[App][18 Dec 09]BlueProdigy V2 - Appointments in Titanium[2.0] - Windows Mobile Apps and Games

Hi,
A new Plugin for Titanium - BlueProdigy
And now: V2
Please red installation instruction in middle of this post!
Download: *Blue Prodigy V2*
Major Changes and new skins - look into changelog
Special Character Set-Skins(Taiwan,China,Hebrew,Russia): Post #2
For FAQs: Post #3
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The design-idea and images are from Matt_Jackson - and it's like a Skin for JMLToday - but as own Plugin. Also Calendar-Function is JMLCalendar from JMHL.
BlueProdigy is developed it in C/C++ in all of it's doing (animations, overview-update, apointments-scrolling, clock-resizing,...) and using it's own notifications for clock, alarm and calendar. Only the control of menu and language by menu is in mortscript - but that has no effect on performance - because it's only for changing settings.
So - it's extremely fast and has no noticeable effect on battery.
Please read installation instructions in middle of this post!
Features:
- ALL RESOLUTIONS (VGA, WVGA, QVGA, WQVGA)
- Portrait & Landscape
- MUCH LANGUAGES already integrated (en,us,de,fr,es,tw,ru,au,it)
- Correct Timeformat & Start of week for this Languages
- You won't be asked for your language - Plugin uses settings of JMLToday to identify your LAnguage
- Full skinable!
- Skin support by menu
- Buttons-Support (JMLPanex) - over full PAnel to expand/collapse/jump to apps/...
- Installed by TICS - so you can use it in each Titanium Theme like Bliss, Neo,... (and can make you special skin for it)
- Settings by Menu:
-- Calendar: Max Days = how much days do you want to see? ( up to 365)
-- Calendar: Max Items = how much appointments should be displayable?
-- Animation-Speed (1-300 ms)
-- Skin-Choice (you can choice of the skins which are in V1 or each other skins you made or downloaded
-- Choice of call of your Apps for Calendar, Alarm, Clock by menu
-- manual calendar update (is done also automatic by system if next appointment shall appear
Changelog V2_2.0 - Additional Features of V2:
- Detailed view for each appointment! (just click on date/time of appointment)
- More animations - especially for detailed view
- Tab on appointment in detailed view (eye symbol) - direct jump to the day of this appointment in calendar
- In Main Panel - Tab on weekbar - you jump into week view of calendar
- Much more Images & Texts for Skinning - good example is "Duality" - look into FAQs of Post #3
- New Notifications - runs faster and no side effects with other plugins
- BlueProdigy suspends itself, if Titanium is switched off (e.g. you are running Sense or TouchFlo)
- New Refresh (MichasRefresh) - better free space for your device at all, saves much Soft-Rsets
- New Skins like Transparency or Duality for the new keys
- Better Font-support
- Better support for foreign countries with special character sets (e.g. Hebrew, Russia, Taiwan, China,...)
- Changeable path for analog clock in Menu
- some little bugfixes
- some more Menu options for pathes
- better translated language files for some countries
- some more little needful things - I have forgotten, what
Here's the Skins inside basic .cab of BlueProdigy V2:
and 2 more additional Skins for you to use or change like you want (download: click on pics or bottom of this post) :
Installation instructions (overjump step which you already done) - please remark - BlueProdigy is a "SubPlugin" of JMLToday - so you need at least the installation:
1. Install JMLPanex >= 2.30 (It's now released , but BluePRodigy notices older version and will give you a menu point to install it for you.
(Thread for JMLPanex: *click here*
2. Install JMLToday >= 5.5 : *click here* (all from JMLToday 5.6 which is needed, is direct in BlueProdigy.cab, so never mind )
3. Disable Titanium (otherwise the installation could fail and you have to re-install .cab again)
4. Install Blue Prodigy - Cab
5. Enable Titanium and enjoy - if Font isn't displayed - you need a Soft-Reset (will be told to you by BlueProdigy)
6. If you don't see a calendar entry or wrong date after enabling first time Titanium - please choose "Update Calendar" from Menu - afterwards new notifications are set permanently
Some more Screenshots:
*HebrewBlue*
*RussianBlue*
*SimplyChinaBlue*
*TaiwanBlue* (external download, Size 2,5 MB)
In Post #2 / #3 I will collect Skins and FAQs.
Credits:
MATT_JACKSON for this great Design!!! ( you can also look for his ideas here: http://ashigaru-design.blogspot.com/2009/09/teaser-titanium-clock-blue-prodigy.html inside is Design-Page: http://ashigaru-design.de)
JMHL for JMLPANEX & JMLCALENDAR
Listed at: *1800pocketpc.com - PPC-Software and WinMo-Freeware*
Have fun
Micha
BlueProdigy, TitaniumRSS, TICS, TitaniumStarter, JMLLibrary and the other stuff-
Like my work? To spend much more nights, if you want, you can donate a cup of coffee for me.

