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1st March 2006, 18:09
WisBar Advance V2.5.0.1
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WisBar Advance 2 expands upon the successful task management features found in the original WisBar Advance. Now more tightly integrated with the PocketPC operating system, WisBar Advance provides greater responsiveness and a richer user experience.
WisBar Advance 2 brings new life to your PocketPC with the ability to change the appearance of your system to a degree not matched in other software.
Features
* Compatible with PPC2002, WM2003, WM2003SE and Windows Mobile 5.0
* Close, minimize or ignore any application
* Switch between any application currently running on your device
* Provides a cascading start menu (as in the screenshot)
* Never miss a system notification again with the new dynamic notification icon
* Tap and hold the OK button to cancel a dialog
* Add or remove functions to the taskbar
* Each button on the taskbar can be assigned a tap and a tap-and-hold action
* Change the appearance of the taskbar, menubar, buttons and start menu in any program
* Supports high-resolution and landscape mode skins
* Customize the clock's appearance on the taskbar
* Hear sounds for system events, just like on your desktop
* Download and install themes created by other people
* Available in many languages
Version 2.5.0.1
Enhancements
* Added support for Windows Mobile 5 devices.
* The start menu button will remain in the pressed state until the start menu has closed.
* Added a shortcut to the notification bubble (named "Notification") for mapping to a hardware button.
* In the [Skin Info] section of a skin, a new value has been added:
PleaseWait=<path to image>
This image will be displayed when a theme is being applied to the device.
* Added the ability to skin individual notification icons.
* Created a notification callback system for applications/plugins that want to receive certain system events and information.
* The unexpanded control panel now groups the control panel applets appropriately.
* Added an option to show the actual notification icon when there is one notification pending.
* The HP Protect Tools control panel applet is now supported on the unexpanded control panel.
* If an application is specifically trying to hide the ok/close button, WisBar now hides the button appropriately.
* Added a start menu link to press the close/ok button so that this action can be assigned to a hardware key.
* Added an option to turn the screen off. This should only be used when assigned to a hardware button as you cannot tap the screen to turn it back on.
* The close program button is now a little more aggressive in closing programs.
* Sped up the screen rotation routines.
* When using a hardware keyboard, the Start Menu button will now display the cascading start menu.
* Added a vibrate button for when the device is in vibrate mode.
* Added a "Clipboard Manager" command for taskbar buttons which gives the user a menu of Cut, Copy and Paste.
* Added an option to automatically close the battery/memory panel after ten seconds.
* Added the ability to browse images by thumbnail, rather than by filename.
* Added "Close" to the task panel. Skinners: To skin the "Close" option of the taskpanel, just add an eighth image to the task panel buttons image and add "ImageCount=8" to the [Task Panel] section of the skin file.
* Added an option to play a sound every xx seconds while the notification icon is visible on the taskbar (the sound file is controlled by the theme and the reminder interval is under the "Delays/Times" page).
* Added a taskbar option to switch between the running tasks.
* Added a shortcut to switch between the running tasks. This is most useful when assigned to a hardware button.
* Added an option to turn the vibrate option on the volume dialog on or off for non-phone devices.
* Added an option to hide the notification icon unless there are multiple notifications pending (this is primarily useful for phone devices).
* The settings application now supports landscape and square screens.
* The close button will now close Weather Panel's Weather Details window.
* The battery meter will no longer drop to 0 when the battery state is unknown. It will remain in the last known state until the actual battery power can be determined.
* Changed the order in which the On, Off and Vibrate radio buttons are displayed in the volume control.
* Added ellipsis to the window title if it is truncated.
Bugs Fixed
* Fixed a bug where Pocket Informant 2005 would be restored if it was minimized and the battery panel was displayed.
* Fixed a bug where WisBar could not close PocketMusic while music is playing.
* Modified the installer code to fix some installation problems.
* Fixed a bug where the start menu would bring up Pocket Informant if it was minimized.
* Fixed a bug in the control panel where it would not rotate between portrait and landscape modes correctly.
* Fixed a scrolling issue in the cascading start menu.
* Fixed the rendering of disabled toolbar buttons.
* Fixed some memory leaks.
* Rewrote the cascading start menu code.
