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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ionized:
Instead of deleting the key, try changing it to:

PDC="\Windows\SEGOEUI.TTF,Segoe UI"

(where SEGOEUI.TTF is your Segoe UI font filename. Check the filename first because I'm not sure if this is what you have in your device.)

You'll need a soft-reset after the change.

Starting from Version 1.0, the font used in Pocket Digital Clock is linked to Tahoma, which is the default system font. If you changed the system font to something else, the font linking will go haywire which is what happened in your case.

If you don't like the idea of font linking, just delete PDC.ttf from the folder \Program Files\Pocket Digital Clock and the plug-in will use Tahoma font (provided you have it on your device).

I think I should write a FAQ page regarding this some day...

And thanks for sharing your uninstallation experience. It is always a good practice to uncheck the Today plug-in before you uninstall it. (Let me put this down in my uninstallation notes. I guess I should not assume that everyone knows this.)

A soft-reset is required when you use ActiveSync or other file management software that might have locked the handle to the files or folder after browsing them. This is similar to the irritating file sharing problem when you're trying to unplug an external USB harddisk after use.

I doubt this problem is related to the plug-in. Can you confirm this by disabling the plug-in and see if the problem goes away?

Personally, I use a third-party alarm program and has not missed a wake-up call so far.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] brunoisa10:
Hi Ionized

no more problem of strange caracters in this version ?

no need to install verdana after installing your plugin ?

If so I'll try on my HTC P3300

the add of verdana.ttf was ok on my HTC P3600 but not on my htc P3300 , I don't know why.

Really beautiful clock
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ionized:
Hi brunoisa10,

You should not encounter any strange font problems with the latest version (unless you override the default system font like what slimshadee did).

I'm glad you like the clock.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] FInixNOver:
Request

I know this can be too much to ask, since there already some alternative to what I'm gonna ask.

For me(and maybe for some other users), this excelent plugin would be complete if it had a function for reporting missed calls and unread SMS (something similar to the HTC Home Plugin).

I'm loving this plugin in my personal ROM, but I miss having the Icons below the clock to show the missed calls and the unread SMS, which were the only functions I used from the HTC Home Plugin.

I ask this, because this plugin is the best choice for user that want to save ROM space and memory usage. I also know that adding more functions will increase it's size and memory usage, but there won't be that much difference.

Pitty I don't have programing skills, or i would do it myself. I know these projects are usually time consuming (I started cooking ROMs for Trinity a few months ago, so I really know how much spare time we all spend to try and please all other users that are less skilled), but maybe you can consider this in the future. I'll be more than happy to help in any way that I possibly can.

Either way, thanks in advance, for this already great plugin.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] brunoisa10:
Ionized : there is no second on your last clock , it was very nice

it is ok now for the font on my htc p3300 but i have no more seconds on your clock and multiDesk V2R plugin doesn't work as on my P3600

So I reinstall old version and no more MultiDesk (even if i have bought it :(

I'll make try later)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sahoopes:
I like the improvements

Thank you for opening up some more control over the appearance of your clock. While not as convenient as a settings interface, access to the registry values is working great for me.

Great app. Thank you.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Bingoig11:
Nice job!!!

Is it possible to center a little bit more the clock for those who use the clock in 24h format?

Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Sane:
This is great!!!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ionized:
FInixNOver:

Thank you for your time writing this. I understand there is always a demand for these phone functions. Unfortunately, I have to decline your request.

On the contrary, the good news is that the source code is free for all to download. If someone wants to take up challenge of making this into something more robust, I'll be more than happy to let you use the source.

brunoisa10:

Can you go to Start -> Settings -> System -> Regional Settings -> Time and see if your Time Style has "ss" in it? For example, "HH:mm:ss". The time format on Pocket Digital Clock relies heavily on the Time Style. It does not write to the Time Style in any way. Time Style will change, however, if you switch between Regional languages too frequently.

If you cannot find a Time Style with "ss" characters, try changing the Regional language or overriding STFmt in the registry.

I'm unfamiliar with V2R MultiDesk. Are you saying MultiDesk does not work with Pocket Digital Clock?

Bingoig11:

I am actually using a private make that does not have the alarm icon since I have no use for it (I'm using a third-party alarm program). Without the alarm icon and AM/PM time markers, the time will actually look more centralized. By the way, the AM and PM time markers can be deleted from the Regional Settings.

I guess I'll introduce another registry tweak to disable the alarm icon.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] FInixNOver:
Ionized, thank you so much for your reply. It's no problem that you can't fulfill my request. I'm already very thankful for your great work so far.

About the source code, I've already read about it on your project web page, but I haven't ask you for it, since I'm not a programmer. I guess I'll keep using it as it is, until someone can take on this challenge ;).

