(PLEASE READ THE INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY !!!)

Developed by: moman

The Processor Usage plugin is a new plugin that supports multiple processor cores. It can be configured to show you many options including:

Handle count
Process count
Thread count
Free memory
Total memory

The default processor meter is a gradient color that changes according to the load on each processor.

New Users
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Download the file (ProcessorUsage.dspackage) and open it while Desktop Sidebar is loaded. Note, this is an English only version. This version supports only Windows XP and above. The .NET framework is required.



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I haven't been able to install it -- get an error 3 from regsvr32. It looks to me like there might be an extra \

Hi there ~

The pics are great .. but I get the same message as Misha ~ sorry !!

I haven't seen this issue, I'll get a new version out there soon. Thanks.

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Hi, I'm looking into that problem as I write this post. I haven't seen this before, the plugin installed flawlessly on my system. I will post a new version shortly as soon as I figure out what's happening.

Thanks,

--Moman

Take your time ... No rush ... ( that only causes mistakes to happen )...
~as long as it takes, buddy !!

( BTW I have edited your post as there is no need to double post a
screeny !! )

Just to let you know that the panel installed perfectly on my system - Windows Vista, DS build 116.

KEITH : Is the regsvr32 file on my boot disc.. if so , where would I find it ?

Ok, I found out what the problem was and have fixed it. I built the ATL COM object in Visual Studio 2005. Some of the required dll's weren't there. These are redistributable dll's and I've included them in the dspackage file. Should I make a new panel announcement, or just reply to this post. Sorry, this is my first time using this system.

Thanks,

--Moman

The best thing to do in this instance is to make a NEW PANEL ANNOUNCEMENT ~ ~ assuming it will be Version 1.2 ...

~ and when you have done that , I will delete this thread /topic for you ... if you agree .. just let me know !

woh....... did you update the panel while I was replying ? Gosh.. that was quick .. I guess I wont be deleting the topic, then ...

Is everything ok now ... ?

Yea, sorry. I guess we're playing cat and mouse a bit. The problem was that I had compiled the dll with Visual Studio 2005. The required dll's (i.e. re-distributable msvc...) aren't there by default. I've included these in the dspackage. It's installed prefectly on another vanilla system I had. Should be good to go, now.

Sorry for all the questions. But I have one more for you. When and how do plugins go live on the plugin exchange? Do I have to post somewhere else, or are the plugins posted on the plugin exchange once they've been proven to work?

Thanks,

Moman

Right then ..

Simply ~ If there is such a word !! :

1 .. go to the extension exchange and at the bottom of the first page of skins there will be a 'LOGIN PROMPT '

2. CREATE A NEW ACCOUNT .. you will be able to upload your work then ..

3. then, at the bottom of the first page you will see ... SUBMIT NEW ...

4. you will see an "UPLOAD YOUR ADD IN " PAGE ... there are a couple of options .. for plugins do nothing , but if you click on the down arrow , you will see the other choices ...

browse in your pc to the file you want to put up and thats it .. make a short brief explanation ... ( A SCREENSHOT HELPS TOO !! ) JPEG AND PNG not BITMAP , OK?

( I usually post in the forum first so that I can get the link for the "discuss" back to the forum as well ..)

Sounds good, thanks.

WELL DONE !!

I downloaded from your first post and it works great .. I like the easy way you can change the size of the fonts and the colour of the meter .. !

No problem, thanks for taking a look at it. I'll post on the extension exchange soon. Thanks again for helping.

--Moman

Moman, first of all thanks for creating this panel. I haven't had a chance to check it out yet but it looks great!
I figured you're making it in C++ because some of your replies - if so, you don't have to register it for COM at all (i.e. you don't have to run regsvr32.dll). Check out Prism's Color Picker panel from the Extension Exchange (it's also C++) - the dsplugin file is a bit different, it doesn't use ProgID. That way you don't use COM and the plugin will be faster. Of course you don't HAVE to do this, you can leave it the way it is and it will still work without any problems.

Works great in Vista Ultimate.

Sounds good, thanks for the info. I will check out not using the ProgID. By the way, I still haven't received any emails to get my account activated on the extension exchange, so I haven't been able to post the plugin there yet. Is there something else I need to do?

