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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] MrGoodtunes:
I can't believe it! Ionized built this beautiful, easily configurable, low baggage, free clock, and now is taking requests for fonts? I'm still luving version 1.0, working great for me. Really, the only thing left to desire is in the area of fonts. Emunutz has some fonts that make me a bit envious, but there's absolutely no room for the required today screen space taken by HTC Home plugin, not to mention the storage of all the BMPs. Still, maybe there's a chance to have some TTF files that allow PDC a look similar to some of his striking fonts. Here's my fave, Comic Sans Bold White:

Lots more good ones are here: http://www.pocketemu.com/hhc/preview/clk.php

Making TTFs of these has got to be an awful lot of work, and won't give the full effect. Fact is, I'd be very happy just to be able to use Tahoma bold, because it would go well with my today screen:

Thank you, Ionized, for the super great clock, for being so willing to help everybody's glitches/desires, for your clear and thorough Web pages, and any information about using Tahoma bold, or any such font.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] teddyking:
This one is free font alternative to Helvetica.it's called HelvLight.

http://www.abstractfonts.com/font/3243

If u have time,please customized this for PDC :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] lwclam:
Hi Ionized,

Its me again. After version 1.1.1.1, the Chinese characters problem is fixed. But I found some other problems about the English text (see attached screen shots). :(

Left: Before 1.1.1.1

Right: After 1.1.1.1
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ionized:
Thanks for the input guys. I'll see to the font requests once I confirm the font file settings are working properly on localized version of Windows Mobile.

Hi lwclam,

I guess the font linking fix was only a temporary solution.

With reference to the zDigi.ttf that kwickone had provided earlier (kwickone you're a lifesaver!), I think I managed to track down the font settings responsible for corrupting the glyphs on PIE for localized versions of Windows Mobile. It seems like the PANOSE values in font files must set to 0 or else PIE will go grab the custom font.

I repackaged the default PDC.ttf file and removed the dynamic font linking since it is not needed any more. I'll need to redo all the fonts files again later.

Please try the attached files and let me know if it solves your problem.

Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] lwclam:
Thx Ionized.

1.1.1.3 fixed the Chinese and English text in PIE.

Many many thanks :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ionized:
lwclam:

You're most welcome. I thank you too for reporting bugs that I would not have normally found.

I was thinking of letting the system's Graphic Design Interface (GDI) to create the bold fonts programmatically so that I do not need to make more font files. But after much consideration, I decided not to because the GDI produces very ugly bold effects like this sometimes.

Done with most of the requested fonts. (Screen shots taken with ClearType enabled.)

HelvLight:

Comic Sans Bold:

Tahoma Bold:

Segoe UI Bold (bonus):

Segoe UI Regular here.

Read Custom Font Installation on how to use the attached files.

The legality of distributing these fonts are questionable so I'll just leave them here instead of my web site.

Alien Round will have to wait. I need to redraw all the numbers by hand because FontCreator requires a clean image (without the drop shadows) in order to trace the font shapes correctly. I also do not know how well the font will turn out since TrueType rendering is very different from bitmap imaging.

P.S. TrueType fonts with a lot of curves will definitely look nicer if you have a VGA screen.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] teddyking:
Thanks Ionized for HelvLight,i love PDC :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] MrGoodtunes:
Wow, Ionized, my 63 year old eyes really appreciate the bold fonts. Should no longer need to put my glasses on. Huge thanks! Just one question, though. Will these new fonts run with PDC version 1.0? No need to answer, as I'll soon find out for myself.

Edit: As expected, current font works with current version (nice GUI, makes configuration fast and easy), truely lovely font.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Nitefall:
Thanks for attempting the alien round font I would do it myself but just haven't had the time to teach myself how to use a font creator
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ionized:
I'm afraid the Alien Round font didn't turn out too well in TTF format, but if you look at it on the bright side, the font file size is less than a tenth of the skin files. Anyway, here you go.