The registry tweak to disable the alarm icon would be much appreciated.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Bingoig11:
I do not use the alarm icon to (It doesn't display in the plugin), but it is not centered.

But if you could introduce a registry tweak to have the clock centered, that would be wonderful!!!

Here is a screenshot to get an idea. ;)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ionized:
A few lines of codes and there you go. Fully centralized.

Only in version 1.0.3. (See the first post for the installation files.)

Font size used here was 68 if I'm not wrong.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Sane:
I tried to install the 1.03 over the old installation, but it didn’t install properly and messed up the old installation. Can someone tell me all the registry entries and files to delete manually so I can get this working again…

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ionized:
Hi Sane,

There are 3 areas you should look at:

[HKCU\SOFTWARE\ProjectION]

Delete this entire registry key

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\FontLink\SystemLink]

Delete subkey "PDC" = "\Windows\TAHOMA.TTF,Tahoma"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Today\Items\Pocket Digital Clock]

Delete entire registry key

Just wondering why is there so much installation and uninstallation woe. Were you using the Release Candidate version before installation?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] spencepu3:
are you still planning on making the background opacity customizable? or make a version with a darker background? thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ionized:
This feature is already in Version 1.0 (16 March 2008).

See http://project.ionized.googlepages.com/registry for details.

Kind reminder: Please uninstall Pocket Digital Clock prior to Version 1.0 before you install the new version.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] neva dinova:
never mind
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Sane:
That did it, thanks!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ticalthepimp:
Can I remove the date portion & have JUST the clock?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Sunra:
Can anyone give me some hints how to get PDC to look like the HTC Home clock? At default values it looks almost the same but the HTC clock has a nice soft look to it that I'd like to emulate.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] cuboosh:
any chance ur going to allow these reg changes to be done right from the app? like options tab.. not having to manually change the reg
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ancola66:
Version 1.03 and 1.031 can not install WM 6.1
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] landi:
you need to turn on and then unlock your device to show the time...

the clock is freezed until the device is locked. so its usefull!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ionized:
ticalthepimp:

It can be done but requires more codes to repaint the background and adjust the height. This will take time...

Sunra:

The time on HTC Home is rendered using bitmap graphics while Pocket Digital Clock uses TrueType fonts. Sorry I'm afraid you can't emulate the soft look effect on Pocket Digital Clock.

cuboosh:

I understand the inconvenience of changing registry keys. An option page is what I wanted to do next. Sadly, I lack the knowledge on how to implement one. I have been trying to find a good example in creating property sheets in unmanaged codes but no luck so far.

ancola66:

It has been tested and worked on Windows Mobile 6.1. There is a possibility that you have not uninstalled an earlier version completely before installing the newer ones. You might want to clean up some registry keys before reinstalling. The registry keys are mentioned here:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=2044995&postcount=116

landi:

If you do not want the clock to stop moving when you lock the device, you can remedy this issue by affixing the plug-in.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ranasrule:
Ionized if you could just add the missed calls,missed sms, and missed mms part of the HTC HOME plugin that would be awesome.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ancola66:
Many Thanks. I try install with 1.031 *.exe its OK:). Can may PDC1.031.Cab its error:confused:

Sorry for my English:)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kjaggu:
Thanks a ton for this. It is working perfectly fine on my i-mate JAMA. Was looking for such a no-nonsense application. :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ticalthepimp:
Hey I was just wondering, please don't think I'm complaining. I love this app!!!! :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] FInixNOver:
PDC is messing the Comm Manager Text

I didn't pay attention to this before, but at this point, after instaling Pocket Digital Clock V1.0.3.1 (its the same with V1.0.1 and 1.0.3), the text from the Comm Manager 6 functions (Touch Dual style) is compressed.

I'm sure about this because I've tested more than once. Hard

Reseted the device, checked Comm Manager(all OK), installed PDC, checked Comm Manager again(text compressed).

Please take a look at this situation. It's not critical but...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] joda77:
Great clock!!

Would there be a possibility to align the date and/or clock? :cool: Now it's centered...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] LeeJS:
This is a great app and I'd really like to use it but the only problemfor me with the HTC Home plgin is that the clock is too big. I quite like the icons underneath.

Does anyone know of any software that will replicate the functionality of those icons? I find the Email/SMS/phone call bar quite useful and also use the Profile Switching tab a lot to mute the phone.

Any ideas?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ionized:
You might want to look at phoneAlarm. They have a skin very similar to the HTC Home plug-in.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] LeeJS:
I thank you, Sir. Have installed it now and it all seems to be exactly what I'm after. Nice one ;)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] JonasSavimbi:
I'm getting a bit desperate here... There's no such key as \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ProjectION\Pocket Digital Clock in my registry so i'm unable to enlarge the clock's font as i wanted to...

Can someone help me plz?

PS: WM5, Pocket PC only.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] the-equinoxe:
Nice

Love the clock!

