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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] claus1953:
@mpenguin

Could it be possible to add a kind of maintenance button to the customizer, which starts a routine that checks the left over files in windows from theme switching and deletes them? So the windows folder could be maintained trimmed and fast.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tatnai:
Ok last problem fixed. Was able to get it to work with the suggestion to re-install and erasing theme folder.

New problem: Had M2DC v28, working fine with M2D v20. Then upgraded to iolite. Iolite working fine. Ran M2DC, would not do any functions - themes, tabs, changing anything and hitting apply caused the spinning wheel that would not end. Uninstalled M2DC v28, deleted folder, checked to make sure there were no reg files. Installed M2DC v29, same thing. Re-installed, soft reset, placed in my themes (without copying the cache), ran M2DC, tried changing tabs, same spinning wheel. There are no error files. Installed to storage card, have never had a problem with it there before.

I am once again lost. About to roll back M2D, but everyone else has M2DC working with iolite. What am I doing wrong? Please some more help.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] lufc:
still does not fix the clock issue but its a great bit of kit
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tatnai:
(see two posts above) ok, I overwrote the HTCHomeSettings.xml with my old one, and installed v28 m2dc (the one that worked for me before) to the device memory. Still not working . . . Help!

EDIT 1: I rolled back to M2D v20, and using M2DC v0.28, the arrangement that worked for me before, and still not working. I don't think there is anything else that has changed, I'm back to the beginning, and it is still not working. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks so much in advance, I am now stuck with the original blue theme :(
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] madan26:
Is there any Manila 2D customizer available............
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Addicted2xda:
eh ..... NOPE :confused:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Schroef:
You might want to check the first page. The top link should be a link to the M2D customizer.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] denco7:
Do you mean like ThemeGen, to make new M2D themes yourself ?

No there isn't.Going to have to do it the hard way.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Nokser:
Good aplication compatible to Hima......
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] JukEboXAuDiO:
Anyway to stop Manilla from taking up 2 - 4 MB of memory.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] stylez:
Sart\Settings\Today untick touchflo now it doesn't run :D

To get it to use less memory use M2DC to unshow Tabs, the less tabs the less memory it uses...

eg: I don't have People\My Faves\Music\Pictures\Location showing.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Picsman:
Running Sakajti's HD IV IOLITE and M2DC 7v0.29.235 on a Tilt (HTC Kaiser TyTyn).

Looked everywhere here but I can't figure out what program or link to associate with the right soft key to have it open the program launcher, that is, pushing that key should get the same result as the tapping the launcher tab in M2D.

Any help would be appreciated. Thank you!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jaydiamonds:
Weather

I wouldn't mind being able to change the app for weather. Like if i could use WeatherPanel, would be perfect with M2d....good customizer
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] claus1953:
You could also uninstall the rain animation (wiper), as it takes up full 5 MB of device memory
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ribra0:
Tasks on Home Screen

I do not know if this has been discussed before or not. Is there a way to add Tasks to Home screen.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] squire23:
This is a great application - thanks for all your work. One quick question - is it possible to make the digital clock bigger when you uncheck Enable Analog Clock? I've looked through loads of the pages here but can't find an answer

cheers

squire
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] DeZeeKo:
Must still installed in device??

Originally Posted by mpenguin14

KNOWN ISSUES:

- must be installed to the device, paths are hard coded for now

- not sure how well this will run on non English roms, right now some paths are hard coded such as "\Program Files\M2DC"

- icon is fugly, needs some work (help appreciated)

- restore defaults doesn't truly restore defaults, it just restores the entire HTCHomeSettings.xml file from when you first ran this tool

- ???

