WP7 Style Launcher for TP2 *Updated 12-13-2010*

[compton1024]

try what everyone said to get working on tp2 and nothing but looks great

[Musicman247]

Originally Posted by vital00000

this is way cool, installed it and am loving it.
a bug i did find is if you delete a tile it stays there just turns black, for instance i deleted the picture tile and now its just a black square i cant do anything with.

Right now the only tiles that delete permanently are the very last tiles. If you delete further up it will turn into a blank space. You can move other tiles into the blank space, but you cannot delete it unless it is at the bottom.

So, to delete the Picture tile, swap it with the Calendar (with no other tiles below it) and then delete it.

I'll work on it for the next version and see what I can do.

[Musicman247]

Originally Posted by compton1024

try what everyone said to get working on tp2 and nothing but looks great

Are you using WM6.5? What messages (if any) are you getting?

[vital00000]

i think that there may be more constraints then just the file size for the pictures. all of the pictures in the fold i chose were smaller then 800k that said when i remove the sample avatar pictures wich are the only ones that always show on the tile for me it wont work. the avatar pics are not only small in file size but in dimensions aswell. just throwing this out there...

works just fine if they are there great work!

just tested with another small picture; it worked just fine with the avatar pics gone and another small pic there... but its much smaller then 200-800k

[Musicman247]

Originally Posted by vital00000

i think that there may be more constraints then just the file size for the pictures. all of the pictures in the fold i chose were smaller then 800k that said when i remove the sample avatar pictures wich are the only ones that always show on the tile for me it wont work. the avatar pics are not only small in file size but in dimensions aswell. just throwing this out there...

works just fine if they are there great work!

just tested with another small picture; it worked just fine with the avatar pics gone and another small pic there... but its much smaller then 200-800k

That's interesting. I've had pictures that I've taken with my camera that are 878kb show up in the Picture Tile. What format are you using? JPEG? I would be interested in getting one of your pics and try it and see what's going on.

[vital00000]

Originally Posted by Musicman247

That's interesting. I've had pictures that I've taken with my camera that are 878kb show up in the Picture Tile. What format are you using? JPEG? I would be interested in getting one of your pics and try it and see what's going on.

some of them are the sample pictures that were preloaded, others are pictures i have taken with the phone. but the only pictures i have had it load are the samle avatar pics and other very small pictures I grabed to see if it made a difference

[Musicman247]

Originally Posted by vital00000

some of them are the sample pictures that were preloaded, others are pictures i have taken with the phone. but the only pictures i have had it load are the samle avatar pics and other very small pictures I grabed to see if it made a difference

And the pics are in the folder that you are choosing at setup? They need to be in the actual folder and not in a sub-folder in that directory.

I'll test again with the Sample pics and see if I can replicate what you're describing.

Edit: Initial tests are showing you are correct. I'll look into it. Thanks for bringing this to my attention!

[vital00000]

Originally Posted by Musicman247

And the pics are in the folder that you are choosing at setup? They need to be in the actual folder and not in a sub-folder in that directory.

I'll test again with the Sample pics and see if I can replicate what you're describing.

it pulls up the small pictures so i have it on the right folder.

its mydocuments/mypictures

its not a big deal to me but it might be the reason some people cant get it to work... i just know if i didnt have one of these really small pictures in the folder it would just sit and spin... and im not sure but my small picture is the first picture alphabetically so im not sure if that matters or not...

[Musicman247]

After some more testing I have discovered that the program will easily use PNG images up to 850kb, but does not use JPG images over 250kb. More investigating is required, but for now I guess use PNG images.

[kaos]

didnt work for me on vins newest plutonium 6.5.x. lets me set it up then never loads.