Scrolling appointment plug in

[Guest marsb007]

ok, figured it out partially...

the stupid "No upcoming appts" is the only thing that shows up in yellow now... any thoughts?

[Guest marsb007]

got it... was just a matter of adding the

to the background section...

Hope the memory leak is fixed in the next release (I can't use the Camera to record after the phone's been running for a while - I get a low memory error). Otherwise good job.

So how do I find out about future releases?

Edited May 24, 2005 by marsb007

[Guest sullivanpt]

Hi,

Future release announcements will be posted here and e-mailed to customers of record along with download instructions.

The memory leak has been really bugging me too, as it becomes an issue faster when Bluetooth is enabled on my Mpx220. No joy yet though :-(

[Guest chucky.egg]

Hi Patrick

Maybe a stupid question, but is there a way to have the plugin NOT show the Location field for appointments?

I want the date and time, and the subject, but I'm not interested in the Location for 99.9% of appts

I've tried show-location="false", but that didn't do anything

Thanks

[Guest drblow]

You could just remove that part of the xml altogether, or else just set the x value to 220 or something offscreen. ;)

[Guest chucky.egg]

Thanks Doc, but my XML is done the lazy way:

<!-- Calendar Plugin -->

<plugin clsid="{1BC4FD2C-5B25-4f34-A4A8-58915667BF3D}" name="appointments" height="31" scroll-timer="10" scroll-speed="1500" scroll-days="2" show-recurring="false" show-location="false"  

launch="Office\papyrus.lnk" >

  <format state="unselected" font-size="11" font-weight="normal" fgcolor="#6B6961" />

  <format state="selected" font-size="11" font-weight="normal" fgcolor="#000000" />

  <text>No appointments</text>

</plugin>

[Guest drblow]

Oh you layabout! ;) Try this ...

<plugin clsid="{1BC4FD2C-5B25-4f34-A4A8-58915667BF3D}" name="appointments" height="29" 

      scroll-timer="0" scroll-speed="0" scroll-days="14" launch="\Storage Card\windows\Papyrus\Papyrus.exe"> 

   <format padding-bottom="2" x="1" y="-9" font-face="Nina" font-size="14" font-weight="normal" /> 

      <format state="selected" font-face="Nina" font-size="12" font-weight="normal" /> 

      <background> 

         <format state="selected" bgcolor="transparent" fgcolor="#000000" valign="top" bgimage="\Storage\Application Data\Home\Blue\altcal.jpg"/> 

      </background> 

      <label> 

         <format state="noevent" visible="true" />  

         <text>No upcoming appointments</text> 

      </label>

      <label x="40" y="1" valign="top" halign="left" font-weight="normal" font-size="12"> 

	<format state="selected" bgcolor="transparent" fgcolor="#000000" />

  <format state="unselected" visible="false" bgcolor="transparent" fgcolor="#000000" />

	<text>Time/Date: <time/><separator/><date/></text>

      </label> 

      <label x="40" y="13" w="120" valign="top" font-weight="normal" font-size="14">

	<format state="selected" bgcolor="transparent" fgcolor="#000000" />

  <format state="unselected" bgcolor="transparent" fgcolor="#000000"/> 

         <text>Appt: <subject/></text> 

      </label>  

      <label x="220" y="28" halign="left" > 

	<format state="selected" bgcolor="transparent" fgcolor="#ffffff" />

  <format state="unselected" bgcolor="transparent" fgcolor="#888888" />

         <text>Location: <location/></text> 

      </label> 

   </plugin>

[Guest chucky.egg]

Thanks Doc, I'll give it a try

[EDIT]

Cool.

Thanks fella, looking much better now

[/EDIT]

Edited May 26, 2005 by chucky.egg

[Guest drblow]

Fagettaboudit! ;)

[Guest rpitera]

Patrick-

I noticed your postings on SBSH's Papyrus forums and your intention to support Papyrus.

Papyrus Support

I'm using PowerCalendar right now, but if your plugin supported going to the calendar date displayed on the homescreen - I'd certainly make the change to Papyrus, since it looks like DeveloperOne has all but abandoned any work on PowerCalendar. Papyrus looks much better and your plugin (with the go to date feature) would blow PowerCalendar out of the water!

Is this possible? Planned? Pipe Dream on my part? ;)

Also, any timeline on version 2.0 and how do I make sure I get the update? I'm a registered user (bought through Handango) and the only reason I found out about the 1.9 update was from coming here.

Thanks!

Edited June 4, 2005 by rpitera

[Guest sullivanpt]

The go to date is definitely possible, with the help of SBSH .

The update remains delayed, sorry. I thought had a handle on the memory leak issue, but it still evades me. :cry: As is is, I have to reboot the enhanced version twice daily! I wouldn't wish that on anybody.

