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Watcha! Package ver 2.10

[ Watcha! Hack | Watch-Ya! Viewer]

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Watch-Ya! Viewer ver 2.10

produced by Abby (abby.t@mbd.nifty.com)

1. Introduction

Watch-Ya! viewer is a data browser designed to work with Watch! Hack. With this viewer, you can read the Watcha! Hack's database as a table.

Note: You need Watcha! Hack to use Watch-Ya! viewer. About Watcha! Hack, see Watcha.html.

I've confirmed that Watcha! Hack works on the devices below.

I think it should work on other devices/OSs, but if you find Watcha! Hack doesn't work in your environment, please report to me.

2. Install

Watch-Ya! viewer itself doesn't work alone. Please make sure to install Watcha! Hack beforehand. Watch-Ya! viewer can be installed with a HotSync, as any other application.

To install Watcha! Hack, read Watcha2.html .As Watcha! Hack is a HackMaster extension, you should read the instruction and be careful.

3. How to use

3.1: Launch Watch-Ya! viewer

After install, you can launch Watch-Ya! viewer by tapping its icon on your launcher. If Watch-Ya! viewer cannot find the database of Watcha! Hack at this time, it only shows a warning and exit.

When launched normally, it shows the data as a table.

3.2: Data table

Screenshot You can see the current status of your application usage. Each part of the display has the meanings of,

  1. Current time & date
  2. Application name(application's name as OS database, exactly)
  3. Displays the data which Watcha! Hack is monitoring.
  4. The number of applications Watcha! Hack is watching
  5. Sort buttons
  6. Scroll buttons

See below for further information about each item.

Current time & dateDisplays current time & date.
Apps' nameThe names of applications launched after the activation of Watcha! Hack. The number left side is their index number. If the name is too long to display, it will be truncated. You can see the Watcha! Report , by tapping these names.
Data displayDisplays the recorded data such as the number of times the app has been launched. You can choose which data are shown, with the popup lists at the top. For each data item, see 3.3 Data item.
Apps watching statusThe number of applications Watcha! Hack is currently watching. It shows to the left side that how many apps are watched by Watcha! Hack. The number in the parentheses is the total, that includes the apps whose Count bit(see below) are off. The right side number indicates how many apps are installed on your Palm device for now. This area also works as the button to restore Count bits.
Sort buttonsFive buttons to sort the data. Each button stands for different sort key. See Sorting data section.
Scroll buttonsIf the display cannot show all the data at one time, you can navigate the data by using these buttons. See Scrolling data section. These buttons don't appear when all the data can be shown within the window.

3.3: Data item

You can see the following data items by choosing from the popup list.

Num. Number of time the app has been launched.
Last Time(/date) the app has been launched last time.
B.U. Battery usage of the app, values given in 1/100 V.
Time Accumulated used time of the app in HH:MM:SS format.
Star Rank of the app which calculated from the number of launch. Three stars max.

You can set each column separately. Your choices will be recorded as a preference of Watch-Ya! viewer.

If you sort the records by one of sort buttons(see below), the left column will automatically show the item used as the sort key.

Please keep in mind that the Battery usage could be a mere vague measure. You can compare these values each other, but you cannot say a certain app has consumed a whole battery by itself, even if it shows it had consumed 300 units of this value.

3.4: Sorting data

Watch-Ya! viewer can sort the data in 5 ways, and each can be inverted. These sort can be done by tapping the following sort buttons.

abc cba Alphabetical order of the apps' name
123 321 Number of time the app has been launched.
clock inverted clock Time(/date) the app has been launched last time.
battery inverted battery Battery usage of the app.
timer inverted timer Accumulated used time of the app.

For these buttons are actually toggle buttons, you can invert the order at each tapping. (e.g.: Tapping ABC button once, the apps are displayed in alphabetical order. Tapping ABC once again, the apps are listed in Z to A order.) When one of them is tapped, the button's graphic will change(toggle), and lamp symbol appears above the button. It shows in which order the records are displayed currently.

3.5: Scrolling data

You can scroll the data by one line, by tapping the scroll buttons displayed on the windows. These buttons are grayed out when it cannot scroll the data to that direction. These buttons are 'repeating-buttons.' You can keep scrolling by keeping the stylus on the button.

You can also scroll the data by one page(9 lines) with the hardware scroll buttons.

3.6: Apps watching status

The bottom-left part of the display, you can see the application watching status of Watcha! Hack. The area has three numbers as XXX (YYY) / ZZZ . Each number has the meaning of,

XXX(the left side) The number of the apps whose count bit are on.
YYY(in the parentheses) The number of the apps launched after the activation of Watcha! Hack.
ZZZ(the right side) The total number of the apps installed on your device currently.

About count bit, see below.

3.7: Count bit

Count bits are some kind of internal switch used by Watcha! Hack. Watcha! Hack and Watch-Ya! viewer(and Launcha! DA) will ignore the apps whose count bit are off. The application with its count bit off is not displayed on Watch-Ya! viewer, and its launching is not monitored.

This bit is implemented for 'Launcher-type' applications. When you launch Watch-Ya! viewer for the first time, you can see your launcher soft on the list, You can make it ignored by Watcha! Hack and Watch-Ya! viewer by setting the bit off. Launcher-apps themselves are launched quite often, and to watch their launchings is meaningless in the most case. (Who wants to switch back to the launcher by the hack?)

You can turn the bit off, on the Watcha! Report screen which is invoked by tapping the name of that application.

Hint: It may be convenient to set off the count bit of the built-in apps such as 'MemoPad' or 'Address.' Even if you find these apps are launched rarely, you cannot delete these apps after all. And you can launch them by hardware buttons, without Watcha! Hack's switching functions.

If you want turn the count bit on again, Select Restore All from Menubar. By doing so (and tapping OK button on the following dialog), the count bits of all applications are turned on. This operation is assigned to the shortcut '(command stroke +)R.' You may also use the Watching status area as a button to do it.

3.8. Watcha! Report

Watcha! ReportIf you tap the name of an app shown on the list, you see a dialog as shown right. You can see all monitoring data about that app. It shows also the memory size of the app in bytes.

Tapping the Turn Off button, you can turn off the count bit of the app. You will see the confirmation dialog. Please select Yes, turn off when you really want to turn the bit off.

And you can launch that app by tapping the app's icon.

4. Disclaimer, support, distribution, and etc.

Disclaimer, support, distribution are all the same as them of Watcha! Hack. See