* Fixed a bug in the General Settings page where some of the options were displayed with the wrong text.
* Fixed a bug where the notification bubble may not be drawn.
* Identified several lockup areas and corrected them.
* Fixed a bug where the volume control wasn't dismissed by tapping away from it.
* Corrected a conflict with the Pocket Arabizer program.
* Fixed a bug where the battery/memory bubble didn't close when tapping outside of the window.
* Fixed a bug where the signal strength icon was not on by default.
* Fixed the on-call detection for PocketPC Phone devices.
* Fixed a bug where the task panel was aligned to the right side of the screen.
* Fixed a bug where on WM2003 devices, the correct version of VGARes.dll was not being installed.
* Fixed a bug where, on VGA devices, the task panel's images were in incorrect locations.
* Made a correction to correctly shutdown the program without freezing when Sprite backup shuts down WisBar Advance.
* Fixed a bug where the clock did not update immediately after switching the device back on.
* Fixed a bug where some applications caused multiple icons to be placed in the task list.
* Rewrote the skinning engine in order to prevent lockups on exit.
* Fixed a bug where the volume control could be displayed partially off of the screen.
* Fixed a bug where the program would hang the system when exiting.
* Fixed a bug where the "Export Theme" button did not work correctly.
* Fixed a bug that was causing the program to randomly crash
* Redesigned the process management code in order to stabilize the program.
* Fixed a bug where the ringtone, screen taps and hardware keypresses sounds were not being saved properly when adjusting the volume.
* Removed the custom SIP settings page as the bug that caused the need for the settings has been fixed.
* Fixed a bug where the notification icon would end up on top of the start menu button when it was supposed to be turned off.
* Fixed a translation error in the Dutch translation.
* Corrected the translation errors in the Spanish and Catalan translations.
* Fixed a bug where the "Close Background Tasks" still closed the foreground task.
* Fixed a bug where the volume control would lose the vibrate status.
* Fixed a bug where the browse dialogs did not work in the French language
Enjoy!
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[Only registered and activated users can see links]
[Only registered and activated users can see links]
[Only registered and activated users can see links]
[Only registered and activated users can see links]
WisBar Advance 2 expands upon the successful task management features found in the original WisBar Advance. Now more tightly integrated with the PocketPC operating system, WisBar Advance provides greater responsiveness and a richer user experience.
WisBar Advance 2 brings new life to your PocketPC with the ability to change the appearance of your system to a degree not matched in other software.
Features
* Compatible with PPC2002, WM2003, WM2003SE and Windows Mobile 5.0
* Close, minimize or ignore any application
* Switch between any application currently running on your device
* Provides a cascading start menu (as in the screenshot)
* Never miss a system notification again with the new dynamic notification icon
* Tap and hold the OK button to cancel a dialog
* Add or remove functions to the taskbar
* Each button on the taskbar can be assigned a tap and a tap-and-hold action
* Change the appearance of the taskbar, menubar, buttons and start menu in any program
* Supports high-resolution and landscape mode skins
* Customize the clock's appearance on the taskbar
* Hear sounds for system events, just like on your desktop
* Download and install themes created by other people
* Available in many languages
Version 2.5.0.1
Enhancements
* Added support for Windows Mobile 5 devices.
* The start menu button will remain in the pressed state until the start menu has closed.
* Added a shortcut to the notification bubble (named "Notification") for mapping to a hardware button.
* In the [Skin Info] section of a skin, a new value has been added:
PleaseWait=<path to image>
This image will be displayed when a theme is being applied to the device.
* Added the ability to skin individual notification icons.
* Created a notification callback system for applications/plugins that want to receive certain system events and information.
* The unexpanded control panel now groups the control panel applets appropriately.
* Added an option to show the actual notification icon when there is one notification pending.
* The HP Protect Tools control panel applet is now supported on the unexpanded control panel.
* If an application is specifically trying to hide the ok/close button, WisBar now hides the button appropriately.
* Added a start menu link to press the close/ok button so that this action can be assigned to a hardware key.
* Added an option to turn the screen off. This should only be used when assigned to a hardware button as you cannot tap the screen to turn it back on.
* The close program button is now a little more aggressive in closing programs.
* Sped up the screen rotation routines.
