RR 3-30-05 ... Mappoint ... - Page 2

guino · 03-30-2005, 01:34 AM

well.. you'll need to create a label in the skin that starts with ! for example: !MYLABEL

from the SDK, you would send a command like: setlabel;!mylabel;MYTEXT

You should then be able to view that label with the "MYTEXT" text in it.

You can test it using the SDK example included with the source package.. there's a Delphi and a VB6 example there..

Gobby · 03-30-2005, 01:43 AM

Ah ok, haven't dl'ed the Source package, only the Binary - my bad .... sorry.

Works perfectly :-) Just set up connected/disconnected indicators for my GPRS Connection.

contaygious · 03-30-2005, 02:54 AM

sweet nice work!

Hey with the SEND command, what are the embedded applications that you refer to? calculator, etc. or what?

guino · 03-30-2005, 02:59 AM

the SENDKEY Command will work with any embbeded application currently focused.. if Calc was running for instance and you execute "SENDKEY;1" it would simulate the pressing of the button 1 in the calculator.. this allows for improved emmbeded application support specially when making separate skin files for specific applications.

Arathranar · 03-30-2005, 03:20 AM

Now I must get up early to install this on my car pc and reconnect the USB devices (I'm in the middle of the final wiring for my install) so I can test it on my way to work

Keep up the great (and frankly astoundingly quick) work!

Javiles · 03-30-2005, 04:01 AM

Here special key codes:

BACKSPACE {BACKSPACE}, {BS}, or {BKSP}
BREAK {BREAK}
CAPS LOCK {CAPSLOCK}
DEL or DELETE {DELETE} or {DEL}
DOWN ARROW {DOWN}
END {END}
ENTER {ENTER}or ~
ESC {ESC}
HELP {HELP}
HOME {HOME}
INS or INSERT {INSERT} or {INS}
LEFT ARROW {LEFT}
NUM LOCK {NUMLOCK}
PAGE DOWN {PGDN}
PAGE UP {PGUP}
PRINT SCREEN {PRTSC}
RIGHT ARROW {RIGHT}
SCROLL LOCK {SCROLLLOCK}
TAB {TAB}
UP ARROW {UP}
F1 {F1}
F2 {F2}
F3 {F3}
F4 {F4}
F5 {F5}
F6 {F6}
F7 {F7}
F8 {F8}
F9 {F9}
F10 {F10}
F11 {F11}
F12 {F12}To specify keys combined with any combination of the SHIFT, CTRL, and ALT
keys, precede the key code with one or more of the following codes. Key Code
SHIFT +
CTRL ^
ALT %To specify that any combination of SHIFT, CTRL, and ALT should be held down
while several other keys are pressed, enclose the code for those keys in
parentheses. For example, to specify to hold down SHIFT while E and C are
pressed, use +(EC). To specify to hold down SHIFT while E is pressed,
followed by C without SHIFT, use +EC.

Javiles · 03-30-2005, 04:28 AM

Hi guino, I a create a button for sendkeys , at the moment I press this button Would I lose the focus of the currente box of embbeded application???

Arathranar · 03-30-2005, 04:29 AM

A bout of insomnia later, here I am sat in the car with the latest and greatest version of RR installed. A couple of bug reports:
1. Mappoint didn't work from the gps menu. I just got a bar along the top with buttons and nothing else happened. Using rrconfig to set mappoint to be loaded automatically rather than the gps menu got mappoint showing.
2. Once I did this, I got mappoint up behind the skin buttons but a message box popped up *under* the window. A quick keyboard attach later, I found it was an E_INVALIDARG com error code complaint. Basically, some call into Mappoint looks to be complaining about the parameters.

Arathranar · 03-30-2005, 04:45 AM

A quick reverse out of the car port and waiting for a GPS lock resolved the failure dialog. I had quick play with the route planning functionality and it looks to be working well. I have very different views on what the UI should look like for most of this though

. The AutoTouch interface to Mappoint had a lot going for it. But I do like the full screen UI for adding places. That's got a lot going for it over how AutoTouch manages things. I sense a need to take the best of both

.

After I dismissed the dialog in the failure case above, RR exited (which is presumably to be expected). So I have to restart RR and exit it again if I want to access the task bar since RR is set to auto-hide it. Is there any way in VB to make it more resilient to certain runtime failures? Or possibly add an exit handler that does critical cleanup (no idea if VB supports that or not).

Now I wish it was time to head to work so I can test the en-route functionality. I'd head out for a coffee but I'm in a dressing gown and haven't got my wallet...

Gobby · 03-30-2005, 04:49 AM

If you set RR as your shell it will auto start on failure

Arathranar · 03-30-2005, 04:50 AM

I might do that once I have finished setting up my car PC. But for the moment I want easy access to the explorer shell

.

Gobby · 03-30-2005, 04:52 AM

I've added explorer.exe as an app in RR, I have the best of both worlds, I can access everything I need then.

Arathranar · 03-30-2005, 04:56 AM

As time permits, I'm getting to know the RR code base and experimenting with making improvements I'd like to see. So I'll frequently be shutting down RR. I'm also trying to confirm if the Windows Media Center UI is more readable on a bright day since that would influence my final skin look.

Arathranar · 03-30-2005, 05:07 AM

MBM label support seems to have regressed. I just reset up your latest changes with Vortex's stuff on top (incidentally - the download link on your web site isn't his latest fixed changes) and I'm just seeing 0 for both the MBM values - even after I adjusted them to be the ones I wanted. This was working with the 3-19 drop.

Arathranar · 03-30-2005, 05:08 AM

Ok, time for bed said Zebedee.

Boing!