* All of these issues should be addressed in a future release

This was from way back in sep.Do we still have to install(m2dc) in device or is it ok to use sd card now?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] keith137:
I too have been searching for an answer on this. M2dc only lets you map applications outside of manila2D.exe to the home screen soft keys. But having the, ie. right soft key, open the manila programs launcher is an additional command within manila2D.exe in your devices windows directory. I've read that changing the right soft key to open the manila programs tab can be done via a registry edit here:

HKLM/software/HTC/Manila2D/Home

SK1 = left soft key, SK2 = right soft key

What I need are the correct contents to input into the last two string values below:

SK2 (this is where you enter the soft key text as you want it to read on the home screen, ie. Programs)

SK2Cmd (contents needed...anyone help??...)

Sk2CmdParam (contents...anyone help??...)

thank you!

Device: Tilt

Rom: Hyperdragon IV 2/4 Iolite
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] claus1953:
M2D customizer has been from the beginning on to be installed anywhere you want. I had it installed on the card since the first release. It runs on a lot of roms. Icon has been changed. When you install a new theme, the old theme gets backed up, and if you choose restore it will be loaded again.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] claus1953:
Only if you create a bigger clock skin, the clock is made of images which are loaded into windows and are called to display the current time. To change the size you have to replace those images.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] claus1953:
Unfortunately you cannot add new plugins on the home page.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] msuk:
All,

I am trying to run this program on my Touch Pro and get the following error:

"Unable to find Manilla 2d settings file. Is Manilla 2d installed. Exiting"

Can anyone help? Is the Touch Pro using a newer version of Manilla?

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Tane71:
Touch Pro is coming with TouchFlo 3D, no Manilla 2D ! Remove this app and look for the 3D customizer.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] claus1953:
@ mpenguin

Just flashed a new version of the Onyx ROM and upgraded to iolite M2D. Customizer is working fine with this version of M2D, only in some text parts (messages text, some weather items, settings, browser) the font cannot be changed, as in some previous M2D versions.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] enaime:
Is there a fix for the shifted digital clock yet? It happened after I changed the tab settings and the Home XML lines. Not sure if that has anything to do with it.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] stylez:
Did you try this post http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=3286748&postcount=1311 don't know if works as don't have the issue with the ROM & theme i use but worth a try..
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] msuk:
Hello,

Would you know of a customizer for the TouchPro that I can use?

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] zee970:
htc touch

I was able to load this on my HTC Touch and it works great, the only issue that I have is that the caller ID popup hangs at the bottom of the screen, and I cannot see who is actually calling (defeating the purpose of caller ID). Is there a way around this? I tried to search, but no luck.

Thanks!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] enaime:
This app is OK in concept and works OK, but has screwed up my phone like 5 times now. The app doesnt quite change themes very well. When changing from one theme to another it leaves some icons from the previous theme and is very random and unreliable. Im going on my 5th hard reset because this app has screwed my phone. I wish there was an undo button, instead of hard reseting every time. Hope future versions work better. Thanks for putting in the time to make it, it keeps us looking forward to more.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] 160bpm:
Great great tool !!!!!!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mpenguin14:
A couple people involved in the Manila 3D skinning side of things have approached me to see if I had any interest in making a Manila 3D Customizer, I told them I was interested, but after looking into it I can't really do any development without a TF3D enabled phone, and it is looking more and more like I am going to be abandoning windows mobile for Android when it comes time for me to get a new phone (although the TouchPro2 does look pretty nice)

So basically there is no Manila 3D customizer made by me, I think the majority of TF3D customizations happen during the skinning process. I haven't looked at their threads lately but I have always thought that the work done by MobileMatt and Herg was top notch.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mpenguin14:
wow, I am not sure how to respond to this, but here we go...

have you ever heard of going to the "Backup" tab when you first install M2DC? Make a backup of your current theme, when YOU mess up your M2D setup by flashing BAD THEMES then go the backup tab and click the "Restore" button.

That is the closest you are going to get to an "undo" button. I would make backup mandatory, but when I did that people were complaining about all of the space that the backup takes on their phone.

If you change from one theme to another and icons are left behind that is 0% of M2DC's problem, and it is all the problem of the THEME. All M2DC does is use the xml and graphics that a theme file has in it, it does not do any magic and automatically create pretty looking icons that the theme maker decided not to include. If you have a theme that leaves icons behind then go complain to the THEME MAKER, not to me, and better yet LEARN HOW A THEME WORKS, it doesn't take much time, maybe 5 minutes, and once you do that you can fix your own problems.

