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Circle Dock / Re: V 1.5.1.1 Problems with Dock Settings and Item settings screen
« Last post by worick on February 11, 2010, 11:07 AM »
?... I don't understand your last post. Was this a reply to the wrong thread? I have to admit I certainly have not upgraded to Win 7 SP3  :D Are you talking about .net 2 SP3? I do believe I am on .net SP3 on that machine. I do dev work with MS Visual studio on that machine and have mostly the latest version of each production version of .net on it. I have not loaded the .net 4 framework on that machine though. (MSDN sub)

I think you were suggesting I install CD in a folder outside of the Program files (x86) or the Program files folder. I was trying to say I already have CD installed out of those folders. I have CD in a folder named apps on Drive E. My Win7 install is on C drive as are the program (x86) and Program folders.

and yeah I have a lot of drives.
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Circle Dock / Re: Requests / Suggestions thread
« Last post by worick on February 11, 2010, 11:00 AM »
I hope this isn't a feature I have overlooked or can't find.

I would like to be able to turn off the drag to delete option. I don't care if the option prevents moving icons as well or not.

After I get CD setup I don't often reorganize the icons or delete them. I use CD very much as a time saver not as eye candy. I run multiple monitors and often have 20+ apps or windows open at the same time. CD opening where ever my mouse happens to be saves me a lot of time. The problem is I start moving the mouse too soon after clicking and it registers as a click and drag. Then I have to recreate the Icon and sort the placement out.

So maybe even just increasing the dwell time of the click for deletes would help me. I really do just click not hold the button down. It may be a response issue with my mouse, it is wireless. I use a Logitech MX Revolution though so its not a cheap one.
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Well so far I think the poll shows people with Win7 vote on polls more often.
As a side note I voted for Win 7 x64 because I consider that my main OS. I do run CD on win 7 32 bit, Win XP 32 bit, and Vista 32 bit also.
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Circle Dock / Re: V 1.5.1.1 Problems with Dock Settings and Item settings screen
« Last post by worick on February 11, 2010, 10:34 AM »
Good idea. Unfortunately, I don't think that would fix my issue. I already have CD installed outside the x86 or program folder.  ;D
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Circle Dock / Re: This may amuse ... from today's download stats
« Last post by worick on February 11, 2010, 08:21 AM »
Well, It is a great app. Especially since Markham took it over. I don't think I could get through a work day without it now.
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Circle Dock / Re: V 1.5.1.1 Problems with Dock Settings and Item settings screen
« Last post by worick on February 11, 2010, 08:20 AM »
lol Sgtevmckay.

Yes. Windows 7 64bit.

I'll test the new version on a Windows 7 32bit today.
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Circle Dock / Re: V 1.5.1.1 Problems with Dock Settings and Item settings screen
« Last post by worick on February 10, 2010, 05:52 PM »
A couple other notes on the post above.

On quit/restart the settings for "always return to top level" is not saved. I tried several times. I tried a few other settings and those were remembered.

After exiting the settings menu, and verifying the middle button would not toggle the visibility, I trick choosing the menu item for pausing mouse toggle and received the invalid hook handle error in the attached image. I think this just verifies that CD is loosing its hook into the button. Or the name is changing...
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Circle Dock / Re: V 1.5.1.1 Problems with Dock Settings and Item settings screen
« Last post by worick on February 10, 2010, 05:23 PM »
I loaded up V 1.5.2 Setup went flawlessly, I tested some links, then made some setup changes. Unfortunately I then lost middle mouse button toggle. I tried using the taskbar icon's "Reconnect mouse and keyboard handlers" link and it did not fix the issue.

I restarted Circle dock and tried going into the settings screen and back out... Oddly enough middle click DID work for toggling visibility. later I went back into the setup screen and middle button toggling stopped working... So I tried the "reconnect mouse..." menu item and it Worked! I was a little confused so, I went through more detailed testing to see what was happening. I also noticed I had checked the "return to top level" and it was now unchecked.

Note - all visibility toggles were by middle click unless otherwise stated.
test 1.
Launch CD. tested visibility toggle and it worked. Opened Dock Settings and exited without changing tabs or any settings. Visibility toggle failed. "Reconnect" menu item did not fix the issue. I let it sit for a few minutes and tried toggling again, no go. I used the taskbar icon to toggle visibility on then off again. I tried middle click and no toggle. I tried the "reconnect" menu item and it worked.

Test 2.
Thinking using the taskbar icon to toggle visibility before using the "reconnect" menu item may have something to do with it I did the following.
quite, and reloaded Circle dock. opened Settings screen and exited without changing tabs or settings. Visibility toggle did not work. Used Taskbar icon to toggle visibility off. used "reconnect" menu item. Middle click worked again.
Test 3
duplication of test 2. Same results.
Test 4
Without quit/restart repeat steeps of test 2. Different results. Middle click continued to work after exiting setup screen for about 1 min, then middle click stopped working. I had left the dock up during that time. I then used the taskbar to toggle visibility, and used the "reconnect" feature. It did not work. I tried waiting a few minutes and middle click did not recover, nor did "reconnect" fix the issue.
Test 5
duplicate test 2. Same results initially, then toggle failed after about 15 seconds.

