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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] truburt:
Background color for icons in png is r=50,g=50,b=50, which corresponds to #323232 hex. You should edit your .skn file and set TransparentColor=323232 there, this should help!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] truburt:
Actually, icontactbe.ico is installed to \Application Data\AppToDate\ folder while installing the cab. It appears there for me, and it should be there for you if you installed from cab.

Yep, that's a must. Settings.ini can also be updated between versions, so there should be a way to update it as well. I'll think of it...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] snovvman:
Thanks for the great work. As a humble suggestion, it would be great to allow the use of smaller fonts so that more information can be displayed. I'm using a VGA device and it would be nice to see more at once.

Thanks again.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] wilriker:
Ooops...

As I always delete the (by me) unused language files I didn't even see that there are these hints - and I probably wouldn't have if you didn't ask for it.

I will do even better than keeping the english ones: I will translate them to german as well. ;-) It will take some hours as it is much text to translate.

EDIT: Done!

I've completed translation and rearranged the german.clng so that it's the absolute equivalent to the english version.

I also had to add some entries to the regular german.lng which is used inside iContact. And I also changed the T9 alphabet specified inside that file to fit the German language as we don't have the accented vowels from romanic(?) languages but have the (I guess it's called) German-B (ß).

So this time it is a complete update of both language files.

One thing on the downside: All the additional entries in the .clng file for the config tool really slows down the starting time of the tool but after that it runs quite normal.

Hope you all enjoy my work. :-)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dingolino:
Many thanks, now it realy looks perfect.

Claus
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kwoodall:
Is there a way to specify a background image instead of just a background color? I couldn't find it in settings or theme files.

I'm still looking for a way to use the top status bar without the bottom menu bar appearing as well! HINT HINT. ;)

Kermit Woodall

Managing Editor

GadgetNutz.com
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dingolino:
New Feature

To select a conatct within a large list of a letter it would be helpful to enter a 2nd letter. The T9 keyboard could do that but why not also in the normal alphabetic screen:

Assuming you have 20 contacts under the letter "S". If I just selct S and want to go down to the name "Szlabonic" I have to scroll for a while.

Why not using the the "long press" action:

Select the 1st letter by "long press" and this will offer the letter pad a 2nd time for the 2nd letter (could be recursive to offer it alos a 3rd or more times, but I think that for 99% of the cases a 2nd letter will do the job nicely).

This szenario is maybe in some cases more pricise than with the T9, but I do not want to replace the T9 keyboard off course.

Best regards,

Claus

PS: Yes the handling would be more comlex but only for those who want ot use it but I see no disadvantage for the people who do not want to invest into the "learning curve". It is like using a command shell vs a grafical shell
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] snark_be:
Go to "T" and scroll up a little bit! ;)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gravityz:
bug in 6.4.5

were can i report a bug in icontact 6.4.5

i noticed the following

1 add a new contact

2 search for it using T9 and try to dial it

sometimes is starts dailing the first entry in th ephonebook instead of the new entry

also when you add a new contact there is no way to save it to the simcard

i have to add in in icontacts

go to ms contacts

select the name and choose copy to simcard

selct the name again and delete the entry

go back to icontact

would be nice if i can save it direct to simcard because i only keep telephonenumber on my simcard, not in ms contacts
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] iTouch24:
i noticed that when u want to check someones email that it still cuts it off with ... is there anyway to implement a scrolling affect of some kind so we can see the whole email address ...?

is there also a way to check someones bday in icontacts or u have to open up the contact in edit mode ....?

i also wish on the favorites tab only that we can just display a bigger picture with no number.... have a screen of pics of your favorites and be able to scroll through them....
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] huskyhuskie:
Hi, I have installed the beta 6.4.5 but the cartoon not able to shown on my contact list... I couldn't locate the icons to my contacts... anyone please help advise how to install? Do I need to install some other programs?? Many Many Thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kriengkrai:
555 just reserve no. 1000 post in this thread

Actually, I tried iContact BE from starting until lastest. I would say it 's the best contact manager in the market now.

Keep going man..
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dingolino:
>Originally Posted by dingolino

>Assuming you have 20 contacts under the letter "S". If I just selct S and want >to go down to the name "Szlabonic" I have to scroll for a while.

ok I see ...

What about if the name is "Smabonic"? :D

Claus
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kwoodall:
Idea for theme codes...

Could we have the ability to pick up the color codes from the phone's current colorset so themes could auto-adjust it's colors?

Kermit Woodall

Managing Editor

GadgetNutz.com
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] trabucaire:
Any help? I want to do a skin with this wallpaper, but still reading the instructions do not get. Where are the pictures * png for inclusion on top? That is, the icons that are contained within all the skins ... Anyway, if someone is kind enough to explain ... All I want is to add icons that attached to this fund.

Thanks and regards.

