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Last post Author Topic: IDEA: Desktop progress meter  (Read 82296 times)

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Re: IDEA: Desktop progress meter
« Reply #75 on: February 08, 2013, 04:32 PM »
v1.0.7 is wonderful! Very easy and smooth for keyboard control. :-* Thanks, skwire!

You're welcome.  Happy to accommodate.   :)

The Duplicate Meter function is very useful. For example, I use a customized off-white background for all meters; with Duplicate I don't need to configure that color for every new meter.

That's exactly why I added that feature for you.   :Thmbsup:

F5 works well for Show/Refresh. I'll embarass myself :-[ by revising my own suggestion to something like Ctrl+R instead, to fit with the other shortcuts Ctrl+N, Ctrl+S, and Ctrl+D (for example, one could save and refresh with the sequence Ctrl+S, Ctrl+R).

Added in the latest version.  I left the F5 hotkey in place as well.

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    + Added Ctrl+R hotkey for displaying the meters.  (Thanks, Scott_Y)



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Re: IDEA: Desktop progress meter
« Reply #76 on: February 08, 2013, 08:53 PM »
That's exactly why I added that feature for you.   :Thmbsup:
Wow, customized service! That's a creative way to get around the limitations of the color-picker module.

Everything is working great in v1.0.8. Thank you very much!

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Re: IDEA: Desktop progress meter
« Reply #77 on: February 11, 2013, 04:43 PM »
Ctrl+R is turning out to be a very natural shortcut to refresh.

One helpful feature of the Percentage column is that it dynamically updates when the values for Number or Total are changed. Very, very nice.

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Re: IDEA: Desktop progress meter
« Reply #78 on: February 11, 2013, 04:54 PM »
Ctrl+R is turning out to be a very natural shortcut to refresh.

Right on.   :)

One helpful feature of the Percentage column is that it dynamically updates when the values for Number or Total are changed. Very, very nice.

I sorta, kinda, maybe had a feeling that, if I didn't write it that way, you'd probably request that it do so.   :P  LOL.

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Re: IDEA: Desktop progress meter
« Reply #79 on: February 12, 2013, 10:50 AM »
I sorta, kinda, maybe had a feeling that, if I didn't write it that way, you'd probably request that it do so.   :P  LOL.
Heh, heh... what in the world gave you that idea?!  ;D Maybe that should be called "preemptive programming."  ;)
Again, thanks for the excellent improvements.

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Re: IDEA: Desktop progress meter
« Reply #80 on: February 12, 2013, 01:00 PM »
Small bug in 1.0.8 -- If I am editing any of the boxes (Title, Type, Number, Total) and use the Delete key, a dialog appears: "Remove meter? Yes/No."

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Re: IDEA: Desktop progress meter
« Reply #81 on: February 12, 2013, 01:16 PM »
Thanks for the report.  Please grab the latest:

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v1.0.9 - 2013-02-12
    * Using the delete key to delete a meter now only works if the main listview
      is focused.  (Thanks, Scott_Y)

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Re: IDEA: Desktop progress meter
« Reply #82 on: February 12, 2013, 03:30 PM »
Thanks, skwire. It's fixed!

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Re: IDEA: Desktop progress meter
« Reply #83 on: March 02, 2013, 04:25 PM »
I haven't lost any data since probably version 1.0.6 (six weeks of use). So that problem appears to have been fixed. :)

However, in 1.0.9 (and possibly earlier versions), the action of the setting "Clicking the tray icon" sometimes spontaneously changes upon restart. I have set it to the second of the two options in the dropdown menu, "Shows the configuration window." But it may unexpectedly start with the first option instead, "Shows the meter bars." I suspect that is because when the Options tab is opened, that box is already active (highlighted). I therefore have the uneasy feeling that it is not really "set." I think it should not be active unless I click on it, and once I have selected an option, it should no longer be active.
« Last Edit: March 03, 2013, 04:13 PM by Scott_Y »

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Re: IDEA: Desktop progress meter
« Reply #84 on: March 02, 2013, 04:28 PM »
Barbecue is helping me tremendously to stay on track through a tedious and boring job of proofreading a 976-page document. The meter bar gives me a sense of progress which I don't get from my slow advancement though the document itself. Thanks, swkire!

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Re: IDEA: Desktop progress meter
« Reply #85 on: March 25, 2013, 12:33 PM »
Bug in 1.0.9: If the Options tab is displayed, Ctrl+S toggles the setting of the "Clicking the tray icon" box. This might be related to the bug I reported above on March 2, 2013.