Love the way you used TTF, 4 KB for fonts is really small!

Much better than the footprint HTC home has (all those loose picture files..)..

Great idea, can be used for other apps too..

( I would love a quicklauncer that uses icons and button-images also from a TTF file.

This way you could make a launcher only a few KB small, and with the icons and images already in a TTF which again would be easily modded by the tweakers ;) ).
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] FInixNOver:
Do you have some spare time to attend to this problem, please...:rolleyes:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ionized:
You can set font size from the option dialogs in Version 1.1 now, without messing around with the registry.

Sorry I thought I messaged or emailed you earlier but I couldn't find my copy of sent message anymore. Anyway, I was asking if you could send me screen shots of your comm manager with and without Pocket Digital Clock. You don't have to hard reset to capture the screenies. Just uncheck Pocket Digital Clock to disable it from Today screen and the system font will revert to its original state. Honestly, I ran out of ideas on how to fix font inconsistencies now. The last resort will be to delete PDC.ttf from your device and commit to system font.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] FInixNOver:
As I said before it's not a big deal, and until now, the Comm Manager was the only program that I noticed to be "suffering" from this problem.;)

You can see here, that the difference is not big, but the "ON" "OFF" doesn't look so good...:(

And I really like the font from PDC. That's what make's it so nice, so I rather have a "messed" Comm Manager, than a Digital Clock without a digital font...:rolleyes:

Thanks anyway
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kwickone:
I had an issue with this using PhoneAlarm previously as well. There were two items that helped:

1. Put the font file in the \Windows directory (not \Windows\Fonts). Not sure why this helped but it did.

2. The "internal" name of the font needed to be a higher letter than the default Windows Mobile font, typically Tahoma. What we did in the PA forum was someone found a font editor and renamed the fonts to something like zDigi.ttf. But the key was actually renaming the "internal name" too. This has something to do with the order in which WM loads fonts.

I have attached the renamed Digital font if anyone is interested. Good luck.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ionized:
FInixNOver:

Thanks for your screen shots. Now I understand what you meant be "compressed". This is quite puzzling indeed. I've raised the font problem to the MSDN developers newsgroup and now hoping to get some professional help.

kwickone:

I am actually aware of these two workarounds mentioned on PA's forum. In fact, I've implemented both together in the earlier versions of the program but the strange thing is they did not work for everyone. I am also refraining from using these methods because extra steps are required to unregister and delete the font files if end-users decide to uninstall the program later. Normally, end-users will not know how to remove the font properly unless they do some research. Anyway, your suggestions are very much appreciated.

One thing I didn't try is to replace my custom font with zDigi and see if it makes a different. I'll experiment with that when I have the chance.

Thank you.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] FInixNOver:
Well, I decided to try something and it worked for comm manager. I don't know it'll mess some other program (I still have to check that out).

What I did was make a copy of PDC.ttf to windows folder.

Now I have PDC.ttf in "\Program Files\Pocket Digital Clock" and in "\Windows" folders.

Reseted the device, and now when i open the Comm Manager the Font is back to its original state.

I don't know if this is of any help to you, but it's what I did and it's working.

BTW, my device is a trinity with WM6.1
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ionized:
Hmmm.... interesting. Technically speaking, by duplicating and placing PDC.ttf into Windows folder, the font is registered from Windows rather than the application folder. On the other hand, the font linking between PDC and Tahoma is still valid because the other font file exists in the application folder. From my past experience, font registered in the Windows folder will not be globally available to all programs and that is why it works for you. This is a possible workaround but copying fonts to Windows is what I've been trying to avoid.

I found something interesting too. I played around with the iDigi font, which kwickone provided, and noticed that it does not corrupt fonts with or without the "internal namings". Upon further investigation, I discovered a particular font setting in iDigi, i.e. weight, is configured differently from the rest of my font files. The weight setting in my font files is set to default. My guess is programs that do not explicitly specify a font to use will try to look for any default weight font that is registered from \Windows\Fonts\ folder or via function calls.

FInixNOver, can you do me a favor and follow these steps:

1. Uncheck and disable Pocket Digital Clock from Today screen

2. Remove both PDC.ttf files from the application and Windows folders (You will need to do some file renaming and soft-resets.)

3. Unzip the attach file and copy the new PDC.ttf into \Program Files\Pocket Digital Clock\

4. Soft-reset your device

5. Check the font in your Comm Manager

Let me know if this works. Thanks.

P.S. If a program works on WM6.0 Pro, there should be no issues on WM6.1 Pro as well since there are no changes to the API as far as I know.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] galaxys:
I'm using this great clock app! Question: I show short date (04/12/08) and the short date box is checked &

greyed out

in options. I would like to have the long date (April 12, 2008). Could not find answer in Customizations or thread...any ideas or reg setting? The long date shows If I use the today date plugin..
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ionized:
Hi galaxys,

Sorry I still have not finished updating the Customization page on the site therefore you won't find the answer there.