[Guest extravagant]

The go to date is definitely  possible, with the help of SBSH .

The update remains delayed, sorry.  I thought had a handle on the memory leak issue, but it still evades me. :cry: As is is, I have to reboot the enhanced  version twice daily!  I wouldn't wish that on anybody.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I just thought of a nice addon! Perhaps this would be useful for people, a number indicating what number the appointment is (in sequence) in the current day. For example:

1. Engineering Exam

South Building

9:00am - 12:00pm

that would make things a lot easier :D :D :( just a suggestion! AND THANKS AGAIN! ;) :D ;)

[Guest extravagant]

I just thought of a nice addon! Perhaps this would be useful for people, a number indicating what number the appointment is (in sequence) in the current day. For example:

1.  Engineering Exam

    South Building

    9:00am - 12:00pm

that would make things a lot easier :D :D :( just a suggestion! AND THANKS AGAIN! ;) :D ;)

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

welllllll then again! the time is mentioned so there should be no difficulty in knowing whats next :) NVM!!!!!

[Guest rpitera]

The go to date is definitely  possible, with the help of SBSH .

The update remains delayed, sorry.  I thought had a handle on the memory leak issue, but it still evades me. :cry: As is is, I have to reboot the enhanced  version twice daily!  I wouldn't wish that on anybody.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I really haven't had any memory leak issues, and I use a number of repeating events.

Right now I would DEFINITELY suggest to move from PowerCalendar to Papyrus; the feature set is MUCH better. DeveloperOne commented on my post to say that the update has been delayed because of WindowsMobile5 coding issues, but that I'll be 'more than impressed'...

They also talked about their OWN homescreen plugin, but if you could partner with SBSH and get the API working, I think a Papyrus/Ptksl Plugin Bundle would be not only a GREAT buy, but also would have DeveloperOne seriously disadvantaged.

I've moved to Papyrus, and (obviously) have Ptksl on my homescreen, so if you need a beta tester, please contact me!!

[Guest coolandfast]

i'm just wondering, what's the latest version?

i bought the plugin and i'd like to know, if developement is still in progress. there is still the memory leak which forces me to reboot the c500 now and then....

thanks for a short reply.

Edited August 28, 2005 by coolandfast

[Guest sullivanpt]

The good news is I still haven't given up on fixing the memory leak.

[Guest coolandfast]

The good news is I still haven't given up on fixing the memory leak.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

that's indeed very good news.... :)

[Guest coolandfast]

meanwhile i have bought a spv c600 and installed the plug-in. basically it runs, but there seems to be some changes to the c500 how XML is worked with.

for example: a birthday appointment (all day appointment) is now shown over 2 days...

any idea, how to change this?

where will i find the reference code for the xml for windows mobile 5.0?

btw: i'm still hoping, there will be a version 2.0 of this plug-in. because i still think, makes the spv much more useful...

Edited March 26, 2006 by coolandfast

[Guest sullivanpt]

Hi I'm glad you enjoy it! As I recall there is a specific tag for "wrap" that you put in the XML.

My readme file says: - The valign attribute can also be set to "wrap", which indicates long text should wrap and start a new line (space permitting).

I haven't tried CE 5 much yet. Please let me know what you discover.

[Guest coolandfast]

hi sullivanpt

nice to hear from you. i guess you are not developing the plugin any further....

i know the wrap attribute, but this does not help.

a allday event, let say a birthday on march 31, 2006 will be shown in the plugin:

on march 31:

birthday xyz

on april 1:

03/31/06 - 04/01/06 birthday xyz

i do not think, this can be changed by using any attribute. i rather think, that in windows mobile 5.0 something else changed....

[Guest ewel]

I am really puzzled... the demo of the plugin worked fine in my homescreen, but after buying and installing the full version the space where the plugin was simply remains empty! - which I take to mean that WM5 cannot find the plugin or cannot work with it. I did however find ptkslapptplugin.dll in the Application Data/Home folder. Does anyone know a solution?

UPDATE: Got it to appear afterall... It seems the trick is not to let the installer of the full version uninstall the trial, but to uninstall the trial, reboot the phone, install the full version, reboot the phone and then finally activate the home screen that uses the plugin.

Now the trouble is that it seems to display something underneath the appointments... the no event label remains visible behind the events and appointments displayed! :)

UPDATE II: With the kind help of Patrick I managed to get the no-event state to show only when there is no event. Turns out the selected and unslected states have to be in one label. Now hopefully Patrick will help sorting out the remaining small problem whcih is that the no-event state does not respond to font-size formatting. But for the moment at least I can use this great plugin again!

Edited August 24, 2007 by ewel