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Circle Dock / Re: system.reflection.targetinvocationexception

« on: October 28, 2009, 08:26 PM »

I experienced the exact same error message on Windows 7 ultimate 64 bit. I had the 9.2 alpha release already installed, and tried to overwrite those files with the 9.2.7 release.

-worick (October 28, 2009, 03:48 PM)

Thanks for that report!

The files in the zip files attached to my previous message in this thread are not the full 0.9.2.7 release as you will be missing quite a number of images (required for "Add Special Item") and the entire help system. Might I suggest you download and install version 0.9.2.7 and then overwrite the CircleDock.exe file with the version contained in CDx86.zip.


Mark

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Circle Dock / Re: system.reflection.targetinvocationexception

« on: October 28, 2009, 12:41 PM »

Maybe I find the error, in this new version there aren't some file:
Orbit.Interop.Win32.dll
Orbit.Utilities.dll
GlobalMouseKeyboardHook.dll
and the oldest are not compatible.

Markham is online and He already read the problem, now we can only to aspect.

-Rigel (October 28, 2009, 11:48 AM)

I really should have updated the "help" before issuing the refresh...

I've modified the way Circle Dock is "packaged". Previously you got an EXE (CircleDock itself) and a series of DLLs. All but one of these DLLs are .Net Assemblies and they are all compiled with the "x86" - which is required to enable Circle Dock to operate on both 32-bit and 64-bit Operating Systems.

The current releases are "packaged" using a program called "Netz" (which you can read about here) which bundles all the Net Assembly DLLs into the main executable. This has several advantages: it ensures that the correct version of the DLLs is always used; it dramatically reduces the overall size - by around 50% - which reduces disk space and speeds-up the program's load and start. Prior to releasing this new way of distributing Circle Dock, I did test it on a friend's Vista-64 PC and all worked as it should.

If you look at your Circle Dock Folder, you should find only two binary files: CircleDock.exe and Orbit.Hook.dll - this DLL is not a Net Assembly, it contains unmanaged low-level code to establish global keyboard and mouse hooks - a task that can't be done using managed (ie Net) code. So you should not worry that you appear to be missing some DLLs - they are there but as part of CircleDock.exe.

Now, on the off-chance that there's a problem with the Netz bundling system on 64-bit Operating Systems, I'm attaching a zip file which contains an unbundled version - ie, the CircleDock.exe and all the DLLs. If this works, then I will have to re-think the distribution mechanism.

CDUnbundled.zip (1501.39 kB - downloaded 787 times.)

Try also this version of the Netz bundle: CDx86.zip (1433.96 kB - downloaded 549 times.)
Mark

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Circle Dock / Re: Circle Dock v0.9.2.7 is now released!

« on: October 28, 2009, 10:58 AM »

Sigh, format exception. It's also for 64bit version?

-Rigel (October 28, 2009, 04:43 AM)

It should be ... however try the attached executable: CircleDock.exe (1804 kB - downloaded 373 times.)

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Circle Dock / Re: Circle Dock v0.9.2.7 is now released!

« on: October 28, 2009, 03:56 AM »

Is anyone else experiencing this : with v0.9.2.7 it seems to be impossible to add new dock folders, or am I missing something ?

-joiwind (October 27, 2009, 05:44 PM)

Im having the same problem, everytime i create a new dock folder it explodes

-LifeZero (October 28, 2009, 12:09 AM)

My bad  . When adding code to automatically remove Dock Items for which there is no valid target, I'd completely forgotten that this would also affect (empty) Dock Folders. I've fixed that and refreshed the download - see the first message in this Topic. (This refresh also addresses other problems and includes one new feature: who'll be the first to spot it!?!).

I have dock folders inside other dock folders (i.e. I have a Dock Folder for games and inside another Dock Folder For Blizzard Games) sometimes i want to move a icon inside the blizzard folder to the Games Folder, and the only option i have its to delete the icon and create a new one, my suggestion its a "Up Folder Icon" so when we can just Drag And Drop.

That ability is already there - and documented in the "How do I ...." section of the Help 

The other sugestion its about gaming, sometimes when im playing, lets say "Left 4 Dead" i need to press mid button to do a special action in game (actually i use the left+right click script but its the same problem) , and this bring CD to the top and minimize the game, it is possible to make CD not to launch when some selected applications are running? and also, it is possible to add the left + right button script without the need of the script?

The best I can offer at this stage is to select "Pause Mouse Toggling" from the popup menu that appears if you position your mouse cursor over the Dock and press the right button.

As for your request to "add the left + right button script without the need of the script" that, I'm afraid, is unlikely in the short term - but I'll add it to the list. You do have a workable solution right now to the lack of a middle mouse button, so it's not a priority item.


