[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] pelckyboy:
Battery indicator idea

Tuatara,

I very much like your cab-based approach, giving a regular user immediate access to a bunch of neat free add-on applications.

A battery meter is a typical application that people want. What I am doing lately is integrating the battery status in the upper bar in your wm2005 window.

It looks like more or less like this :

While the picture illustrates the use of a battery and memory indicator, I only have a battery meter that occupies your screen width, so it gives a detailed status. When the battery is almost drained, the last part becomes red so you are immediately warned.

You can accomplish this using the downloadable trial edition of the skmenu plugin http://www.s-k-tools.com/downloads.html#skmenu and modifying the configuration file in \Program Files\SK Menu by the code at the end of this post. In fact, you can safely use the trial editition if you only want to get this battery meter. There is no expiration date in the software.

Now to my question : can we get something like this integrated as a cab into the tuma roms ? Or even better : does someone here knows a less expensive plugin that accomplishes exactly this effect ?

Thanks for all your thoughts,

Kristof

;SKMenu configuration file
#Menu
;Menu file for tap and hold on activation area
;#thmenu
;SKMenu language (hex code, see mui file suffix)
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;Definition for activation area
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#hidewindow
;Corner for show menu from shortcut
#corner(left-top)
;Emulate or not emulate OK button
#okmodeos
;Not display border for activation area
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;Sound file for indicate end savscreen operation
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;Close/OK skin.
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; height 24 width (24*4) (48*48 for VGA).
;Color RGB 1,254,1 is transparent.
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#FontType bold
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; Note: #sscreen parameters have priority as this parameters.
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;Allow SKMenu read all icons for all files and folders from configurations and menus.
;This can slow down the UI for some times after start SKMenu.
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#SepLineHeight 1
#SepLineOffset 4
;Menu background image (*.bmp, *.2bp, *.jpg, *.gif, *.png)
;Method to use small bitmap (stretch or tile)
#Background
#SmallBitmap tile
;Battery indicator definition
#Battery(0,5,240,5) #menu() #graphics #fontsize(9) #xfrom(left) #yfrom(bottom)
;Tray icons definitions
;#Tray #cmd() #icon()
;#Tray #cmd() #icon()
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;#Tray #cmd() #icon()
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#timeformat(HH:mm)
;Menu text color
#fgcolor 0,0,0
;Menu background color. (If not defined background bitmap)
#bgcolor 255,255,255
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#spcolor 255,255,255
;Battery indicator text color
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;Selected item text color
#htcolor 255,255,255
;Grayed items color
#gtcolor 128,128,128
;Selected item background color
#slcolor 0,200,255
;Icon background color
#ibcolor 198,198,198
;Battery indicator color for 0-25%
#bcolorred 255,0,0
;Battery indicator color for 75-99%
#bcolorwhite 255,255,200
;Battery indicator color for 100%
#bcolorgreen 0,255,0
;Battery indicator color for 25-70%
#bcoloryellow 255,255,0
;Battery indicator background color (digital mode)
#bcolorbg 0,0,255
;SKMenu close button background color
#bccolor 0,36,156