Alien Round:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Nitefall:
Thanks Ionized, it's alot better than I can do :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] C J:
Definitely a major improvement.

However, i find that there is a conflict between quickmenu and PDC.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ionized:
Hi C J,

Could you please specify the details of the conflict? Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Zenoran:
hmmm... I had an older version (not sure which... just pdc.cab) and uninstalled it to put this newer version on but apparently the old one didn't uninstall properly...

when I try to install the new one it says there is an old version still on and hit "ok" to uninstall... however, it says failed to uninstall... then going to install it fails to install... are there some old files/registry keys I can cleanup to get this thing to install properly?

thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] blazingwolf:
Have you tried reinstalling the old one?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] juavil:
I also have issues with QuickMenu: when I change the settings of PDC, QuickMenu is blocked and I cannot use it until soft reset.

Then all work ok.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Zenoran:
i removed the pdc stuff from the \windows directory and deleted the registry entries for the today plugin ... the install said it still failed but appears to be working now...

i do see a conflict with quickmenu though... i tried to change some of the settings and quickmenu was broke after that... have even had situations where after a settings change the device wont wakeup after being suspended either. and also now seeing after hitting ok on settings device locks up.

reboot is def required after tweaking the settings!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] TheOriginalNelly:
Great stuff, i have been hanging around this site for a month now and finally joined the other day (ready to be roasted) trying all sorts of things at the mo to see what i like, already dismissed somthings but i have to say this is just the ticket fine tuned it with the info here and in your links, sits very nicely above the spb shell (not got enough courage to remove orange and go for a full blown rom just yet) thanks to people like you we can all have a joy to use instead of the bus with 4 wheel clamps fitted orange supplies.:)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Zenoran:
Heck ya.. I was wondering if anyone else caught onto that PDC + Mobile Shell combo (haven't read this entire thread, sorry :P)... You gotta be sure to unpin spb tho so it goes below PDC. It kills pretty much any today screen/combo I've seen... Much more efficient than HTC Homo with more customization ability :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] MrGoodtunes:
Was having to do this too, though I don't have quickmenu (trying to do all navigation one handed, with more success daily). But found soft reset no longer necessary by UNchecking PDC from today screen items, then tapping OK, before going back into today screen items for PDC options tweaking. And, after tweaking options, tapping OK withOUT checking PDC back on yet, but going back into today screen items a 3rd time to check PDC into action. Net result is waay tooo goood to ***** about 3 little trips to today screen items.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ionized:
I'm not sure if this is the cause of the conflict but limiting the use of a Shell API function seems to prevent QuickMenu from crashing. My guess is QuickMenu probably doesn't like the Shell API functions too much. If I guessed correctly, Version 1.1.2 should work with QuickMenu.

I also had to include extra and redundant function calls to my program because the Option Dialogs could not save changes if Today Settings was invoked using QuickMenu. However, the Option Dialogs work fine if you start Today Settings by tapping on the "Start" word instead of the Windows logo on the top left corner. Don't worry about the extra overheads since they won't affect system resources too much.

Zenoran:

If you still have problem removing the program, try reinstalling Version 1.1.2 and perform another uninstallation. I have now included codes to remove these registry keys before the actual installation starts.

P.S. I'm having problem uploading files to the forum currently, so I'll probably revisit later and mirror the new installation files when they finish fixing the database error. You can still get the files on my web site before it hits the bandwidth limit.

http://project.ionized.googlepages.com/downloads
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] nalaszi:
Something is wrong with this new version! After i install, my device is crash when try to boot the op. sys. ! Only the Hard Reset solve the problem... I re install my apllications and finally the PDC 1.1.2 and afther the first Soft Reset my device is crashed again. My Today screen is dont loaded the device is not responding to any of the buttons. Complete system crash.

The version 1.1.1.4 is worked perfectly for me, without any errors.

My device:

ETEN Glofiish X600

English WM 6.0 with Hungarian regional settings.

PS:

With the SAME softwares, config etc... the device is NEVER crash in boot. I try this 3 times and if i install PDC 1.1.2 the error comes insantly!

