Author Topic: IDEA: Desktop progress meter (Read 88685 times)

skwire · « **Reply #75 on:** February 08, 2013, 04:32 PM »

v1.0.7 is wonderful! Very easy and smooth for keyboard control. Thanks, skwire!
-Scott_Y (February 08, 2013, 12:31 PM)

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.
-Scott_Y (February 08, 2013, 12:31 PM)

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

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).
-Scott_Y (February 08, 2013, 12:31 PM)

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

Website | Download v1.0.8 - 2013-02-08 + Added Ctrl+R hotkey for displaying the meters. (Thanks, Scott_Y)

Scott_Y · « **Reply #76 on:** February 08, 2013, 08:53 PM »

That's exactly why I added that feature for you.
-skwire (February 08, 2013, 04:32 PM)

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!

Scott_Y · « **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.

skwire · « **Reply #78 on:** February 11, 2013, 04:54 PM »

Ctrl+R is turning out to be a very natural shortcut to refresh.
-Scott_Y (February 11, 2013, 04:43 PM)

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.
-Scott_Y (February 11, 2013, 04:43 PM)

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

LOL.

Scott_Y · « **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. LOL.
-skwire (February 11, 2013, 04:54 PM)

Heh, heh... what in the world gave you that idea?!

Maybe that should be called "preemptive programming."

Again, thanks for the excellent improvements.

Scott_Y · « **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."

skwire · « **Reply #81 on:** February 12, 2013, 01:16 PM »

Thanks for the report. Please grab the latest:

Website | Download 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)

Scott_Y · « **Reply #82 on:** February 12, 2013, 03:30 PM »

Thanks, skwire. It's fixed!

Scott_Y · « **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.

Scott_Y · « **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!

Scott_Y · « **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.

skwire · « **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.

Scott_Y · « **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!

skwire · « **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.
-Scott_Y (March 25, 2013, 12:33 PM)

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'.

Scott_Y · « **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.

skwire · « **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.

Scott_Y · « **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.

skwire · « **Reply #92 on:** March 29, 2013, 02:05 PM »

Website | Download 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.

skwire · « **Reply #93 on:** April 09, 2013, 05:35 PM »

Website | Download v1.1.1 - 2013-04-09 ! The Ctrl+Up & Ctrl+Down hotkeys were not moving the entries properly throughout the list. (Thanks, Scott_Y)

jaymar · « **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...

KynloStephen66515 · « **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.

skwire · « **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...
-jaymar (September 15, 2014, 08:07 PM)

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.

jaymar · « **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...

skwire · « **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

jaymar · « **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...