Hi Thanks for the feedback - ok I have made some changes to the Plugin

Changes -

All controls are now Skin Manager aware - so you can select the Options to use the Skin Manager (On Colour Page for the actual Items and General Page for the Toolbar) - you will find that the controls and toolbar update now when you change the Skin.

If you are using the skin manager then a U, L or M will preceed any item to indicate the priority level of the item as there would be no other way to identify what priority to use.

Now for the Flashing of an expired item I wrote a class that Inverses any bitmap - regardless of the format - if anyone would like the code PM me - it took me a while to sort it out but should be ok now - if you find any skins which do not flash properly with an INVERSE copy of the bitmap used for the background item from the skin - let me now and i'll look at why and fix it.

I have also made the details window Skin manager aware and so the skin manager is now taking care of drawing the controls so hopefully there should be no more problems let me know if there are i'll keep my fingers cross for that one.

GoMa (and others) might be pleased to note that I have reversed the order of the OK and Cancel buttons - however if you like them the way they were then click the Reverse OK / Cancel button option on the general tab and it will put them the original way around again.

You will need to remove the old plugin first - in the next version ( as long as there are no more serious issues found) - i'll add an Export and Import function so that if I release any new versions you won't lose any data.

To make sure that you don't lose any data locate your sidrbar1XX.settings file and copy out the section marked

<panel class="ToDoList">
...
</panel>

Install the new ToDoList - close DS and then paste that section back in - restart DS and everything should be back again.

Thanks for this update!
Details Window still doesn't display correctly (WinXP SP2, .NET 1.1 SP1, build 90, non-public skin).
Could you please add an option to hide the toolbar? I don't find it very useful as filtering by priority is not really important for me.
Another request would be to support scrolling the ToDo list (another reason to use IListOutput ).

I am. Thanks.

P.S. I think in the future you should post versions of the same panel in the original panel's thread so there won't be any confusion and so the forum will be more organized.

P.P.S. Why is this panel in the Blue Sheep category?

I am happy to have a nice todo bar again!
Great that users can adjust the colors!
With the first version I had an awful crash while the "task" window of the properties dialog was open, windows would not restart, had to push the button. I pm´d you the logfile, maybe there is something useful for you inside.
The toolbar has potential for the future but right now I´d like to blend it out, It sticks out visually on the DS and I can´t see with one glance what icon does what.
but thanks a lot for that panel!!

Thank you for this panel

I have the following for comments:

1- The sort order in the Tasks tab by date doesnot work as I expect it to work. please see attachment Tasks. It should, I think, work on the full date i.e. year, month and day.

2- The sort order in the To Do List panel doesnot work as I expect it to work. please see attachment ToDoPanel. It should, I think, work from the least to the most not in the order the items were added to the list.

3- In the rolled over (collapsed) panel, the panel's title should flash if an item is overdue

I'm so glad I found this, it's not listed in the Extension Exchange and I thought there was no way to have a to-do list with due dates, etc. in DS without having Outlook. It's been working great.

One thing it's missing though: a way to just mark tasks as "complete." Right now you have to either hide them or delete them. Always gives me a sense of accomplishment to look at all those checkmarks/crossed off items at the end of the day--any way that this is possible?

Thanks.

I cant get this to work on the latest build 75. Is there an update I hate outlook and would love to get this working

It probably isn't compatible with build 75. You'll probably want to download the latest beta build. It is definitely compatible with that.

Still no luck here is the log

23:15 Sidebar v1.05 Build 109 (Feb 5 2006 18:28:02) has started.
Windows NT v5.01 Build 2600 CSD:Service Pack 2
User language: English
.NET Framework: policy,
23:15 .\main.cpp 441 Main thread started 2768
23:15 .\main.cpp 88 Current theme=Luna color=NormalColor
23:15 .\Plugin.cpp 550 Panel outlookpanels.dsplugin is disabled
23:15 .\Plugin.cpp 550 Panel euro.dsplugin is disabled
23:15 .\Plugin.cpp 159 Cannot load plugin: Cannot load plugin ToDoList.



Invalid progid: ToDoList.Plugin Error:0x800401f3 Invalid class string

Hmm. I'm afraid I'm not entirely sure what the issue is. I assume you have removed and reinstalled this particular panel after you upgraded to the new build? If you close DS, navigate to C:\Documents and Settings\<your name>\Application Data\Desktop Sidebar\Plugins (the application data folder might be hidden) and delete this panel's folder (it will probably be named something like "ToDoList"), this will uninstall the panel. Restart DS and executed the DSPACKAGE file again.
I hope this works. We're happy to help. Let us know how it goes.

more info

I dont think I am installing this right. Is there a special way to install this? or just unzip it.

If the file you downloaded is not ToDoList.dspackage, first rename it to that name and extension.
Then see the FAQ.
If it still doesn't work, right click DS, choose Add Panel, click Plugins..., click Install (or something like that) and then find the DSPACKAGE file. (Indian_Mayhem - you might want to add this to that FAQ answer too.)

You mean FAQ 36 about needing .Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 and/or .NET Framework 2.0?

Plus he need to enable outlook panel and euro panel.

THat worked great renaming form a .zip to a dsppackage
Thanks so much

I cant seem to hide the toolbar, it keeps coming back. Any sugestions?

Thanks.

First of all, I am THRILLED to have discovered the Desktop Sidebar!! I've been using the Google Desktop Sidebar and it was crushing me in terms of cpu usage, like 20 - 30%!!! The DS uses 3!! or 4!! And it works better in terms of what I need it for. Love the Alarms! And the Performance panel is saweeeet!.

So, question on the To Do List, which I HAVE to have to run my life. I reeeallly like it but is there any way to adjust the line height? I can't really see 8pt Tahoma and have my font set to 10 or 12 pt something. But the text is getting cut off because the line is not expanding. Any help??

The thread on the To Do List is pretty old and I'm not sure whether our trusty developer is still around.

My hats off to this group!

In gratitude,

Celeste