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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] EnsconcE:
Nicely done, i love this kind of projects, simple but effective. I have to try 0.3.7, i am using 0.2.5 right now and it is working good. I was wondering what your todo list is, it is easy for the feedback ;)

Keep up the great work!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] bogus83:
This is fantastic! Outstanding work.

If I had one feature request wish it'd be to modify what tabs launch, and/or the ability to add new tabs. Being able to launch, say, S2P instead of the audio widget or having Tomtom launch instead of Maps would be a wonderful edit for this application. Heck, with that functionality it would significantly limit our dependency on the Launcher tab.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] lepsyfou:
GREAT explication thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] AllTheWay:
Wow thank you for sharing.

I have already started tweaking my Manila. Great work!

Bring on the white skins now :) We got black text :)

Made a .cab below that will put in the needed 7 keys for each widget.

All set to default.

Also attaching the .reg if anybody wants to import to device.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sancho555:
theres a list of all the rbg-colors, take a look

http://www.wackerart.de/rgbfarben.html
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] imfloflo:
thank mpenguin14 you can post this in XML thread too very useful know we will see new theme capacity :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] giannihsd:
Call Timers

Anyone know how I can show the total montly call timer and a dalìly call timer?

Thank's
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ruebyi:
great Work! Changing Buttons and Font! :D

But, I've (of course) a question:

What do I need to edit to change the weather forcast font color?

there are only 2 short texts that struggle my nerves: The "Last Update" and the status under the location name...

Can anyone help me?

ruebyi
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kwill:
darn great work mr mpenguin!! cant wait for the next release of the app so i can get changing:) in the meantime, thanks alltheway for the cab and reg entry.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] secoseco:
Hi mpenguin14

I hope that you still remember our discussion about M2DC future add and get all in the next release especially option for possibility to apply the original Manila skin before the new skin

I test the last release v0.14.166 and found

1- customize arranged widget change after add new skin " I know that you will fix that in the next release"

2- when I press add skin and browser open to chose the skin I found that the names of skins not arranged in alphabet order although the names of the skins is in alphabet order in skin tab

after all this XML and registry explain, we hope that we get a new release with possible customization to all hack for TouchFlo settings in M2DC

thx
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] imfloflo:
Idea:

In the next release capacity to add a .reg files in the zip m2dc to auto execute when change skin?

Or a GUI to change the color of each parametere in registry with a sample screen.

?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] treqq:
M2DC

hi all

just a little question..

I have installed on my polaris Manila-2d Touch-it with 3d driver from Itje ( fantasstic :D )

do you know if M2DC works fine with that Manila version?

thanks a lot

cheersssssssss
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] imfloflo:
@treqq yes work fine with this version
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mpenguin14:
update

just updated M2DC, I added a softkey page, and updated the donator list, nothing else

A few people grabbed a pre release version of this from my google code site, you will want to upgrade this version as the version you downloaded has bugs in it

UPDATE Oct-28-2008 10:30 CDT

v0.15.176

- Added softkey dialog

-- Only allows to set the name and command, not the command parameters

-- The command must be an exe file

- Updated donator list
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] claus1953:
Great!!!! It is getting better and better, and it is the best customizer ever out there...many thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] imfloflo:
Great job, more and more option really good.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kwill:
just what i was waiting for. man, you've truly made the m2d experience perfect my friend!! especially, with the new options. we all be waiting for you to incorporate the font colors:) donation forthcoming again for all the hard work. thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mpenguin14:
thanks a lot guys, I appreciate it.

I think I am changing my strategy a little bit on M2DC, I am just going to try to implement 1 feature at a time, test it and release it... so expect a lot of small releases, probably 1 release every 3 days or so.

My next feature will be the customer name, hide network name, and customer icon custom settings

I will be getting to the bigger features eventually (pick and choose which part of a theme to use, and detect what images a theme file really has and only use those parts of the xml) But these two features will require a lot of work on my end, so I am just going to try to get these smaller ones out of the way for now

thanks for the compliments
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] overhaulengines:
soft keys

hello mpenguin14, yesterday i installed the reg's by alltheway, then i changed them from his softkeys to the ones i wanted in the registry, i noticed on one of your post that you could not get lnk's to work, i was able to get the right soft key to work with the contact.lnk, now this is on hyperdragons oct 22 rom. i tried it on garmins 4.4c and it would not work like you stated. not sure why. i also noticed on hyperdragons manilla roms that when im on any of the widgets that if i press the end key it goes back to home widget (very nice feature), his is the only rom that i know that does that. anyway just some info. :)

lupe
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] francescrm:
Manila 2D Customizer

Thanks for this great app.

