PicDialer 1.0 now in beta (01/01/07)
 

Updated 01/17/07

Thanks beta testers! I haven't gotten many problem reports so i'm going to assume everything is running fine.

I'll try and get a 1.0 final release by this weekend.

Updated 9/29/06

I got my 700wx on Friday, and by Saturday, I had created my first .NET compact application!

I'd been wanting a way to see a list of all my contact pictures, and then dial them. This functionality didn't come with the phone, and I didn't bother searching the web, so I created my own:

http://philchuang.com/cs/photos/scre.../original.aspx

Feedback/questions welcome!

looks nice. im gonna try it when i get home and ill compare it with photocontacs pro.

sweet I will give this a try later. I'm trying to learn here and there about programming with vs05 pro. Its an amazing program and well I'm in over my head :D

Ok checked it out...its nice to be ur first and I do have a few suggestions. First as per microsoft, they say make ur expanding menu on the right soft key and one action on the other. Then if possible maybe making it where u can also scroll the contacts on one page with the joystick/d-pad. Then make the right soft key scroll through pages maybe. I dunno but I think this would help with using one handed. if I think of more I will let u know.
~mike

ps nice app to be ur first.

This rules for the mere fact i only have pictures of the people i would ever call :P

Works great on my 6700 i dont mind the interface...likely going to use this as a Today Screen "Contacts Button" replacement

If you are looking for feature ideas to add: SMS, MMS, Email options maybe just to interface with VJPhonetools via commandline...mmm
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Thanks for the feedback guys, i'll release a new version soon.

I started my 2nd app yesterday, and that's when I figured out the softkey standards.

There's not many Actions I can put on the left softkey, other than Refresh/Settings. I'll probably just put Settings there, and move Refresh over to Menu.

As far as usability goes, I initially tried to design it so that individual pictures could be selected with the d-pad, but that proved to be pretty difficult due to the default d-pad behavior. So instead I have the dpad switch screens, then to dial, you have to click the picture. I figure that's the best compromise I can do for now.

For SMS/Email/other ways of contact, I can add in a context menu on each picture, so that it'll bring up a list of ways to contact that you can select.

good ideas ;) this will be a useful app when mapped to a hard key. :D

Speaking of which, does anybody know how to put my app in as a menu option on the today screen? Or know who does? It'd be sweet if I could insert it in there under the contacts item.

no clue :? sorry.

I'd add the latest directory to the board, but I guess atttachments are turned off for this board or my account.

I'll post it tomorrow via megaupload sometime.

nall attachments arent turned off, did u try in advanced mode? did it give u an error?
~mike

Well, technically attachments are enabled, however, when I tried to add one, it said the max length was one byte. :) Might take me a couple hundred thousand posts at that rate.

From: http://www.cmz727.com/alan/6700/6700.htm

Here is the registry hack for the softkeys on the today screen:



ALWAYS BACKUP YOUR REGISTRY FIRST



To change the softkeys on the Today screen

The left-hand softkey settings are at 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Today\Keys\1 12', the right-hand softkey


settings are at 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Today\Keys\1 13'

The 'Default' string value can be changed to whatever text you wish to have displayed

The 'Open' string value can be changed to the program you wish to run when the softkey is pressed

For example, to change the left-hand softkey to start the Messaging program (text messages and emails) you would set:



HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Today\Keys\11 2\(Default) = Messaging

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Today\Keys\11 2\Open = \windows\tmail.exe

That'd work for completely replacing the softkeys, I but I want to insert my program into the menu (right softkey), not completely replace them.

Hmmm...

same here--I tried like 2 days ago to add a tiny file (kb in siize) and got the same error.

thoght I hit my limit again! Guess not.

This guy might know how since he replaced my entire Right softkey with a "New" menu that is customizeable.

http://www.saman-cz.com/ppc/index.html


Maybe it's a lead maybe it's not, but hope it gives you an idea one way or another...

Personally very happy with my PicDial right softkey :) If I need one of those "Other" contacts I look them up on PocketBreeze's ContactBreeze, or fetch it from the built-in contacts.

Btw your idea of a context menu when holding down on a pic makes me a happy muppet. Thanks for what you have done sofar.

