Lnchr

[horace]

Originally Posted by thynctank

So, perhaps an icon beside the category filter up top? Even a simple "abc", "123", "MRU" string that stands out somehow would be welcome. Or a little graphic of a grid to represent 9-key entry, etc...?

Just some ideas.

Net idea. I'd do it.

Thank you!

[thynctank]

Wow, I just downloaded/installed the new version of Lnchr. Ahem, Treo Launcher. Sweet! all 12 of my Main apps in Main category now. I may have to pare down to 9 since the 9-key entry is counterintuitive with 4 rows. (wasn't thinking about that...)

And even better, this run-from-card stuff, is freakin great! Copies on the fly to memory and deletes afterward? That's amazing, dude. The asterisk
marking works well. I need time to test how well it works.

Question:
I have a lot of applications duplicated between my memory and the card. If possible I'd like to run a lot of these off the card to save onboard memory. What's the best way of ensuring I don't lose data but am still able to run these apps from the card rather than memory? Go into FileZ or similar app and remove the prc? Will the pdbs still be there?

[horace]

Originally Posted by thynctank

Question:
I have a lot of applications duplicated between my memory and the card. If possible I'd like to run a lot of these off the card to save onboard memory. What's the best way of ensuring I don't lose data but am still able to run these apps from the card rather than memory? Go into FileZ or similar app and remove the prc? Will the pdbs still be there?

I don't have staright answer to this question. The question is even more difficult when Palm introduces the NVFS (non-volatile file system).

The not-so-useful answer is "case by case" since any of the following config is application specific, i.e. each application may behave differently:

1 prc and pdb in memory
2 prc on card and pdb in memory
3 prc in memory and pdb on card
4 prc and pdb on card

Regards
horace

[thynctank]

Fair enough. However, I get consistent errors any time I try to run apps from the card. They seem to launch fine (perhaps a small delay as they are copied into memory, it's hard to tell) but when I go to exit the app (via any method, Home button, Email, Phone, etc) I get a soft reset.

After reading the error message, I've determined the error is being thrown by KeyCaps600, a staple hack on my Treo for some time now. I guess I'll try and contact the developer, though I don't know if it's still in active development.

After disabling the hack, apps launched from SD card seem to launch and exit fine.

So be on the lookout for users running this hack!

[thynctank]

I've found that the new version of KeyCaps for Treo 650s works fine!

click here for those interested. (I can affirm this works on 650, don't know about 700, 680, etc. Nor do I know whether this works or is necessary on 600)

[thynctank]

Now what would be real great is the ability to assign categories to apps on the card. Is that possible somehow?

Even if they were to be stored in a separate pdb only accessible to Treo Launcher but treated the same as those stored in the normal categories db, I'd really love that ability. Because then I could offload all my favorite apps to card and have tons of onboard space which right now is at a premium. (I almost always have less than 5 megs available)

[horace]

Originally Posted by thynctank

After reading the error message, I've determined the error is being thrown by KeyCaps600, a staple hack on my Treo for some time now. I guess I'll try and contact the developer, though I don't know if it's still in active development.

After disabling the hack, apps launched from SD card seem to launch and exit fine.

So be on the lookout for users running this hack!

Thanks for reprting the issue, at the mement, I have receied 3 apps which may conflict with Treo Launcher if it tries to run programs on card:

~ Conflict ~

- DBCacheTool - after start apps from card, crash. [1.0 beta 6] (shtwang)
- Hi-launcher - after start apps from card, crash. [1.0 beta 6] (shortdogg)
- KeyCaps600 - after start apps from card, crash. [1.0 beta 6] (tank)

I'd look into the problem and try to find a way out.

Thank you!

[thynctank]

What about this idea?

Originally Posted by thynctank

Now what would be real great is the ability to assign categories to apps on the card. Is that possible somehow?

Even if they were to be stored in a separate pdb only accessible to Treo Launcher but treated the same as those stored in the normal categories db, I'd really love that ability. Because then I could offload all my favorite apps to card and have tons of onboard space which right now is at a premium. (I almost always have less than 5 megs available)

[horace]

I am thinking an (easy) way to do "categories for card".

One possibility is to support sub-folder in /Palm/Launcher/, e.g.

/Palm/Launcher/Games/
/Palm/Launcher/Utilties/
.. etc

but that will not be compatible with default launcher.

Otherwise, I have to set up another table (+ configuration screen) to assign card apps into categories. That'd take some development time.

Thanks
horace

Originally Posted by thynctank

What about this idea?

Originally Posted by thynctank
Now what would be real great is the ability to assign categories to apps on the card. Is that possible somehow?

Even if they were to be stored in a separate pdb only accessible to Treo Launcher but treated the same as those stored in the normal categories db, I'd really love that ability. Because then I could offload all my favorite apps to card and have tons of onboard space which right now is at a premium. (I almost always have less than 5 megs available)

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[thynctank]

Either way works for me, I can shuffle files around just fine on Palm or elsewhere. UniCmd is great!