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Circle Dock / Circle Dock: A truly multi-lingual program
« on: December 27, 2009, 11:39 PM »
Circle Dock Version 1 supports more languages than ever before and (probably) supports more languages than any of its competitors! A total of 53 languages, including the default English language, are available and to save you the trouble of downloading separate language packs, all the language files are included as standard.

Here are a few example screenshots of the same page in the Settings Window, starting with English:

CD-English.png

Now here's that same page in Chinese, French, Korean, Russian and Spanish:

CD-Chinese.png CD-French.png CD-Korean.png CD-Russian.png CD-Spanish.png

And we don't ignore users whose languages are written right-to-left. The same page in Arabic and Hindu:

CD-Arabic.png CD-Hindu.png

As you can see, for "right-to-left" languages, the Window has been re-laid out to appear consistent with other RTL-supporting applications.

Needless to say and in spite of our best endeavours, we do not support every language spoken in the world. There are some notable exceptions. We don't, for example, currently support the Brazilian dialect of Portuguese or French Canadian or Urdu. But we'd like to and if you are a native speaker of any of the languages we don't yet support and you are prepared to translate in excess of 400 text items, please let us know, we could use your help!


Mark.

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Circle Dock / Coming soon - Circle Dock Version 1.00
« on: December 07, 2009, 02:12 PM »
I will be releasing Version 1.00 of Circle Dock in the next day or so, once final testing is complete.

The new features of this version compared to v0.9.x releases are:

Elliptical Dock Shape which can make use of your existing circular backgrounds. One thing I should mention is that unlike circles, ellipses take a bit longer to draw due to the complex mathematical calculations that are required.

"Kiosk" mode is useful not only for "kiosk" applications but also in schools or offices where you don't want the end-user(s) tampering with the settings and this mode is automatically enabled if Circle Dock is run from a CD or DVD ROM. "Kiosk" mode is password-protected and Circle Dock's configuration files are now encrypted -again to prevent unauthorised tampering. The main properties dialog includes an new "Inspector" tab from which you can print and/or make an unencrypted backup of the configuration files.

Extra Mouse Buttons - if you have a mouse with 5 or more buttons, you can now use XButton1 or XButton2 to toggle the Dock's visibility. These two buttons are located on the left side of the mouse, near your thumb (if you're right-handed) with the front button being XButton1 (and behind it is XButton2).

Auto-deletion of invalid Dock Items is a new option and, if enabled, Circle Dock will silently remove those Dock Items for which there is no target - and were otherwise shown as a warning graphic.

There are also several changes, all of which are documented in the Help, and numerous bug-fixes (not all of which have been documented).



Mark


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Circle Dock / Circle Dock: Latest Release here (Updated October 13, 2008)
« on: November 15, 2009, 12:11 PM »
The current release is 0.9.2 Alpha 8.2 and available from Circle Dock's SourceForge page.

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Circle Dock / Need support for Circle Dock? Please read this first before posting
« on: November 13, 2009, 11:28 AM »
A number of users have been sending me - and Sarge ("SgtEVMcKay") - PMs (Personal Messages) requesting support. Unfortunately, due to other commitments, we're unable to provide a personalised service via email or PMs.

If you're unsure about how to use a feature, then you should consult the Help System which very probably will answer your question.

We operate a "peer-to-peer" support system which works like this. If you need support, or have a question about Circle Dock, please read this Forum to see if anyone else has already posted about the issue(s) you face.

If you can't find a topic in either the Help System or in this Forum that deals with your problem, then by all means post a message and you'll receive a response from either Sarge or myself - or even another, perhaps more experienced, user. To help us help you, please include as much detail in your message as you can about the issue(s) you face and include the following:

  • The version of Circle Dock you're using
  • Your Operating System version, type and Service Pack level (eg: "Windows Vista 64-bit, SP1")
  • The version of MS .Net Framework Circle Dock is using. This - and the information for the two preceding items - is given at the top of the "About" Tab in "Settings".
  • The nature of your problem - giving as much detail as possible; include screenshots if they will help illustrate the issue
  • If you're reporting a bug and it's reproducible, then please include the steps necessary to reproduce the problem



Thank you!


Mark

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Circle Dock / Circle Dock v1.00 Beta 1
« on: November 13, 2009, 02:45 AM »
Ok folks, here it is - Circle Dock with elliptical dock shape! Please read these notes carefully before trying this Beta.

  • This is Beta Code and will, in all likelihood, contain some bugs.
  • The attached Zip file contains only the Circle Dock executable file. You must already have installed the latest v0.9.3/1 release.
  • Before unzipping the Beta executable, exit all instances of Circle Dock that you have running.
  • I strongly suggest that you make a backup copy of your CircleDock.Exe file by, for example, renaming it to "CircleDock-0.9.3.1.exe".
  • You can now safely unzip Beta 1 into your CircleDock folder and play with the new features
  • To change the dock's shape from Circle to Ellipse, bring up the main Properties dialog and select the "Dock Shape" tab, click on the "Shape" combo and select "Ellipse". Having done that, you'll probably want to adjust the height and width of the "rings" using the sliders provided on the "Ellipse" sub-tab. You can also adjust the width of the background on the "Background" sub-tab of the "Elements" tab - this will resize the background using the same aspect ratio as the "rings".
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  • One of the changes made to this release is that all image rendering is now done at the highest possible quality and all the images will now appear crisper and the labels clearer. However, this is at the expense of speed and whilst this won't be a problem for those with faster CPUs, it might appear to be slower on older, less "meaty" PCs. You can disable this option and use the faster image rendering of previous releases on the "Other" sub-tab of the "General" tab.

Please report any bugs you find - and your comments and suggestions - as replies to this Topic thread.

Thank you - enjoy and please psot some feedback!



Mark


Download link: * CircleDockBeta1.zip (1434.42 kB - downloaded 1549 times.)

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