At this point I realized there may be another factor. I run dual monitors. In my testing I had been moving back and forth between the two screens. I did not track when or what happened in association with which monitor CD was launched and running on.

Test 6
Repeat test 2. ONLY used primary monitor.
Mostly the same results except "reconnect" menu item ALWAYS worked. no need to use the task bar to toggle visibility first.
Test 7
Repeat test 6
middle toggle continued to work after exiting settings menu. Went back into settings menu and exited and middle button did not work. without using Taskbar icon to toggle I used the "reconnect" menu item and it worked.

I was AFK for about 5 min at this point and when I returned CD would not toggle on with middle button, and "reconnect" did not fix the issue. I used the taskbar icon to toggle visibility on and off, then tried the "reconnect" and it did not work.

I don't know if that 5 min afk may have been the other issue you were talking to SgtMcKay about or the issue I am having.

Test 8
quit/reload CD. open on monitor 2. open settings on monitor 2. Close settings. Middle toggle did not work. used reconnect button without toggling visibility and it worked.

Test 9
Repeat test 8
Middle button continued to work after exiting settings menu.

Test 10
without restarting I again entered the the settings menu with CD on monitor 2. Exited settings and middle button did not work. I used the "reconnect" button and it fixed the issue.

about 2 minutes later middle click stopped working. "reconnect" did not fix the issue.

So... It doesn't appear to be an issue with multiple monitors. I wonder if the issue of the hooks getting removed is being complicated by a background app running. There defiantly seems to be some tie in with the settings menu triggering it either directly or indirectly.  I have several applications running in the background, but the only app open and on my screen was FireFox. This is on the same Win 7 X64 machine from my earlier posts.






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Circle Dock / Re: V 1.5.1.1 Problems with Dock Settings and Item settings screen
« Last post by worick on February 09, 2010, 12:20 PM »
Thanks for the fast response. I can add in a little more info that may be related to that second problem that you could not replicate.

I noticed when I change a label the text often gets set to a fixed location. Whatever the coordinates are when the label is changed, it stays in that exact location on the screen even when the dock is moved around, or hidden and unhidden. The label hides at the same time as the dock but when it reapers it is still in the location where it was changed, not where the dock is now. If I hover over the associated icon it fixes that issue.

This is probably a separate item but I thought it had a chance of being relevant.
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Circle Dock / Re: V 1.5.1.1 Problems with Dock Settings and Item settings screen
« Last post by worick on February 09, 2010, 10:21 AM »
I tried installing a fresh copy of V 1.5.1.1 in a new folder and it has the same issues. So, it doesn't appear to be related to any settings or files from older versions.
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Circle Dock / V 1.5.1.1 Problems with Dock Settings and Item settings screen
« Last post by worick on February 09, 2010, 10:07 AM »
Win 7 64 bit OS Circle Dock V 1.5.1.1 This is an install over V1 that was an install over an older version etc.

I can open the Dock Settings and Item settings screens just fine. They appear to function correctly as well. However after I close them I can no longer use my middle mouse button to toggle CD. If I restart Circle Dock the middle button toggles CD again. Any changed settings are retained. Going to the Item settings screen does not always produce this effect, the Dock settings screen always does. In the failed state I used the taskbar icon to open CD up and went into the Dock Settings screen and it did show the middle mouse button set as the toggle. I tried closing the Settings screen and using the middle button to no avail. I also tried changing the toggle to a new function and back to middle button and it did not help.

I did notice that in the failed state if I change the toggle to something else like Right mouse + shift, and exit the settings screen the new hot-key does work without a restart. It does however ignore the need for the additional key. No matter what Keys I choose in addition to right click, a simple right click with no buttons pressed toggles the dock. Going back into the settings screen and choosing middle button does not restore functionality. Only restarting circle dock restores the middle button toggle.

Also when I use the Icon settings screen to change the label of an icon it truncates the first few letters off of several other Icon labels. There does not appear to be a hard limit like 8 chars. Some examples Downloads : loads
Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 : soft Visual Studio 2008
Oblivion : livion
That is real annoying because if I go in to fix one, it truncates 3-4 more labels.
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Circle Dock / Question for sgtevmckay - Is that a working clock on your CD?
« Last post by worick on January 14, 2010, 01:36 PM »
I noticed on one of your screen shots what looks like a clock on the inside rings of your CD. I tried to search for any mention of it in the forums and came up dry. Care to elaborate any?
screenshot1102010102612.jpg
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Circle Dock / Re: system.reflection.targetinvocationexception
« Last post by worick on October 28, 2009, 03:48 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.

I downloaded the unbundled and new bundle to test.

I tried overwriting a copy of my 9.2 alpha install with the unbundled version and it seems to work just fine.

I tried the new bundle version on a copy of my 9.2 install and it failed to launch circle dock, but with a different error. I downloaded the new bundle again, extracted and overwrote the exe and it seems to work now. I don't normally get corrupt downloads, but that's all I can think of.

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