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 Apr 15 2008, 14:08
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 The Main Man  Group: Admin Team Posts: 20,428 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage  |
QUOTE(simonster @ Apr 15 2008, 14:05)  I was thinking, I'd like to include a little graphic on the About page of HelloTwitFace that says "works with MoDaCo AppToDate" or something...the MoDaCo dude would look cool on a badge! It could form part of an affiliate type program.... Definitely planning to have AppToDate 'badges', probably not MoDaCo branded but with AppToDate's own branding. I need someone graphically talented to create these (and an AppToDate icon for that matter!) QUOTE(simonster @ Apr 15 2008, 14:05) AppToDate obviously feeds back the stats to you, so why not have it feed back info about the appx.xml files on devices, you could gather this info, take the path to the online XML and build it into an automated software directory webpage. Where you could download the XML file for every app that has AppToDate support. Then when I as an ATD user want an app I just check your directory and download it with ATD. Potentially a zero management catalogue of all apps with support, you could add a set of tags like <public library> yes </public library> to allow people to opt in / out. Software discovery forms a very important part of the ATD future plans... I am focusing atm on getting the Beta looking right, then rolling to a 1.0 release (adding all the error checking etc. etc.) and most important of all, getting as many developers onboard as possible! When that is done, then we can look at expanding. QUOTE(simonster @ Apr 15 2008, 14:05) Also, how about the ability to include Beta deployments? i.e. <beta cab> and <beta xml> type tags? Nice idea! P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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Apr 17 2008, 20:59
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 20,428 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage |
OK, so here's how i'm planning to do this.
Imagine a device that is VGA, OS 4.2 and PPC. AppToDate will search the XML in the following order: - Look for a caburl for VGA, OS 4.2 and PPC - If failed, look for a caburl with OS 4.2 and PPC - If failed, look for a caburl with PPC - If failed, use the default caburl with no specifics This way, you can support as specific a CAB as you like, or just have a simple one caburl file. If you want to do PPC and SP only, thats easy too. Good solution? This will be in the next build! P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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Apr 17 2008, 21:11
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 Did I say that out loud? Group: News Team Posts: 4,526 Joined: 20th August 2003 From: Kent, England Member No.: 13,469 Device(s): Kaiser, Touch |
QUOTE or just have a simple one caburl file That's quite important to me, with very limited experience of all this stuff Perhaps I'm being niaive, but I thought that screen res was something that you could code for (so that your app adjusts automatically). If that's the case is there really a need for a res "setting"? |
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Apr 17 2008, 21:18
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 20,428 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage |
Some developers have requested this, and do have seperate VGA and QVGA CABs. Each to their own
 I will point out that the very basic XML that is posted at the top of the developer support topic will ALWAYS work. As new stuff gets added, backwards compatability will 100% be retained! P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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Apr 18 2008, 21:06
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Enthusiast  Group: Posters Posts: 174 Joined: 15th April 2008 From: Bristol! Member No.: 378,942 Device(s): HTC Prophet |
Sounds like a great set of solutions, but another possible addition to the checks would be a "Free" or "pay money for this" set of tags, so a user can upgrade the free version or use something like your PayPal donate tool to pay for the upgrade or maybe just have it show a url for the pay to use version.
In fact, a way to integrate this tool and the PayPal utility anyway would be awesome! Maybe a <paypalurl> tag in the xmls? This post has been edited by l3v5y: Apr 18 2008, 21:07 -------------------- |
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Apr 20 2008, 07:59
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Newbie  Group: Posters Posts: 12 Joined: 15th March 2005 From: San Diego, CA Member No.: 117,201 Device(s): HTC Titan/Sprint Mogul |
Here's a couple ideas:
-Doug -------------------- -Doug Melton
supware.net Ericsson T28z < SonyEricsson T68 < SonyEricsson T610 < Audiovox SMT5600 < TMobile SDA < Sprint Mogul |
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Apr 20 2008, 11:13
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 20,428 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage |
1. Yeah, something along these lines will happen in the future.
2. Not checked it out, but will have a look. 3. It is on Smartphone, looking into how to fix for PPC. P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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Apr 22 2008, 12:25
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Did I say that out loud? Group: News Team Posts: 4,526 Joined: 20th August 2003 From: Kent, England Member No.: 13,469 Device(s): Kaiser, Touch |
I think I've found a bug.