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# 2: For other Skins also later as collection for skins of other users perhaps)
Special Font Skins:
*HebrewBlue*
*RussianBlue*
*SimplyChinaBlue*
*TaiwanBlue* (external download, Size 2,5 MB)
Skin-Hints (also to find as Text-File in Skins-Subfolder of BlueProdigy) :
Code:
The directory structure of skins is alomst the same as in JMLToday.
Each subdirectory of "skins" is an own skin - as maximum it consists of:
.plg = Skin File
(same name as directory = SkinName, otherwise TICS would give message, that .plg wasn't found)
.ttf = FontFile for the Appointment texts/Digital style
(name indifferent, only one .ttf-File, will be copied to \windows,
sometimes WinMo needs SoftReset to use new .ttf, perhaps MichasRefresh or later MichasSpecialRefresh is enough)
BlueProdigy.pnx = Panex File for Button-Definitions
(fixed name - please red instructions for Area Button, to understand, how you can define Tab-Areas.
Will be copied to BlueProdigy-Main-Directory after skin change)
.\clockA = Images for analog clock
(fixed name - perhaps later on possible to use your clockA-Directories in JMLToday)
.\BlueProdigyImages = Images for BlueProdigy at all
(All Images for BlueProdigy - if you skin it: ALL Graphic-Files of Default must be also inside this)
If some of this 5 Directories or .plg/.pnx/.ttf-Files are not defined in Skin - then this part is used from
Skins-Default-Directory
( ...\BlueProdigy\skins\default)
So: IF you only change .plg - then it's enough to put .plg to new directory. Name of the .plg must be
the same as the directory. The Rest is used from default - that's the easiest way to move some things a little bit.
Please don't forget PLG-Resizer to share your skin to all users for all resolutions.

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#3: FAQs
What can I skin in BlueProdigy?
Clocks, Appointments, Alarm, Fonts,... everything you want - only look into "howto.txt" in skins-directory. (Please look only for Fonts which are free of charge!)
BlueProdigy mustn't be blue You can skin new animations. You can rearrange icons and text and you can use other Formats for e.g. Date.
Only look with CHome-Editor into BlueProdigy-Page1, what's possible.
Just share it afterwards - and please use PLG-Resizer http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4254191&postcount=2 that every user can use it.
Does I always have to make a Soft-Reset after changing to a skin with another Font?
No - on some device at the first time, that the new Font is linked by WinMo - therefore you get the message from BlueProdigy "You need perhaps a Soft-Reset"
If you see a standard Font (Tahomo) instead of a Font on Screenshot - then you need a Soft-Reset one time - afterwards no more, if you change back to this Skin again
Tab-Areas:

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@all : JMLPanex V2.30 released.

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happy to see this release
but there's a lil problem , it only can show all day's application on my device....
and the second problem is... the smallist chinese font is almost 3 M, it's too huge...

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@JMHL: I updated Post #1
@Kane:
All days applications in chinese? Then we must have a look if JMLCalendar newest version works with chinese, too.
The font can't be resized by .cpr? Just edit .plg - it is a .ttf, right?
Looks already nice in Chinese

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Thx 4 credit
n1 presentation!
Work 4 me:

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ohh no, that's the report for the beta one ...
mmm i tried this one, and... it dont show anything for me....
even all days applications dont show ( set 365 days and 20 shows)
and ya, it's a 2.87 Mb's ttf file

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@kane:
ok,then let's have a look,what's the difference is in chinese language appointments. 2,23 mb for a .ttf - you have really much signs in chinese...
please have a look in hkcu/software/jml/blueprodigy, if the appointments aree read coorect from jmlcalendar in chinese. you can also attach the content as .reg herr.
at best together with hklm/software/microsoft/chome/blueprodigy
@matt
No... thanx for your great idea and images
Micha

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@MichelDiamond
ok here's the reg, total is 0 in jml\BlueProdigy
mmm so , what you think?
maybe that exe file need to change to real unicode
donno, I just guess

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Hmm - ok - it's not from BlueProdigy - it's from JMLCalendar (even by manual update of calenar the key of JML/BluePRodigy is empty?)
Registry is alays using wide char (unicode) - so I must talk to JMHL for JMLalendar.
Can you switch so long to another language like english to get the results? (The Menus,... are in chinese correct? )
(Or copy JMLCalendar.exe from jmltoday 5.5 to BluePRodigy-Directory and tell me if this works)
I also want to wait for russian feedback - because there is also something to do.
But both will be Skins with special .ttf-Files, which can be seperate downloaded for BlueProdigy - because that would need to much space for install as Main.
@All: No wishes? I know what I would do for V2

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ok, wait a lil ,sorry, I was busy today, can you get online on MSN??
then it's easy to feed back, now I'n switching language.... , will talk more later..
ok, I change language to english,and every thing is the same....
so what you think is going on??

