[APP] iManager - 3D Task Manager v0.09.03b [Updated 2/25/2011]

[lnando84]

Here's a great task manager I found made by xda member "antru". It was made for the HD2 but works great on my tp2. I take no credit in making it, I'm just sharing so others here can use. Enjoy..

Version: iManager 0.09.03b
Desc: Fast and tiny tap-oriented task manager.
Last update: 2.25.2011

Attention. Some people say that device works slower when iManager is in background. If you noticed that on your device please write about it with bug reports.



Video, illustrating its functionality HERE!!

System requirements:
1. WM >= 5.0 (not tested on WM7 yet)
2. Does not require .NET at all.

Status: program is in development mode, so I'll be very appreciated if you test it on variety of WM devices and send me bug reports.

Usage:
1. Launch exe file or use your hardware button to activate it
2. Move finger to switch the tasks
3. Move window left or right to close it
4. Tap and hold your finger longer than 2 seconds to exit the app.

Memory usage:
1 MB per each window task for 16 bit devices and 480x800 resolution

Bug reports:
At each launch the program will create report files in its folder. I would very appreciated if you send it to me (or upload to this thread) with some description of a problem.

Changes since 0.09.02b
Changes since 0.09.00b
Version 0.09.00b
Changes since 0.05.00a
Changes since 0.04.00a
Changes since 0.03.05.02a
Changes since 0.03.04.04a
Changes since 0.03.04a
Changes since 0.03.03a
Changes since 0.03.02a
Changes since 0.03.01a
Changes since 0.03.00a
Changes since 0.02.04.01a
Changes since 0.02.03.01a
Changes since 0.02.02a
Changes since 0.18a
1. 32 bit devices support. Probably will launch on HD2 Leo and etc.
2. ini-file support (see below)
3. Scroll speed, scroll start sensivity, remove window speed - customizable values
4. Exclusion list for windows enumeration, windows remove action list.
5. Toggleable log and profile output

ini-file description
If ini file doesn't exist it is created with the values by default. Ini file name - "iManager.ini.txt". txt extension is made due to Word for Windows mobile editing opportunity.


INI-file description:

[Config]
BackSkin=Off - { Off | image.jpg } - background image, Off or filename without path. Location of image - the same that iManager.exe has.
BackSkinOpacity = 50 - (0-100) background screenshot opacity percent. It is layered above background image.
CloseOnDeactivate = Off - close iManager on the first app activation
HideWhileInactive = Off - hide iManager when in background mode
HighPriority = Off - { Off | On } when "On", iManager has high priority while active
Multithread = On - { On | Off } - toggle multithread Direct3D render
Render = OpenGL - { D3D | OpenGL | GDI | Realtime } - choose render engine
ScreenSkin = Off - { Off | image.jpg} window image, Off or filename without path. Location of image - the same that iManager.exe has.
ScreenSkinOpacity = 50 - (0-100) window screenshot opacity percent. It is layered about window image (image.jpg)
ShowProcInfo = Off - { Off | On } - show process info in window screenshot (window name, executable name, memory usage)
UpdateTime = 0 - (0-...) - texture update frequency in background mode in seconds (0 - disable)
VibroNum = 1 - vibration port number

[Control]
RemoveSpeed = 700 - window speed while removing from list (pixels per second)
ScrollSpeed = 1200 - scroll speed (pixels per second)

[Debug]
Enum=Off - toggle advanced debug information while windows enumeration
KineticTest = Off - if kinetics don't work for you then switch KineticTest=On and Log=On and send me bug report
Log = Off - { Off | On } - toggle bug report creation
Profile = Off - { Off | On } - toggle profile creation (profile is used to test program performance)
Render=Off - toggle advanced debug information while render

[Exclude windows]
desktop = Exclude - exclude window "desktop" from the list (not case sencitive)

[Exclude executables]
shell32.exe = Exclude - exclude window of process "shell32.exe" from the list (not case sencitive)

[GDI]
BPP = Default - { Default | 16 | 24 | 32 } GDI screenshots bit depth. Default is bit depth default to your device

[On Remove] - action when remove program from list
manila.exe = No Action - no action. for example manila can't be deleted, so no action
shell32.exe = Hide - hide window instead of closing it, for example, shell32.exe soft resets the device when I try to close it

[Remove Action] - see this for more info
Left = Remove - { Remove | Close | Hide | No Action } - action to perform while sliding the screenshot to the left
Right = Remove - --"-- to the right

[Render]
Alpha = On - { On | Off } - toggle alpha transparency
BackColor = #80202020 - background rectangle color #AARRGGBB (AA - alpha in hex, RR - red, GG - green, BB - blue. (AA = 00 - disable)
BackTexture = On - { On | Off } - toggle background texture
BilinearFiltering = On - { On | Off } - toggle texture bilinear filtration
Opacity = 90 - (0-100) - window screenshots opacity percent
TextureHalf = On - { On | Off } - toggle half sized textures