By the way, i would like to change right soft-key to Contacts, what is the exe file ?

Rgds,
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] claus1953:
I have seen that some of the skinners already supply their themes with the registry values for the fonts, would it be possible to implement that M2DC could load them too? And also implement one tab for font tweaking?

By the way, have you found something regarding the fonts for the other tabs? On some of them it is difficult to see the data on light background with withe fonts.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] overhaulengines:
hello, see my post above yours, as far as we can tell there is not just a .exe for contacts. right now i have contacts on mine, because i went into the registry and added the shortcut, but this does not work on all roms??:confused:, it's working on the hyperdragon rom i am currently running,
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] claus1953:
Maybe it would be a solution to look what opens the left softkey of the people tab, and to use this as it opens all mscontacts.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ohnirboss:
I there.

i am not being able to select any contact or program in the respective tabs. It shows me the icon meaning that i can select new items, but they don't make anything.

The same thing in the Weather tab.

Any solution on this ?

btw..

I have a HTC Touch (Elf) with the original ROM.

CE OS 5.2.1238 (Build 17745.0.2.3)

ROM Version 1.11.405.1B WWE

Radio Version 02.93.90

Protocol Version 4.1.13.42

ExtROM Version 1.11.405.101
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] overhaulengines:
randomaccess.exe=contacts

i searched google, lead me to seach my registry and i found randomaccess.exe pointing to contacts, i selected it with the customizer and bamm baby:D, i guess this would work on any rom that has random access installed?? try it let me know, worked on hyperdragon and mbarvian so far, yeah, i'm happy:D

lupe
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] macaorentals:
i messed about with the soft key changer ....

now dont know the name for program .exe to put it back any one ?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] overhaulengines:
hello, it will only open from i can tell is .exe files, not shortcuts, when you are on the soft key tab and you click the little box to select , it open a window with all you files, click on windows, then scroll down and you will find all the .exe file to choose from. hope this helps

Lupe
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] shadowmike:
This is great... Thanks for the updates

-Standard Smartphone user.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Pisca:
If you want to assign Contacts to one of the softkeys I sugest that you use Icontact and assign as follows:

Icontact: Programs/Icontact/Icontact.exe
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] francescrm:
:o

Exactly !!

doens't work in my Polaris, standard HTC WM 6.1 ROM.

Rgds,
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] claus1953:
Works on my dsixda Ony 3.0 ROM too, so it is definitely randomaccess.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] overhaulengines:
glad it worked for you

Lupe
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mpenguin14:
UPDATE Oct-28-2008 10:30 CDT

v0.16.178

- Softkey dialog can now accept shortcut fifles (lnk files)

- added new program that will only open shortcuts for the softkeys

- updated donator list

Hello everyone, I did the research and added my own small program to act as a middle man to open shortcut files

So now you can add lnk files from your "\Windows\Start Menu\Programs" folder

tested and worked perfectly in the emulator, about to test on the device, regardless it should work
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] nhatt:
With two version in succession,so....which version I should use (:confused:)

Thanks for great job.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] showaco:
@mpenguin,

How about adding a option to remove tab bg bar and tab bg icons, and just leave the single tab icon showing? It only requires two number changes in the xml to show/unshow the tab bar.

This is with tab bar and all icons showing, bold numbers need to change to hide it from view.

<TabWidget>
<Property name="IDTABWG_WIDGET_RECT" id="0" value="0,0,240,[B][SIZE=3]230[/SIZE][/B], 0,0,320,230" />
<Property name="IDTABWG_TITLE_RECT" id="1" value="8,0,224,25, 8,0,304,25" />
<Property name="IDTABWG_TAB_RECT" id="2" value="0,217,240,[B][SIZE=3]51[/SIZE][/B], 0,217,320,51" />

Here's modified to remove icon bar and leave only the single icon tab.