P.D.: I have the rom for Cruise "Amine" with this "wallpaper" ... It's possible to have the same wallpaper in the "iContact" ?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] truburt:
iContact doesn't support background images, there can only be a solid or gradient color specified in .skn file. Images would make it too slow.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] iTouch24:
truburt .. any thoughts on these ....
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Iceman692:
SMS Chat

I configured iContact to open SMS Chat when I click on the SMS icon on a contact but I do not know what to put in the command feild to make it actually open the contact in SMS Chat. Thanks in advance for the help. :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] trabucaire:
Thank you ...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] pp56825:
Hi truburt, are you planing to developed your application implement new futures. i have few ideas and can share.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] truburt:
1. For long contact details: either horizontal scrolling or pop-up with a full text are the options I consider. I'll try to perform one of these in future versions.

2. Birthday is displayed in the header of details screen, right under the Name and Company fields.

3. Favs pictures just like in TouchFLO, for example? I suppose it is out of scope of iContact for now, though maybe it could be added in future.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] truburt:
Your ideas are always appreciated, please share!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] pp56825:
i found a program sunnycontacts where is option to replace standard dialer with other one.they write service which using they library SCcontact.dll and catch they TALK key pressed and execute sunnycontacts.exe

so what i propose to:

- make similar service [ files attached ] to map icontact dialer page to TALK key.

- add dialing option to your current T9 search more similar to this used in sunnycontacts program or samsung i900 omnia dialer.

desc: when you input some numers/letters on T9 dialpad - prog also looking people from contatcs on list using T9 methode. if not found you can call a numer which you choose.

check attached dialer.png

- there is a option to add custom skins/buttons to standard dialer/progress using etphone.dll which replace default secdialer.dll

All those propositions will integrate more icontact with the system :) which will be very nice.

i managed to replace sunnycontact.exe with icontact and using this service run icontact with TALK key, so even this dll can be used but....:)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] bbju:
Blue vga skin

I have made a simple blue vga skin for this lovely program (and of course, thanks Burt). Inspiration from pauldgroot's minimal icontact (love his work too but his is for qvga screen and for another version of icontact). So, not much is originally from me :-).

Here you go. Place the blue_vga.png and blue_vga.skn files in the theme folder of the program and toggle to blue_vga theme under settings and you can see the very blue theme. I am planning to make a red/pink one (I love bright colors). Stay tuned.

Screenshots below and zip file attached.

Enjoy!!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] iTouch24:
thank you for addressing my concerns...

when i open details of a person and go to horizontal view on my vga device... the screen doesnt stretch all the way to the right ...? if it did i would probably be able to read the full email address ...

if i flip screen horizontal when i am searching for a name it fills the whole screen... am i doing something wrong.. i tried the default skin snowball...

thank you for pointing out bdays .. i totally missed that !... haha
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kwoodall:
Then don't do that. :)

What about my idea of having a mode for theming that uses the colors from the phone's theme automatically? I suppose you could do it in the settings module, but since that's PPC only I can't use it. :(

Kermit Woodall

Managing Editor

GadgetNutz.com
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] parthabhatta:
@kwoodall

I know you are a smartphone user. You are perhaps using icontact in your phone. Is it easier to use than the default contact? What advantage it is having over existing contact excepting the visual enhancement. I have installed this but not finding it easy to use.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] lsherif:
bbju,

Nice one , can you do for qvga, with black or white background.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] truburt:
I guess it's a bug, I'll do some checking and fix it in next version. Thanks for pointing it out!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] truburt:
It's a good idea, I'll put it my TODO list, thanks!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] TheChampJT:
I've got a request for ya burt!

I don't know what all this includes, but would be awesome! I was browsing Resco's site, and seems they are about to launch a contact manger. In the screen shots I noticed under the contact's info, a link to their location in Google Maps. Any chance we could somehow integrate the coords from GMaps to a contact, and on action bring up their location. I guess it would be something where, the coords would be saved, and when tapped, it would perform a search with the coords data.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dingolino:
Simelar idea:

From a contact open a navigation programm such as TomTom to give this application the adress, etc.

Or to have the possibility to store for a contact the GPS coordinates (very helpful if you travel in countries such as India or China or the Philipines and have to find customers location and have to explain the direction even to the taxi drive who only speaks chinese ...)

Claus
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] onlinespending:
video tearing

I'm using the latest version and when I scroll through my list of contacts it suffers from some very bad tearing in the display. Like a stuttering as it's trying to redraw the display. It's more pronounced when the scrolling is somewhat slow. FYI, I am using a VGA device if that is of any help.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] TheChampJT:
Which device are you using?

Scrolling on my Touch is literally PERFECT, best scrolling vs any other app I use.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] onlinespending:
I'm using the Touch Diamond.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] bbju:
I am using diamond also. But the scrolling is smooth and perfect. I tried a few other versions of icontact and burt's can scroll the fastest.