* When using a hardware keyboard, the Start Menu button will now display the cascading start menu.
* Added a vibrate button for when the device is in vibrate mode.
* Added a "Clipboard Manager" command for taskbar buttons which gives the user a menu of Cut, Copy and Paste.
* Added an option to automatically close the battery/memory panel after ten seconds.
* Added the ability to browse images by thumbnail, rather than by filename.
* Added "Close" to the task panel. Skinners: To skin the "Close" option of the taskpanel, just add an eighth image to the task panel buttons image and add "ImageCount=8" to the [Task Panel] section of the skin file.
* Added an option to play a sound every xx seconds while the notification icon is visible on the taskbar (the sound file is controlled by the theme and the reminder interval is under the "Delays/Times" page).
* Added a taskbar option to switch between the running tasks.
* Added a shortcut to switch between the running tasks. This is most useful when assigned to a hardware button.
* Added an option to turn the vibrate option on the volume dialog on or off for non-phone devices.
* Added an option to hide the notification icon unless there are multiple notifications pending (this is primarily useful for phone devices).
* The settings application now supports landscape and square screens.
* The close button will now close Weather Panel's Weather Details window.
* The battery meter will no longer drop to 0 when the battery state is unknown. It will remain in the last known state until the actual battery power can be determined.
* Changed the order in which the On, Off and Vibrate radio buttons are displayed in the volume control.
* Added ellipsis to the window title if it is truncated.
Bugs Fixed
* Fixed a bug where Pocket Informant 2005 would be restored if it was minimized and the battery panel was displayed.
* Fixed a bug where WisBar could not close PocketMusic while music is playing.
* Modified the installer code to fix some installation problems.
* Fixed a bug where the start menu would bring up Pocket Informant if it was minimized.
* Fixed a bug in the control panel where it would not rotate between portrait and landscape modes correctly.
* Fixed a scrolling issue in the cascading start menu.
* Fixed the rendering of disabled toolbar buttons.
* Fixed some memory leaks.
* Rewrote the cascading start menu code.
* Fixed a bug in the General Settings page where some of the options were displayed with the wrong text.
* Fixed a bug where the notification bubble may not be drawn.
* Identified several lockup areas and corrected them.
* Fixed a bug where the volume control wasn't dismissed by tapping away from it.
* Corrected a conflict with the Pocket Arabizer program.
* Fixed a bug where the battery/memory bubble didn't close when tapping outside of the window.
* Fixed a bug where the signal strength icon was not on by default.
* Fixed the on-call detection for PocketPC Phone devices.
* Fixed a bug where the task panel was aligned to the right side of the screen.
* Fixed a bug where on WM2003 devices, the correct version of VGARes.dll was not being installed.
* Fixed a bug where, on VGA devices, the task panel's images were in incorrect locations.
* Made a correction to correctly shutdown the program without freezing when Sprite backup shuts down WisBar Advance.
* Fixed a bug where the clock did not update immediately after switching the device back on.
* Fixed a bug where some applications caused multiple icons to be placed in the task list.
* Rewrote the skinning engine in order to prevent lockups on exit.
* Fixed a bug where the volume control could be displayed partially off of the screen.
* Fixed a bug where the program would hang the system when exiting.
* Fixed a bug where the "Export Theme" button did not work correctly.
* Fixed a bug that was causing the program to randomly crash
* Redesigned the process management code in order to stabilize the program.
* Fixed a bug where the ringtone, screen taps and hardware keypresses sounds were not being saved properly when adjusting the volume.
* Removed the custom SIP settings page as the bug that caused the need for the settings has been fixed.
* Fixed a bug where the notification icon would end up on top of the start menu button when it was supposed to be turned off.
* Fixed a translation error in the Dutch translation.
* Corrected the translation errors in the Spanish and Catalan translations.
* Fixed a bug where the "Close Background Tasks" still closed the foreground task.
* Fixed a bug where the volume control would lose the vibrate status.
* Fixed a bug where the browse dialogs did not work in the French language
Enjoy!
If you're a thankful user, and appreciate what we posters do, then kindly press the 'thanks' button!
[Only registered and activated users can see links]
[Only registered and activated users can see links]
[Only registered and activated users can see links]