Guest Orneta Posted March 29, 2003 Report Posted March 29, 2003 NOW THE ORNETA NOTEPAD IS CODE-SIGNED AND IT RUNS BOTH IN LOCKED AND UNLOCKED SMARTPHONES! Orneta Notepad is available for download through Handango from here (but it is still freeware). You can also comfortably download Orneta Notepad DIRECTLY TO YOUR SMARTPHONE (OTA = Over The Air) by directing browser in your smartphone to this address: http://mobile.orneta.com We write, that the license type is "Shareware Registration" so that in case somebody would like to get e-mail support or if somebody would like to have more influence on new features of Orneta programs for Smartphone, then it is possible to buy this program (for $2.44 = £1.63). Shortly speaking: if you buy the program you get support and we consider your wishes for new features with highest priority. If you want to use this program as freeware (without e-mail support and without influence on future Orneta software) then simply click on "Trial" and you get FULLY FUNCTIONAL SOFTWARE - it is STILL freeware! WARNING: this program is not signed (it runs only in unlocked smartphones), but if you buy it now you will get signed version for free. We expect to have this program signed at latest by the end of May 2003. ____________________________ Now, the list of features of Orneta Notepad looks like this: - NEW in version 1.18: when sending SMS messages now you can pick SMS recipient from "Recent" menu position in the sending dialog - so no need to pick SMS recipient from full contact list - therefore much faster SMS sending possible! - NEW in version 1.18: new feature in File menu: Instert a file - now you can insert content of some file opened through mini-browser into currently edited file - in this way you can merge files and compose bigger files from smaller ones - NEW in version 1.18: mini explorer that is built-in into the program has been extended with the new feature: when you try to open another file, then the explorer is being opened in exactly the same position (folder highlighted / file highlighted ) as last time you used the explorer; thanks to this feature you can open subsequently many files from the same directory without the need to nagivate to it each time again and again from the beginning - NEW in version 1.18: font preview field added to font settings dialog: you can now immediately observe how the font will look like, that you want to use - NEW in version 1.17: corrected error in menu : "Menu / File / File associations". Now when you enter there "txt", and when you put *.txt files to Start Menu then you can open them automatically with Orneta Notepad in the menu of the phone (or from other location with some file explorer)! - NEW in version 1.17: new menu position : "Menu / Edit / Time/Date" - it enters current time and date into the text. - NEW in version 1.17: new menu positions: "Menu / Search / Goto Start" and "Menu / Search / Goto Start". - NEW in version 1.16: now when you want to send the text through SMS, then you can select mobile phone number for SMS-ing also from Contact list! - NEW in version 1.16: you can set now, in dialog General Settings, the default input method; for example if you set "T9" as default method, then, if you exit the program and start it again, then it will have the method that you have set as default ("T9"!). - NEW in version 1.16: "File Associations" dialog (menu File / File Associations) when you can associate selected file type (like "txt") to the Orneta Notepad. - NEW in version 1.16: correction: now settings are placed in the correct location in the registry. - NEW in version 1.16: correction: now setup installs properly to the phone or to the memory card - as user wants - previously setup program was installing only to the phone. - when you re-open some lately edited/viewed file through "Recent" menu, then it opens and scrolls down to the position, where cursor was last time you closed this file! In this way you can use the Notepad as a reader - it will remember your current reading position. - you can set left margin size - now you can change "Weight" in "Font Settings" so that you can set bold or light font styles if you wish - sending by Email as attachment now possible: in menu "Misc. / Send via Email" - option to turn on and off the filename in the title bar, so if you have a longer filename the chars (number of characters/size) get hidden, or off the edge of the screen, in menu "Misc. / General Settings" : checkbox to turn on or off the filename display. - splash screen removed - so that now you can open the application faster - read and write text files - send files/texts as SMS (the program will show you of how many SMSes given text consists, so that you know how much you will pay SMS-wise) - see size of the text in title bar dynamically - editing functions: Copy/Paste/Delete/Undo - selection mode where you can select text for editing purposes - searching functions: Search/Search Next (the text, that has been found is highlighted and the window is scrolled to the position of this text so that it is visible) - use font of any size you want - very big or very small - in this way you can see much more information at once (small size font) or read from bigger distance (big size font) - Word wrap - Recent - list of files lately open - so you can rapidly open lately edited files without browsing them each time - opening/saving of files at any location is possible, thanks to built-in mini-explorer - all settings are saved to the registry, so that next time you open the application they are not forgotten - possibility to specify a file to be opened as argument: create shortcuts or associate this program with some file types (txt or any other) and then you can call this program with command line argument, for example content of shopping.lnk can be such: 56#"Storage CardProgram FilesOrnetaNotepadOrnetaNotepad.exe" Storage Cardshoppinglist.txt and thus you will be able to start program with the text opened inside - immediately. If you wish more features send them to us through our contact form here. Quality of our software, both commercial and freeware, is ABSOLUTELY very important to us in Orneta, so if you notice any problems let us know using the same concact form or just send e-mail to us! We promise to debug all problems.
