7/27/2010 10:46:32 PM
Topic:
Feature Request - Change Skin
Gianluca
Administrator
Posts: 63
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Hello verzase.
SyMenu contextual popup is fully customizable in its graphical aspect too. So if you like a particular skin, you can implement by yourself.
By the way, I would like to see the best graphical customizations of SyMenu.
If someone has customized SyMenu in a very pretty way and let me know the used parameters, I can implement that skin as one of the default SyMenu schemas.
No prizes for winners!
Gianluca
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7/27/2010 7:27:49 PM
Topic:
Feature Request - Change Skin
verzase
Posts: 1
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I've seen this project and I think it would be nice to change skin that match with my visual style.
edited by verzase on 7/27/2010
edited by verzase on 7/27/2010
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7/21/2010 8:13:50 AM
Topic:
Thanks for adding features to v1.11
Gianluca
Administrator
Posts: 63
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Thanks nicedreams.
What is the Windows start menu??? 
Gianluca
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7/21/2010 7:29:59 AM
Topic:
Thanks for adding features to v1.11
nicedreams
Posts: 7
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Glad you were able to get the search to hold focus and also add the shortcut to link to the shortcut path and not the shortcut file. Love this program so much. I use it so much I don't even remember how to use the start menu anymore. LOL
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7/20/2010 1:57:46 AM
Topic:
Opening a Truecrypt Volume
Coastie
Posts: 13
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Yes, I was aware of all that 
T was available and I used the correct password.
No luck getting it to mount from SyMenu.
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7/19/2010 8:25:24 AM
Topic:
Opening a Truecrypt Volume
Gianluca
Administrator
Posts: 63
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Hello Coastie.
The example I posted in SyMenu manual was only to make understand how to use command parameters and not how to use Truecrypt with extension manager.
But, naturally, the trick works the same.
If you have to manually select the drive it means that the drive specified in command line is already mounted or used by the system (I means T: could be use only once. In the example /l T tell to Truecrypt to mount the file on drive T).
You have to manually enter the password because of two reasons:
- the password in command line is not correct;
- you manually have specified the unit so the password must be retyped.
So try to check the availability of T drive before making double click on your .tc file.
And please tell me if these advises solve your issue.
Gianluca
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7/18/2010 6:32:54 PM
Topic:
Opening a Truecrypt Volume
Coastie
Posts: 13
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Create a Truecrypt volume named test.tc Configure Truecrypt with extension manager to manage extension .tc
In parameters add this line: /v %1 /l T /a /p abcdefg /q background
Enable extension manager.
I have done this and the file does not automatically mount and open. The main truecrypt window opens, where I need to manually select the drive letter, and then manually enter the password.
Win7 x86
SyMenu 1.11
Truecrypt 6.3a
Does something specific need to be done other than using the parameters line, and enabling extensions?
What specifically does this reference? Configure Truecrypt with extension manager to manage extension .tc
I have Truecrype in the symenu, checked the Extension Manager box and added .tc in the window below the check mark.
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7/17/2010 1:10:13 AM
Topic:
Any news or ETA?
Coastie
Posts: 13
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Great, thank you.
In a future version it would be nice if we could configure the menu delay when mousing over options or opening containers. I'd like to speed it up just a bit. Perhaps in the SyMenuConfig XML file.
edited by Coastie on 7/17/2010
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7/15/2010 3:42:14 PM
Topic:
Any news or ETA?
Sir_X
Posts: 8
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Hi Gianluca,
The new version with the "new feature for expert ??? users" works nice.
Regards from BCN,
Sir_X
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7/14/2010 12:17:08 PM
Topic:
Any news or ETA?
Gianluca
Administrator
Posts: 63
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Hello to all
The new SyMenu 1.11 version is ready.
As promised I've included several bug fixes and a new feature that allows to order the execution of the Autoexec items during SyMenu startup.
This new feature is for expert users only because it requires to manual edit SyMenu item configuration file.
This is the procedure:
- download and execute at least one time new SyMenu version;
- now close SyMenu if it's running;
- open with a simple text editor (notepad) the file SyMenuItem.xml (make a backup of it too, to avoid loosing your configuration);
- search all SyProgram that have autoexecOnStart="True" attribute. Yuo'll find that a new attribute autoexecOnStartOrder="0" has been created;
- when autoexecOnStartOrder attributes are set to "0" the starting order of the programs is the natural order (the first one in list is the first one to be executed). But if you change these values creating a series (1, 2, 3...) you can define in which order your programs have to be executed.
That's all.
Gianluca
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6/22/2010 10:13:14 AM
Topic:
Any news or ETA?
PoWi
Posts: 4
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Thank you very much for your info-update.
SyMenu is really great. I use it every day!!!!!
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6/21/2010 4:02:45 PM
Topic:
Any news or ETA?
Gianluca
Administrator
Posts: 63
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Hello PoWi.
Next version is quite ready.
It's essentially a bug-fix version with no new feature but I haven't tested it in depth yet.
I solved a lot of errors such as the difficulties on getting focus on XP machines, problems on elevation feature in Vista and Win7, the wrong behavior when you add a shortcut to SyMenu (currently it points to shortcut instead of the shortcut target) and many more.
The only new feature is a minor feature that allows expert users to configure the order of program autoxecution during startup.
I think that I could release 1.11 within the end of July.
Bye.
Gianluca
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6/21/2010 3:48:12 PM
Topic:
Any news or ETA?
PoWi
Posts: 4
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Hi,
any news about the next version?
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6/16/2010 10:31:01 AM
Topic:
Feature Request - sequence the items at start/stop
Gianluca
Administrator
Posts: 63
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Hello PoWi.
Thank you for you suggestion.
It seems to me that Autohotkey uses RunWait to run something, enter in a wait mode and only when launched program is closed, following with other tasks.
But it's not our need.
We need something that launches a program, waits until program is completely loaded (not until it's closed) and then launches another program.
My difficult is to understand when a program is completely loaded not when it is closed.
Regarding the delay you are right. Even in my system Firefox and Thunderbird startup is very slow. I could implement a more flexible delay from every program start (0 to 30 sec.).
Gianluca
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6/16/2010 10:11:49 AM
Topic:
Feature Request - sequence the items at start/stop
PoWi
Posts: 4
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Gianluca wrote:
PoWi suggestion instead is not implementable because there is no way to monitoring an external program and being notified when it finished loading from disk.
For example when Thunderbird process appears in task manager it doesn't mean that the program is completely loaded.
I should monitor the activity on USB but I won't be sure that the last loading program is responsible for USB activity.
Gianluca
please look here .
I know that's Autohotkey...But maybe you can get some ideas...
"...Unlike Run, RunWait will wait until Target is closed or exits, at which time ErrorLevel will be set to the program's exit code (as a signed 32-bit integer). Some programs will appear to return immediately even though they are still running; these programs spawn another process...."
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Edit: My Firefox needs up to 15-20 seconds. My Thunderbird even more.
edited by PoWi on 6/16/2010
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6/16/2010 9:55:37 AM
Topic:
Feature Request - sequence the items at start/stop
Gianluca
Administrator
Posts: 63
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Hello to all.
Even today SyMenu allows to specify a delay between the start of every program at startup.
This interval could be set from 0 seconds (every program is started immediately) to 10 seconds.
This solution could be a good workaround for you. Try different settings and write here your reports if you like.
Anyway I think that is possible to implement an ordering flag in startup but since it's a very hard work I'll firstly implement it only via direct editing of configuration file for expert users only ;-)
PoWi suggestion instead is not implementable because there is no way to monitoring an external program and being notified when it finished loading from disk.
For example when Thunderbird process appears in task manager it doesn't mean that the program is completely loaded.
I should monitor the activity on USB but I won't be sure that the last loading program is responsible for USB activity.
Gianluca
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6/16/2010 8:47:44 AM
Topic:
Feature Request - sequence the items at start/stop
PoWi
Posts: 4
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One problem I see is that if you start ALL programs in a sequence from a portable device there will be some performance problems depending on the speed of the usb port.
Maybe use a sequence and wait till the app is ready and than start the next from the sequence.
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6/14/2010 10:26:41 AM
Topic:
Feature Request - sequence the items at start/stop
Sir_X
Posts: 8
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Hi Gianluca,
Could be possible to add a new parameter: the sequence/order number for the items (programs, commands, etc) that will be started when the SyMenu starts or closes, e.g.:
start thunderbid seq = 1st
start firefox seq = 2nd
.....
This will allow to put long/heavy starts (e.g. Thunderbird) at the beginnning or at the end of the SyMenu starts.
Many thanks as usual for your great tool.
Regards from Barcelona (Spain),
Sir_X
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6/3/2010 7:34:59 AM
Topic:
Set Focus on Search Bar Not Working
Gianluca
Administrator
Posts: 63
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Hello to all.
Finally I reproduced the issue on an XP machine and I solved it.
Resolution will be available from next SyMenu version (1.11).
Thank you for your report.
Gianluca
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5/30/2010 8:59:08 PM
Topic:
Set Focus on Search Bar Not Working
Jay
Posts: 1
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I have had exactly the same thing happen to me. When I hit the hotkey for SyMenu sometimes it would randomly not set the cursor to the search bar. I'd then have to click right on the search box to make it activate. This become quite annoying so I switched to another key launcher.
My hotkey was set to "Alt + Q"
Btw, I'm on Windows XP Home Edition (SP3).
I hope this bug can be fixed or that we can at least find out what is causing this strange problem with the search box. I'd sure like to use SyMenu again as it's such a great program, but that problem is just too much of an inconvenience for my work flow.
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