Thanks,

--Moman

Sure it didn't hit your spam filter? The ExEx usually fires the auto email off within a minute. Let us know if it still hasn't fired one to you.

Hey Moman! This panel is fabulous! Nice work!

Thanks, I'm glad you like it. I was thinking about making the mem free and mem total a meter also instead of just text, what do you think?

Thanks,

--Moman



Hey, still no activation email yet, i checked my spam folder, it's not in there either. Any idea's?

Hi again Moman! In reference to your idea of making the mem free and mem total a meter, I think that's a grand idea. I'm just loving this panel and am glad you made it!

In reference to your problem with the Ex Ex, I had the same problem. It went on for so long that I ended up having to register again using another name: my "nickname" is Jackie, but on the Ex-Ex, my login name is jwinstonbey. If you can't get it straighten out, I would suggest doing that (unless someone yells at me, now that I've told the word).

Thanks again!

Not sure why it didn't fire one to you, especially since i just created a dummy account and it did.
I would go with Jackie's suggestion and try a variation on your login name from before.

Yea, I tried that a couple of times. And nothing has come through. I called my ISP and they said they haven't seen anything in the email history about it either. They added the desktopsidebar.com domain to their whitelist of allowed email/domains, and I tried adding a dummy account going to my moman account at utahweb.com. Nothing has showed up. Is there anyway to activate it without the email?

Hmm, now that is odd.
PM me what you want for a username and password. Also the email account to be registered under. I'll setup the account and then change the information to yours so you can manage it.

Ah, I just noticed your quick turnaround (for some reason the RSS feed I have from the forums didn't show anything on this thread -- anyone know what might be going on?).

It would be nice if this could be made more compact, like the standard performance panel, where you can get half a dozen items in a row (the main reason I was interested in this panel is because I still can't get CPU and swapfile to work in the Performance panel). I second showing mem usage as a percentage as well.

Thanks!

Hmmm... Ok, let me look at making an option to do that. I'll post an update when it's ready.

Thanks for looking at the panel.

--Moman

Nice to see it up on the Extension Exchange at last , Moman ! !

Thanks, I was pretty happy to get the account activation issues worked out. There have been a number of people download it already. Hopefully, they are happy with it. I've gotten a request already to make it a little or compact, so I'm trying figure out the best way to allow for the plugin to be run in either normal or compact mode. Well see... Thanks for all the help you gave me.

By the way, I saw your post about making a plugin that would take a screenshot and launch a viewer to see the screenshot (or something to that effect). I got an application working last night that does that, but I haven't made it into a plugin yet, that's still a work in progress. Can you give me any more details on what you would want the plugin to do?

Thanks,

--Moman.

@ moman !



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Tried to install it in Vista - got this error message:
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Not sure if you did a Vista upgrade or it's a clean install, but that is a permissions issue on your OS. This article is related.
http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/200...ermissions.aspx

Is UAC turned on or off in your situation?

Love this plug in, quad core works great on XP.
I am new to this, Is there a way to change the default colours and size of the text, background of the progress bars ect. (to custom colours) in the editor?

Thanks, I had fun writing the plugin. You can right click on the plugin and then click on panel properties. You can change the progress bar color, font color, and font size. You can also show the handle, thread, and process count. The colors are pre-defined though, so you won't be able to change them other than what are in the drop down combo boxes.

--moman

Hi moman ... Good to see you about .. Long time no see ... !!

Hey guys sorry for the delay, but thanks for the recommendation. Right after posting this topic i found it on the extras page. didn't realize what it was till i read the description. thank you though. btw it installed and works flawlessly on my system. XP x64

Nice; I have a single core CPU (P4 3.0Ghz) and it shows

core0: 25%
core1: 8%

How is that possible?

I do get negative memory numbers most of the time. How comes ?

- Howi42

Thanks for a great plugin for the Desktop sidebar. I was using it since the very first release. I recently upgraded to v1.1 but now the "free memory" bar is missing (I can only see the MEM free value). Can you please put back the free memory bar (just like the ones for Core 0 and Core 1 processors)?
MAny thanks in advance,
Joao

I have a quad core Phenom, and the cpu usages for each core works great

However, I have 6GB of ram, and it tells me my memory usage is currently -38%. Does this only work with less then 4GB ram?