MortButtons 2.5

Mort · Oct 14, 2008

Strange... If at all, this should only happen for subdirectories of \Windows\Start menu. It was meant as workaround to get the "Settings" folder in the start menu to work properly. Since there's no way to get the name of that folder, I assumed that any subdirectory of the start menu that isn't "Programs" (or localization) or a subfolder of it is the Settings folder. I'll look into it later this week (probably thursday).

Something completely different:
Attached is an updated manual. Please check if there's anything wrong, missing, or could be explained better (please with example, I'm also not 100% happy with all of it, but couldn't find better words...).

Puckmeister · Oct 14, 2008

i get the same issues, i thought i did something wrong cause right before installing i did a hard reset. switched back to version 17 and everything is fine again

Mort · Oct 16, 2008

Folder bug should be fixed now... (and some other bugs...)

Noonski · Oct 18, 2008

Well it Took me a while.

But finally had the time to test it.

Ehn i edit the .mbi files in Note pad. (even renaming to .txt first)

I always need to take out the first two bytes of the file in a hex editor so it shows up correctly.

Is this default behavior or do you have another tip on editing the MBI files directly on the PC?

havocnl · Oct 19, 2008

Noonski said:
Well it Took me a while.

But finally had the time to test it.

Ehn i edit the .mbi files in Note pad. (even renaming to .txt first)

I always need to take out the first two bytes of the file in a hex editor so it shows up correctly.

Is this default behavior or do you have another tip on editing the MBI files directly on the PC?

Try opening them in a more advanced text editor like Notepad++
The first two bytes are header bytes of the file, which indicates a slightly different structure (for the header) then normal text. Notepad doesn't understand it, but more advanced notepad-like-apps will. Notepad++ is my favorite

xan · Oct 19, 2008

I'm glad to see Mort posting here, I just love his player

Appreciate your work, wont hestiate to check the buttons out.

Mort · Oct 20, 2008

havocnl said:
The first two bytes are header bytes of the file, which indicates a slightly different structure (for the header) then normal text.

Those first two bytes are inserted by many editors (afaik including Notepad++) to indicate Unicode files. (They're called BOM, Byte-order mark, by the way...)
MortButtons simply writes the data as strings as they're in memory in Windows Mobile, i.e. Unicode without BOM. So if the editor inserts it, it must be removed. Since the .mbi files usually aren't edited manually, I didn't care to support other formats, like Unicode with BOM or UTF8 (with or without BOM). (Opposed to e.g. translation files, where the BOM is supported since 2.5 iirc.)

Cal-El · Oct 22, 2008

.mbi

Sorry for being such a noob to this, but where do I place the .mbi file?

Mort · Oct 22, 2008

dashmaster1000 said:
Sorry for being such a noob to this, but where do I place the .mbi file?

If you don't know, usually you shouldn't do anything with them... ;-)
They're located in MortButtons' main directory (\Program files\MortButtons or similar) for the main menus, and in "Submenus" folder for added menus.
But you really should only modify them directly when you know what you're doing and there's no better way for it...

Mort · Nov 17, 2008

MortButtons V2.6 is released.

gerald_s · Nov 17, 2008

And with a lot more features:

***************************
V2.6

Support of contacts (incl. contact images)
Faster transitions
More settings for individual menus
Better support of user added menus
Several minor improvements and bugfixes
Simple Today plugin
*****************************

Thank you so much for all your efforts, Mort.

tmz · Nov 22, 2008

Mort, I love your app so much it rocks.. I have a skin question, Can I skin the launch buttons ? The 1,2,3,4,5, and so on. Thanks. If so what size . And I use 2.5

Thanks so much for a great app.

Mort · Nov 23, 2008

tmz said:
Can I skin the launch buttons ?

No, you can't skin Windows' program manager, pardon, "Programs menu"...

In V2.6, you can set alternative names and icons for the main menus. If an alternative name is given, a corresponding link is created in the MortButtons start menu folder. If the icon is from a DLL or EXE, it's also used for that link - other icons (incl. ".ico") aren't supported by Windows Mobile, so there's no way to support them there... However, the icons (and names) will be used for menu refrences in MortButtons.
Hope that helps a bit...

Shalese07 · Dec 6, 2008

Great app!! I've been looking for something like this.

dingolino · Dec 9, 2008

Running Tasks - Laufende Programme

Hi,

on my Xperia X1 with Mort button 2.6 I have a strange effect on the "running Task" - "Laufende Programme" with the Button for

"Programm beenden" - "Close Program"

Allthough I have marked this button as visible in settings, it is not shown on the screen at all.

The button "closing all Programs" is shown if I mark it in settings as well as the other one "close all but active".

Any idea?

I did allready a reinstall with delete of my settings, but no change.

dingolino

flaviopac · Dec 9, 2008

Mort said:
MortButtons V2.6 is released.

When did you release this new version?

Mort · Dec 10, 2008

dingolino said:
Allthough I have marked this button as visible in settings, it is not shown on the screen at all.

Maybe you activated MortButtons from a program that can't be closed, like the Today screen or the "Programs"/"Programme" folders (WM crashes if it's tried to close those windows). Or your device delivers the running processes in the wrong order, so MortButtons can't find out which was the previously running.

@flaviopac: Shortly before I write that post, so somewhere in the middle of November.

dingolino · Dec 10, 2008

edit: ok, if I start Mort Button via the today plugin (also on the X1 from 2nd today) the button is there and once I have done this and start it via the hardwarebutton (mapped from AE Button Plus) it is still there. Will see after a softreset what is going on

I have to check this.

On the Xperia I am starting MortButton over a redefined button (AE Button Plus).

On my Kaiser I am starting MortButton from the today plugin which is running in 2ndtoday and here I have all the buttons.

Will double check on the X1

dingolino

Mort said:
Maybe you activated MortButtons from a program that can't be closed, like the Today screen or the "Programs"/"Programme" folders (WM crashes if it's tried to close those windows). Or your device delivers the running processes in the wrong order, so MortButtons can't find out which was the previously running.

@flaviopac: Shortly before I write that post, so somewhere in the middle of November.

Mort · Dec 13, 2008

V2.62 brings some minor changes, mostly for those with VGA devices.

bylee · Jan 14, 2009

mascasel said:
Does it work on samsung omnia?wm 6.1, screen 240x400

Yup! (at least on the i910)

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