Idea for EWF users

[David D]

Who else other than me would benifit from a program that changed the desktop
background based on if the EWF was enabled or disabled.
Today I wasted an hour and a half because I was setting things up with the
EWF enabled.
Only to reboot and find....arghhhh!



David

 

[KM]

David,

I guess easier (and maybe better from UI point of view) would be a SysTray (XP Notification area) agent app that changes the tray
icon depending on EWF enable/disable state.
The app - a few lines of code (a bit more ) but may be useful for end user/admin.

The EWF enable/disable state easy to read
- from registry
- or using EWF API

 

[David D]

Yes, that would be nice!

David

David,

I guess easier (and maybe better from UI point of view) would be a SysTray

(XP Notification area) agent app that changes the tray

 

[KM]

David,

You may want to try a new component on www.xpefiles.com (Components/Other).
The component (EwfTray) is self-explaining SLD and its repository. The content is an systray app (the Ewf API is required).
You will be able to specify (or change at runtime with simple UI) the protected volume id that you want to monitor the Ewf state for
(you may have more than one protected volume).
The UI is simple : sys tray dynamic icon + right click menu (make sure you set proper options of "User Interface Core" component), +
a settings dialog to change the monitored volume protected by Ewf.
Let me know if there are any bugs (I've tested only with RAM Overlay) or any good feature request on your mind.

 

[Paul]

We have a little pen in the tray green enabled, red pen disabled. It makes
it very easy to know what state you are in as I have felt your pain.

Cheers

Paul

David,

You may want to try a new component on www.xpefiles.com (Components/Other).
The component (EwfTray) is self-explaining SLD and its repository. The

content is an systray app (the Ewf API is required).

You will be able to specify (or change at runtime with simple UI) the

protected volume id that you want to monitor the Ewf state for

(you may have more than one protected volume).
The UI is simple : sys tray dynamic icon + right click menu (make sure you

set proper options of "User Interface Core" component), +

a settings dialog to change the monitored volume protected by Ewf.
Let me know if there are any bugs (I've tested only with RAM Overlay) or

any good feature request on your mind.

 

[KM]

Paul,

Yup, something similar.

I have also implemented an unknown state indication and an ability to select the protected volume being monitoring for app user
convenience.

 

[KM]

Paul,

Yup, something similar.

I have also implemented an unknown state indication and an ability to select the protected volume being monitoring for app user
convenience.