Hello All,
Just wondering if anyone is interested, like me, in having IntelliPad (and other programs) 'unremovable' graphics altered. I have managed to extract all internal BMP's from the .dll files within the installation CAB file for IntelliPAD. In this particular case the CAB file is a T-Mobile WWE B12, with version: 1.0 Build 17286. Yes, it's the 'ol ugly grey-'n-pink number so well loathed.. Below are all the internal BMP's attached, in their complete and horrific glory, for the first time in this forum. Would you, the graphic-boffin community, be interested in transforming them into aesthetically pleasing works of art and post them back? This will enable me to re-compile the new images in the .dll that will form part of a CAB file that I can subsequently share with the rest of XDA-Developers. Modifying these I have to ask of you as I am neither a graphic designer, nor a programmer. I now simply have the ability - with your help - to provide something new.
Please note to keep them grouped together i,e: matching desriptions to grouped files. That way I can keep track of them more easily. As always, it is a good functionional idea to keep the files small as possible - they will be saved as bitmaps before re-compiling.
Next on the list is IntelliDailer and those pesky blue buttons that appear when dailing buttons are pressed... Pending the success of the IntelliPad pilot, we can now look forward to seeing proper 'pressed button' display with all custom skins available for the application today.
Have fun, I look forward to your efforts.
"Impossible is an opinion, not a fact"
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Update 5/26/10The screen on my winmo phone broke about 2 weeks ago, and since then also one of the buttons on the front came off. I wasn't sure I wanted to continue with Windows Mobile considering their lack of support for older versions in Windows 7 phone, so I got an Android phone, a used G1. I'm not sure I'll continue to develop for Winmo.
So far I'm very impressed with what I see from the G1, but of course there are some apps missing, so my first priority will probably be to get some of my Winmo programs ported to Android. Sorry
HomeScreen++ Configuration Application
Version 0.30 Jan 9, 2009
In addition to some bug fixes, the following has been implemented:
-Creating a new file.
-Adding new elements and attributes: Items can only be chosen that are allowed according to the schema file. (However items can still be edited on the main page without validation.)
-Clicking the help button gives shows help for the chosen attribute.
-Application paths can be chosen from a filedialog box.
-Today plugins can be chosen from your registry.
-Comments can be saved as nodes with a # infront.
There are still the occassional crash of the program when saving the file, but
I have been unable to figure out the causes of the crashes. Please let me know if anyone figure out a pattern to the crashes.
Version 0.20 Dec. 18, 2008
This version includes the schema file, and will list the possible attributes and values for the different elements.
I have also included Attributes.xml, a file that in xml format describes all the elements, attributes and values.
My ultimate goal is to make the editing based on the schema file directly, and not via a text box.
However, programming has been slow due to computer breakdown and Christmas preparations. Maybe next year!
But if someone has any ideas/wishes how to proceed further, please let me know.
I'm still working on having comments included, and as far as I know, the program will read a file with
comments, but will crash if trying to save, so be careful.
Version 0.10 11/24/08
I got tired of editing the xml settings file for Homescreen++ (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=270751) on my phone, so I decided to make a program to simplify the process. It's possible it can be used as a general editor for xml files that only has elements and attributes (this has NOT been tested).
This is a very early version, but I thought I might post it here, to get some feedback before continuing the development.
What it does:
The app wil load a Homescreen++ settings file (.xml) into a treeview.
Items can be edited, added, copied, deleted and moved around.
Installation:
The attached file can be unzipped to any folder of your choice.
Limitations:
Make sure that the attributes are listed before the elements for the respective nodes.
Danger:
Since this is such an early version, when the program asks you to save, ALWAYS save to a new file. I also suggest saving it frequently, so you don't loose any changes, should the program crash.
I don't take any responsibility for the problems this program might cause on your device, but it seems to work for me on a smartphone running Microsoft Mobile 6.