I hope you solve this problem. PDC is a very useful software at all! :)

I try once more but now i install 1.1.1.4 again and the device is never crashed. I made 10 -15 soft reset... But everithig is OK.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] isidar:
hi nalaszi

I have exactly the same problem, crashing (or better stop at green WM 6.1 screen after soft reset) no chance but hard reset ...

I now find the 1.1.1.4 and you're right, no problem with it :) with the resets, but many with other things ...

I only have the HH:MM but no seconds, yes I have activated :ss in the reginal settings,

I have no WakeUp symbol

I have no date

If I touch the clock it dosn't happen anything (with a previous version I coul set the wake up)

I tried to change the registry but there is nothing in the following path:

\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ProjectION\Pocket Digital Clock

someone can help me???

ciao

thx

Isidar
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ionized:
Sorry about the freezing problem some of you encountered in version 1.1.2.

I hope version 1.1.2.1 fixes the instability issue.

http://project.ionized.googlepages.com/downloads

Hi Isidar,

Can you try installing the application again? Did this happen in version 1.1.1.4?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] isidar:
Hi Ionized

yes it happened just with version 1.1.1.4, I had before another one, not remembering wich one, as I changed it for the freezing 1.1.2

so I'm going to try the new one, I'll tell you :)

So I just installed the 1.1.2.1, and it is working as I expected it, the only thing to delete the fontfile I had to softreset it, as it was not possible, even with the Clock not active in the today ... but now I was able to delete it, I have the date, and the seconds and when tipping on it I can put the wakeup.

I also changed "the type from 4 to 5" to block it on top ...

so for me now it is "as I was used to " ...

ciao

isidar :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] nalaszi:
Thanx Ionized! The wersion 1.1.2.1 works without any errors. After i install it made some soft resets and the system is never crashed again. The error is solved perfectly.

:D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] C J:
My appreciation for yr wonderful app, ionized.

Great job in v1.1.2.1 as it seems to be the most stable one for me.

Can i also ask why the fonts in the touchflo cube's app launcher

are much smaller and compressed compared to the original fonts?

I have tahoma.ttf and tahomabd.ttf in \windows\

I tried removing PDC.ttf from program files and soft resetting and all fonts

went back to normal size.

But i love the fonts that PDC plug in was using b4 i removed it.

Is there anyway to use PDC.ttf for the PDC plug in yet still retain tahoma.ttf fonts in all other apps as per normal?

Or maybe a registry hack that can solve this?

thx.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ionized:
Hi C J,

Hmm... that's weird. I thought the "compressed" font problem is no more. Based on past experience, this font issue is due to certain font settings in the TTF file. There are many settings that could affect how programs use custom fonts.

Can you please open the attached zipped file and replace the PDC.ttf file in \Program Files\Pocket Digital Clock\ of your device and see if it works? The attached font file uses full bold font weight instead of medium weight in the font settings. (Default is regular.)

If it does not work, I will have to ask you to install ZDIGI.TTF in \Windows\Fonts\ later to determine if there are other font settings I missed.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] C J:
This fixed the problem! :)

now it's truly perfect.. thx Ionized.

btw, tried that b4 n it didn't work.

Anyway, attached sm pics so others can see the problem i was previously facing.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ionized:
Thanks for the feedback C J.

I will include the above attached PDC.ttf into the next update and make the relevant changes for all custom fonts within the week.

Btw, ZDIGI.TTF will not work because it requires Unicode mapping before it can be used with Pocket Digital Clock. ZDIGI.TTF is used to test for font anomalies instead.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] energy59:
Nice clock, and work mate!

Bye:D:D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] humrod:
Hi, good job....

I was looking for one like this, to cook my first rom...

Is possible to use it on a new rom, for public difussion?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] demo05:
WORKS VERY VERY GOOD

Im my Asus p535 wm6.1
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] paul c:
Hi,

Not sure if this is by design, but I'd been waiting to try out roaming, to see if the mobile operator would be listed in the text box above the clock.