Mark

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Circle Dock / Re: [SUGGESTION] option to automatically delete application extensions in CD

« on: October 27, 2009, 01:46 PM »

Yes that's an annoyance isn't it. Which is why I've added that change to the current release (0.9.2.7) which you can download from the first message in this Topic.


Mark

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Circle Dock / Re: CircleDock icons have DISAPPEARED!!!

« on: October 27, 2009, 01:36 PM »

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Action=[base]
Args=
Description=
ImagePath=
Name=
Order=0
CircleRotation=NaN
EllipseRotation=0
SpiralRotation=0

-ScottK (October 27, 2009, 10:52 AM)

Scott,

Just to clarify what Rigel said, the entry for CircleRotation is incorrect and will cause Circle Dock problems. Replace that line with:

CircleRotation=1.77249185514295

Furthermore none of the items you imported from the Desktop - such as those to Microsoft Office components, Macromedia Fireworks etc., - were parsed correctly. In each case the Args line ends with ".lnk". That is fine as far as it goes BUT Circle Dock is relying on the fact that those ".lnk" files are still present on the Desktop and I'm wondering if you have deleted them?

Might I strongly suggest that you download and install the latest release (0.9.2.7) - available from this site in the first message of this Topic. Among other fixes, ".lnk" files are now correctly parsed and, once added to the Dock, you can safely delete them. Indeed, Circle Dock will ask if you wish to do this.


Mark

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Circle Dock / Re: CircleDock icons have DISAPPEARED!!!

« on: October 27, 2009, 10:30 AM »

Please post the contents of you DockItemData.ini file which you'll find in the the System->Settings folder under Circle Dock. I've a feeling it will be empty - ie you've (inadvertantly) deleted all the items from your Dock.


Mark

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Circle Dock / Re: Circle Dock v0.9.2.7 is now released!

« on: October 27, 2009, 04:05 AM »

Ok, if I quit a second instances of CD the mutex is locked on first CD or, if first CD is close, the second don't find the mutex, it's right? But when the error message come out there are three choices, abort,ignore, and an other. Markham, if I click abort or ignore, can you force exit?

-Rigel (October 26, 2009, 07:46 AM)

I'm not entirely certain what you're asking for. The error dialog you see when Windows closes is produced (and owned) by the Explorer Shell, not Circle Dock. Therefore Circle Dock doesn't know which option you chose to dismiss that dialog and therefore can not act in the way you're asking for.

However, I have improved the code that handles Mutexes and single instance handling and this means that I'm using the Mutex in a slightly different manner. One of the benefits of this is that you should not get that error message from Windows  .


Mark

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Circle Dock / Re: Circle Dock v0.9.2.7 is now released!

« on: October 26, 2009, 05:17 AM »

The error on close "release mutex" doesn't Windows to shutdown automatically. 

-Rigel (October 26, 2009, 01:05 AM)

That's a side-effect of using a mutex, I'm afraid.

Circle Dock creates a mutex (which is a unique identifier) when it loads and that mutex remains active all the time Circle Dock is running - visible or not. Circle Dock releases the mutex when it unloads itself from memory. The mutex is there as a marker for its installer and uninstaller programs which will prompt you to quit Circle Dock before installing a new version, or uninstalling the version you have. The alternative would be to force users to reboot their PC to complete the installation / unistallation which may not be acceptable.


Mark

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Circle Dock / Re: Circle Dock v0.9.2.7 is now released!

« on: October 25, 2009, 12:22 PM »

Excuse me but I found an other bug:
In "Setting -> Visibility -> Hide Dock After Opening Files/Folders" if I active the option it does not be saved but if I change manually in config file works.

-Rigel (October 25, 2009, 03:58 AM)

Found and fixed - thanks!

An important request: I use more CD, one for game, one for Programming, one for my girlfriend and a main for all. To switch or activate I use autohotkey icon in main CD and in RocketDock. Today I change my girlfriend CD with the new version but I have many error in startup and in exit. Markham can you add multiple instances. A setting panel with a list to change between the settings and a new tab with a creation panel and a menu option to add switch icon.
An other request if you add multiple instances, you can calculate the CD range and with an other instance open a folder in a CD in the same position of previus but with a greater range so we can have circumcenter navigation. Wooowwwww           

Multiple instances? Hmmm, unlikely at this stage, I'm afraid. Circle Dock is a single-instance application for a very good reason!

Switching Docks? Well, let's just say that's an interesting idea which is implementable but to keep things reasonably sane, all Docks would share common properties (the Config.Ini settings). I'll give that some thought.

As for your third request, it relies on multiple instance support which is not planned.



Mark

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Circle Dock / Re: Circle Dock v0.9.2.7 is now released!

« on: October 24, 2009, 04:05 AM »

Rigel,

I've updated the download with a new Circle Dock executable which clears the problems you reported. Please redownload from the link given above.


Mark

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Circle Dock / Re: Circle Dock v0.9.2.7 is now released!