<TabWidget>
<Property name="IDTABWG_WIDGET_RECT" id="0" value="0,0,240,[B][SIZE=3]268[/SIZE][/B], 0,0,320,230" />
<Property name="IDTABWG_TITLE_RECT" id="1" value="8,0,224,25, 8,0,304,25" />
<Property name="IDTABWG_TAB_RECT" id="2" value="0,217,240,[B][SIZE=3]100[/SIZE][/B], 0,217,320,51" />
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mpenguin14:
unfortunately that is not up to M2DC, M2DC only makes use of functionality that people find in Manila 2D, if you want to start looking in to what can be done about this go for it, but until someone figures this out it is not going to show up in M2DC, maybe go ask in the M2D release thread?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mpenguin14:
looks like a reasonable request to me :)

thanks for the example, that always increases the chance that i will actually implement the feature, I am just trying to add 1 feature at a time now (hence the reason why I did two releases in the past 13 hours), so maybe I will be able to get this done sooner rather than later

-mpenguin14
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mpenguin14:
added some new features :)

UPDATE Oct-29-2008 00:30 CDT

v0.17.183

- added new Home registry tab

-- adds option to set a custom name, custom icon, and hide the network name
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] macaorentals:
help needed

hi guys whats the name of the exe or lnk so i can put my left soft

key back to programs thanks for your help this tool is fantastic well done
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] twolf:
This app just keeps getting better and better... :)

When you say: "added new Home registry tab", is this the new option to set the colour of the text? :O
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] nhatt:
I've tried softkey change(using v0.17)but it not work for me.Anysuggest from you...TIA

Edit:sorry,I forgot to give a name to the new file in Left/Right Softkey name.Now,its ready working fine.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tilt4life2:
Is there any way to add more slots in the People tab?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Dr4g0n75:
no one has figured this out yet... hopefully someone will soon... i call more then 12 ppl regularly... it would be a nice addition for me...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] twolf:
Two new ideias... ;)

The name of the softkey button could be given by the EXE you choose (removing the .exe extension, of course).

The colors of the text from M2D could be changed thru M2DC in a simple 8 color menu with these:

Taken from here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=2832800&postcount=4108
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] uhery:
Thanks mpenguin14 awesome registry work! :)

And I would like to share little explanations of registry keys :

Tab photo

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\Manila2D\FONT\WIDGET\PHOTO\INDICATOR\0]

"Clr"="108,108,108"

"Size"=dword:0000000A

"Rc"="0,0,0,0"

"Bold"=dword:00000000

"Face"=""

"Italic"=dword:00000000

"Fmt"=dword:00000003

Change the text that displays the photo number

Tab music

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\Manila2D\FONT\WIDGET\MUSIC\INFO\0]

"Rc"="0,0,0,0"

"Bold"=dword:00000000

"Clr"="108,108,108"

"Size"=dword:00000000

"Face"=""

"Italic"=dword:00000000

"Fmt"=dword:00000003

Change the text that displays the song title

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\Manila2D\FONT\WIDGET\MUSIC\INFO\1]

"Size"=dword:0000000E

"Rc"="0,0,0,0"

"Bold"=dword:00000000

"Clr"="108,108,108"

"Face"=""

"Italic"=dword:00000000

"Fmt"=dword:00000003

Change the text that displays the name of the artist

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\Manila2D\FONT\WIDGET\MUSIC\INFO\2]

"Size"=dword:0000000A

"Rc"="0,0,0,0"

"Bold"=dword:00000000

"Clr"="108,108,108"

"Face"=""

"Italic"=dword:00000000

"Fmt"=dword:00000003

Change the text that displays the timer of the song

Tab weather

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\Manila2D\FONT\WIDGET\WEATHER\CURRENTTMP\0]

"Clr"="108,108,108"

"Fmt"=dword:00000000

"Size"=dword:00000018

"Italic"=dword:00000000

"Face"=""

"Bold"=dword:00000000

"Rc"="0,0,0,0"

Change the text that displays the today temperature scale

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\Manila2D\FONT\WIDGET\WEATHER\LOCATION\0]

"Clr"="108,108,108"