In the event, it just says "roaming" - is there a way to dynamically reflect the mobile operator? (that is, the operator may change several times during the day, so it would have to refresh every x seconds, I think)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] denizenx:
LET ME JOIN THE MANY OTHERS TO THANK YOU FOR THIS UTILITY!

It's lovely especially in VGA!

A qn (to all) : Options is a bit tedious to get to, is there a quicker way to it? thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ionized:
humrod:

Do whatever you want with it. No permission required. :)

demo05:

Nice background.

I'm a little curious on the extra border on the right though. Did you replace the AM/PM time markers with spaces? Maybe you could try deleting the time markers (in Regional Settings) and see if the time alignment is more centralized.

paul c:

Once Windows Mobile detects roaming services, Pocket Digital Clock will display "Roaming" until normal service is resumed. I hardly have the chance to use any roaming on my phone so my knowledge on this subject is actually very limited. Suggestions are welcome regarding this matter.

If you want to see the mobile operator and the roaming status, I could make it display something like "XXX Telco (Roaming)". Problem with this is that I might run out of space on the top bar.

Or, would it be good enough just to display the operator name during roaming? (Since the roaming icon is shown on the top task bar.)

denizenx:

Unfortunately, there is no faster way to access the option dialogs currently.

What I could do is to add an "Options" context menu when you tap-and-hold the application on the Today screen...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] C J:
Yes, it is abit tedious to access the options menu..

And Yes, that would be a really good idea and solution..

More power to you.. :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] guitphreak:
Hi Ionized,

I really like your program, looks like HTC home without the bulk. However, I have a slight issue (which isn't really an issue... bah).

I use 24h time so the AM/PM indicators aren't lit. It results in the weird centering that you can see on some screenshots. Is it possible to center the time without taking the AM/PM indicators into account when the user uses 24h time?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ionized:
Hi guitphreak,

For the time being, you can centralize the digits by deleting the time markers in Regional Settings.

Go to Start > Settings > System > Regional Settings > Time and remove the AM and PM symbols.

This is mentioned briefly in http://project.ionized.googlepages.com/customization#FontSize (last part)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] guitphreak:
Wow I missed that. Thanks, sure looks good now!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] paul c:
Excellent Ionized ;) - I'm off to America next week, so I'll check up on the operator name changing!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ric69:
I like this app too, thanks Ionized :)

But now, is it possible to customize with the diamond's clock :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] paul c:
Yes, the operator name appears perfectly while roaming, nice job Ionized ;)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ionized:
ric69:

Sorry there are no plans to make a HTC Diamond look-alike clock.

paul c:

Great to hear it works. Thank for the feedback. :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] iceblade997:
Great clock :). Using it with the Poorlyduck Vista Suite, and i must say, it looks BEAUTIFUL

reminds me of 24 :P
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] anfabetagama:
Hi guy, your mobile has today screen like my mobile hihi:cool::cool:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Pandemonium:
Quote...

I would like to customize your beautiful application with the diamond clock style...please!!!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] NguyenHuu:
i also agree with a couple posters that a htc diamond clock would be awesome! if anyone can cook one up that would be appreciated!

sure the HTC Home plugin has a couple diamond style clocks available but I don't need all of the extra features and bulkiness of the full HTC home, just need the clock. i think a lot of people agree with that, that's why this plugin is so great and popular!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] johanromijn:
I do agree! :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] haardman:
Any chance you can have an option to go full screen? Also the option to go landscape.

I've never managed to find a digital clock that goes full screen, so that I can use it as an alarm/nighttime clock.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] NguyenHuu:
the clock works fine in landscape mode. and although not real full screen, you can go into options and increase the size of the font and it can be huge! that can be an alternative.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Mattster_spv:
Hi.

Great Application, thank you.

In my regional date settings, I have no dddd option, meaning I think I can not have the day of the week showing. How can I change this? I want the day of the week to show!!!