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Re: IDEA: Desktop progress meter
« Reply #86 on: March 25, 2013, 01:44 PM »
Doh, apologies for missing your previous posts.  :(  Let me see what I can do about your reported issues.   :)

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Re: IDEA: Desktop progress meter
« Reply #87 on: March 25, 2013, 02:56 PM »
No problem! There's also a different issue which I sent to you by email. Thanks!

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Re: IDEA: Desktop progress meter
« Reply #88 on: March 25, 2013, 05:43 PM »
Bug in 1.0.9: If the Options tab is displayed, Ctrl+S toggles the setting of the "Clicking the tray icon" box.

This isn't a bug so much as it is default Windows behaviour for a dropdown control.  Pressing 'S', Ctrl+S, or Shift+S does an automatic search within the dropdown control for items starting with an 'S'.  It just so happens, in this case, that both entries begin with an 'S'.

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Re: IDEA: Desktop progress meter
« Reply #89 on: March 25, 2013, 06:40 PM »
Thanks for the explanation. So the source of the problem is that the "Clicking the tray icon" box is highlighted when the Options tab is opened. If that were not the case, Ctrl+S would not search within it.

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Re: IDEA: Desktop progress meter
« Reply #90 on: March 25, 2013, 06:42 PM »
If you want, I could manually set the focus to another control within that Options tab.

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Re: IDEA: Desktop progress meter
« Reply #91 on: March 25, 2013, 06:59 PM »
How about no controls focused? I was thinking that is the normal state for control pages.

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Re: IDEA: Desktop progress meter
« Reply #92 on: March 29, 2013, 02:05 PM »
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v1.1.0 - 2013-03-29
    + Added ability to add a separator between meters.  These show up as blanks
      in the meters display as well.  You can use these creatively to group
      meters in the meters display.  (Thanks, Scott_Y)
    + Main form is now resizable.
    * Switching to the Options tab doesn't focus any of the controls within the
      tab.  (Thanks, Scott_Y)
    ! Meters weren't displayed correctly under certain scenarios.  (Thanks, Scott_Y)
    ! Up/Down controls weren't re-enabling properly when a meter was selected.

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Re: IDEA: Desktop progress meter
« Reply #93 on: April 09, 2013, 05:35 PM »
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    ! The Ctrl+Up & Ctrl+Down hotkeys were not moving the entries properly
      throughout the list.  (Thanks, Scott_Y)

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Where are Barbecue meter files stored (Constant Crash at 50% CPU)?
« Reply #94 on: September 15, 2014, 08:07 PM »
Love the program, but it ALWAYS crashes after a few days at most, while taking up 50% of CPU. Every time it crashes, it loses all the meters. Everything. This on Windows 8. If I can back up the meter file, I can maybe get around this--though of course it would be best not to use that CPU and crash! Thanks for any help...

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Re: Where are Barbecue meter files stored (Constant Crash at 50% CPU)?
« Reply #95 on: September 15, 2014, 08:11 PM »
I had to Google what Software you was talking about (This is a generic forum area)

You might have more luck by posting this thread into: https://www.donation...ex.php?topic=17814.0

Posting it just here may result in nobody of use ever spotting it.
« Last Edit: September 15, 2014, 11:38 PM by skwire, Reason: Slightly modified the URL link. »

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Re: Where are Barbecue meter files stored (Constant Crash at 50% CPU)?
« Reply #96 on: September 15, 2014, 11:43 PM »
Love the program, but it ALWAYS crashes after a few days at most, while taking up 50% of CPU. Every time it crashes, it loses all the meters. Everything. This on Windows 8. If I can back up the meter file, I can maybe get around this--though of course it would be best not to use that CPU and crash! Thanks for any help...

Hi, jaymar, and welcome to the DonationCoder forum.  I'm sorry you're having issues with Barbecue.  Do you mind if I merge this topic with the main Barbecue thread that Stephen referenced?  We can continue our discussion there.

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Re: Where are Barbecue meter files stored (Constant Crash at 50% CPU)?
« Reply #97 on: September 16, 2014, 02:45 AM »
Thank you both--but damned if I can find this post over there, or with a search...
« Last Edit: September 16, 2014, 02:51 AM by jaymar »

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Re: Where are Barbecue meter files stored (Constant Crash at 50% CPU)?
« Reply #98 on: September 16, 2014, 09:12 AM »
The post we're talking about is this one: https://www.donation...ex.php?topic=17814.0

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Re: IDEA: Desktop progress meter
« Reply #99 on: September 17, 2014, 12:12 AM »
Thanks; this didn't show up for me yesterday. Sooo--can you tell me how to find the meter file so I can back it up? (Not seeing BBC in Program Files.) Redoing a half-dozen meters every time BBC crashes (which is always) is getting old. Love it when it's working--but this is a major issue...