This gadget is free. If this Gadget pleases you, I would be very happy if you honour it with a small donation.
please use margu999@gmail.com as recipient
Credits
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I got much assistance on the programming
of my gadget and would like to thank
you on this way.
link8583:
coding hints from his battery gadget
orbmu2k:
amongst coding hints from his
network gadgets, I used the
NetLib.dll from his gadget in
earlier versions of my gadget
Julien Mancini:
suggestions and coding hints from
his gadget for remaining battery
time
Vista_Toshiba:
suggestions and coding hints from
his gadget for remaining battery
time
Asysoft:
suggestions from his battery gadget
David Taraso:
code suggestions of his wifi gadget
Selim Seygí:
translation to turkish language
Dimitry Taur:
design suggestion from his gadget
"Beaker CPU Meter"
dieseyer:
script suggestions for hidden exec
dhtmlgoodies.com:
a wonderful dhtml color-picker
Ken Wishart:
got superb inspiration from his
klikClock
ChangeLog
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2.2.0 01/09/2009
added: calendar module
added: option to switch to old
style of WiFi signal bar
fixed: own choosen alarm sound don't
play.
changed: preview images updated.
changed: little changes on powerplan
buttons and status/usage bars
changed: rewritten uptime module in
JavaScript to get rid of VBScript code
and prevent some script errors.
2.1.3 14/08/2009
added: possibility to choose an own
sound file for alarm.
fixed: gadget stops working sometimes
after hibernate/suspend. Added an internal
check if computer was hibernated/suspended
and reset all internal timeout counters.
Hope this will fix the problem.
fixed: gadget get lost of settings.
An error in my update-check routine causes
the problem.
changed: little changes on ram module
to make it more suitable to other modules.
2.1.2 11/08/2009
added: font can be changed for the
gadget now.
added: option to set background to
transparent. IMPORTANT: This is only
experimental yet, because I'm searching for
a good alternative method to go around the
"magenta"-bug of the sidebar (read more on
my webpage).
fixed: bouncing hour and minute are wrong
positioned after full hour change.
fixed: problems downloading the .gadget
file. I changed the automatic and manual update
so now it collect the .zip file from my server
instead.
fixed: "Display in GHz" checkbox isn't
disabled if CPU module is deactivated.
fixed: colour of battery info don't change
sometimes.
changed: more preselect date formats
and they are shown in realtime.
2.1.1 04/08/2009
fixed: alarm on critical battery level don't
play sometimes. Now not only the system beep is
used but also a wav file is played.
fixed: gadget stop working in Vista while
running on battery if remaining time is
collected from Windows.
Fix isn't perfect, because now it stuck every
15 seconds. No problems at Windows7.
Still working on it.
changed: usage bars are now using the
gadget colours for normal, warn, critical
status
changed: WiFi and battery status bar
adapted to the design of the CPU/RAM usage
bars and are now using the gadget colours for
normal, warn, critical status too.
changed: little optical changes on settings
page tabs.
2.1.0 Release 31/07/2009
added: timezone can now be selected for
clock
added: if clock animation is disabled
you get the opportunity to name the clock.
The name will be shown instead of the seconds.
added: if date format is deselected you
get the opportunity to name the date field.
The name will be shown instead of the date.
cleanup on settings page
2.1.0 Beta11 24/07/2009
added: preset times for adding
alarm
added: automatically recalculate
refresh timer depending on the runtime
of activated modules
changed: automatically check for
updates will only once a day run the
version check now
changed: background and text colours
on flyout and setting pages are using
the gadget colours
changed: modifications on clock animation
2.1.0 Beta10 22/07/2009
added: clock has an alarm now
which can be used with and without
sound
changed: animation of clock can
be disabled
2.1.0 Beta9 20/07/2009
added: clock with date and
time. Time is animated.
fixed: LAN status won't show
correct if WiFi isn't connected
changed: some code optimisation
for the network functions. Start and
initialising are faster now.
2.1.0 Beta8 15/07/2009
changed: rearranged the buttons
for text color settings and added a
preview field below. Now one can see
how the choosen colours look on the
selected background before saving.
changed: reordered settings
tabs and animate switching
2.1.0 Beta7 14/07/2009
changed: rebuild the theme function.
Now it is possible to select colours
for background and text of the gadget.
