PopUp Notifications library.

taximania · Feb 6, 2009

A new version of this .dll was created using code from several
other users. READ THIS THREAD FIRST.

Then have a read at this thread
http://www.b4x.com/forum/additional-libraries/4139-notification-dll-balloons-notifyicon-etc.html

This dll adds the notification type popup message at the
bottom of the screen, not in the middle like MsgBox.

The difference with this, and a MsgBox, is that this one clears itself
after a pre-defined time without needing to click the 'OK' button.

I've included 2 versions and dll's

PopUp gives you access to all the dll'd properties.

About, as string readonly, me ;-)
Caption, as string caption text
Critical, as bool, Outlines the notification in red
Dispose ?
Icon, as pretty useless function
New1, needed to declare a new one
PopUpTime, as Int, Time the notification shows
Text, as string, message body
ToString, another useless entity
Visible, as bool, shows the notification if True

PopUp2 creates and shows the notification when it is declared as NEW1
eg:
PopUp2.New1(text As String,caption As String, duration as Int32,critical As Boolean)

PopUp2.visible is added automatically and shows the notification.

I left the Dispose method in but I don't think it's needed.

Ha ha ha

Mr_Gee · Feb 7, 2009

Cool!
thanks a bunch

taximania · Feb 8, 2009

Now that's a notification Pop-Up :sign0060:

specci48 · Feb 8, 2009

taximania said:
Now that's a notification Pop-Up :sign0060:

Wouldn't it be easier to buy just some glasses???

taximania · Feb 8, 2009

So now i'm stuck. My eventhandler doesn't seem to catch the events.

Edit:
I only want the eventhandler to return a string of events or so.
I'm not asking for a stringparse thing. 1 step at a time for me, cheers.

Example:
The event catcher should make the notification noti.visible=false
It doesn't, hence my, 'eventhandler doesn't seem to catch the events'

I've enclosed my C# Visual Studio Pro project and an example .sbp file.
The 'Check' button should show a message box with the event that
returned from the 'Send' button in the PopUp notification bubble

I've been following tutorials from this site,
Windows Mobile Development Blog Archive Capture and respond to user input to a notification bubble

The site also shows how to add images and coloured text to
a PopUp notification bubble. HTML

Agraham :sign0188: :sign0085:

agraham · Feb 9, 2009

taximania said:
My eventhandler doesn't seem to catch the events.

That's because you are not adding it to the Notifier ResponseSubmitted event, nor are you providing the hooks for Basic4ppc to receive an event. Look at the source code for Notification in my ControlsExDevice library to see how to do it.

taximania · Feb 9, 2009

Following on from my post in the 'notify icon' thread,
I'll add the event handlers to this .dll and call it a day

I will add the 'Icon Class' too, if that's ok Agraham.

At least I've learnt a bit more C# and usage of Visual Studio

agraham · Feb 9, 2009

taximania said:
I will add the 'Icon Class' too, if that's ok Agraham.

Feel free! (as long as she lets you

)

At least I've learnt a bit

That's the important thing.

taximania · Feb 10, 2009

agraham said:
That's the important thing.

This may help 'you', Agraham. After all, it's 'your' code I've used in the balloon.dll that's attached to 'THIS' post. It's a pop-up and icon lib.

1: Plain text
notification.Text="Some <a href="&Chr(34)&"text"&Chr(34)&">text</a>" & " here."

Will display 'Some text here' in the bubble.
Note the spaces after Some, and before, here.
If you click on text, the value text will be returned by the call to notification.Response

2: Colour text
notification.Text="Some <a href="&Chr(34)&"text"&Chr(34)&">text</a>" & " here."

Will display 'Some text here' in the bubble.
If you click on text, the value text will be returned by the call to notification.Response

3: Colour and size text
notification.Text="Some <a href="&Chr(34)&"text"&Chr(34)&">text</a>" & " here."

Will display 'Some text here' in the bubble.
If you click on text, the value text will be returned by the call to notification.Response

You can wrap with or without round any text apart from the, value text. For each call, you need an ending, 

4: You 'CAN' display images and get a notification.Response from it

notification.Text="Click the picture <a href=" & Chr(34) & "img" & Chr(34) & "><img src=" & "file:///grin.bmp" & "/></a>"

Will display 'Click the picture

'
If you click on the image, the value img will be returned by the call to notification.Response

5:
More than 1 image is also supported, but your gonna have to wait . . .
Lesson 2 tomorrow.