I updated it some more:

I adjusted the board upload limit the other day and may have entered the wrong value so I will check that. sorry and mala u know I raised ur board limit soooo u should know its not that. :D

That's going to be kinda hard. that right soft key on the 700wx is tied into the Phone app overlay.

Watch when the system boots and you'll see the real softkeys (phone and calendar) are "covered up" by Palm's app.

Palm's apps (there are 2) are a mishmash of .dll files and are actually registered as hidden TodayPlugins.

Not even WM5NewMenu (saman's app) will overwrite Palm's (I use his app but via a hardkey). He won't be able to help either...in fact no one at XDA will until the 750v comes out on Vodaphone in October. :cry: sorry!

Wideawake: good to hear! I'll upload later. lol

Here it is.

(Thanks to Wideawake for fixing the attachments issue)

Edit by Wideawake
Edited first post to reflect change log and attached newest version.

Thanks...as u can see I edited ur last and first post to attach to main post to clean up and make sure they get the newest build. no probelm about the attachments.....sorry for that inconvience anywayz. I changed somethings and set it to bytes instead of megabytes :oops:
~mike

Dude.

no, i mean DUUUUUUUDE

Yourprog > everything

Context menu now....Although I'm male, I wanna have your babies.

Let me know.


Lol. :) Thanks again.
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Edit: Hrmm when I try the text or email stuff it says "This functionality is not yet implemented."

YOU TEASE ME!!!! ; ; Thanks for the work sofar, is that functionality message yours or something else?

yea its still in the beta stages...zaijian correct if I'm wrong and according to the readme he's working on it. ;) hey zaijian away u can build in the .net framework 1.0...I hate having to install 2.0 even though I can install to the card. if its not possible, its cool.
~mike

Should be in the latest version (0.85b)

I'll see what I can do!

I'll have a new version out by monday that'll do sms/email!

Wideawake, is it a big deal to install .net cf 2.0? How much space does it take up?

.net 2.0 takes up 5436kb but if u don't wanna do that don't worry about it.....just was throwing it out there to see.
~mike

Updated to 0.95b! Check first post.

awesome, thanks for the update

It's buggy, i'll have a new version out soon.

I love you.

Again.

I can text message from it.

You > All

wm 5.0
 

is this program ment for wm 5.0? thnx.

Re: wm 5.0
 

it works on WM 5 for sure. I developed it for my treo 700wx. it may be able to work on other ppc phones but I have yet to do any testing on them.

i'll have a 1.0 release very soon!

I've got the 1.0 version ready to roll out, I just need some people to test it!

If you want to help me test it, then PM me, and i'll send you the cab. After the final version is released, you'll get the registration code for free.

sent this to you in an email, but im gona post it here also just so other people can comment on it...

The settings default is that way on purpose, as is the non-persistence of settings - it's to encourage the user to register the program! :) If you keep the program running in the background instead of fully closing it (which is the recommended way of using the program, since it has a startup time), then the settings will remain in memory as you set them.I may make that an alternate way of controlling it in the future. For the time being, I just tried to make it simple and require the touchscreen to dial. Of course, this screws smartphone users, so I'll be forced to do something about that eventually.If you HOLD on the contact picture, it'll pop up with a context menu with all their contact options (tel, text, email, etc)Which is why I recommend keeping it open. I'm not sure how big of an impact it has on memory, because although I keep mine open all the time I don't have that many other programs running in the background.

I have tried to tune the program to be pretty efficient when opening so that it'll be quick to re-activate and page through the contacts. It has a long startup time so that it can have much quicker in-app response time.I would love to figure out how to do this, but from what I understand, it'll take a lot of effort to figure out and doesn't really have that big of a benefit. It's on the todo list, but I don't know when I'll be able to implement it.Thanks for the feedback, I really appreciate it!

I can't run at my wizard... have an error!

calomx@gmail.com

Thanks beta testers! I haven't gotten many problem reports so i'm going to assume everything is running fine.

I'll try and get a 1.0 final release by this weekend.

just curious about the status of this. It sounds interesting and I would really like to give it a try. Thanks ZaijiaN for all the work you've put into it so far.

I've had a couple of busy weeks, haven't had the time to polish it up - but it'll be out soon now!

Cool. That was a fast reply. Thanks for the update.