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I'm not at home, sorry for now, bud - but you changed language from JMLToday, right? Then please run install.mscr from BlueProdigy, so that BlueProdigy recognizes the new language (or just change skin of BlueProdigy - then it always looks for new language, too)

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MichelDiamond said:
I'm not at home, sorry for now, bud - but you changed language from JMLToday, right? Then please run install.mscr from BlueProdigy, so that BlueProdigy recognizes the new language (or just change skin of BlueProdigy - then it always looks for new language, too)
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Hi Michel,
I'm also still having problems with the hebrew content. To solve the problem, I just delete the blueprodigy.ttf file after installation and before I SR and then all works OK

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Yes -thanx Moti - a Soft-Reset is mostly needed in WinMo to use new .ttf
But be careful, Moti - I changed system against Beta because of your Feedback - the .ttf won't be renamed by copiing to Windows - so you only need one soft reset for a new font - but not after changing back to this skin (therefore the change) . So also no more need to delete blueprodigy.ttf
But have a look to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\FontLink\SystemLink
if the new Font is correct registered
There's a second key there:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\GDI\FontLinkMethods
and look if it's on "1" (can be 1,2,3)
If you perhaps see, that this LinkMethod doesn't work - use 2 or 3 - but in SystemLink must be the Link to the Font-File (you see Tahoma there as example)
Unfortunately you need to Soft-Reset device while trying - because that's only read by WinMo while booting together with other country-specifics.
I know that my settings are for European/american/... but Hebrew, chinese and japanese could need other settings.
BlueProdigy doesn't set FontLinkMethods - but if it's necessary, I could set it because of Language in next version Please feedback, which combination works - the skin-support makes it possible to try it very easy.
@Kane: Already tried to use older version of jmlcalendar from JMLToday 5.5 installation?
@All: It's easy to skin it like each JMLToday-Skin - I almost use the same system to do it. You an change behaviour, click areas, .... and of course images like you want. But please - share it to the other users.
I'm already about V2 - because I want a little bit more for me (detailed view of appointment and jump direct to correct day )
Greetz
Micha

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@MichelDiamond
use old jmlcalender, and it only shows all day application, it works fine, just this issue
sorry, I was busy in these few days, lots of F*cken exam
animation good, clock good, only shows all day application by using old Jmltoday's jmlcalender

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MichelDiamond said:
Yes -thanx Moti - a Soft-Reset is mostly needed in WinMo to use new .ttf
But be careful, Moti - I changed system against Beta because of your Feedback - the .ttf won't be renamed by copiing to Windows - so you only need one soft reset for a new font - but not after changing back to this skin (therefore the change) . So also no more need to delete blueprodigy.ttf
But have a look to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\FontLink\SystemLink
if the new Font is correct registered
There's a second key there:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\GDI\FontLinkMethods
and look if it's on "1" (can be 1,2,3)
If you perhaps see, that this LinkMethod doesn't work - use 2 or 3 - but in SystemLink must be the Link to the Font-File (you see Tahoma there as example)
Unfortunately you need to Soft-Reset device while trying - because that's only read by WinMo while booting together with other country-specifics.
I know that my settings are for European/american/... but Hebrew, chinese and japanese could need other settings.
BlueProdigy doesn't set FontLinkMethods - but if it's necessary, I could set it because of Language in next version Please feedback, which combination works - the skin-support makes it possible to try it very easy.
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Hi Micha,
I reinstalled V1.1 and didn't delete blueprodigy.ttf. I SR and had the same problem in condensed mode. I checked the registry and blueprodigy font is registered as it should be but there was no fontlinkmethods value so I added it as a dword value. I tried all 3 values but none of them helped. I deleted the blueprodigy value from the registry, SR and still get gibberish. So I uninstalled, reinstalled and deleted the font and now it works again with the standard system font.

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Thanx Moti,
perhaps it's really not necessary to set any registry key for it.
I'm glad that I set this keys not in C-Code - because SkinChange is nothing critical for performance.
Could you comment the line
Code:
RegWriteString("HKLM","Software\Microsoft\FontLink\SystemLink",FileBase(arrTTF[1]),"\windows"\arrTTF[1]&","&FileBase(arrTTF[1]))
in bpchangeskin.mscr ?
and
Code:
RegWriteString("HKLM","Software\Microsoft\FontLink\SystemLink","blueprodigy","\windows\blueprodigy.ttf,blueprodigy")
in install.mscr ?
And delete existing keys by hand and soft-reset that WinMo doesn't know them anymore, and then try it with V1 and a new .ttf , if it works?
Then I would kick it out in V2. Would be really nice from you
@kane:
Only to be sure: You ONLY see all-day-appointments - the normal appointments (e. g. from 9.30 am - 10.30 am) are not shown? Is your ROM chinese or chinese/english-hybrid? (Country-Code?)
I've already told it to JMHL - it seems that there must be something special for asian WinMo's - but I don't know what's the difference so far. Let's find it out
Greetz & Thanx
Micha

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So I installed it, and its not displaying info, it is throwing an error that says "Blue Prodigy - Clock Disabled: #14 JMLToday Date0 Entry not found"
Any thoughts?

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yes - install jmltoday ( >= 5.5)
then re-install blueprodigy (shortcut in start-utilities-blueprodigy
and don't forget jmlpanex,too,if it's not installed.