Saying that, I've already found it to be quite time saving when changing where I want elements, heigths, widths etc.
I hope it can be useful for others too.
Future improvements:
Edit: using same screen as for adding new items
validate file against schema before saving.
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thanx mate, i love HomeScreen++
good idea, I will give it a try
cool excellent idea
looks good, gonna keep an eye on this. thanks in advance.
What a superb idea !
I've give up further versions of "Battery Status" because of the complexity of skins coding (XML and syntax...)
If your tool will be able to interface settings, and why not, present them in a more friendly way, this will be a killer tool...
Congrats !
wow, it may be useful tool.
this what I was thinking of !!!
HS++ users deserve this programe.
Its a useful prog , & will lead 4 more simplisity of using it.
of course,its a long way to acheave the goal ; but; keep the hard wourk & progressing,& be sure that every HS++ lover will support your work in this idea.
good luck , & may GOD bless you.
Great App!!!
A big Thaaaaanx....!!! for this great tool.I've tested this app with not only 'HS++ xmls' but also with the 'Manila2D xmls'.And everything is working fine upto now.Once again Thank You very much...
great app! but hs++ does not work with manila2d,so...
mecal said:
great app! but hs++ does not work with manila2d,so...
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..so JUST LOL @ manila htc social club nightmare..
New version
Updated with a few more features. See first post.
HomeScreen++ Configuration Application Version 0.3
New version in first post.
Version 0.30 Jan 9, 2009
In addition to some bug fixes, the following has been implemented:
-Creating a new file.
-Adding new elements and attributes: Items can only be chosen that are allowed according to the schema file. (However items can still be edited on the main page without validation.)
-Clicking the help button gives shows help for the chosen attribute.
-Application paths can be chosen from a filedialog box.
-Today plugins can be chosen from your registry.
-Comments can be saved as nodes with a # infront.
There are still the occassional crash of the program when saving the file, but
I have been unable to figure out the causes of the crashes. Please let me know if anyone figure out a pattern to the crashes.
Thank you.
Great idea.
I'll try it when possible.
Cheers
great job, I hope many good skins will come out with the help of this tool, thanks.
thankyou
very good app.
Very nice app
Bug
Thanks for the nice words!
Since there weren't many comments, I wasn't sure anyone was using it, so I stopped development on it (even though it has a lot of downloads!)
I'm also surprised noone has said anything about a bug for the tplug. I don't know if I'm the only one experiencing it, but it seems that the name of another today plugin disappears when the file is opened. If I see that people are actually using it (?), I should fix it.
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great app! but hs++ does not work with manila2d,so...
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So good,thanks
(Mods -- please move if you think should is in the wrong place)
One thing that bothers me about TouchFlo3d is the huge amount of files all stuffed into the "windows" folder. Is it possible to install to a different location? Wouldn't this greatly increase overall performance, since the (already huge) number of files in the windows folder would be reduced? Have any cooks tried this with their ROMS? Or, is it not even possible? I have searched as best I can but I have not found anything regarding this, nor any cabs/zip archives that will allow for installing Manilla to an alternate location.
It just seems to me that this would keep things neater and more organized in the file system, if it is possible. Or, am I just completely off-base on this?
It's not easy task - you have to hex edit Manila .exe files to set new path. Then you have to make a cab to move all 1000+ Manila files to new folder - but still increase of perfomance will be questionable
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(Mods -- please move if you think should is in the wrong place)
One thing that bothers me about TouchFlo3d is the huge amount of files all stuffed into the "windows" folder. Is it possible to install to a different location? Wouldn't this greatly increase overall performance, since the (already huge) number of files in the windows folder would be reduced? Have any cooks tried this with their ROMS? Or, is it not even possible? I have searched as best I can but I have not found anything regarding this, nor any cabs/zip archives that will allow for installing Manilla to an alternate location.
It just seems to me that this would keep things neater and more organized in the file system, if it is possible. Or, am I just completely off-base on this?