On my device (HTC Touch) if you click Cancel while it's "Checking for N updates" it gets to 100% complete (presumably skipping the actual checks) but then the hour-glass icon doesn't go away. Ever. Needs a soft reset afterwards to clear it (although the device still responds you can't do anything with ATD) |
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Apr 22 2008, 12:54
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 20,428 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage |
Known issue, fixed in the next release already
 P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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Apr 23 2008, 12:16
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 20,428 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage |
Multiple CABurl support is in the new build!
An 'advanced' developer guide will be online soon! P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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Apr 23 2008, 14:30
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 4 Joined: 19th April 2008 Member No.: 380,363 |
QUOTE(Paul (MVP) @ Apr 23 2008, 08:16) Multiple CABurl support is in the new build! Wah!! I can't seem to get the latest build working. It says it installs successfully but the shortcut's gone and I can't find the executable. I tried redownloading the cab a couple times. Is it just me? |
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Apr 23 2008, 14:38
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Did I say that out loud? Group: News Team Posts: 4,526 Joined: 20th August 2003 From: Kent, England Member No.: 13,469 Device(s): Kaiser, Touch |
Worked OK for me, but I did the update through ATD itself (rather than downloading the new CAB manually)
The self-opening thing worked too |
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Apr 23 2008, 15:01
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 20,428 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage |
QUOTE(john.galmund @ Apr 23 2008, 15:30) Wah!! I can't seem to get the latest build working. It says it installs successfully but the shortcut's gone and I can't find the executable. I tried redownloading the cab a couple times. Is it just me? Which device John? P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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Apr 23 2008, 15:47
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 4 Joined: 19th April 2008 Member No.: 380,363 |
a motoq with wm5. after installing i'm not seeing it on the remove programs list either. strangeness...
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Apr 23 2008, 16:08
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 20,428 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage |
Hmm, I will investigate...
P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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Apr 23 2008, 16:18
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 20,428 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage |
Could be a setup dll issue, so i've removed it from the online CAB. Please redownload and try again!
 P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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Apr 23 2008, 16:33
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 4 Joined: 19th April 2008 Member No.: 380,363 |
Better, but hmmm. Now it installs, I see the shortcut and after it says "checking for 1 update... 100% complete", I see "an unexpected error has occurred in apptodate.exe. Select quit and then restart this program or select details for more information". The top of the details says:
Microsoft.AGL.Common.MISC.HandleAr() at System.Windows.Forms.WebBrowser.Navigate() at System.Windows.Forms.WebBrowser.set_DocumentText() ... |
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Apr 23 2008, 16:45
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 20,428 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage |
I had that once on my SP test device and a reboot fixed it. Most odd tho...
P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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Apr 24 2008, 13:20
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 42 Joined: 19th May 2003 Member No.: 6,428 |
Hey Paul,
I like your apptodate app.. It's a great applicatoin with a lot of potential, if other developers participate. I just updated (via apptodate) to the new version and saw the option save CAB's to Storarge Card. This is a very good option, but i belive it would be even better if i could select the folder in the storage card where all the cabs are saved. I have a folder on the root of the storage card named "Apps" and it would be great when all the downloaded applicatios where downloaded automatically to that folder. I could imagine some else has a similar folder called Cabs or whatever. In this way every one could download the cabs directly where they want it to.. Edit: I see the ApptodateCAB folder on the storage Card, but a folder specified by the user is more userfriendly i think. This post has been edited by ghozd: Apr 24 2008, 13:25 |
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Apr 24 2008, 13:30
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 20,428 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage |
All good feedback, thanks, i'll look at making this user customisable in a future release
 P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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