+ creating a branch from the current wip inorder to do the following:


  1) Decrease loading time
      ** time required to populate the roms (e.g. image loading, etc)
      ** time to read from cache, etc

  2) Create a custom control container that will only render
     a certain number of controls at any given time -- instead
     of adding and rendering the entire set.

  3) etc

committing more wip for better handling of items

+ update emuxportal with better timing

use HashSet instead of List

add support when caching roms locally (ie copying them) also copy the emulator config file

disable config testing

update romparser::NESReader (still does nothing useful)

+ update how favorited roms are handled:
  ** when the roms are displayed they are sorted by rom title
  ** when the roms are saved they get sorted by date added, and
       the newest rom will be at the bottom of the list

+ fix a sharing violation that would occur when attempting to
  copy a rom to a local path, if that rom already existed, and
  its image was loaded from the local path.

   Basically, if the rom had an image it attempted to overwrite
   the image file while the program had an open handle to the
   image in the local path. (hence: sharing violation)

     ** this was fixed by creating a bitmap from the source file
        and not maintaining an open-handle to the file.

update emuxportal -- fix empty rom image path errors when copying a rom to local when it has no rom image

catch exceptions in parseUrl

update code

update rom image finder -- setup debug configuration

+ warn if configuration_testing is enabled
+ warn if dev_debug is enabled
+ add support for getting cache from an external path

add a new project to find rom image files

update EmuXPortal.RomParser/rom_format.txt

update wip

update EmuXPortal.sln - add project UnitTests/RomParser/UnitTests.RomParser.csproj

add two new solutions: EmuXPortal.RomParser and UnitTests/RomParser

reintegrate branch /branches/mono-cache-support

merge changes from branch /branches/mono-xml-linq

update EmuXPortal/Form1.cs -- make some missing changes for handling rom loading progress and issues with image resources

revert changes to these files after r304

comitting current wip for cache support

when updating cached roms also make sure to reset the rom image

+ add support for:
  ** updating cached configs
  ** updating cached roms (including images)
  ** removing missing cached roms
  ** updating external configs

  ** NOTE: a platform that has external configs cannot have roms (or vice versa)
     A warning will be logged if this condition is not met

if a user aborts while cache is being generated, then that cache file should not be saved

+ add support to build cache for all platforms in a give path
+ add support to cancel the cache generation

update rom caching -- there is still a lot of work to do

fix cannot connect to debugger

update EmuXPortal.Cacher/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs

ignore bin and obj folders

update code

update code

create project to hold EmuXPortal.Api files (this way they can be reused)

commiting v1.0.0.11

fix rom path in config-dbg.ini

fix issue with image path formatting

refresh build and enable LAA even though I don't think it will do any good

remove logging spam

update to latest version -- fixe some issues with non-emulator based games (PC)

add qoutes around rom_file and rom_path

add back favorites platform and fix issue when no game roms are found don't say no games have been favorited

ignore rom folders starting with a period -- hidden folders on linux

update files

+ fix resx mismatch between .net 4.0 and .net 2.0

update build for mono

creating a mono branch

+ normalize the size of the platform/game controls

Form1: use System.Windows.Forms.FlowLayoutPanel

flowlayoutpanels: call SuspendLayout(); and ResumeLayout(false); as needed

PlatformNameShort/PlatformNameLong : if these are set with a null value, set them to an empty string :: also set the default value to an empty string

romparser:  when selecting a platform, indicate the platform that was selected

ConfigLoader: if ROMPATH is not configured -- return false after executing Application.Exit() -- this prevents disposed object errors

+ use Enterprise.Logging instead of EmuXPortal.Logging

add external: http://svn.netsolutions.dynu.com:81/websvn/other/Enterprise.Logging/tags/latest/

add external to deps: http://svn.netsolutions.dynu.com:81/websvn/extraProjects/TransparentControls/branches/VS2010/

remove extenral TransparentControls

fix external url: TransparentControls 

** disable config testing

** fix issues with games, that have been favorited
** a favorited game, with an image, cannot be displayed more than once
** also, the platform name was not generated properly for external configs

+ fix another issue with the application exiting, if no games have been favorited, and you press backspace to go back to the last/root menu

+ enable cursor hiding
+ disable config testing
** this will be re-released at v1.0.0.7

1.0.0.7

+ fix an issue where pressing PAGE_UP would actually act like PAGE_DOWN was pressed when viewing game roms

+ add support for loading favorites -- this feature is a WIP (work in progress)

re-compile after merge

revert changes from r146, r147, and r148:
* don't make form TopMost (because no other window can be above it; which will cause issues with launching games)

set version: 1.0.0.6

update to version 1.0.0.5:
fixes in 1.0.0.5:
+ correct object in-use exceptions (memory usage will slightly increase)
+ dispose graphics when finished loading controls
+ use thread-locking techniques

+ dispose graphics when finished loading

+ thread locking

stupid: #define CONFIGURATION_TESTING (forgot to turn off again!!)

+ BUGFIX (1.0.0.4): properly send roms to emulator

turn off #define CONFIGURATION_TESTING

commit v1.0.0.4 (memory optimized and faster)

OPTIMIZE LOGGING

PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION:
** only get defaultimage resource once (don't duplicate the resource)

increase version from 1.0.0.3 to 1.0.0.4

use IComparable<IEmuConfig> instead of IComparable (saves memory, due to unboxing)

svn:ignore: *.vsp

+ update report file location

move EmuXPortal_MemoryProfiler

+ include performance profiler files (.psess files)

update: config-dbg.ini

reintegrate pctitlelaunching branch:
+ add support for launching standalone games categorized under a specific platform (ie. PC) that does not need to have an emulator launched

update build-event to copy blank emu.config to output directory

update to version: 1.0.0.2

reverted changes from uiehancments:r52 -> disable configuration_testing

update version to 1.0.0.1

update display device

update .suo

+ speed-up rom parseing by not logging all found roms

update svn:ignores

update EmuXPortal.suo

reformat Platform name to incorporate both short and long names

+ add support pressing a letter or number to jump to that entry

ui positioning

fix GetRoms() so that GetFiles will work regardless of the searchpattern (i.e. *.* or whatever)

slioght change in EMUOptions()

fix text width issues

implement actual reading of emu.config

add missing file from last commit

initial commit for finding rom dirs

add logging support

initial setup of config loading

+ add config.ini
+ edit postbuild to copy config.ini to output dir
+ target .net framework 4.0

update svn:ignores

initial commit