insol

Mostly because I have apps (TomTom, Activesync, etc) that put stuff in the tray when I run them and it messes up (adds a scroll to) my today screen.

I hate that, so I just account for it up front and have now put a functional (toggle/show state) bluetooth icon there. Since I only have the bluetooth icon and the occasional one or 2 app icons and I don't need another launcher, the remainder of the tray is wasted. So I thought I could put alerts in there, but haven't found anything that will do that yet. Here is my today screen:

hannip

There are ways to hide the system tray so that you can use the extra space. Maybe that would be a better solution. Billboard already has bluetooth status and enable/disable and settings so you wouldn't lose that.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...=248968&page=4

nitty917

nmind it does...
can we increase the speed of beacon blinking?

belcore

Hi Hannip
Thanks for your (and everybody´s...)great work
a quick question
I LOVE TA and use it all the time, now on my Treo Pro

Do you think it would be possible to use TA as a quick reminder
ie: in menu add a quick note and a time either remind me in xx minutes or remind me at xx time

I love TA so much and now specially Treo Pro not turning on the screen for each reminder is great

Or should I just use a dedicated program ( I don´t really know which one is simple enough)

thanks in advance
Peter

hannip

I can add it to the to-do list. I can't promise when I'll get to it, but it's a good idea. Thanks

I would probably integrate it with the built in calendar, but it would be quick and easy entry.

belcore

peridoc

I am using Flexmail as my default client for SMS and email and I am new to using Treo Alert Pro. I am having trouble getting TA to work with new incoming SMS messages. Weird thing is that TA Billboard picks up that I have a new SMS (via the updated count), but the beacon/vibe/reminder does not appear to trigger. Is there a way to get TA to recognize these new SMS's (and presumably emails) when using Flexmail as your client? Maybe I am just missing something...

Thanks!

hannip

Click on the Billboard plugin and select Alert Settings Menu. Which selection have you chosen?

peridoc

I have choosen (5):=LED & REMINDER & VIBE

hannip

If Billboard shows a count for sms then it should flash the beacon and provide repeat notification. Click on the Billboard plugin and check if the Timer is turning off the alerts. Try turning Timer Off if it's on.

Also is the sms=1 flashing in the Billboard or did you select to have counts always displayed? If the latter then maybe the sms guid is different for FlexMail. I'd have to get the reg setting for that if that's the case.

peridoc

Billboard does show it (SM:1), but I am not seeing the beacon, audible or vibrate reminders (set to 1 minute intervals right now). I have tried it with Timer on and off (Off right now as you suggested) As an additional note, I had a calendar alarm set earlier and I heard one repeat (the initial one plus once more) and then it never repeated any more and I never took the phone out of my pocket.

hannip

Ok, it can be one of two things.

1) Check Sounds & Notifications for your sms and verify that you have the checkbox checked for "Display message on screen" and a sound selected.

2) If the above looks ok then it's most likely that FlexMail is setting a guid that TA doesn't yet know about. When you have a pending sms active jot down the value for the following registry item.

HKLM\System\State\Shell\Notifications\Active\CLSID

Btw, what version of FlexMail are you using? I didn't even know that FlexMail could handle sms.

Edit: oh cool, just checked out the FlexMail 4 website and it shows support for sms and mms.

peridoc

I am using Flexmail 4.1 (beta). This has been in beta for quite some time and has many enhancements over the version 4 release. (such as speed enhancements, threaded SMS, etc.) It is very good. I got it from this URL:

Index of /FTF/FlexMail

In my "Sounds & Notifications" I have some entries specifically for Flexmail that are:

Flexmail Account Synching
Flexmail New Per Message
Flexmail SMS Notifications

So my guess is that #2 is more likely sine my guess is TA does not recognize those. Here is the value of that registry item:

{1A661EBA-6203-4E89-BABE-43FB1C044E43}

Let me know if there is anything else I should look at...

Keith

hannip

Ok cool. I'll add that guid and upload a test version of TA for you to try.
Can you verify the case of the letters in that guid. I did a google search and see references to that guid using lowercase letters. I would prefer not to add additional processing to lowercase or uppercase the string before comparing. Thanks.

Edit: nevermind, I found I had someone's registry that uses FlexMail. Looks like it's lowercase letters.

peridoc

I used MyMobiler to copy and paste the exact entry I found in Resco Registry Editor (should I use something else?) in my previous post. I went back and looked again just to double check and it looks like a match to me.

I also tested the Flexmail Account Synchronization notification and I found another entry that TA did not recognize:

{3E543E4B-FB75-45E4-BB0C-948816D40A12}

I also tested incoming email message notification (using Flexmail) and I get TA to notify my with the Beacon & Audio, but the Billboard does not update with a number of messages for "EM".

peridoc

Although, looking under HKCU->ControlPanel->Notifications I see the same values (lower/upper case) as these:

Flexmail SMS Notifications
{1a661eba-6203-4e89-babe-43fb1c044e43}

Flexmail New per Message
{1B70F4A6-F103-40a1-82EC-45CC19E46889}

Flexmail Account Synching
{3E543E4B-FB75-45E4-BB0C-948816D4A12}

Regardless, I would think that TA would be better off knowing all three...

hannip

hmm, ok, maybe the OS uppercases it then.
So when is the account sync used? TA is looking for this guid for new FlexMail email notification:
{1B70F4A6-F103-40A1-82EC-45CC19E46889}

peridoc

Ah...ok. Cool.

As for the Account Sync, there is an option to display a notification of when an account or accounts have been synced and it gives a synopsis (Like 2/2 accounts synched and 3/3 unread messages, or something along those lines). I personally do not use this, but in my testing the problem was that this notification came up on top of the new mail one and TA appeared not to work for the email until I cleared the account sync notification. This situation would be solved if the account sync was recognized as well, I think.

hannip

Try this to see if we are making progress for the flexmail sms.

- Added flex sms guid
- Added flex mail sync guid
- Added flex mail email storage unread counting

Attached Files

TREO ALERT PRO 9.0 beta5.cab (465.4 KB, 15 views)

hannip

It's ok if the sync notification goes on top of the new email notification as long as both are pending. You should see a little bubble icon on top of the today screen showing both notifications when you tap it.

Edit: Is the sync notification only for email accounts? I assume so. Ok I guess I should add that also then just to be safe.

For the email and sms counts it looks like Flexmail doesn't have one total like poutlook Inbox has so I'll have to loop through each FlexMail Storage registory to add up the counts. This is where your registry dump will come in handy.