I don't want to sound like a smart ---, but what functions are gained by upgrading to version 11? I have the format and modules working just about as good as I'd like. I've combined 3 old Today screen apps into one very good one with TP10. And it looks like version 11 will require a rewrite of my skin file and a new learning curve. So....are there any new features in 11 that 10 doesn't have? Is there any speed increase; bug fixes (I haven't noticed any bugs in my case)?
In other words, if I'm VERY happy with version 10, would I be EXTREMELY happy with version 11? :wink:
Thanks.
-Bob-
I believe that the skins for v0.10.? will work with v0.11.0. Did you read the version information that accompanies the the new version download in the changlog forum? The main features that I find worthwhile are:
- Sunrise/Sunset, Moonphase info, and Moon Rise/Set info
- Able to specify location of supporting folders (buffers, images, etc) such as a storage card which can help save system memory
- Outlook scrolling and format changes to Today/Tommorrow date header
- Fixes to Today/Tommorrow header and Countdown display
- Able to turn Activesynce refresh off, which benifits those that cannot connect to the internet at work (i.e. behind a proxy server
- Config application for easier changing of settings (which some may not like).
- I always like new things :)
The config application may not be perfect right now, but if future versions continue to use values store in the registry, then you might as well bite the bullet now and transfer your settings using the config app and gain these other nice features.
Quote- Outlook scrolling and format changes to Today/Tommorrow date header
- Fixes to Today/Tommorrow header and Countdown display
Can you explain these two points?
Thanks.
-Bob-
Outlook Scrolling
TodayPlus can now advance the agenda data by specifying a date with one of the button command actions. The POOM commands also return information such as the first and last displayed date. What this means is that it is now possible to "scroll" the data up or down without needing to pop up a calendar to pick a new date. This is much faster and allows you to quickly see for example all tasks/appointments for the last displayed appointment that might be cut off in the display.
The slider skin has up/down buttons that will allow you to advance the display forward or backwards when using the Agenda filter.
Today/Tomorrow Headers
TodayPlus has the ability to display text in place of, or along with today's and tomorrow's date. For example, instead of displaying "Friday December 19, 2003" in the Agenda view it can be made to display "Today" or "Today, Friday December 19, 2003". The prior version had this defined in the config file, which caused problems with some skins that used a more compact display (date text would bleed over the appointment). Now the format can be specified within the skin. These new commands are: options,today-text,<date format> and options,tomorrow-text,<date format>.
Fixes to Today/Tommorrow header and Countdown display
Dispay of Today/Tommorrow headers and Coundown info was changed to be based on the current date, instead of the currently top displayed date. These problems have now been fixed.
Prior versions had a problem that the date information for the top appointments always included the Today/Tomorrow header, even if you picked a date a month into the future.
A similar problem plagued the Countdown filter. If an event showed it was 10 days away and you advanced the display by one day to view more events, if this same event was still display, it would show 9 days away instead of 10.
Hope this helps.
I saw some discussion about POOM speed with various old skins. Since I spent a lot of time tweaking my skin (and I had to have a LOT of help doing it) I think I'll hold off on version 11 till I have time to rework my skin. It would be nice if someone wrote an app that would create skins graphically, similar to SkinMe for Dashboard, for idiots like me. :wink:
Thanks for your help.
-Bob-
fishboy
But the [updatetime] doesn't work in TP011.0? Why?
Quote from: rebeckerI saw some discussion about POOM speed with various old skins. Since I spent a lot of time tweaking my skin (and I had to have a LOT of help doing it) I think I'll hold off on version 11 till I have time to rework my skin. It would be nice if someone wrote an app that would create skins graphically, similar to SkinMe for Dashboard, for idiots like me. :wink:
Thanks for your help.
-Bob-
There is only a couple of lines in the POOM section you have to change or add. Should take about 10 minutes max to get it working. Let me know if you would like me to show you the exact lines.
Blazingwolf,
Yes! Since I used your POOM for my skin version, any help you can give me will be GREATLY appreciated.
-Bob-
Ok. here are the lines for the Today and Tomorrow headers. I left the region identifier so you know where to place them.
region,13,0,-1
options,today-text,'Today', MMMM dd, yyyy
options,tomorrow-text,'Tomorrow', MMMM dd, yyyy
These are the lines to get the POOM section updating correctly:
if,var,var15,,<,60
outlook,5,0,235,%var15%,%var9%,%var8%,228,var20,var19,11
else
// outlook,5,16,230,112,%var9%,%var8%
outlook,5,13,235,%var15%,%var9%,%var8%,228,var20,var19,11
endif
These lines are just below region 13 page 4. Look for the if,var line. That is the indentifing line.
This next set of lines allows you to add scrolling to the POOM section. The are to be placed immediatly below the POOM correction lines.
calcvar,var22,firstoutlookday
calcvar,var22,-,%var22%,7
imagebutton,198,0,down_arrow.png,t,-1,25,var19,11
button,198,0,11,11,-1,23,0,
imagebutton,184,0,up_arrow.png,t,-1,25,var22,11
button,184,0,11,11,-1,23,0,
Hopefully I made it understandable. If not let me know and I will help more.
QuoteThis next set of lines allows you to add scrolling to the POOM section. The are to be placed immediatly below the POOM correction lines.
Can you explain this? Do you mean directly below the 'endif' line from the other edits?
Thanks.
-Bob-
Quote from: rebeckerQuoteThis next set of lines allows you to add scrolling to the POOM section. The are to be placed immediatly below the POOM correction lines.
Can you explain this? Do you mean directly below the 'endif' line from the other edits?
Thanks.
-Bob-
Yes. That is exactly what I meant. You can look at the slider skin for an example if it will be easier. Let me know if you need more help.