Tables, ha ha ha

Add any images to your Device Root Folder.
grin.bmp is included and an .sbp example file, minus the text= bits.

Cableguy · Feb 10, 2009

I can only say WOW!!!!

This is coming very handy in my next project... when ever i can get my head straight for that..

taximania · Feb 10, 2009

I'm just glad to bring Agraham's work to a 'noticable position'
@Agraham

Here's a taster of the next lesson, I know you hate HTML :sign0137:

noti.Text="<table width 100%><tr><td> <a href=" & Chr(34) & "On" & Chr(34) & "><img src=" & "file:///on.bmp" & "/></a></td><td> <a href=" & Chr(34) & "Off" & Chr(34) & "><img src=" & "file:///on.bmp" & "/></a> </td></tr><tr><td><a href=" & Chr(34) & "Grin" & Chr(34) & "><img src=" & "file:///on.bmp" & "/></a> </td><td><a href=" & Chr(34) & "Sq" & Chr(34) & "><img src=" & "file:///on.bmp" & "/></a></td></tr>"

4 images, 4 different responses. :sign0025:

Zenerdiode · Feb 11, 2009

Have I seen this somewhere before...(?)

I have two devices I've been testing this on:

HP iPaq hx4700 WM2003SE
HP iPaq hx2190b WM5.0

Both devices have a 'Notification LED'. With WM2003SE, the balloon is like the speech bubble as attached. You have got to use the .dispose method in Form1_Close - or the icon will remain on the taskbar. You also have to use the .Visible=false property, otherwise the Notification LED will flash forever.

The HTML text formatting (size and colour) works on WM2003SE, however, I can't get the images to work.

Everything works as expected on WM5.0

agraham · Feb 12, 2009

Zenerdiode said:
Have I seen this somewhere before...(?)

Yes, dzts' NotifyIcon and my ControlsExDevice libraries.

on WM2003SE, however, I can't get the images to work.

They don't. I have found MSDN documentation to that effect. What I haven't found is documentation that images work in WM5.0 and later, although they obviously do. Must be a deliberate enhancement on WM5.0 - there was really no reason for them not to work under WM2003 as the HTML is rendered by the Pocket IE engine - may be it was a bug or an oversight that they documented rather than fixed.

schimanski · Feb 21, 2009

I can use the PopUp-Lib in my own application, but which one I have to use? Balloon or PopUp2?????
The new-method from the PopUp2 is the best, because it is only one line and it is easy to make a PopUp on device and the same msgBox for the desktop. But i don't want the speech-bubble in the tasbar and there is no way to set the NotificationLED off.

With the balloon-lib, i have to init one object for each message?????

taximania · Feb 22, 2009

PopUp and PopUp2 don't let you add your own Icon,
Balloon does, and has the ability to respond to feedback.
A clone of Agraham's controlsexdevice.dll

Try this,
after bal.visible=true

B4X:

For a = 1 To bal.InitialDuration
Sleep(1000)
DoEvents
Next 
bal.Visible=False
'bal.dispose  for PopUp2

This halts the process for the time the bubble is visible then clears it,
but allows responses to be handled (with balloon.dll).

My WM2003SE devices screen is broke, so I can't test code with it,
As my signature says, I'm using a WM6 device.

schimanski · Feb 24, 2009

Hello!

Thanks, Taxmania for your samplecode. I use the balloon.dll in my application.

I use a device with Windows Mobile 6, but I'am not able to show an icon in the popup. I have used your sample in html:

PHP:

4: You 'CAN' display images and get a notification.Response from it 
notification.Text="Click the picture <a href=" & Chr(34) & "img" & Chr(34) 
& "><img src=" & "file:///grin.bmp" & "/></a>"

I only get an emty picture in the bubble. Is there another way than in html?

taximania · Feb 24, 2009

Is the image in the 'root directory of your device', I couldn't get an image
to show from any other place or directory ?

schimanski · Feb 28, 2009

Oh, sorry...:sign0148:

I've got the icon in the application-directory. Now it works...

taximania · Feb 28, 2009

schimanski said:
Oh, sorry...:sign0148:

I've got the icon in the application-directory. Now it works...

Good :sign0060:

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