DesktopX 3 change log
What's new
Thursday, March 17, 2005 by Frogboy | Discussion: DesktopX
Here is these change log of various DesktopX versions.
Version 2.4 to 3.0: March 2005
- Scripting API to control system volume.
- More text features to deal with multi-line and limited size text.
- Scripting API to read and write the system clipboard.
- New software component called Widget Manager to better organize and access widgets.
- User mode and Builder desktop modes now separated into different runtime components.
- Scripting API to easily monitor the CPU usage.
- Scriptable plug-in support.
- Scriptable email notification plug-in.
- Centralized scripting support. One single script can control other objects, handle their events.
- Widgets cache versioning. New versions of loaded widgets will automatically clear and update the cache.
- Custom widget preferences support.
- Major UI simplification and improvements.
- Much simpler bitmap margins/tile/stretch configuration.
- Scriptable animations -- access a particular frame in a bitstrip from script.
- Major ActiveX performance and usability improvements. ActiveX controls can even be made transparent. Object.SetFocus on ActiveX objects now correctly passes keyboard focus to the control.
- Rewritten the widget and gadget reposition code to ensure content is inside screen.
- New "DesktopX Welcome" Component to access all components of DesktopX.
- New autorun/restoring behaviour when leaving DX running and closing Windows.
- Stable WMI support. WMI let you access a wide set of Windows services.
- Lots of new scripting features to access and modify objects properties.
- Fixed systray and taskbar icons get invisible.
- Fixed Tasbkar object transparent labels.
- Added "Open desktop data folder" button to DXBuilder UI.
- Fixed the proliferation of .dxscript files while editing objects. The current theme folder is purged automatically from unused files.
- Fixed Set Target for URLs in User mode.
- Fixed Widget preferences breaking drawing plugins.
- Fixed some crash bug WB incompatibility.
- Widgets can have custom preferences dialogs defined from the script.
- Objects in user mode contain a "remove" and when applicable "set target" context menu.
- UI Threading - scripts are synchronized with their associated object (i.e. no more timing issues about when a script starts to execute when an object is created)
- Objects can be created from scripts.
- Scripts can create custom states for objects on the fly.
hockey2004
Reply #3 Monday, April 4, 2005 12:39 PM
Reply #3 Monday, April 4, 2005 12:39 PM
im currently using objectbar and dx2. with dx2 i can hide my desktop icons with a simple option on dx2. I have looked at dx3 and do not see a option to do this. Am I missing something Please help.
BobaPower
Reply #4 Monday, April 4, 2005 7:21 PM
Reply #4 Monday, April 4, 2005 7:21 PM
Hey guys! Does anyone know the Product ID of DX v3.0?
_Martin_
Reply #6 Tuesday, April 12, 2005 2:43 AM
Reply #6 Tuesday, April 12, 2005 2:43 AM
BobaPower - I assume you aren't looking for a serial number! 
jaidaksghost
Reply #7 Wednesday, April 13, 2005 7:08 PM
Reply #7 Wednesday, April 13, 2005 7:08 PM
I see the Builder mode has been separated - how do I get to it?
cyrez10
Reply #8 Wednesday, April 13, 2005 8:03 PM
Reply #8 Wednesday, April 13, 2005 8:03 PM
Hello, I have DesktopX and i downloaded a theme called Office 2.1 i want to add my own stuff in the menu section and remove some stuff that i dont use how can this be done?
Please email me [email protected]
Please email me [email protected]
CerebroJD
Reply #9 Tuesday, April 26, 2005 2:00 PM
Reply #9 Tuesday, April 26, 2005 2:00 PM
To get to builder mode, right click on the tray icon and hit "Welcome" then in the thing that pops up, hit "Create!" 
LOUIE03
Reply #10 Saturday, April 30, 2005 6:39 PM
Reply #10 Saturday, April 30, 2005 6:39 PM
How can I registrate I Send $50.00 and still qut the popuo when my computer starts 
LOUIE03
Reply #11 Saturday, April 30, 2005 6:41 PM
Reply #11 Saturday, April 30, 2005 6:41 PM
How can I registrate I Send $50.00 and still qut the popuo when my computer starts
LOUIE03
Reply #12 Saturday, April 30, 2005 6:42 PM
Reply #12 Saturday, April 30, 2005 6:42 PM
How can I registrate I Send $50.00 and still qut the popuo when my computer starts
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Reply #1 Friday, March 18, 2005 11:33 AM