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possible I've done it already I've even reduced the files from 1200+ to 600+ to speed up reading in \Windows folder.
The thing is, if you move the installation to another folder, existing cab modifications to manila need to be "re-cabbed", or the user needs to modify the cab itself before applying it. Only geeky guys would do this, and not the casual or silent flashers of ROMs. This would in turn have more newbie posts asking why the cab is not working etc., etc.
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possible I've done it already I've even reduced the files from 1200+ to 600+ to speed up reading in \Windows folder.
The thing is, if you move the installation to another folder, existing cab modifications to manila need to be "re-cabbed", or the user needs to modify the cab itself before applying it. Only geeky guys would do this, and not the casual or silent flashers of ROMs. This would in turn have more newbie posts asking why the cab is not working etc., etc.
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Ah, good point. Still, it would be nice if there was an easy way to handle this. i.e., is the "manila install path" stored anywhere in the registry which the cabs could reference? I guess not, sounds like its all hard-coded to use /windows. Anything we can do to reduce the contents of the Windows folder certainly can't hurt anything, and manila is the biggest offender for sure...
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Ah, good point. Still, it would be nice if there was an easy way to handle this. i.e., is the "manila install path" stored anywhere in the registry which the cabs could reference? I guess not, sounds like its all hard-coded to use /windows. Anything we can do to reduce the contents of the Windows folder certainly can't hurt anything, and manila is the biggest offender for sure...
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in any case, the manila files need to be cooked for better speed, and cooks are forced to use \Windows anyway as all files that are cooked are by default being put in there.
pfcsabre said:
in any case, the manila files need to be cooked for better speed, and cooks are forced to use \Windows anyway as all files that are cooked are by default being put in there.
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not always
The manila stuff really should be left there since it doesnt relly take up a HUGE ammount of space anyways, shame theres so many files though.
Not sure if this belongs here, if one disagrees, please notify admin and move.
Foreword:
I'm neither a chef nor a programmer but do have sometimes viable ideas since I consider myself an out of the box thinker. Please do not expect me to write, code program, cook, fry or whatever I propose here - for that we have great chefs - but maybe it's possible for them to create the UBERSENSE without too many headache.
Most like Sense 2.5 for overall functionality, look and feel but have a love hate relationship due to the missing program tab and some other limitations.
Maxycy showed us that there is more possible (up to 20 program tabs) and how he implemented it seems pretty smart (take a look at the reg), to me at least.
So after looking a little bit into the registry myself we have some items which could be added perhaps in a rather simple way to create a "Hybrid Manila".
Preconditions:
No program tab in slider.
Up to 20 program links through Max's extensions.
Ideas and possible solution paths (suggestions in green):
Sense 2.5 is missing the following key to show a program tab completely (0=on // 1 or 2 =off as in don't display)
HKCU/Software/Htc/Manila
Manila://programs.page.hidden
Adding it under 2.5 does nothing because other important items are missing.
Missing items as far as I could figure out:
\HKLM\Software\OEM\MASD
Which contains bits and piece for all tab items.
Possible to take the 2.1 app, extract, list it here and cook it in?
Under this section the corresponding HTC program name and version is listed. Should be the same under 2.1 so should be possible to extract.
HKLM\Software\HTC\Manila\Configuration
(current;y running from 0-12) Possible to add 13 or rearrange
Enable 0
ab - Pagename (should be Manila://programs.page.hidden)
Title IDS_PROGRAM (the IDS_.... could be "stolen" from Manila 2.1 and cooked in)
HKLM\Software\HTC\Manila\HTCService
Not sure if anything is needed here because the feature call for the program should happen under \HKLM\Software\OEM\MASD
Based on the above findings and idea one could perhaps extract the "Program Tab paths and items" from a Manila 2.1 and add it to a Manila 2.5. The biggest issue could be the IDS_.... since I recall some problems with display and local language files from the past.