Guest ajb3000 Posted March 30, 2003 Report Posted March 30, 2003 I don't like the look of the exit page when you have unsaved changes, maybe something like: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You have unsaved changes, are you sure you want to exit? Yes No --------------------------------------------------------- Would be better?
Guest sunny Posted March 30, 2003 Report Posted March 30, 2003 i've another suggestion please ! :oops: could you make this soft able to get command line i.e : ornetanotepad.exe %1 or ornetanotepad.exe file:%1 i just want associate file to this soft !
Guest Orneta Posted March 30, 2003 Report Posted March 30, 2003 i've another suggestion please ! :oops: could you make this soft able to get command line i.e : ornetanotepad.exe %1 or ornetanotepad.exe file:%1 i just want associate file to this soft ! done!!!! Now you can run the program with one argument and thus open text file immediately from the link (.lnk) or through (any, not just txt) extension association. And by the way we improved look and feel of warning dialog in case user tries to abandon editing without saving. Version 1.09 of notepad is here as always (submit there feedback about errors so that we can improve quality of the software, what is very important to us).
Guest Monolithix [MVP] Posted March 30, 2003 Report Posted March 30, 2003 SMS doesn't work. (Don't you need privilidged access to the phone to do this?)
Guest Orneta Posted March 30, 2003 Report Posted March 30, 2003 SMS doesn't work. (Don't you need privilidged access to the phone to do this?) Sorry to hear this, but we have tested it on regular (unlocked) SPV phones and SMS sending from Orneta Notepad works perfectly - even big, multiple-SMS texts are being sent OK. If you could describe the problem in such a way, that we could repeat it and have the same error, then we could solve it. Otherwise: maybe you make simply mistake in the number or something...
Guest Monolithix [MVP] Posted March 30, 2003 Report Posted March 30, 2003 Random text Menu > send SMS > enter number It then hangs for a few minutes nad gives an "Error: message could not be sent" screen. Others have had the same problem. Surely a signing issue?
Guest Orneta Posted March 30, 2003 Report Posted March 30, 2003 Random text Menu > send SMS > enter number It then hangs for a few minutes nad gives an "Error: message could not be sent" screen. Others have had the same problem. Surely a signing issue? as said before : it works and tested by us many times. be sure that you set check box "Default" (right to "SMS Server") so that it will take SMS Centre number from the phone. And enter your number in this way: set check box "+" and enter number WITH INTERNATIONAL CODE, i.e. for example for Poland: 48601123456 what corresponds to "+48601123456" or to Polish locally "0601123456". In case of UK then set check box "+" and enter number like 44xxxxxx where 44 is prefix for UK. (if only we knew how to call contacts from contact list we would do it , but apparently there is no API for this...)
Guest v1nn1e Posted March 30, 2003 Report Posted March 30, 2003 What about sending an email with the text attached as a text file or just as a message?
Guest Monolithix [MVP] Posted March 30, 2003 Report Posted March 30, 2003 Sorry, had the prefixes mixed/wrong. Apologies for causing a fuss :lol: Again with the signing, will Orange not have to sign it (which i did not think they were) to allow privilidged access on "normal" handsets?
Guest madu Posted March 30, 2003 Report Posted March 30, 2003 GREAT WORK!!! It would be better though I think if the 'send sms' actually launched a New SMS and *pasted* the text in there.. with a dialog box before "Chars: XX - Txts:XX - Send:Y/N". this would allow email and address book recepients. possible??
Guest v1nn1e Posted March 31, 2003 Report Posted March 31, 2003 Yeh thats a idea good. If all explorer etc can do this using its "send via email" functions then it should be possible. Would prefer this way purely due to the contacts issue and also this way allowing to choose email or sms.
