Comments on: Power Meter Plus

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:59:31 +0000

@sedwardsx: I’ll see what I can do in a future release. If someone bought me a Netbook I’d have a reason to do it right away ;-)

By: sedwardsx

sedwardsx — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:33:10 +0000

A very helpful programme, Matt.
Is there any way to make the bar graph shorter? I am using a 10.1 inch netbook, and the graph takes up about a quarter of the left side, interfering with the icons. Thanks again for a nice piece of software.

By: rrand

rrand — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:35:49 +0000

PS: Please reply to this message so I can get a follow-up comment by email.

By: rrand

rrand — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:34:42 +0000

Hi, thanks for the program. I think it’s just what I was looking for but there seems to be a bug. When you left-click the icon in the system tray a window pops up: “Laptop Power”. There are only two ways to close this window, the little “X” in the upper-right corner, and Systray->Exit. Whichever one I use the window disappears, but also the icon in the system tray and the power meter. There’s no way to get these back without using Task Manager to kill the program and restarting it again. This is v1.6.1 and I’m using Windows XP Media Center edition. Thanks in advance.

By: thibit

thibit — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 05:44:45 +0000

Error:
Having the settings window open and the opening of the main left-click window gives this error and segfaults:

“Run-time error ‘401′:

Can’t show non-modal form when modal form is displayed.”

Suggestions:
* Possibly enabling the ability to choose the length of time for the fade-it after a hovering?

* Being able to exit the left-click window without exiting the program entirely.

* Being able to set the border as being translucent.

* Moving the “Chg” that’s at the bottom of the graph, and the “%” that resides over the top of it, over one or two pixels to center it with the graph.

I really like the idea behind this program. Shall use it when I get my notebook back.

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By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:11:06 +0000

I’d like to extend Power Meter Plus; anyone know how I can detect whether Windows is playing a video at full screen (e.g. a DVD) in VB6? Give me a shout if you’ve any ideas :)

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:29:13 +0000

@belias01; thanks I’ll look into it when I get some spare time.

By: belias01

belias01 — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 13:49:03 +0000

Hello,
Thanks for a great application! I noticed a minor bug for your review:

Here’s how to reproduce: Select “Display message when switching from battery to mains…”, “hide meter instead of switching sides” AND “start on right-hand side”. Everything works fine until the computer switches from battery to mains (or the other way). At that time, the meter switches to the left hand side and won’t return to the right.

Thanks!!!

-Brian

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 12:58:00 +0000

@johnmmason: You can specify colours using hexadecimal format. Try this web page if you want to find the colour & don't know how. Miss out the # symbol when you paste it into Power Meter Plus.