Cheers
Tyguy
any news man
Perhaps you should move this thread to dev and hacking
Nope no PM or email on that subject *sigh*
The answer is probably not...
What I am looking for is a freeware editor that supports common cross-platform formats like RTF or DOC and maintains hyperlinks inserted in them. The idea is to create a document on the desktop with relative links to other documents in the same directory and be able to use them when the whole directory is synced to the phone.
I don't want to use a proprietary format like OneNote, PhatNotes, ListPro etc., so that I could keep using the files when I switch phones next year, whether I go Android or stay with Windows. This also helps to keep info portable and useable across computers and platforms on the desktop. I had to switch, in the past, from ShadowPlan to PocketThinker to ListPro and moving the info to the new platform has always been a major, royal PITA. I now want to convert my existing ListPro files for the last time into format that I can use from now on without changes.
Any help is appreciated !
Ummagumma said:
The answer is probably not...
What I am looking for is a freeware editor that supports common cross-platform formats like RTF or DOC and maintains hyperlinks inserted in them. The idea is to create a document on the desktop with relative links to other documents in the same directory and be able to use them when the whole directory is synced to the phone.
I don't want to use a proprietary format like OneNote, PhatNotes, ListPro etc., so that I could keep using the files when I switch phones next year, whether I go Android or stay with Windows. This also helps to keep info portable and useable across computers and platforms on the desktop. I had to switch, in the past, from ShadowPlan to PocketThinker to ListPro and moving the info to the new platform has always been a major, royal PITA. I now want to convert my existing ListPro files for the last time into format that I can use from now on without changes.
Any help is appreciated !
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Hello,
AgileNotes Touch v3.0 test, is magnificent: http://www.agilitylab.com/
Regards,
jcmm said:
Hello,
AgileNotes Touch v3.0 test, is magnificent: http://www.agilitylab.com/
Regards,
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Thanks, this looks very promising. But it doesn't support hyperlinks, does it ? I will try it today.
I tried AgileNoes. It's indeed a very good application, and as far as file handling is concerned, it's superior to Pocket Word. It does however have a major flaw - there's no way to search for text in a document, at least none that I could find. So if I have a large file with multiple notes, I need to use Word to find info quickly.
Unfortunately, though, no hyperlinks...
Hello there! I posted this on the WPCentral forum as well, but I though I'd make a post here as well, I hope that's ok.
-=-INTRO-=-
I recently started trying to learn how to make windows phone apps. I've come to windows phone from android (back when ICS was the newest thing), and to my surprise Windows Phone did not have any way to save your own contact information in the 'me hub'. This was a bit annoying, as I did not fancy having to add myself as a contact and scroll through all my contacts whenever I wanted to share my number with someone. I finally decided to learn how to develop, and so, I've made this:...
-=-WHAT IS IT-=-
An alternative to the normal (and now-not-as-useful-as-it-once-was) Me tile. It allows you to share your contact info by tapping on it.
Install it using the XAP Deployment Tool. No interop required. Just normal Dev-unlock.
-=-NOTES-=-
My screenshot features a different header photo for the alternative view ( I didn't include it because I don't 'own' the picture. You can replace it by opening the XAP as an archive and editing the img.jpg image file.
Feedback is welcome!
...although I am very busy at the moment, and I am unsure when/if I will continue to update this app. (One idea was to add a 'post an update' feature that would open MultiShare, but I haven't yet done anything...
The small tile has a black background and a white, round design (not really a tile, more of a button/icon)
-=-THANKS TO-=-
Bob Tabor and Clint Rutkas: The people who made 'Windows Phone 8 development for absolute beginners'. Immensely helpful tutorial!
The Nokia Development website: Their samples helped me understand a lot.
Microsoft: WP (obviously) and their msdn C# and Windows Phone documentation
Stackoverflow: For teaching me that making a text file for every single thing is not the way to go