« on: October 23, 2009, 12:29 PM »

But I have some bug  :
 - Links not works again. I must use my solution for some program (example pcsx2) or the program starts in CD directory and not in its own.

-Rigel (October 23, 2009, 05:34 AM)

Ah! Now I understand the problem! You're quite right, Circle Dock is not setting the "Working Directory" and so Windows uses the default which is the current (ie Circle Dock's directory). I've fixed that issue.

Reordering is great but when I order alphabetically and then cancel a message window appear behind the order one and it's impossible to move forward. Simply I have pressed enter but and the message disappear.

Good catch and fixed.

A request for next release: can you add the new string in language file to traslate?

Now that 0.9.2.7 is released, I will go through the sources and make sure all the string texts are externalised ready for the next release.

I see the shape panel and I hope you find soon a way to use the others.

New shapes - Ellipse and Line - is planned to appear in Circle Dock Version 1.0; however we want to iron-out all the bugs in what we have now before we introduce a whole bunch of new code.


Mark

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Circle Dock / Circle Dock v0.9.2.7 is now released!

« on: October 23, 2009, 04:21 AM »

You can now download Version 0.9.2.7 which contains all the changes noted in this Topic.

If you're using an older version - and in particular Alpha 8 or earlier - then you really should get this upgrade!

New Version: SetupCircleDock.zip (7554.27 kB - downloaded 674 times.) (Refreshed 28 October)


Enjoy!


Edit: I have had to remove the original download link as the dcmembers site is no longer accessible for me - therefore I'm unable to upload there.
Mark

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Circle Dock / Re: dock help

« on: October 22, 2009, 10:36 AM »

Excuse me for asking but what is a "win 7 to windows 8 transformed OS"? There is no such thing as Windows 8!

The answer to your question is to set the Z-Level to "Normal".


Mark

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Circle Dock / Re: Windows 7 - Blank Icon bug

« on: October 22, 2009, 10:31 AM »

Ah okay, I see you've fixed your problem!


Mark

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Circle Dock / Re: Many background and and CircleDock Clone

« on: October 22, 2009, 10:26 AM »

Some very nice backgrounds there!

All I will say about "CianoDock" is that it is his original work and he's obviously not based it on Circle Dock code and trying to claim originality.


Mark

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Circle Dock / Re: Circle Dock 0.9.2.6 Hotkey bug

« on: October 22, 2009, 01:11 AM »

Are you trying to include the middle mouse key in a hotkey sequence - such as Ctrl+MButton? That won't work in the current design of Circle Dock.



Mark

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Circle Dock / Re: Windows 7 - Blank Icon bug

« on: October 22, 2009, 01:07 AM »

What version of Circle Dock are you running? If it's 0.9.2.6 and you downloaded it from this site, then I will investigate this further. However, a new version, 0.9.2.7, will be available from this site either later today or tomorrow.

I test Circle Dock on Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 and I must confess I'm not seeing the issue you raise. There was a problem in adding shell links (LNKs) from, for example, the Desktop in that they weren't always being parsed correctly but that is fixed (partially in 0.9.2.6 and fully in 0.9.2.7).


Mark

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Circle Dock / Re: What's planned for the next (unoffical) release

« on: October 18, 2009, 12:32 AM »

Yup! Vista Folder IDs (MSDN).


Mark

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Circle Dock / Re: Circle Dock?

« on: October 18, 2009, 12:30 AM »

Is there a way to hide the windows start bar completely with cricle dock?

I know you can do this with object dock.

-Pirate Chipz (October 10, 2009, 10:26 PM)

Hiding the TaskBar is not a major problem. The question is, when would you want it hidden and when should it be made visible once more?


Mark

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Circle Dock / What's planned for the next (unoffical) release (Updated 19th October)

« on: October 17, 2009, 02:13 AM »

The next release will be v0.9.2.7 and will contain the following enhancements, changes and bug fixes:

• The Configuration Settings dialog has been completely revamped and is now in the form of a Tabbed Notebook. This makes it much easier to implement enhancements to Circle Dock and include their settings. This paves the way for inclusion of new shapes.
• The LNK bug should now be cleared - finally!
• If a Dock Item was moved to the Centre Button and the user decides against deleting it, the item would continue to have a "Garbage Can" cursor whenever the mouse moves over it. The cursor is now updated correctly.
• Cleared a bug in the Configuration affecting the showing of the dock when mouse cursor at a screen edge: the new setting was not immediately applied.
• Some users have reported that the Start Menu is not shown when the Centre Button is clicked. A new configuration item has been introduced that, if enabled, forces the Start Menu to open by sending Windows KeyDown and KeyUp commands using an undocumented key value. The only drawback to this method is that the Start Menu will be shown in its normal position (ie bottom left of the screen).
• Some of the Special Folders used Class IDs that were specific to Windows XP and earlier versions of Windows. These IDs are not correct for Windows Vista or Windows 7. The correct Class IDs are now used.

