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Whew! This took a lot longer than I thought.. but its finally ready!!

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Changes:

  • Runtime error 91 fixed
  • To get the program to look for Winamp when its open and it says "Not found", click the Winamp icon
  • Improvements with IP detection
  • Increased window for hard drive space
  • Increased mouseover area for tooltips for Winamp and Bandwidth
  • Fixed a bug that changed InfoBar settings when configuration window was opened
  • Uptime now displays properly - rounding issue fixed
  • Improved docking code
  • Docking on bottom added
  • Fixed bug with formatting bandwidth speeds

This is the first time that this program will be run outside my computer, so I have no idea how it will run and what issues you all will have. This is beta 1, expect some issues but I will fix this as soon as possible. Current issues include problems with first start (might be fixed), CPU usage under Win9x, problems if used with other docked programs, and finally issues with resolution changes =)

Features to come in the future include outputting information to html file, skin support, volume support, news as well as anything else you can think of :p.

Please post here any comments, suggestions or bugs with the program.

Enjoy!

http://members.shaw.ca/d2store/setup.exe

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Just tried using it and I get a RunTime Error 91

object Variable or with block variable not set.

Any remides?

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that error i think is received when there is another program that is being docked, or when explorer is frozen

it seems as though that error appears when the program cannot allocate the screen space for itself

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wow this is great, it works perfectly now all we need is some skins ;)

move over coolinfo cos here comes infobar! :D :D :D

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I looked but did not find any way to place the bar at the bottom of my screen. Is this possible now? Or planned for a future version.

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problem, when i have my quicklaunch docked on top of screen (see my desktop pic) and set to autohide, the infobar goes over top and prevents my quicklauch from poping up.

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thanks guys! love that you like it :)

Does anyone with artistic talent create an icon for the program? the one it currently has is kinda ugly..

Also, if anyone can give me some room to host InfoBar's homepage (5mb, php) it will be GREATLY appreciated :)

The major problem right now with creating skins is that the images i currently have on the program have a white background.. if someone is able to change all the images to have no bg color, then skin support should be easy.

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bug #2: winamp not found even tho its using default path C:Program FilesWinampwinamp.exe, im using winamp 2.80

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bug #3: when i changed my docked quicklaunch to always on top then changed to auto-hide it crashed infobar & explorer needing a complete restart of explorer.exe

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winamp still not working, but other than that this is a killer app, also is it possible that in the next version, the user can select dock top/bottom

Thanks

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Ive got it working now, But I want to be able to place the bar on the side of the screen or at the bottom not the top of the screen. Is this possiable? or planned for the future?

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Originally posted by AgEnTsMiTh

Ive got it working now, But I want to be able to place the bar on the side of the screen or at the bottom not the top of the screen. Is this possiable? or planned for the future?

yeah I'd like to be able to put it at the bottom of my screen. if you could that'd be great...

i really like the program alot. does everything i want it to... especially the winamp and teh google part :) The only thing that i don't like, is that if you get rid of a part, it will just move over, and you'll have an empty grey space on the right... if you were able to size the boxes accordingly or something... that'd be awesome!

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Yah, i wanted to help by telling the bugs i got:

1- The bandwidth monitor doesn't display '0s' when there's no data going in :) for example, rite now it's displaying: ,1 k and when im goin nothing: , k :)

2- It says that my IP is 127.0.0.1 :ponder: and i only have 1 network connection :)

3- It doesn't display Free Disk Space correctly, for example, on my D: Drive, it says that i have 'GB' bytes left :)

I'm sure yull correct this out ;)

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1.02 released.. fixes include docking on bottom support, and the bandwidth bug astral spoke about.

download at http://members.shaw.ca/d2store/setup.exe

astral - how much gb free do you have on that drive? also, the ip bug will be fixed once i get a php host.

nemo - please ICQ me with when this occured and how.. i dont get those spaces

btw - please let me know if you get a message on the bar saying a newer version is available

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Varox: i have 8.81 GB left on D: (9 462 267 904 bytes)

And Yes i got a msg, just dlded the update, fixed the Bandwidth '0' problem ;)

And if ya need a PHP host, if u don't need much bw, i could help you!

MSN: steve_cossette@cgocable.ca

ICQ: 129094897

Yahoo!: astralgodz

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Perfect thank you very much!! I like this app very much!! Great work!! Once skin support will be available this app is going to be perfect.

2 problems im finding.

1. its showing my cpu usage as 100%

2. the ip its showing is no where near what mine really is.

Just a head up for you to mabey look at

Have you thought about adding a neowin bar for news and or forum posts?

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Yes I have, and it will be added soon

Here is the feature list of things to come

  • Skin Support - Need someone to be able to convert the current images on InfoBar to images with a transparent background (its white now)
  • Volume Control - edit volume from the app
  • File output - output the current statistics every second to a file
  • News - perhaps add Klip if possible or xml parsing

The main bugs that need to be fixed right now are the problems with docking, the issues nemo was talking about (grey spaces appearing when removing controls - anyone else get this?), astral's GB problem and the IP issue (which will be fixed tomorrow when i have php)

agent, what OS are you using? CPU doesnt quite work with 9x, but it will in next update. If its showing 100 and youre using NT, check the configuration and see if its displaynig CPU used or CPU free

Honestly, do you think this will be a popular program?

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One thing I think that might be cool if you add.... would be if you added the current song playing in winamp in the infobar. know what i mean?

okay i've downloaded the update and i still get the grey box thing on the right side where it doens't take up the whole entire bar at the bottom... here is what it looks like

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strange.. i dont get that, but ill look into that.. what OS are you running? and, do you get those grey bars with EVERY control you add/remove?

the winamp current song can be accessed by mousing over the winamp button :)

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Originally posted by VaxoP

strange.. i dont get that, but ill look into that.. what OS are you running? and, do you get those grey bars with EVERY control you add/remove?

the winamp current song can be accessed by mousing over the winamp button :)

im running WinXP Pro.. I only get it sometimes if i move another box around. Sometimes if I click and drag it'll give me those bars. But i was wondering if maybe there was away to arrange the size of the boxes the way you want them. To like expand the boxes throughout the whole entire infobar. LOL.

and the winamp current song thing. i know it is accessed by the mouseover, but i'm sorta lazy... and i'd like to see it if it was right on the bar... lol sorry i'm soo annoying

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okay.. Now this is weird... VaxoP...

Infobar will give me those grey boxes. Then everything will be bunched up together like normal. And then it will go back to having those grey boxes. I don't know what's wrong... Dunno.. see if you can find anything out..

if I can help you more, just ask :)

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