"Fmt"=dword:00000003

"Italic"=dword:00000000

"Face"=""

"Bold"=dword:00000000

"Rc"="0,0,0,0"

"Size"=dword:0000000E

Change the text that displays the city name

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\Manila2D\FONT\WIDGET\WEATHER\FORECAST\DAY\0]

"Clr"="108,108,108"

"Size"=dword:0000000A

"Fmt"=dword:00000003

"Italic"=dword:00000000

"Face"=""

"Bold"=dword:00000000

"Rc"="0,0,0,0"

Change the text that displays the name of the days in the forecast

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\Manila2D\FONT\WIDGET\WEATHER\FORECAST\HIGHTEMPRATURE\LargeView]

"Size"=dword:0000000A

"Fmt"=dword:00000003

"Italic"=dword:00000000

"Face"=""

"Clr"="108,108,108"

"Bold"=dword:00000000

"Rc"="0,0,0,0"

Change the text that displays the today hight temp

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\Manila2D\FONT\WIDGET\WEATHER\FORECAST\LOWTEMPRATURE\0]

"Clr"="108,108,108"

"Bold"=dword:00000001

"Italic"=dword:00000001

"Size"=dword:0000000A

"Fmt"=dword:00000003

"Face"=""

"Rc"="0,0,0,0"

Change the name that diplays the hight and low forecast temperature

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\Manila2D\FONT\WIDGET\WEATHER\FORECAST\LOWTEMPRATURE\LargeView]

"Clr"="108,108,108"

"Bold"=dword:00000001

"Italic"=dword:00000001

"Size"=dword:0000000E

"Fmt"=dword:00000003

"Face"=""

"Rc"="0,0,0,0"

Change the text that displays the today low temperature

But in the last two registry keys seem to work only bold or/and italic options ... the color value does not change ... any idea?

I’ve made some screenshot where I have used the registry value posted.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Savok:
Would it be possible to keep the Themes tab on the left (default) side? Out of all of the tabs this is the one I tend to use most, I find the other ones to be use once type of deals.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mpenguin14:
Just hit the "Set Defaults" button... is basically sets everything to empty and restores the default functionality

I have not implemented anything to do with fonts yet

The softkey name idea is a very reasonable request, I will look into adding that for the next release

Thanks for the heads up on the font settings. I devoted all of my free time to figuring out those settings last weekend (link) and , so I am definitely aware of what needs to be done. I just haven't been able to put together a simple gui for the change sin my head yet, any mock ups created by photoshop/GIMP users are appreciated. Since this will likely take more than 1 or 2 hours to implement, it won't be getting done anytime soon.

Thanks for the information, I was putting together a similar list, but you beat me to posting it. Hopefully this can help give the skinners ideas of all that is possible.

I had the same trouble to the LOWTEMPRATURE keys, I was able to change the size and style, but not the color, not sure why.

There are a handful of other keys that I know exist, but I can't seem to figure out what they do, or if M2D even uses them at all

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\Manila2D\FONT\WIDGET\HOME\DATE\0]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\Manila2D\FONT\WIDGET\HOME\DATE\1]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\Manila2D\FONT\WIDGET\WEATHER\STATUS\0]

Here are some dialog values that I just don't care enough to test, but I will go ahead and post them so that others can work with them

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\Manila2D\FONT\DLG\WEATHER \DOWNLOAD\0]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\Manila2D\FONT\DLG\WEA\CITYCOUNTRY\LIST\0]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\Manila2D\FONT\DLG\WEA\CITYCOUNTRY\FIND\0]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\Manila2D\FONT\DLG\WEA\CITYCOUNTRY\EDIT\0]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\Manila2D\FONT\DLG\LAUNCHER\0]

Thanks again for sharing the information

Good point, I will go ahead and put the themes tab as the second tab (or should I make it the first?) in M2DC.

Thanks for all of the feedback and suggestions
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] twolf:
LOLOLOL, your right...

I gave you due credit for it yesterday on the skins thread's first post and then totally forgot it and quoted someone else...sorry about that.