October 18 - New Enhancement

• A user requested the ability to sort the Dock Items. I've added a popup dialog which displays a table of the current dock level's items - as well as a thumbnail of their dock image. You can either select a single dock item and move it up or down, or, with a single mouse-click, sort all the dock items alphabetically by their display names. When the dialog is dismissed, all the dock items are reordered on the dock.
  
  
  
  Since writing the above, I've added the ability to sort alphabetically in descending order (as well as in ascending order).
• Added additional "Poof" effect and you can choose between "smoke" and "fire" in the new Settings dialog.

19th October

• When you change the Circle Dock's Language, you needed to restart the program in order for the new language setting to be fully-applied. There is now a (large) button on the Language Settings page which, if clicked, restarts Circle Dock - using the newly-selected language.
• Found and fixed an old bug which affected the opacity/transparency of the dock's Centre Button: if you moved the dock, the Centre Button would become fully opaque rather than obey its user setting.

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Circle Dock / Re: Circle dock - how to start automatic with VISTA O.S

« on: October 16, 2009, 01:10 PM »

I have been working wth Rainmeter for a while now and we find that Write to files that are to be placed in the programs file will require that the program is run with Admin Privies.

Now you can not start a program that has Admin Privies set as default when starting.

I am wondering if this is a similar issue.

-sgtevmckay (October 14, 2009, 08:09 PM)

No I don't think so. Almost all programs that can autostart with Windows invariably create a special entry in the Registry - and now Circle Dock does the same (that, incidentally, is the only modification Circle Dock does to the Registry).

In any event, most non-commercial PC users don't bother to log-in to a non-Admin type account. Non-Admin accounts are much more common in the business world where there's an IT department that enforces them.


Mark

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Circle Dock / Re: Circle Dock v0.9.2.6 Refresh

« on: October 16, 2009, 01:03 PM »

1 - Center button -> "Show start menu when clicked" show the last menu you use (start menu or Jump Lists).

-Rigel (October 15, 2009, 01:11 PM)

That's a side-effect, I'm afraid. The Start Menu handler has been modified for the next release by the addition of an additional option. That change may interest you.

An othe bug, when the center icon is larger then 100px when you pass with mouse from center to menu it disappear.

I am unable to replicate this at the current time. I've tried making the Centre Button size considerably greater than 100 pixels and everything functions as normal.

2 - New shortcut problem: some link mades an error, maybe parsing error. I found this problem in link with args so I solve moving exe and adding manually the args in item setting. A strange behavior moving link to CD adds all the icon in link shortcut, very usefull if you want.

Shortcut handling has been fixed in the next release.

Markham can you add a frame to item setting with item list to order icon?

I will look into this.

An other upgrade: can you make an add option to add all the icon in one folder? Or better somthing similar to KKmenu folder creation?

It's unlikely we will handle such an enhancement natively but may do so by using Docklets. Support for RocketDock/ObjectDock Docklets is planned.


Mark

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Circle Dock / Re: CircleDock: Hello and a few questions

« on: October 16, 2009, 12:54 PM »

I've unchecked all toggling but left and right edges. But when i click on the central button to make it hide then it would not appear again if i move mouse left or right edge (i've even tried different pixel edges).

-perchera (October 16, 2009, 06:15 AM)

There's a bug in the current (and previous) version(s) which effectively means that any changes to the left/right/top/bottom settings is not immediately effected and you must quit Circle Dock and restart it to make those settings effective. I have fixed that bug in the next release.

The thing is that sometimes i do not want to see the CD on desktop to enjoy my wallpaper but, of course, if i need cd again i prefer the moving mouse rather than clicking Mbutton or finding shortcut in tray.

Mice with X1 (and X2) buttons are not that common - some Logitech have a X1 and some have both X1 and X2 buttons. However as Eric (the original author) did not have such a mouse, the implementation of these extra buttons is not complete. I will be looking into this for a future release.


Mark

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Circle Dock / Re: CircleDock: Hello and a few questions

« on: October 15, 2009, 11:51 PM »

Still i am having troubles. I do not why, the dock hides and would not appear when i press mbutton, or move mouse left or right.

-perchera (October 15, 2009, 04:11 PM)

Sounds like a configuration problem. Open the Settings Dialog and under "Toggling" you will see the settings which enable Circle Dock to reappear if the mouse cursor is at a screen edge. I'd advise you to enable at least one of the four possibilities as you don't want to use the mouse's middle button to toggle visibility.

Besides, when it hides (autohide) it does not appear in the desktop if i minimize other windows... buaaah

You can also configure an on-screen toggle button (Settings->Toggle Button) which will appear when the dock is hidden.



Mark