Version 4.9.0.845 Released

Backround cycler version 4.9.0.845 (a 5.0 alpha) was released today

Some new features are:

1. you can now change the Display of the Pictures list (but it is not persistent so will always load to Detail view)
2. now i have a feature to display a balloon with info about the picture that is currently loaded by the application
3. Changed where the DEBUG.txt file is saved for people on VISTA and later OSes so that if/when the app crashes it can save a stack trace for better debugging.
4. some modifications to two classes that Deal with the Pictures List.

It already has some known bugs in it that will be fixed in alpha 2, they are:

• The List of pictures does not auto save (result of modifying the 2 classes should be fixed in next release)
• you cannot save the display view (it does not have a setting option yet)

you can download the installer here

 

no packaged source files but you can download the source file in the SVN release here http://backroundcycler.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/backroundcycler/branches/v4.9.0.845/4.9.0.245 This is a SVN site and will not display correctly in a web browser.

Progress report on what is being done

1. work on bug report #2812201 (Top Priority)  (believed to be done, but could never reproduce the bug)
2. Improved ImageList by improving my FileList class about 15% faster.
3. Get Images off a web service (am running multiple options in my head and any suggestions is much appreciated)
4. Work on making my application Better.

also am not planning on upgrading to the .net 3.5 framework at the moment but is in the list of possibilities for version 5. a development preview release (alpha release) is planed for the next month

New awards for BackroundCycler

My project has Been awarded two awards from http://www.downloadtube.com they are Virus/spyware/malware free

and this Top Quality Stability and Performance award

I will me making a page just for the awards that my project has made in the coming weeks

Changes and Apologies

I have neglected this application for two reasons

1. I have run out of Idea’s to add to this app.
2. I have been busy with other stuff.

Now i have returned to the project and my plans for Version 5.0 includes,

1. work on bug report #2812201 (Top Priority)
2. Get Images off a web service (am running multiple options in my head and any suggestions is much appreciated)
3. Work on making my application Better.

 

Also i am looking for people willing to test the application on Windows 7, i have no access to this OS at the moment and want preliminary data on compatibility

 

Any suggestions can be made in the Comments section of this post or to my email at williammccormic <at> users.sourceforge <dot> net

 

William Edward McCormick
Project Admin

Backround Cycler 4.0 Released

The long awaited release of Backround Cycler version 4.0 has been released

there are no changes from version 3.9 beta 2 in this release

changes from version 3.0 are

1. fixed a bug in the Debug display now the number of items in the Pictures List are counted
2. Added an Edit settings option to the context menu, it will take you strait into the setting pain of the program
3. Added the option to Scale the Image now your images can be scaled down/up to size and not look stretched out
4. Added option to allow user to change background on application startup
5. Added option to display GUI on application startup
6. Improved FileList class
7. Started Implementing additional language support (right now only English is supported)

You can download it here

Sorry for the long delay Happy New Year

like always Comments are always supported. i even allow anonymous comments.

William Edward McCormick

email (remove spaces): williammccormic @ users.sourceforge.net

Backround Cycler version 3.9 Beta 2 (a 4.0 beta) released

Version 3.9 Beta 2 of Backround Cycler has been released.

Updates to this package are:

1. fixed a bug in the Debug display now the number of items in the Pictures List are counted
2. Added an Edit settings option to the context menu, it will take you strait into the setting pain of the program
   
3. Added the option to Scale the Image now your images can be scaled down/up to size and not look all stretched out
   

William Edward McCormick

Common Questions I have Received & updates

I have received many questions about the Backround Cycler project I will answer them in this post.

Question 1) Did you know that you spelled background wrong?

• Answer) yes, the misspelling was happened when I was registering the project with SourceForge i missed the g. But instead of me contacting SourceForge and asking if they can fix it, I decided to just use the spelling like that.

Question 2) Why use the name Backround Cycler?

• Answer) I did not think that the project would do as good as it did and I was just using it for my Resume. But when I started getting Feedback i started putting thought into my work.

Question 3) Why did you change sites?

• Answer) I was having trouble Administrating SourceForge site for some time. To make things easier on myself i started using this site for Project news. Also Spam had become a problem on the other site and SourceForge does not allow external site linking so i could not implement proper anti-spam mesures.
  

Question 4) Why is Advertising on your site?

• Answer) To make a little money off the project. I try to make the Advertising as non distractive as posible but if you find it to over the top let me know and I will see what i can do to fix it

Updates:
I know that Beta 2 is a little late but i ran into a problem with releasing it. I am fixing the problem as fast as posible and will try to have it released by November 12, 2008.