New menu for WM5

[saman-cz]

As I missed New menu that was on previous versions of WM5, i looked for some replacement but didn't find anything. So I've created small app which simulates this functionality. It's actually configurable launcher with a few predefined actions. Here are some screenshots:



Its configuration is in "Settings" (control panel). It can be bound to the both today keys and any hardware button. In certain cases (if default app is bound to a today key) the new change takes effect after soft-reset. App will notice such case.

App home page: http://www.saman-cz.com
Direct download link:http://www.saman-cz.com/ppc/WM5NewMenu.CAB(118k) and
http://www.saman-cz.com/ppc/WM5NewMenu.zip(52k)

Version history
2.0.2
- Fixed key shortcuts, now works with the soft keyboard
- Other fixes
2.0.1
- Del key is the shorcut for 'Remove item' action
- 'Command' field is renamed to 'File'
- Context menu has a command for sorting items
- File browser can open any file
- Bugfixes
2.0.0
- Launching by a hardware button
- Cascading menus (up to 6 levels)
- Separators
- Quick "SMS to" and "Call " actions (button "browse - ..." acts as the Contact selector)
- Configurable positioning
- Context menu
- Copy/cut & paste edit actions
- Keyboard shorcuts (Ctrl+C/X/V for edit actions and Ctrl+N for "New")
- "New items" are now configurable as a submenu
- Backup and restore from file
- Drag&drop
1.0.0
- added action for new email
- added browse file dialog
1.0.0 beta
- Major rewrite of the Settings part
- smaller installation
- no more DLLs conflicts
- faster GUI
0.9.6 beta
- Fixed "last item" issue
0.9.5 beta
- Added support for original "New items"
0.9.1 beta
- Added new default items (contact, note, MMS, excel, work)
- Fixed showing menu on VGA devices
- Fixed other buggs
- In this version during instalation removes already configured items
0.9.0 beta
- Initial version

[marksken]

Hey nice i missed that on wm5 :lol:
really love this forum always great stuff

[vijay555]

Superb! I'll look into it hopefully tonight
I did the same thing yesterday myself for VJSihaya. But your implementation looks beautiful!

V

[saman-cz]

vijay555: Thanks. BTW i always wanted to make some command-line tools to one-clink send-sms and call-someone and in the half of work i found your Phone tools :lol:

[vijay555]

Starting a new sms was easy. However, VJSMSSender required a surprising amount of work, since it bypasses the Inbox. Completely different code

What language is your app written in?

V

[saman-cz]

Its in c++
The GIU (settings) part is written with support of MFC (easiest way) but i plan to rewrite it into version without MFC, because of necessity of 3 additional runtime libraries, which makes whole app large.
For sending SMS i use MailComposeMessage which makes sending of whatever very easy, but the bad is that it can be used only on WM5.

[baniaczek]

WOW. Looks nice. "new menu" lost in WM5 is on a of the worst things in WM5.

Is it possible to run two instances with different configurations at the same time? One - to have new "new menu", second one, assigned to the second softkey as a quick launcher?

[vijay555]

Hmmm. There is another way.

I reimplemented the New functionality using the original OS method, so custom New items as installed by various apps (eg Text Maker) also appear; that way it's backwards and forwards compatible with the OS (I'm trying to make VJSihaya work on Wm2003 and Wm5). PM me if you need details.

This is what I don't understand. The original OS method is still there, just the New button is missing.

I love your implementation of the customisable menu. I'm too busy to do that right now... but I need to figure out a nice method, so I can make VJTrayLaunch and a few other apps nicely customisable.

V

[matheprat]

Nice program. How can I add more things to the menu? Like new note or something. What do I need to put in the command and parameters fields?
Cheers

[saman-cz]

baniaczek: Running two separete instaces is not possible, because there is only one configuration.

matheprat: all you need is to know the program executable and its (optional) params and fill appropriate fields. A new item you create by "New Item" button.

vijay555: It's a good idea to support original new items. I know how they works, i will think about implementation into some future version..