Despite the name, MortButtons is NOT a tool to assign applications to buttons, like BtnPlus, VITO ButtonMapper, PowerButton, and similar tools.

Instead, it allows to create multiple small menus, which can be used with just one button (also see "General Usage" in the manual).

It also offers a menu that consists of all currently running applications, thus enabling a quick and easy task switching like Alt-Tab in Windows.

These menus can be assinged to your buttons with either the systems settings or any tool you use (like those told above). Please refer to the manual of your tool for details to those.

MortButtons is freeware, i.e., you can use it without paying. Modifications are not allowed, though.

Features

* Every application button can be used (up to 5 different configurable main menus, any number of entries and submenus)

* No problems with games or other apps using the buttons - works fine in combination with BtnPlus, ButtonMapper, and similar tools

* Task List: Lets you switch easily to one of the running applications. You can also close tasks by Tap&Hold. Includes (optional): Minimize, close, close all, and close all but current application

* Selection with multiple presses of just one button possible

* It's also possible to select an entry with the direction pad or by tapping it

* Supports configurable finger gestures (e.g. turn to next page by sliding to the right)

* Select the applications or documents to start from start menu or the complete file system

* Create new documents ("New" menu entries), open system setting dialogs, or invoke a call or a new message to a saved contact as menu entry

* Use own menus, entire directories, or setting groups as submenus

* Activation of Today screen and already existing windows (i.e. the app's only activated when running, no start by accident!)

* Skin support with transparancy/alpha channel support and overrideable font and color settings

* Display style (background, skin, ...) and timeout settings can be set for each main menu

* Own icons and images can be used for menu entries

* Supports WM2003 SE, WM5, WM6 with VGA, landscape, and square screen

* Screen rotation is possible by entries or when a program is launched

Update Description

v2.5

* Supports configurable finger gestures (default: left/right = prev./next page, up=exit, down=context menu)

* Access to system settings (control panel)

* Supports .ico and images in .png, .jpg, .gif, and .bmp format for user defined icons, including tranparancy and (for .png) alpha-channels

* User defined window titles for main menus (for sub menus, the sub menu name is used)

* User defined background graphics

* Better support of Today themes

* Better "back" support, esp. when using other main menus as sub menu

* New icons (thanks to jjmilton) and semi-transparent skins

* Support of unicode files (with proper start bytes) for translations, Japanese translation included

* Some new options (hide paging buttons, confirm phone calls, ...)

* Improved speed

* Transparancy support for skins

v2.41

* Square screen support

* New default skins (thanks to Ric Zito)

* Supports GIF files in skins

* Support of zipped skins (*.mbz, contents like skin folders - no subfolder in zip!)

* Transparency color for images (except background image), add TransCol= to skin.ini. Native transparency of PNG and GIF isn't supported.

* Improved icon handling for some files on WM5

* Workarounds for button handling on some iPAQs

* Bugfix: Closing programs didn't always work correctly

* Bugfix: "Exit" softkey doesn't close the program if it should remain hidden

v2.4

* "New" entries for calls and new messages to given recipents / accounts

* Better support for WM5 (e.g. Softkeys)

* Additional settings for task list

* Bugfix: After screen rotation, MortButtons shouldn't appear anymore

v2.31

* Bugfix: Closing the "Programs" folder and subfolders caused a soft reset

* Bugfix: When preloading the menus after a soft reset, sometimes the first entry of the first menu was run

v2.3

* Additional entries for task management (Minimize, Close, Close all, Close all but current)

* Tap & Hold functions, e.g. switch to task -> close task. Works also by keeping a hardware button pressed.

* Additional options for task lists

* Works fine on VGA devices running WM5

v2.21

* Faster first activation when using "stay in background"

* MortButtons can be hidden from task lists

* Fixed display errors when using "transparent background"

v2.2

* Display and timeout can be set for each main menu

* Own icons can be used for menu entries

* Empty entries at the end of the menus won't be removed

v2.1

* Skipped, to avoid confusion with V2.01

v2.01

* Better background type selection

* Transparent background (formerly "Show menu background" deactivated) without empty areas

* Input panel (e.g. keyboard) will be hidden

* Entry selection tree works is fitted to landscape

* Bugfix: On hx4700, entries were skipped when using the application buttons

* Bugfix: "Back" entry in submenus sometimes was shown multiple times

v2.0

* WM2003 SE - support (VGA, landscape)

* Skin support

* Better support of links (icons, paramters)

* Arbitrary number of entries per menu

* Localization support

* Browse subdirectories with MortButtons (just assign a directory to a menu)

* Screen rotation: Automatically for a launched program or with special entries (requires WM2003SE)

* Create new documents (entries of "New" menu, requires WM2003)

* Own submenus

* Several smaller bugfixes and interface changes

v1.0

* Tasks can be excluded from list in General Settings

* Display settings (font, colors)

* Renamed "Application" setup to "Entries"

* Shows correct icons for Pocket Outlook applicitions (Tasks, Contacts, Calendar) and some other applications

* "Internals"-"Activate" to activate an application only if its already running (incl. the Today screen)

* Entries can be moved to other positions

* Minor optical modifications

v0.9b*

* Beta versions for V1.0

v0.8

* Completely new program architecture

* Applikation data in files (easier backup), convertion tool is installed)

* Faster (esp. on reaktivation)

* Bugfix: "Timeout on activation" didn't work sometimes

* Splitted settings into applikations (per button) and Generic Settings

* Expanded "Internals", e.g. switching to other button menus

* Toolbar: Menu with all Buttons, Setup Menu, About screen

* Up to 12 applications possible - starting with 8 applikations, small icons are shown

* Optionally space where applikations are not assigned

* Documents can be selected and launched

* Minor changes at optics and usage

* Own selection bars are possible

* "Cancel" was renamed to "Exit" and got a new icon

v0.7

* Re-activation when "stays in memory" is active should work faster

* Some minor redesigns of the setup screen

v0.6

* The problem with multiple instances and program starts should be solved

* Links, which contain parameters (e.g. Calendar = poutlook.exe calendar) will work

* The entries can be run by tapping them

* The cursor keys should now work on all devices

* Running the selected entry works also with "cursor right"

v0.5

* Graphical facelift

* The assigned applications are shown in the list on the setup screen

* The "No timeout" option was integrated into the timeout listbox integriert (entry "none")

* New option to deactivate the timeout only after activating the program

* "Setup" is no more a fixed entry, but can be chosen as an "Internals"

* By this (and a little layout redesign) up to 7 applications can be assigned (before 5)

* To be able to modifythe settings without a "Setup" entry, there's a separate "Setup" programm ("MortButtons Setup").

v0.4

* Selecting the next entry by pressing an application button is handled in the pressing event instead of the release event. By this, if you activaed "Stay in memory", it doesn't happen the second entry is sometimes selected on activation.

* New application tree entry "Internals"-"Cancel".

* Modifications to the global settings (Stay in Memory, Timeout) will be recognised by "sleeping" programs ("stay in memory" activated) when done by another program.

V0.3

* Smaller executables for the "MortButton" programs (less memory usage)

* Selection bar in blue (before: yellow)

* Nomore "greying" of non-selected entry labels

v0.2

* "Preload tool" for the DLL removed

* Option to keep the button programs in memory

* Support of links

* Start menu in the application tree

* Installation in "Accessories"

v0.1

* First version