I installed icontact in the internal storage? maybe that helps?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] xxprincecjxx:
How do you make icontact your default contact program? After a rom flash, the one cooked in the rom always appears when i click on "contacts"... I have checked the iconfig preogram and did not see an option to make it your default contact program..
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deedee:
Can't seem to be able to create an email from a contact, i click on the email address and just get returned to iContact.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kwoodall:
Gasp! My secret is out!

I find it much better in most respects than the built-in contact manager. Visually it's far nicer especially with the thumbnails of the contact's images.

It's a bit less easy to move from contact viewing to editing, but not bad, but I really wish it had a built-in method to add a contact picture larger than the default used by the regular contact editor.

Kermit Woodall

Managing Editor

GadgetNutz.com
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] nir36:
remember that the scrolling speed of iContact is directly proportional the CPU usage... and to many other things.. try flashing and installing iContact before everything else and then check if it's smooth or not.

i'm using a polaris with UL running FEWidgets with 6 widgets running and other plugins... and iContact is smooth as a baby's behind.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] onlinespending:
The scrolling speed is fast and responsive. It's just that when it slows down and decelerates, tearing in the video is quite noticeable.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] nir36:
i assume tearing has approximately the same reasons... but i might be wrong..
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] JohnSpeer:
Hi Burt!

Have been using iContact Burt Edition 6.4.5 (iCBE) for a few days and like it a lot. I am using a PPC6700 running WM5.

I appreciate that you have provided a mechanism to access the GrandCentral feature of idialer from your version of icontact. However, I am not sure that I fully understand how to best access the idialer features from your application.

For instance, if I used the Advanced tab on the iContact_cfg.exe, I see that I can specify the path to the idialer.exe, and that there is a place to enter parameters (“Dialer App Agruments”) for idialer. I can access idialer if the “Dialer App Agruments” parameters are left blank by short tapping the bottom phone icon. (A long tap takes me directly to the default dialer). The short tap activates the idialer interface and allows me to manually input the telephone number to be called (using the idialer Green button) either by GrandCentral or the default dialer, depending upon what is specified in the idialer’s settings.ini. However, the short tap functionality does not appear to operate with individual contact telephone numbers in my installation of iCBE. (Both a short tap and a long tap on the individual contact icon or telephone number always uses the default dialer.) Is there currently some way in iCBE to directly initiate the dialing of an individual contact number through GrandCentral via idialer? I think this would be a useful integration, but maybe I don’t understand the best way to use “Dialer App Agruments”.

I also have learned that a telephone number inserted in the “Dialer App Agruments” will dial the number either by GrandCentral or the default dialer, depending upon what is specified in the idialer’s settings.ini. If not currently implemented, is this passing of a telephone number something that can be used to facilitate the direct dialing of an individual contact number through GrandCentral (via idialer) in a later version of iCBE?

Oh, a small cleanup for the Advanced tab - I believe spelling should be changed to “Arguments” versus “Agruments”)

Keep up the good work!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] truburt:
Unfortunately, there is no way to override caller app from settings. iContact uses PhoneMakeCall function from WinAPI, which will bring the default system dialer. Still, I guess there should be a way to make iDialer a default one, instead of standard cprog.exe.

Thanks, I'll fix that :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gregy1403:
Hi truburt

I wonder if it is possible to make a step by step guide how to implement iContact into SPB Mobile Shell 2 .. in ALL means .. to replace standard phonebook and dialer.

I found many posts with this and that mod .. but none is possible to integrate icontact into phone ..

Thank you for your answer
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] pp56825:
Truburt,

Minimal dialer replace secphone.dll with etphone.dll which is more skinable.

did you sow "Inesoft Phone v4.1" this app integrate with system so maybe yours icontact can do same, check it out and maybe you will find some useful ideas there,

i like in this app dialer with t9/history after dpad press down,

history with sms,

i don't like that each tab is in different style
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] joshrys:
Is it possible to make te application email someone directly from icontact? Currently (on my phone anyway) when i go to contacts and click someone's email it then goes to my messaging page, so i select Outlook, and it just goes into the Outlook inbox. No new message created with the person's email address.

Am I doing something wrong?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sinoo:
This would be great... Using SMS-Chat too, but I can't even get it started with the sms-button in iCBE! Would be great if it starts directly with the number!

Can someone help? Any ideas?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] svistos:
I've installed icontacts and when i open the windows contacts, instead of contacts, icontacts starts. Is it possible when i click iContacts to start iContacts and when i click contacts to start contacts??
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] truburt:
Download and install this CAB, it will solve the problem.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] svistos:
Works perfect!!!

Thanks a lot!!!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] svistos:
Works Perfect!!!

