Thanks, looking forward to your reports By the way i'm quite sure the configuration screen is too long to fit in the eee screen (at least on the standard resolution), but i don't know how much smaller i need to make it, so a screenshoot will come in handy As a tip for the impatient, when you close the config window it will automatically ask you if you want to save changes, so even if you don't see the save button there's always that option. And also you can edit wtrconf.xml directly if you know your way around XML.
Btw again, you do need .NET framework 3.0 for this, so unless you have any other apps that require it you'll probably have to install it. I know it kinda sucks because it takes some space which we don't want on EEE, but .NET is just the way to go with programming and it allowed me to make this much faster than with normal Windows programming. So, sorry about that
Also, if you like it you can just put a shortcut to the Startup folder in the start menu, and it will auto start every time you log in.

Btw, really must Use Google Chrome on the EEE, it's so fast and lightweight.

Last edited by mrbrdo (2009-01-16 8:19:07 am)

Hey, thanks for attaching the details - i think i see the problem. You probably changed the config, right? Else i don't know where the problem is
Anyway, i think i fixed this (else you could send me your config file later), but i want to add the option to show the taskbar also for you so i'll post the fix in a bit.

Take care!

Yeah, actually it only works in 3.5 anyway My mistake before... But i think i could compile it for 3.0 if someone can't use 3.5 for some reason.
Anyway, i hope i fixed your problem now, and now you can check weather to show the taskbar in the configuration tool. Tell me if you are still getting the error. (same link as in first post, i've updated the file)
Btw isn't the config screen too big? At least i expected it would be... If it is, please post a screenshot

Regards

Last edited by mrbrdo (2009-01-16 9:54:15 am)

Like i said, i know how you feel But I didn't have much choice Maybe i could recompile it for an older version of the framework, but i don't know how much that'd help. Anyway, sooner or later u need .NET anyway since many newer programs use it (i think even the newest MSN uses it), so i guess it's not so bad.

Last edited by mrbrdo (2009-01-16 10:05:51 am)

mrbrdo wrote:

Anyway, sooner or later u need .NET anyway since many newer programs use it (i think even the newest MSN uses it), so i guess it's not so bad.

just because 'many newer programs use it' doesn't make it any better, now does it?

but nice work, keep it up.

Im gonna follow this thread, looks promising.

Ok, nice to hear!
I will be optimising the speed a bit in the next days, because there is much i can do to make it faster (i think). I will also experiment if i can make it show a background in the main window without any problems.

Regards!

looks very nice, il test it and report back

Btw i just added a nice little feature, it's enabled under skinning and it's called "Desktop replace mode". Only tested this on XP. What it does, is it replaces your desktop background and icons on the desktop with the Windows Touch Remix. So, when you click show desktop for example, it will show the WTR interface. Of course, when you close WTR, all your icons and desktop background will be restored. To close it, it's still like before, just click somewhere in WTR and press alt+F4.
Note that in this mode it's not possible to disable the taskbar (i.e. fullscreen mode), unless you set hide taskbar in Windows, which will then work like it usually works in Windows.

Just an idea: make a shortcut to your desktop folder in some category, and then you can drag it into Favorites. After you close WTR, you can remove the desktop folder from the category, but it will stay in favorites. Now you have a tidy desktop but still access to all your icons!
To make a shortcut to desktop, just add a button in the configuration tool with "Program" set to something like "C:\Documents and Settings\mrbrdo\Desktop\" (just replace your username).
Here's a nice icon to use for folders: http://www.coolwebstock.com/upimg/allim … 477801.png

Edit:

Version 1.02b:
- added option to import programs from start menu (configuration tool), drag and drop approach
- added option to not resize small button images

Version 1.03b:
- seperated skins from main config (wtrskin.xml)
- favorites are editable in config tool now
- Wallpaper maker (cuts any image so it will work in the application)

So this means now it's easy to share the skins (just share wtrskin.xml and the imgs folder), but your current configs will not work anymore. It can be fixed, if u already changed the skin (else it is not worth it maybe). You must copy wtrconf.xml to wtrskin.xml (so u have 2 files that are the same). Then open wtrskin.xml and change at the 2nd line "<Config" to "<SkinConfig", and in the last line "</Config>" to "</SkinConfig>". If you did it right then it should work like before.

Last edited by mrbrdo (2009-01-17 10:15:36 pm)

mrbrdo wrote:

Don't know if the fact you guys didn't reply means it's working or it's not working

for me it means its working lol

Edit: just noticed. that this is using up 50mb of ram, which seems alot for a Launcher to use.  and its right from the start, so it doesnt seem to be a leak.

Last edited by markp1989 (2009-01-18 5:44:48 pm)

my ram usage is probably quite highr because a couple of my icons are rather big

i think that the memkry usage is related to .net, because there are other .net apps showin similar memory usage.

i really like how this software is progressing. i espeacaly like the program tab, and the wallpaper tab. are you planing to make it so i can rearange the catorgorys manualy?

again, i would like to say thankyou!

here is a screenshot of mine, looks nice! :d

Last edited by markp1989 (2009-01-18 8:21:07 pm)