb:
@dkp1977,

Thanks for the suggestion. It's actually on our roadmap. But we're quite swamped with other features at this moment. Will try to include that as early as possible.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] dkp1977:
Take your time, mate. No hurry. :) For me this is one of the top apps available at the market. Keep up the good work.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] ithinkurdumb:
Version 0.6 is released and available on Marketplace now. We spent quite some time to make reminder work. Now you can edit reminder of your tasks, and receive reminders on your phone as well (which has been available on my Dopod in 2005).

Also added is live tile integration. Now if you pinned Bring The Wine, the live tile will show the number of incomplete tasks.

We also realized some people like it simpler or just don't like Napa wines. An option is added to remove the background.

There's currently a bug that when you dismiss a reminder, it comes back when Bring The Wine synced with Exchange. This will be fixed in v0.7. The current workaround is to go to the task and uncheck Reminder.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] dkp1977:
Yet another big thank you for your effort. :) The live tile doesn't seem to work for me though. I currently have one active task. But the live tile still doesn't show any counter.

[Edit]

I added two more tasks, but the live tile still doesn't show any counter.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] ithinkurdumb:
@dkp1977:

Thanks for your quick feedbacks (as always). We actually use two ways to update the live tile. The app itself will update the live tile hourly (per MSFT's rule). The notification service will also update the live tile everytime the app syncs (if online service is enabled). In my own experience the live tile somestimes doesn't update that fast though. I'll check into in on Monday :p
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] dkp1977:
You're welcome. The least I can do is to give some feedback. :) Until now the live tile still hasn't got updated. Neither by the app itself, nor by the notification service, which I activated, of course. But I'm honestly convinced you'll get it to work. There's still no need to hurry, since the app itself is working great and exactly doing what it's supposed to. :)
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] dkp1977:
I just installed the new update that was available on marketplace this morning. Great job. I just love the new options (sort order, categorization etc). And you even built in an option to display the due date on the overview screen. May I suggest you align that date left? I think that way would look a little better than the right aligned one. :)

Live tile still doesn't seem to work in this version. But maybe I will have to wait for an hour until the app itself refreshes it.

Thanks again for all your effort. :)
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] dkp1977:
Live tile finally shows the counter now. Great.:) The live tile could use a little polish (anti aliasing or so) though.

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[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] ithinkurdumb:
@dkp1977,

Glad that you like the new update. We're quite satisfy with it as well :p

We're working on v0.8 now, and hopefully we can solve some issues so we can include realtime live tile update with it.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] dkp1977:
Just a few ideas that came to my mind when I was using the updated version a little more intense:

- categories should be saved, so that next time you want to apply a category to a new task you can choose previously made categories from a dropdown menu instead of having to enter the same categories over and over again

- there should be an option on what to display on the start screen of the app. Either to-do list, tasks or maybe your categories - which then on tap just display the to that certain category belonging tasks.

- when you're in the to-do list, all the checkboxes of the task list are displayed on the very right of the screen. I think they should be made invisible unless you open the very page they belong to.

Just ideads though. :)
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] ithinkurdumb:
@dkp1977,

Depending on Exchange/Outlook versions, categories might be stored in Exchange Server or in Outlook. Therefore our approach is generating the category list from existing tasks. If you add "Category Yellow" to a task, you should be able to choose "Category Yellow" in all tasks. Let me know if it's not the case.

We're already working on a customizable home screen, and we'll certainly consider a categorized view.

This is by panorama's design (you're supposed to see what's coming in the right). But a downside is that you might accidentally check/uncheck tasks on the right pane. We'll make sure it's fixed in v0.8.

As always, thanks for the suggestions!
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] dkp1977:
Maybe if you put the checkboxes on the right side of the screen? Then they wouldn't be displayed anymore and thus wouldn't even need a fix for being accidentically activated. ;)

Concerning the categories. I'm just a dumbass, sorry. :) I didn't even think about the categories that are used in Exchange. I just used categories like "work" or "private", without ever having these used in Outlook directly. So of course they were not saved. But why not let the categories directly synch with exchange? If categories have never been used before (either in Outlook or OWA) their default names are displayed, otherwise the synched custom names are shown.

Whatever, I edited the categories directly in Outlook now and they show up correctly in bring the wine as well. Thanks. :)
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] zard:
Same experience here about Live Tile not working.

Can someone explain to me the purpose of the Check Box for both lists? I don't see the difference between having it checked or unchecked.

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[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] dkp1977:
Checked = tasks completed, unchecked = task not completed

Depending on your settings (show completed tasks on or off) the checked tasks vanish from your task list.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] ithinkurdumb:
@zard:

As dkp1977 said, checkbox checked = task complete.

We experienced some issues with our notification service, which resulted in live tile reverting to the original tile. All issues have been resolved and live tile should update properly.

@dkp1977:

Thanks for pitching it ;)
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] zard:
Thanks.