Thanks a lot!!!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] huskyhuskie:
Hi Burt,

I love those lovely pictures/ icons you used to replace the real photos of contacts. However, I couldn't see those cartoon icons after I installed your program. Could you please help? iContact works perfectly on my Touch Diamond but I just love those cute cartoon icons.

Thanks,
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jmckeejr:
New Skin

I have a skin that I would like to share. Basically took parts from other skins I liked and put them all together. Then added my own touches and icons. Let me know if you like it. Zip attatched in next post.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jmckeejr:
New Skin

Here's the zip. Put the files in default install under themes. Thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] iTouch24:
VGA or QVGA?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] truburt:
Check this link: http://www.gotfuturama.com/Desktop/MyIcons/ :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] truburt:
Nice skin!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] joshrys:
OK, I got the email function to work with my "GMail" account, but using "Outlook E-mail" will not work. Is there some work around for this? i would like to use my Exchange sync'd account to send emails when i click the email on a contact.

thx.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] 520dvx:
Use "ActiveSync" without the quotes.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] LycanNyc:
Touch users can we use

.iContact.CAB or iContact.VGA.Cab ?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] nir36:
QVGA for Touch
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] truburt:
iCaller v0.1 pre-alpha

Hi All,

I've started creating a Caller ID application, which should show who's calling on a full-screen.

It is now in early stage of development, though it already supports basic handling functions, along with skinning and translation. You may try it if you like, and tell me if it works on your device.

Call Info screen is based on HTMLView, so it can be adjusted any way you like.

iCaller will run in a background monitoring the phone device, and will bring a full-screen window on any incoming call with caller information and ability to answer/drop call.

To terminate app, launch 'iCaller stop.lnk' link. App should restore default dialer after exit, but I'd advice you to soft-reset the device after you stop it.

Don't be afraid that caller photo is duplicated, I haven't solved the no-repeat issue of HTMLView yet.

See readme.txt for more details.

Regards,

Vlad
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] omair2005:
does this app allow you to copy phone numbers?

ex: i want to text someone a number from my contact list.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sinoo:
Will there be problems with S2U2?

Will give it a try!

Any solutions for SMS-Chat yet?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] andrewjb:
I love your dialer, and have high hopes for iCaller too! Any instructions on how to install?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] iTouch24:
i use this:

http://www.send-contact.com/
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ruebyi:
Is it possible the internetpage of icontact is down? I wanted to get the skinning tutorial!

ruebyi
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] snark_be:
Hi Vlad, what about opening a new thread about this, so it's not mixed with messages about your great iContact ?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] the_scotsman:
I just tried it, it works ok but I cant use the software buttons to answer or end the call, they do nothing. I have to use the hardware answer/end buttons. When I press one of the software buttons, it flashes and the windows taskbar button underneath shows through for a split second.

Also when I try to stop the program, I get a "...cannot be opened...." error so I have to soft reset to stop it.

Using Himalaya WM6.1.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] red_hanks:
Someone posted this apps on another forum...

http://www.pda4x.com/read.php?tid=84370
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kwoodall:
Working here on my Shadow/6.1 Smartphone. Some sort of red/green/blue bars at the bottom just above the Answer / Ignore soft buttons display tho.

Coolness.

Kermit Woodall

Managing Editor

GadgetNutz.com
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kwoodall:
Could you point to this (I've come up with a few apps called HTMLView for more than just PPC/Smartphones) and explain how and what to adjust/edit?

Kermit Woodall

Managing Editor

GadgetNutz.com
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] RWErene81:
Hello,

is the snowball_vga skin the onlyone vga skin for iContact 6.4.5??

I don't find any more.

Help plz!

RWErene81
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] iTouch24:
http://cid-0e2df8e699bb36c4.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/iContact Burt Edition/Skins

I THINK GRZENIO is the only other VGA version
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kwoodall:
BTW... now that you've got a rockin' cool caller ID, are you going to finally add a way to add higher rez pics to contacts?

Kermit Woodall

Managing Editor

GadgetNutz.com
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] iTouch24:
anyone have screenshot of how the CID looks using his program?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] WildSioux:
burt...

The iCaller program works but it doesn't allow me to answer a call. I had it running and received a call. Your program popped up, I hit the green button to answer it. But then the damn WM screen also popped up with the "Answer" at the bottom left. By the time I figured out what was going on, it went to voice mail.

It is a good idea. But until you figure out how to disable the WM call popup it won't work.

I really wish there was a way to disable WM top bar and bottom bar all together. They are worthless.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] RWErene81:
THX for the answer
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] truburt:
well, I'm working on it, next alpha release is coming, it works much stable. BTW, what language your OS is? Maybe you have localized version of default Incoming call dialog?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] WildSioux:
English OS
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] NotLutzik:
Is there diamond skin for VGA ?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] iggy:
That would be excellent, I second that request.