:D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mpenguin14:
no problem, just saw the credit on the original skin post, thanks for putting that there... there are quite a few different posts on the registry keys now, and I am still trying to figure out how to change the default email and messaging colors, but no luck on that yet
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] anubus12:
Add Multiple Themes at once

Thanks for the great utility. Anyway to add say all the themes in one directory? With all the flahsing of ROMS, it's a pain to add 10 different themes one at a time. Especially when it doesn't remember where the themes were and have to dig down the directories. It would be easier, a nice to have, that's all.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] LordDeath:
I hope this is not too offtopic:

Can I assign Pocket Informant into Manilla 2D? So that it replaces the standard calendar, notes, tasks and contacts apps.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Savok:
Or have an option where you can select a folder as the default theme folder. I personally install the program on the storage card but have the themes on a different part of the same card. Its a pain to have to hunt for the folder everytime I want to add a new skin.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Savok:
I would like to see it on the first tab, I tend to edit the xml to tell it which Manila 2D tabs to hide/show.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] voxid:
I cannot install any new theme of manilla with this final version and the manilla customizer.

It stays at the message "tab here to start touch flo"

I don t know if its a problem of the new maine rom "final version" or the customizer...

greets

voxid
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mpenguin14:
That is on my todo list, basically allow users to add a folder when using hte "add" button, this folder would be remembered and every time that M2DC is started up it will rescan the folders that have been added... this will probably take 3-4 hours, so I probably won't get to it until the weekend, but we will see.

thanks for the request

not to my knowledge

see above reply

done, is working that way in my development builds

I have no idea what rom you are refering to. Are you using hte latest version of M2DC? Do you have a link for the rom, the version of Manila 2D, and the theme?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kwill:
maybe i missed something. but, i thought all the themes were added automatically if you put the theme in the "themes" folder? at least mine are. i keep them all in zip format, so as soon as i copy it over to the sd card in the themes folder of m2dc, i launch the app and it automatically shows up in my themes window. so, after flashing a rom all i do is install m2dc to the sd card again and all my themes are there.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] AllTheWay:
I am also trying to figure that out. Haven't been able to find a way thus far.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Savok:
I like to keep my data out of the program folder. Also some people like to install the program on the main unit and store their themes on the SD card.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] showaco:
The date keys are for the calander on the home widget, one is for the appointment time, and the other is the description. I haven't checked the weather status, but should have to do with last update time or updating text that is on the weather widget.

Also, on the registry, is there any keys that could be used for setting a custom icon to programs in the launcer widget? I resized the launcher icons to 48x48(in the xml file) but the ones included in the apps look like **** when enlarged(standard is 32x32).:confused:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mpenguin14:
glad to hear there are others working on it, hopefully we can figure it out soon

I agree, i keep a full folder of M2dc themes on my SD card, and I prefer to install all programs to the rom... I am looking into adding the feature tonight, we will see if that pans out though

thank you for that information, I always hide the calendar because I never use it so I never knew what they were for

I just did a quick check...

It looks like by default the launcher items are stored in the registry

[HKLM\Software\Htc\Manila2D\Launcher\X]

"DispName"="App Name"

"Path"="Path\To\File\To\Open.lnk"

"Type"=dword:00000001

"UpTime"="YYYY,MM,DD,HH,MM,SS"

and via my magic it looks like there are a few other entries too, I have not tested them though, so the types are only guesses, feel free to test and let me know how it works out

"IconPath"="Path\To\\Icon"

"IsLock"=dword:0000000
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] showaco:
MUCHO GRACIAS:D, I'm going to try the iconpath now, but I'm pretty sure thats what I want:) I assume lock would lock the program to laucher so it can't be removed by the remove button. I'll check these out and post back results.

Edit: Works perfect, custom launcher icons and program lock works as well. 1 is for locked, 0 is unlocked.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mpenguin14:
glad to hear it worked... what kind of file does hte iconPath take? An .ico file? a .png file? or doe sit load the icon straight from a exe or lnk file?

thanks for keeping us updated
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ebautista:
Request: Manila2D background\wallpaper changer.

Nice work out there man!!!

I have made my own script for changing softkeys and background using Mortscript already. But since you have added the softkeys, I will use yours. But I have one simple request and I know that everyone wanted this to be in your app. How about adding a feature where you can change background or wallpaper? I think that will be another greta feature!!!

Keep it up man!!!:cool: