cool!!!!!

That is a great idea, but can't Desktopx be modified to allow easy editing of registry?

IE: Savesetting and Loadsetting (used in VB.NET but not in vbscript).

Oh yeah what about calendar with appointments standards? Sometimes I would like to use another people's creations but they use different file.

XX - you can easily write to the registry now but that doesn't stop people writing all over the registry with no structure.

If you read the document then you'll realise that the standardisation of information is the issue, not whether it resides in the registry or XML. Registry access is also difficult at times due to the various security apps on computers.

Very good work Martin. Thanx very much for it.
As far as the shortcuts are concerned, I'd rather «type» as being URL, application, folder, or special folder this way, we'd be able to easily script them : if it's a folder and you click on it for more than 2 seconds, then it opens the Browse folder dialog, so that you can change the folder target... Does this make sense ?
Then we should have a «type» info for each shortcut PLUS a «category» info (graphics, office, ...)

Hmmmmmm. I can't edit my message ("you're not authorized to view this page" )
Just one more thing : since there are online TVs available on the net, «radio» should be «radio OR TV», don't you think so ?

Thanks for the feedback. I can certainly add a "folder" type. This is a sensible idea.

There are two ways of looking at the need for "type" and "category".
1) You could argue that a folder will be distinct type that is different so you don't need categories
2) You may think a more sophisticated system is needed where you may want to group different types of URL (graphics, skinning etc). If this is the case, should we enforce a structure or allow the user to create their own. You could do the same for "Applications" - placing them into graphics, skinning categories etc.

This is the sort of debate we need - though I think we need a newsgroup to maintain some structure to these threads !!!

Special folders I plan to add to the common scripts as these can easily be extracted from the registry.

Let me know what you think.

oh and as for TV, this would probably be added as a distinct media, as there may be different properties for it in the long term. We'll see if the need for that arrives.

Ahh so it uses a XML file?

Will there be a ready to use script for creating, changing or accessing this XML file?

Oh yeah if you plan to create a calendear with appts standard, I would recommand using my format (just check out ApptLinearCalendear) so that way yu can use split function to simpify splitting up information.


But at the same time, You could split up all of the data, incuding day, month and year, time so this point would be moot.

It may go like this:
MM/DD/YY'format
2'this one tells how many appts there is.

'APPT then the number
20'day
1'month
2005'year
7:00
My 29th Birthday


'second appt.
20
1
2006
7:00
My 30th Birthday


Of course this format has some weaknesses. If appt 1 is removed it causes some problems. any solution? Hmm one possible: just use without any numbers and use SPLIT function?

Aww it messed up my post. For some odd reason, I can't edit it.

XX - If you actually read the document it might enlighten you as to the format, details etc.

I also created an appointment calendar a good while ago, so I have a fairly good format, but thanks.

Actually, my own is based on yours.

I modified it to use split functions.

Martin,

This is a good start - you've obviously been working hard.

A lot of the most interesting stuff will come in the AOI section, so we'll still have to wait and see on that.

Two things that I immediately see are missing: 1)User's text color preference and 2)under weather, the user's hemisphere (northern or southern).

For the 99% of you wondering why #2, it's so the moon phase can be displayed accurately.

I also think it would be good if the units preference for weather was more specific, to accomodate different people's interests:
Temp: F,C
Wind Speed: mp/h,km/h,m/s,knots
Visibility: mi,km
Barometer: in,mm,hPa,kPa,mb
Precip:in,cm,mm

Cheers,

Will

Martin,

A small comment from someone who is just learning to script, but has alot of experience in Quality Control standards and documentation.

This is probably the best idea I have seen here at WC in the 6 months I have been a subscriber.

A great way to prevent loss of quality and a fantastic tool for anyone with an interest in creating highly compatible products.

Just 2 cents from a subscriber who cares.