view+

[gelleal]

Hi all!

New View+ version is available for download (1.17).
Major improvements - see Readme attached!

Leonid (Leo)

[gelleal]

Originally posted by cshandley
It should be trivial for the author to fix this, if he was kind enough to look into the problem..

If You could gather WINS versions of all OPXs necessary, there is a good chance that Edo shall look into the problem

Leonid (Leo)

[Ed_Ca22]

How big is view+. It sounds like it could be handy on my revo, but I have very little space. Cheers,

Ed.

[gelleal]

Originally posted by Ed_Ca22
It sounds like it could be handy on my revo
Ed.

Sorry, You cannot use View+ on Revo (now)

Leonid (Leo)

[cshandley]

If You could gather WINS versions of all OPXs necessary, there is a good chance that Edo shall look into the problem

I will post the OPXs in three parts, to fit within the 100Kb limit.

N.B. Some of the OPXs *may* only work when using the RELease (rather than DEBug) mode of the emulator, so if View+ or the emulator crashes upon starting View+, check it is not in DEBug mode (which requires editing a BAT file).

[cshandley]

Here is the second part

[cshandley]

Here is the third and final part

[gelleal]

Originally posted by cshandley
Here is the third and final part

Thanks!

Leonid (Leo)

[Lewis]

Leo,

Just a belated thank you for the part you've played in getting View+ released - I understand from Edo that you deserve much of the credit for encouraging (cajoling? ) him to release View+ publically and include extra features!... clearly, you've been heavily involved in (monumental) Beta testing but, also, your help in liaising with we poor English-speaking View+ newbies, here at PsionPlace, has been very valuable and much appreciated!

Oh, and I did try your suggestions (forwarded by Edo) for getting View+ to work on a Series7:
I tried moving all my OPXs from C, but wherever I put the OPX folder, I get a 'C, D or E:\system\opx\JPEGMBM.OPX Does not exist' error when attempting to launch View+.
I tried your second suggestion of changing the OPX's UID3 - using View+, of course! - but kept getting a 'File in use' error, which I don't understand.

The Series7 was a 'clean' machine with OS build756 and I got the same problem on another machine with OS754... could it be, perhaps, in any way related to the seemingly anomalous fact that just this OPX is not packaged as a SIS file (I've had some strange 'Not found' errors with corrupt SIS stub files recently on another machine which ChrisH thinks may be some OS glitch)?

Anyone else got View+ running on a Series7 (apart from King Midas, apparently!)?...

Regards, Lewis

postscript:
...just realised that 'jpegmbm' is the same OPX used by Imaging, which is installed conventionally as part of its SIS package.

[cshandley]

I've had some strange 'Not found' errors with corrupt SIS stub files recently on another machine which ChrisH thinks may be some OS glitch

I have v.recently thought of a better explanation for it, which is basically down to the version info stored in the SIS file - and have uploaded versions which (fingers crossed) should fix it.

[Lewis]

Ah, yes, Chris; I noticed this when browsing the freepoc forum, just afterwards - and have downloaded the latest FastBackup Alpha & TubeRoute Beta (which I will have a look at, once I've made some room for it!).

I doubted this problem with the View+ 'opx does not exist' error on a Series7 was directly related... but figured you'd throw some light on it, if you could, as something of an OPX guru!

Cheers, Lewis

[gelleal]

Hi all!

Now we have a WINS version of V+!

It is not exclusively WINS version, but release 1.17 adjusted to run on the Emulator as well.
It is necessary to install version 1.17 on the Emulator and then replace View.app with the one provided in

v+_1.17b_wins.zip file.

Note+ will be resized to 800x600 screen size as well.
Edo says that all future View+ versions will be WINS ready too!
So it 'd be always possible to take our desktops anywhere instead of netBooks!

You can download WINS version from
http://free-st.t-com.hr/meco/files/v+_1.17b_wins.zip

Please note that ImgTrans will not work in the emulator, so better do not install it there!

Leonid (Leo)

[cshandley]

Following on from a couple of discussions on Epoc Chat, I present here a little program that will make View+ "stick" to the System screen, so that you won't loose View+ when you tap on the System browser :-)

Brief documentation is also provided - please read it! Also, please remember that I wrote View+Forever in only a few minutes!

[gelleal]

Originally posted by cshandley
I present here a little program that will make View+ "stick" to the System screen, so that you won't loose View+ when you tap on the System browser :-)

Regret to inform that it does not work on my machine at all
After been started (nevertheless V+ is running or not) there is a blinking message "Looking for View+" which cannot be cancelled (loops?)
Moreover, if I get V+ to foreground manually, it goes back to background on its own in some seconds, as if the View+Forever cancels it!

Also some comments fron Edo follows:
============================
Besides being of controversial use, it is a quick&elegant solution.
Although it will not work for all those running Merlin on their
machines. By the more or less known fact, Merlin forces itself
forEver on top of ALL other processes. So, View+Forever will (forever)
be assuming that System is NEVER foregrounded!
This is how the problem is (in principal) solved in View+, checking
whether System is REALLY foregrounded (in this case 1st_BELOW View+):

loop
...
if (2nd_process=/system/) or (1st_process=/merlin/ and 3rd_process=/system/)
return KTrue% /System in the foreground/
endif
...
end of loop

Simmilar check-pointer should be installed in View+Forever.
I remember to have warned MartinG, once, about the same problem with the
Pallete failing to check if SKETCH app was foregrounded!
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Leonid (Leo)

[gelleal]

BTW, here is the Readme file from View+ v. 1.18 (to be published soon).
Very interesting!

Leonid (Leo)