[Scroll]
ZoomTime = 200 - zooming time in milliseconds
Type = Snap - { Snap | Kinetic | Continuous | KineticSnap } - scrolling type
Vibrate = 0 - (0-...) vibrate when window is near center (0 - disable), milliseconds
Freeze = 0 - (0-...) time to freeze scrolling when window is near center (0 - disable), milliseconds
SnapSpeed = 10 - Scroll speed in snap mode

[StartUp]
AutoStartUp = On - start iManager on Windows start. Start/restart iManager to take effect.
WaitApps = On - wait for apps from [WaitApps] list to start. Then start iManager
WaitAppsNum = 0 - find [WaitApps] apps in memory attempts count (0 - infinite)
WaitTimeout = 2 - program start timeout

[WaitApps]
manila.exe = Wait - exe file name (not case sensitive)

Performance tips:
1. Switch background texture off. More textures - more often texture switches while render - perfomance reduce. (BackTexture = Off)
2. Switch both BackSkin and ScreenSkin off.
3. Switch half sized textures on (reduce videomemory and processor consumption) (TextureHalf = On)
4. Switch logging off (Log = Off)
5. Switch profile off (Profile = Off)

More Info as well as Bug Reports can be found on the Application Thread HERE

[lnando84]

Update: 30.11.2010 v0.03.04.04a. -New Kinetics Algorythm

Please! Post in thread how the new kinetics algorythm works on your device. (if you post here i'll repost them on his xda thread)

[ccbroman]

this looks sweet, i love eye candy, overclocking might help with performance issues.... thanks man

edit....i am working with the program right now, i am playing with the .ini file, seems to prefer the D3D setting as opposed to the openGL

still works great though!!!

Good FIND boss

edit #2 - seems to hang when the lock screen is activated, it will not refresh into sense again, just gets stuck, still playing with .ini file, maybe its a performance issue or a graphics issue...

[rrjskj]

good find man imma try it out here in a few..


slapping the thanks button...

[lnando84]

Update: Dec.03.2010 v0.03.05.02a Cab added to 1st post..

[lnando84]

Update: Dec.06.2010
Version: iManager 0.04.00a.Software.Render

Changes:
1. Software GDI render (ini-file Config - Render = GDI)
2. Ini-file parameter - Scroll - ZoomTime = 200 (in milliseconds)

[itzdarave]

nice find.. it works well on my TP2. No complaints really besides having to make a quick link.

[lnando84]

Originally Posted by itzdarave

nice find.. it works well on my TP2. No complaints really besides having to make a quick link.

You could also use keyboard controller and assign it to work with a long press of one of your hardware buttons. Its how I have it set up and it works out pretty nice that way.

[lnando84]

Update: Dec.14.2010
Version: iManager 0.05.00a.

Changes:
1. New render type: Realtime - ligth version of software render without any textures
2. CloseOnDeactivate option. iManager closes after first app activated by it.
3. Real vibration work time. Try use Vibrate=10 or Vibrate=20 to test this. (Test if your music stops while iManager vibrate and tell me please, I'll make it optional feature).
4. Left Slide and Right Slide separate remove action types.
5. Bug with incorrect windows is fixed.
6. New scroll type: KineticSnap. It is combination of Kinetic and Snap. KineticSnap is the same Kinetic type but it stops at screenshots center.
7. Some sort of skins or images on back and screenshots.

Separate remove action types description:
New section in ini-file: [RemoveAction]
It has two parameters: Left and Right that can take the following values: { Remove | Hide | Close | No action }
Close - force close any window
Hide - force hide any window
No action - do not do anything when trying to slide this direction
Remove - standart action which is described in [On Remove] section.

Skins:
Supported file formats: JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, WBMP, ICO - these formats are supported by my Windows Mobile. Try it.
Usage:
There are two parameters for back and for screens: BackSkin, BackSkinOpacity, ScreenSkin, ScreenSkinOpacity. If you don't want to use background skin - use BackSkin=Off. If you set BackSkin = image.jpg then there whill be an image on the back. And the screenshot of window will be layered above with the opacity, set in BackSkinOpacity (0..100%). The same is to ScreenSkin and ScreenSkinOpacity. BackSkin is not working when you switch BackTexture=Off.
If you switch BackSkin and ScreenSkin off then all the image loading and rendering system will be switched off that increases the speed of iManager launch and activation.
TextureHalf=On affects the skin textures.
Image size can be any of your choise but it is more efficient if you use the same dimensions as your device has. In the other case image will be unproportionally resized to screen dimensions.

[lnando84]

Version: iManager 0.05.02a

Changes:
1. Some bugfixes
2. Try to fix landscape problem

Please try landscape mode. Try to rotate screen while iManager is active or inactive. Try to launch iManager before after rotate. Try in different render modes (D3D, OpenGL, GDI, Realtime). Report about the results please.