Strange occurrences in the "O Nine Five"

Lame title probably, but whatever.  I was running across a bug that if background monitoring was running and I changed an option, then background monitoring would stop but every action occurred twice.  So stopping twice, JOptionPane twice, and then re-enabling of the option I just turned off or vice versa.  Well, after much deliberation it was the JOption Pane warning of background monitoring being turned off because of a change in the Options object.  Basically, it was just the ordering of the code.  Well, rather than mess with it forever, iTunesDSM now warns of a change in the options and background monitoring in the System Tray.

Crisis averted.

Brian

Today's Update

A little more technical but the Options class used to output to an xml file that was generated by the Properties class in the java.util package but the rest of the class was the same as it always was.  Well not anymore!! haha, the Options class has been fully converted to a Properties object (it extends Properties).  It cleans up the code and makes more sense.  Also, the Options class now makes sure the options file is compatible with the current release of iTunesDSM.  This is accomplipshed by checking a Version key in the Options/Properties object.  If the version key is there and it's the same version as the release of iTunesDSM then the file is good.  If the key is not present or it does not equal the release then the test fails and a new Options object is created.  Still a few other kinks to work out before 0.9.5 is released, but multiple directories is still on target.  Hope everyone has a good friday night.

Brian

167 Downloads!!

Amazing!!  167 downloads in one day!

Other news...I'm testing the next version now which allows for monitoring multiple directories.  Look for a release soon.

Brian

91 downloads!

You can see by the title...a new record today 91 downloads in one day!!!!  Keep it up!

Brian

Monitoring multiple directories

You read right!  For the past couple of days, I've been implementing my last idea.  I've had it in my mind to be able to add tracks from an unlimited number of directories.  This makes sense for so many reasons, that's it's not worth mentioning them, but it will improve the usefulness of iTunesDSM greatly.  Of course allowing multiple directories does institute a greater risk of creating duplicates, good thing iTunesDSM can take care of that too.  It should be pretty rare, especially if iTunes copies tracks and keeps the folder organized.  Another added benefit is removing duplicates from multiple folders in one fell swoop. 

To add the multiple folders I've had to do quite a bit of modifying, but the screenshot below should do some justice.

I've arbitrarily given this version the number 0.9.5, but who knows it may change.  Hopefully this has whetted your appetite!  Toodles

Brian

Version 0.9.1 released!

Version highlights...
-View added tracks in an iTunes playlist - Windows only
-Icon resolutions fixed
-See when the next background scan will occur by hovering over the tray icon

Check the changelog for more detailed release notes.

What would you like to see in iTunesDSM?

I'm approaching the end of my ideas I have for iTunesDSM and I would like to know what features you would like to see.  If you feel inclined, add a comment below this blog post with your feature ideas and maybe I can implement them.  Thank you!

Brian