M2DC is not random and unreliable, the themes that YOU are using are rando and unreliable.

M2DC cannot "screw up" someones phone, the only reason to hard reset is because you are too lazy to cleanup all of the "hh_*.png" files that are in your "/Windows" directory.

If you want a perfectly clean theme,

1- download the latest M2D cab

2- use MSCEInfEn to extract everything from that cab file and put it into a new empty folder

3- use your favorite zip program to zip that folder

4- use that zip file as a theme for M2DC to use

it is not very hard and should take you 10 minutes at most to have a "default" M2D clean theme

I have put hundereds of hours into this application over the past 5 months, and yes M2DC does have some issues, mostly little things that have no problem working for me but for some reason they don't work for other people. Before telling someone their software is screwing your phone up do a little bit of learning and searching
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] johansons:
pls help

Hi i've installed this m2dc in my rom PdACornerUltimate v15, copy the msdct files into the theme folder, after applying the theme but there is no any changes.. :( Any1 can help me? Thanks..
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] magicalan:
Hi i always used the manilla customizer but now am trying to put another theme and it doesnt wanna work.. when i press apply the loading icon comes out and nothing happens can somebody help me :confused:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] enaime:
Please allow me to apologize for the post I wrote. It was a moment of frustration and your right....I am too lazy to clean up .png files and learn about Themes. So, please allow me to retract that last post and I completely think the time you put into this app is well worth it for a lot of us. Your response was very kind considering what I posted and actually makes me want to learn about the things you mentined.

Can you help me out with one thing? I have a theme I like, but the weather tab is not functioning correctly. If I add a city, it doesnt show. It just keeps saying "Select your city" and "Last update 1/0" no matter what I do. Do you think this problem is the Theme or whats in the registry? Can you suggest a starting point so I can fix it?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] magicalan:
someobdy help on this :(
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] italoparente:
Please help

Hi Guys.

First I have to say your work is wonderfull.

I am from Brazil, please excuse my english mitakes.

I have a 8525 and flashed your rom "OS 5.2.20924 (Build 20924.1.5.0 PV DVH) Black(Full) BS V27".

After try more than 10 roms, this was the only one my device accepted to install. All the other usb connections fail.

Tried to flash with sd card, but it does not load.

I would like so much to have "HERMES_WWE_3[1].62.502.18_B20755_Manila2D", but my habilities are not so good to do it.

Please help me.

Italo
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] md_bluelily:
Really usefull application,

Thank you,
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] magicalan:
again

Hi i always used the manilla customizer but now am trying to put another theme and it doesnt wanna work.. when i press apply the loading icon comes out and nothing happens can somebody help me:(
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Silverexp:
Anyone experiencing problems using M2DC when SRS WOW HD is installed? Once I install SRS WOW, I am unable to customized M2DC, the app just freezes. I’m back tracking if a previous ver. of M2DC doesn’t cause this. I use to install SRS WOW last and never noticed this behavior before.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] magicalan:
i always used the manilla customizer but now am trying to put another theme and it doesnt wanna work.. when i press apply the loading icon comes out and nothing happens can somebody help me

this is the 3 time i post this cuz nobody has answered and i have seen on the threath like 4 posts but nobody answers them :(
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] azahidi:
If M2D customiser failed you, why don't you apply the theme conventionally, i.e by copying the xml and graphic files to \windows. It's bit tedious but usually works.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] enaime:
Will there be a third attempt at the clock shift bug?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ursusrum:
Changes not working for me at all

I have just installed 0.29.235 and cannot remove tabs.

I was able to backup settings and theme with no problem.

If I launch the program and then hit Apply the program just quits (makes sense as I have done no changes)

BUT .. if I launch - go to the Tabs tab and uncheck EmailWidget and hit Apply the wait icon appears and sits there for over five minuts.