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[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] zard:
If the following had been suggested or in the to do list, please ignore.

1. To include option of using own wallpaper or provide more wallpaper selections. Alternatively, provide different color tones as background, with corresponding font color.

2. To add in Out Of Office feature. It should be pulling the last message on the server instead of providing a standard message.

Thanks.

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[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] ithinkurdumb:
@zard,

The custom background has been suggested, and we'll implement this feature in future update. Could you explain what do you meant by "out of office"? Do you mean allowing users to set the out of office message on Exchange?
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] markomarkogame:
Gotta love it..
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Crisweber:
Hi:

Firstable many thanks for yor work.

I can´t sync to my exchange server

I have a user name, password and server but I need a SSL conection also.

How can do it? In Bring the wine there aren´t a field or similar to SSL

Thanks again
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] ithinkurdumb:
@Crisweber,

Whether BTW will use SSL/TLS or not is determined in the Server URL.

If you put https://mail.contoso.com/ (which is the default fictional value), BTW will use HTTPS to connect to the Exchange server. If you put http://mail.contoso.com/, BTW will use HTTP to connect to the Exchange server.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] zard:
Yes, that's what I meant. In Windows Mobile 6.5, this feature was available but it's not available in Windows Phone 7. Thanks.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] dkp1977:
Isn't the out of office thing rather related to e-mails than tasks?
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] zard:
Yes, it is but since the feature is not there in email, it takes a little bit more effort to code that into this app. Of course, it could be a completely new app but I'm coming from the point of speed of implementation.

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[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] dkp1977:
I just ask because it doesn't make too much sense for me to have an app that's dedicated to handling tasks yet even handle out of office messages. :) Either this should be implemented by Microsoft with some sort of update or developed as a standalone app.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] ithinkurdumb:
Bring The Wine v0.8 is available now.

The layout has been redesigned in v0.8. It now uses pivot instead panorama, as we're trying to bring a UX similar to Outlook Mobile on WP7. The new layout will also make more items accessible.

v0.8 also adds Bing as a background picture option. It will display Bing's photo of the day. Some minor issues are also addressed in v0.8 as well.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] ithinkurdumb:
@zard,

I agree there's certainly a need for out of office support in WP7, but I don't think BTW should include that feature as it's not really related to tasks. I'll see if we can roll out a simple app just for that quick enough =)
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] zard:
Thanks for agreeing to the need for out of office support, even though if it is a separate app from BTW. Let me know if you need a beta tester. I'm more than willing to help out if I have the capability, just don't ask me to help with coding as I can't.

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[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] dkp1977:
Great changes, mate! The left aligned date looks way better than it did before. Ditching Panorama for Pivot was another nice decision in my opinion. Improves the overall lucidity a lot. Removing the second task view was good as well, even though I consider the label "tasks" better than "to-do". But that's just from my point of view.

Thanks again for all your effort.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] ithinkurdumb:
@dkp1977,

Glad you got your phone back and that you like the new version. The goal was indeed of introducing a more "stock" feeling while improving the visual performance.

I prefer "incomplete tasks" and "all tasks" myself, but we chose to stick with Outlook's terminology.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] ithinkurdumb:
Bring The Wine 0.9 is now available to download/update on Marketplace.

We're glad to announce that with v0.9, BTW now supports Exchange Server 2003. v0.9 also includes several minor stability and performance fixes.

To sync with your Exchange Server 2003 account, enable "use legacy connection" in settings. If you have encountered connectivity problems previosuly, you can also give legacy connection a shot. Category support is disabled when legacy connection is in use.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] aquanaut88:
Exchange 2003 Support -- Thank you!!!

Many thanks for your work on this much-needed feature missing from native wp7!

Just discovered your latest version 9.322 and no install over NoDo update pushed on to HD7's this last Friday. Using exchange 2003 SP2, successfully established connection, but none of my tasks show on the default 'To Do' view. In Outlook 2010, I show 2 active tasks, one overdue and one due today. These are synced along with another 300+ tasks with our exchange server. Many have been completed, some are recuring and others are simple 1x tasks with a future due date.

My settings are:

Account:

Email: exchange user name

Password: *****

Server: https://xxx.abcdf.com.tw

Notifications:

Status: ON

Toast: OFF

View:

Show completed tasks: OFF

Order by: Native (Exchange) or Due Date (Outlook)

Show Due Date: ON

Background: Bing

Result:

No tasks show on my To Do List.

A newly created Task on WP7 does correctly sync to Exchange and then to my notebook Outlook 2010.

Showing Completed Tasks brings up tasks from 2009. 10 if set to show 10, 50 if set to show 50. But all from the oldest, unarchived tasks.

So, it's not a time-out as I thought, but a limit of 50 tasks that begin with the oldest first, regardless of status. Filtering 'completed' tasks would then show only current or 'active' tasks, perhaps with an optional filter 'due today' and/or 'due in next 48hrs'?