2.1.0 Beta6 08/07/2009
some code cleaning
removed unnecessary debug entries
2.1.0 Beta5 07/07/2009
fixed: ram usage bar don't change
colour if more than 90% of ram used
fixed: powerplan module don't show
on Windows7 RC and either on some
Vista and Win7 systems with languages
other than german and english
2.1.0 Beta4 02/07/2009
added: sequence of modules can be
changed
changed: enhanced the theme switch.
now there is a preview on settings
page, so one can see how it will
look after saving settings.
2.1.0 Beta3 29/06/2009
added: playing alarm beep on
critical battery level
2.1.0 Beta2 28/06/2009
added: possibility to switch themes
2.1.0 Beta1 24/06/2009
added: new module for switching
powerplans
2.0.4 23/06/2009
fixed: problems during/with
update check while offline
2.0.3 18/06/2009
fixed: information on flyout for
network and RAM don't shown on
some systems
fixed: some functions don't work
on x64 systems
2.0.2 23/05/2009
fixed: net flyout (net info) don't
show information sometimes.
2.0.1 20/05/2009
fixed: uninstallation of gadget is
not possible. I rewrote some of my
gadget code so no .dll is needed
anymore.
Please uninstall previous versions
an install this new version.
2.0.0 17/05/2009
added: flyout (click on uptime)
with information about your system
changed: some code cleaning
2.0.0 RC2 11/05/2009
added: module to show system uptime
fixed: little bugs on ramflyout
changed: rewrittten some parts of
modules code regarding switching
visibility
2.0.0 RC1 08/05/2009
fixed: transferrates of network are
showing NaN on higher speeds
fixed: if only one RAM module is
installed, the information table
got corrupt
changed: some more information on
ramflyout.
changed: little optical changes at
usage bars and layout
2.0.0 Beta8 06/05/2009
added: RAM info on a flyout page
shows information about installed
RAM modules
changed: selections for DualCPU
and DualCPU processor on settings
page is only available, if a second
cpu or a DualCore cpu is installed.
2.0.0 Beta6 05/05/2009
fixed: problem with scale of the
gadget after deselect DualCore
usage
2.0.0 Beta5 04/05/2009
added: CPU (DualCore capable) and
RAM usage scale
added: turkish as language (thanks
to Selim for translation)
2.0.0 Beta4 30/04/2009
added: Redesign of the gadget, so
that each individual range is
present as module now. Thus makes
it possible to select which modules
are to be seen on the gadget.
1.3.5 27/04/2009
changed: A few optical adornments
on the cpu and battery flyout pages
changed: added detailed info about
type of WiFi security
1.3.4 21/04/2009
fixed: digit grouping symbols are
set wrong (comma instead of period
and reverse).
Added a function to collect the
OS language and compare with an
internal language array.
fixed part of: can't collect WiFi
signal strength in dbM if wlan
driver isn't able to provide WMI
fixed: can not deselect the NIC
interfaces
1.3.3 20/04/2009
added: more info about network
changed: A few optical adornments
on the settings and flyout pages
1.3.2 17/04/2009
changed: additional info about
network
fixed: a few little bugs
1.3.1 16/04/2009
added: more information about
network on gadget and flyout
changed: some more information
on update dialog
a few little bugfixes in the
update functions
1.3.0 14/04/2009
added: multilanguage support
1.2.0 12/04/2009
added: ability to calculate the
remaining battery runtime if
windows isn't able to provide this
info
fixed: color of battery percentage
don't shows correct after
hibernate while running on battery
changed: click on battery icon now
opens the mobility center
1.1.1 25/03/2009
some modifications on version-check
1.1.0 24/03/2009
added: automatic and manual
gadget-update-check
1.0.5 23/03/2009
fixed: running gadget maybe stuck
on actions
1.0.4 20/03/2009
changed: removed the refresh
settings, because they are
useless
changed: on dualprocessor now
both clockspeed can be shown.
On dualcore processors 2 speeds
are shown either, but not really
useful because they are the same.
(enabling may slowdown the gadget
a bit)
some changes/enhancements on
infopages
1.0.3 16/03/2009
added: Changelog and Information
tab on settings page
changed: separation of settings
into own files
fixed: rewrite of some parts,
because of speed behavior
1.0.2 14/03/2009
fixed: if SSID has more than 15
characters it exceed the gadget
1.0.1 11/03/2009
added: connection status and
strength percentage change color
to yellow on 50% and red on 30%
signal strenght