Edited: Long date format is not available if the screen orientation is in portrait AND the system text size is set larger than the default size (Refer to Start -> Settings -> System -> Screen -> Text Size).
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Alexandru_unicul:
can you tell me please how do you set the AM/PM instead of 24 hours display?

gracias
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] knight14th:
Affixing the Plug-in

Thank you for coding your clock plug-in. I've the problem that the clock freezes if the device is locked. There is some hint on your project site called "Affixing the Plug-in" but the link does not work or rather is off line for some reasons.

Can you explain what is meant be affixing the plug-in and how to do that?

Bye
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] knight14th:
Found in Google-Cache :)

In order to affix the plug-in, you will need a Pocket PC registry editor to amend some registry values.

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Use the registry editor and navigate to the registry key at:

\HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Today\Items\Pocket Digital Clock

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Open the registry subkey named Type under this registry key

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Change the Value Data from 4 to 5

*

Save the changes

*

Soft-reset the Pocket PC to take effect

If you change your mind later and wish to revert to a movable plug-in, just repeat the above steps but reverse the Value Data from 5 to 4.

Type 5 plug-in is not well documented on MSDN Library as of this writing. Microsoft only mentioned it as "reserved". Therefore, I advise users to apply this registry hack at their own risk.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] FInixNOver:
I've tested like you asked.

Removed PDC.tt from Windows folder, rebooted, replaced PDC.ttf in \Program Files\Pocket Digital Clock\ with the new one you posted.

Soft reseted again, and enabled the plugin.

Here's the result:

So I guess this is not a solution. Sorry:(

The Comm Manager font is good though. :rolleyes:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ionized:
Alexandru_unicul:

The clock format is based on your Regional Settings. Go to Start -> Settings -> System -> Regional Settings -> Time and change the time format to a 12-hour clock format.

FInixNOver:

Thank you for your help in testing the font file. If the font in the Comm Manager is all well, then it's good news to me. I'll just need to change my program a little in order to use the new font file.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] galaxys:
OK, works per the above in landscape mode. But like many others, I use portrait 99% of the time! Is this something U can fix in a future release? thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ionized:
Ignore my earlier post regarding the "ddd" and "dddd" strings. I was multitasking and confusing myself while writing that.

Instead of using landscape mode, the other alternative will be setting the system text size to the default size.

Due to the limited width of the Pocket PC screen, I had no choice but to implement such a restriction on the date format. Unless the general users do not mind seeing the day and date overlapping on one of the Wednesdays in September, I will gladly lift this restriction.

Just curious, what is the system text size you're currently using now? Second largest or the largest?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] paul c:
mobile operator shows "no service"

Great addition to the Today screen :)

I like the idea of displaying the operator instead of the day of the week, in the latest build. However, I see the name of my operator 50% of the time, but I also see a lot "no service". I can do calls and emails, so I do have service:

Prophet running Korand's WWe3.1 (WM6.1), mobile operator = Movistar (spain)

Would you know what's causing this?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] freddex:
I've just tested v1.1 and it's good! The problem is a reset is required whenever there's a change in setting, and I can't get in to Today's setting again untill my device got reset.

PDC is a great lite plug-in and could be made extraordinary if it were to include some useful interective displays rather than just a mere day date time informations.

I still take a fancy to HTC's plug-in due to its interactive features and the nice (but not that useful) 'glowing digital effects'.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] redifrogger:
freddex

PDC is extraordinary because of its 'mere day date time informations'. That's the point of this app. Thanks for sticking with your initial purpose of the app Ionized.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] galaxys:
I'm using second largest (the middle hash down seems very small to me).
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ionized:
Well, it has something to do with with the State and Notification Broker API which I am not very familiar with. I think I'll change to something more persistent for retrieving the operator name in the next fix.

I need to investigate and reproduce this problem. I have some questions:

1. What actually happened when you closed the option dialog?

2. Did the option dialog go away? Or it just stayed on top of the screen?

3. Was there any error message box?

4. What is your version of Windows Mobile?

I think I can relax that restriction a little to accommodate for that text size.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] freddex:
As I was thinking: Why not also have an

optional customizable extras

that we can always choose to add in (something like the HTC Home Customizer) to do customization, after which we can simply uninstall the customizer to free up space.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] freddex:
I was able to get to the Today screen but the customized setting not effective until the device got a soft reset. Before reset, MortButtons and Today's settings menu not responding totally. There wasn't any error just that every option hits incarnates a soft reset.

I'd also tried reinstall PDC v1.1 (no previous version) with all Today's apps deactivated.

Maybe problems caused by my WM6.1 (see signature below)?