Cheers from Nankang
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] zard:
Hi, don't remember if a response had been given on Live Tile not working. I came across this thread http://mobilitydigest.com/my-live-tiles-are-dropping-like-flies discussing about Live Tile notifications.

In brief, there are pull and push notifications, with pull having no limits. Are you using pull or push? If you are using push, could you add pull notifications as well? Smart Tile v1.1 supports both and pull works for me.

Btw, how is the new app handling out-of-office message coming?

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[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Tumys:
Very promising application. Thanks a lot for your efforts! A tasks application like this is exactly what WP7 needs.

Unfortunately, I could not yet try it out myself. I receive "The server is not an Exchange Server" error. I tried every possible combination of settings.

On your website I read that an Exchange+TMG configuration can cause these problems. Do you have any hints to what to pay attention to?

I have a Exchange 2010 + TMG combo.

EDIT:

I was able to solve the problem. The /ews/ service was not properly configured/published. It now works perfectly!

Thanks a lot for this application!
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] ithinkurdumb:
@aquanaut88,

When you have over 50 completed tasks, there's a chance (it depends on the Exchange Server) that none of your incomplete tasks will be synced. This is a known issue and we're working on it.

@zard,

The live-tile is using pull notification, which has an 1-hr interval limit. Therefore there will be a delay of the incomplete task count. We're working on some way to resolve this limitation.

We don't quite have time for the out-of-office app yet, but I'll keep you posted =)

@Tumys,

Glad that BTW works for you!
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] ithinkurdumb:
@aquanaut88,

This issue will be resolved in the next update, which should be available in Marketplace in a few days. Thank you for bringing it to our attention.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] aquanaut88:
That's great news, thanks! Looking forward to your next update.

Cheers
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] aquanaut88:
Ignore my previous comment -- not sure what changed overnight, but it's connecting fine this morning.

The incomplete tasks are now showing.

Under settings menu, categories -- on/off button might have typing error: Show Completed Tasks. Probably should be "Show Categories"?

Cheers
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] ithinkurdumb:
@aquanaut88,

We did changed some Exchange connection code on v1.0, but they're related to incomplete/complete tasks handling and shouldn't affect connectivity. We also didn't notice any issue with Exchange Server 2003 when testing v1.0. It's really odd that v0.9 synced fine but v1.0 stopped working.

Could you PM me your Exchange server URL so we can take a look?
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] ithinkurdumb:
Bring The Wine 1.0 was released to Marketplace. It seems a bit odd to release a major revision on April Fools' Day, but we don't control the Marketplace testers :p

I would like to thank everyone here on XDA that helped us playing and dog food eating it. We got a lot of wonderful ideas and feedbacks from you.

Again, if you like BTW, please help us spread the word (and perhaps rate it on Marketplace); if you hate it or have any sugguestion, please do let us know so we can improve it. Thanks!
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] dkp1977:
Nice integration of the categories now. Maybe you could make it an option to show each category on its own pivot? Just a thought. Once again, nice job. I love your app. :)
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] zard:
Is Toast Notifications the setting for Live Tile notification for incomplete tasks? With the steps by jimski from mobilitydigest, I got the tiles that don't work working now but not for BTW and notesly free.

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[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] ithinkurdumb:
@zard,

There're two settings for notifications. The general setting must be enabled in order to receive tile updates. The toast setting is for receiving task reminders. You should get tile update as long as the first setting is enabled.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] zard:
Noted. Will check. Btw, is it possible to reduce the font size used? I always felt that the UI will look better with a smaller font. Thanks.

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[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] ithinkurdumb:
@dkp1977,

Initially we thought of doing that (one pivot for each category). But since the number of categories can be as high as 25 and PivotItem uses quite a lot of memory, we decided to go with the current design.

@zard,

The current font size was chosen to be matching with the font size on system apps (such as Outlook).
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] dkp1977:
Makes sense. :) How about adding each category name as a header (in a little bigger font size or bold or so) followed by the corresponding tasks?

Like:

category one

task 1

task 2

task 3

.

.

category two

task 1

task 2

task 3

.

.

And like I mentioned a little earlier, sort of a highlighting system would be very nice. Having overdue items displayed in red and completed tasks in green. Or soemthing similar.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] zard:
Finally have the opportunity to take a look at your FAQ:

Service (receive notifications about your tasks)

1. enabled notification services but never received task reminders.

First ensure both notifications and toast notification are enabled. If the problem persists, it might be caused by your wireless carrier. Contact technical support so we can assist you. I have both turned on

2. pinned Bring The Wine but the live tile is not updating.

Live tile is updated once every hour to comply with Microsoft regulations. If the live tile never shows your incomplete task counts, ensure online service is enabled. If the problem persists, it might be caused by your wireless carrier. Contact technical support so we can assist you."ensure online service is enabled", are you referring to WP7, Settings, System, cellular, Data connection?