Guest jaknife2000 Posted April 1, 2003 Report Posted April 1, 2003 Hi ya, Must say i really like the app, and i also really use the app. I have found a couple things which if possible could be looked into please. 1. If you open a file, it defaults to abc input mode ? Could this default to t9 ? or a choice in the misc -> properties screen ? so that it reads the default mode. 2. Also on the abc mode issue, if you change to t9 mode, then use certain features on the menu (Save as, properties etc) it reverts back to abc mode. 3. I like to chars in the titlebar, very nice, but i would like the option to turn on and off the filename in the title bar too, as if you have a longer filename the chars get hidden, or off the edge of the screen, so possibly in the misc -> properties screen again, a checkbox to turn on or off the filename display. 4. Obviously sms / email from your phones contacts is a big on which i think everyone would like to see. (not necessarily pasting it into a new screen, but the ability to choose a contact, and or send method, email / sms) Like the char counter and no of sms's needed display. 5. Some apps when you view a file or dont make any changes, it greys out the save option, you possibly can't grey it out, but maybe a small (s) in the titlebar, to signify it has been saved ? Again then an option in the msic -> properties screen. 6. Like the size in the misc -> properties screen, possibly an actual file size as well as no of chars ? These are just some ideas i would like to see, others may disagree, i don't know, i use the app quite a bit, and they would make it more pleasurable for myself when using it. But hey, what the hell do i know ?
Guest v1nn1e Posted April 1, 2003 Report Posted April 1, 2003 You could introduce a status bar. This would be either just below the title bar or above the menu bar. In here you could have the counter so it would not take over the title bar. Also you can have other indicators like word does e.g. has the file been save(floppy icon with cross), line numbers etc. I think taking off the filename on the title bar would not be a good idea or waste of space in the menu if an option was given, like jaknife2000 wanted. Instead show the filename and have the counter in another bar sounds good i think. Or why not just make a word clone for text documents!? :lol:
Guest Orneta Posted April 6, 2003 Report Posted April 6, 2003 New version, 1.11 released here . New features: - sending by Email as attachment now possible: in menu "Misc. / Send via Email" - option to turn on and off the filename in the title bar, so if you have a longer filename the chars (number of characters/size) get hidden, or off the edge of the screen, in menu "Misc. / General Settings" : checkbox to turn on or off the filename display. - splash screen removed - so that now you can open the application faster
Guest Orneta Posted April 6, 2003 Report Posted April 6, 2003 Hi ya, 3. I like to chars in the titlebar, very nice, but i would like the option to turn on and off the filename in the title bar too, as if you have a longer filename the chars get hidden, or off the edge of the screen, so possibly in the misc -> properties screen again, a checkbox to turn on or off the filename display. 4. Obviously sms / email from your phones contacts is a big on which i think everyone would like to see. (not necessarily pasting it into a new screen, but the ability to choose a contact, and or send method, email / sms) Like the char counter and no of sms's needed display. done in version 1.11 ! thank you for suggestions! download it here as always. YOU CAN SEND VIA EMAIL! let us know if it works properly!
Guest lutzh Posted April 6, 2003 Report Posted April 6, 2003 very useful application. thanks for sharing it and for offering it for free! cheers, lutz
Guest fumaras Posted April 6, 2003 Report Posted April 6, 2003 thanks for this great program :lol: i just see a very small problem (?) : the Weight value in Misc. -> Font settings doesn't seem to change the text form.
Guest v1nn1e Posted April 6, 2003 Report Posted April 6, 2003 This app is very useful, and always getting better. Thanks Suggestion: The actual lines of text start from the first pixel, hence it being close to the edge of the screen. This makes some characters hard to read. Would be good if you could leave the first pixel empty then start the text from the second pixel onwards. Hope you understand what I mean! :?
Guest Orneta Posted April 6, 2003 Report Posted April 6, 2003 thanks for this great program :lol: i just see a very small problem (?) : the Weight value in Misc. -> Font settings doesn't seem to change the text form. corrected in version 1.12 - now there is spinner control then . the problem was: only special values were allowed and of course users did not know which to set ... the spinner control solves the problem!
Guest Orneta Posted April 6, 2003 Report Posted April 6, 2003 This app is very useful, and always getting better. Thanks Suggestion: The actual lines of text start from the first pixel, hence it being close to the edge of the screen. This makes some characters hard to read. Would be good if you could leave the first pixel empty then start the text from the second pixel onwards. Hope you understand what I mean! :? Corrected in version 1.14! Now in menu Misc./General Settings you have field "Left margin size" with spinner - option of course saved in registry after exiting the program . Thank you for noticing this problem.
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