Thanks in advance,

Mattster.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Mattster_spv:
SOLUTION FOUND!!!

If I choose Regional Setting United States, dddd appears as an option, so when selected the day appears as desired. Soft reset device, then choose United Kingdom, soft reset.... the day is STILL there! Great!!! :-)

Hope this helps anyone else trying to get the day to appear next to date.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] NguyenHuu:
so i was searching n found a decent alternative that lets you do the diamond clock. it uses rlToday and is very easy to install and use. its skinnable. here is a screenshot of my today screen with a lil modified clock and date.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Mattster_spv:
Hi NguyenHuu.

Just checking... rlToday (download page below) isn't an alternative to Pocket Digital Clock is it... it's actually a totally alternative Today Screen, right?

http://rotlaus-software.de/projects/rltoday

Quick question about Pocket Digital Clock:

Can it be installed on the storage card and if so does this help reduce Battery Loss. Since I installed PDC, my battery life seems to be going down about 30% quicker???

Thanks,

Mattster.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] thakidc:
Is pocket digital clock the only app you recently installed because even woth the seconds showing ive never noticed batt life decrease maybe it another program. As for the storage card it would probably take longer boot and/or redraw when returning to the homescreen uh.... hope this helped
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Mattster_spv:
Hi thakidc...

Well, it could be Spb Diary. I've just installed that to storage card so I'll see if that helps. I'll try installing PDC there as well.

To tell you the truth, I'm not even sure if location of storage actually has an effect on battery life!

Thanks for your help.

Mattster.

Just tried saving PDC to storage card but it didn't give me the option! Maybe cos I chose to use the original settings I had on first installation. Nevermind. I reckon it's Spb diary anyway. I've read that it can be a memory hogger.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Mattster_spv:
Thanks so much for these Ionized. Great screenshots, clear instructions for installation. Your work is very much appreciated.

Mattster.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] NguyenHuu:
right, it's an entirely new today plugin, but you can customize it how you like with 'skins.' so you can make it just show the clock and date like how i did it. it's small and light wieght as well. it's customizable so you can a lot of things not just clock. but if you guys want just the clock and want it to look like diamond clock you can use rltoday since pocket digital clock program dont have the diamond font and the developer said there's no plans to make it.

Here is the default diamond skin they made over at rltoday: http://rotlaus-software.de/forum/viewtopic.php?id=1397

Using that and other skins, mines was modded a lil to look like how i posted it earlier.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ionized:
A general thumb of rule for the Pocket PC is if a program is to run on the Today screen, it should never be installed on the storage card. Otherwise, programs may have erratic behaviors due to reading and writing delays when powering up the device. That is why you do not have the option to install Pocket Digital Clock on your storage card.

For programs running from storage cards, there really is no need to worry about the extra battery juice required to power the memory cards since it is quite negligible on most devices.

Pocket Digital Clock is written with low CPU usage and minimal battery drain in mind. If a program requires a lot of power to function, you should notice the device getting warm very quickly. This is the case in an earlier version of rlToday where the battery becomes very hot when displaying the seconds. By the way, rlToday isn't new. It has been around long before I started writing this program. I've also mentioned it on my web site as an alternate solution to PDC if you want something different. No doubt, rlToday is a very interesting piece of program with endless customization possibilities but it might be a bit too overwhelming for some of the less geekier folks (no offence) ;p

Mattster_spv, if you still run into battery drain problems, uninstall Pocket Digital Clock and monitor the battery for another week or so. Your feedback will be most appreciated. Thank you.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Win_XP:
Awesome app, big thanks :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] darebak666:
super extra great app!!!!! :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mguzzy:
Great App and Ionized is very responsive to feature requests and help. I thought I would post my today screen using the new v1.1.6 that allows different colors for the time elements and date. Also here's my font. Ionized helped me with this too.. its the numbers from the Windows Georgia font. I always liked the like of the numbers that went above and below the line...

Mark
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] WIzard200x:
Sweet Stuff, Thx for your hard work.