I have the same issue in the past with older versions.

I am using a HTC Touch Elf running Onyx ROM.

Any help appreciated.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] GuySparkz:
how do i assign the right softkey to go to the program list when I press it? feb4 hdiv rom
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] stylez:
I think the only way is to set the right softkey to open up folderview.exe in the Wondows Directory.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] GuySparkz:
correction...

i mean how do i get the right softkey to go the programs tab (shortcuts) in M2D.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] littld:
Hello, I use M2D built into a rom but the customizer never seems to work. It loads, I make changes and then get an hourglass which stays there until I soft-reset. No changes. Is it because it's in a rom or is there something else causing the problem? Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Tane71:
No doubt it comes from something else: I also have a M2D cooked in a ROM and M2DC was always working since v0.22 (TouchFlo2D v1.01819, never updated).

Did you get the last .NetCF on to your device (see 1st post) ?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sergiorus:
Hi mpenguin14

Can you realise algorithm of changing everyday operations icons/applications in Operator tab. See screenshot

Many people was written here to create Personal Tab, so maybe it is a chance to execute their request??

It is working like avellans M2D OperatorSettings 0.4, but i think second launcher is not interesting for people and personal Tab will be more needed.

Idea comes from M2D Action Screen tab

What you think about it? With grafics i can help.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] djaymystic:
I like the idea to customize your themes and settings, but it won't get my themes right. When I change them, won't work, or after a few attemps it changed but to the wrong one and even now after I deleted and reinstalled the themes, I'm still stuck with that theme on my phone, hopefully It'll start working, or i'll just wait for an update.

cheers !
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] blazingwolf:
My Favs can not be used at this time. There are missing files and when enabled, as you find out, will kill tf2d.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] nenadr:
as far as i know, but I maybe wrong, you could read a INROM file, save a copy of it and make changes on it on some temporary path, and then make a copy of file in temporary path to /windows dir .... I believe that with propper flags for FileCopy operation you can acheive same behaviour as Resco Explorer have, when you try to overwrite file INROM - it trows Warning dialog, and if you confirm, it saves file in device memory and that file is seen by OS from that point on.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] GreenLantern:
Not sure if it possible, but my I have a friend with a diamond, and he had a program that allowed him to adjust the transparency of the home tab, gave it a nice look, like it was integrated with his background. Silly request, but is there a way to add that to this program?

Program works like a charm on my kaiser running HD III pro, great work.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] bogus83:
One further request which in theory shouldn't be too difficult: The ability to change the time format on the Today screen.

It seems to always display in "tt h':'mm" format (am/pm, followed by the time WITHOUT leading zeros). If it is possible to change that I'd be very happy. I've searched for a registry key but can't find one, and it doesn't seem to adjust even if you change the system/regional settings for time display.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] nenadr:
Try to change time/date format in Settings -> regional settings... I believe that M2D will follow.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mobileobsession:
First of all, thanks to mpenguin14 for extracting Manilla2d and preparing all the associated CAB files.

I have the HTC Touch Cruise and the only kinks I've encountered thus far is that I lost the shortcut to the screen rotation and the back light control which used to be available through programs tab of the original HTC Home screen.

I'd like to shortcut them to the new programs screen, but after the update I can't seem to find them anywhere.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mpenguin14:
Sorry I don't get a chance to reply to each message but I really feel like I should reply to this message.

I am NOT the one responsible for extracting Manilla2D, I am merely a user of it just like everyone one else.

As I said in the Original Post

I just want to make sure that no one thinks that I am trying to take credit for something that I did not do.

So thanks again to UDK vetvito, noonski and hergzilla for getting the original cabs out there, and thanks to all of the rest for testing and tweaking the cabs... I am still on beta 0.07 I will be updating to 0.08 soon once I have time for a hard reset
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mpenguin14:
Thank you very much for this suggestion... I am going to see what tools the Windows Mobile SDK has for me to emulate this situation. Hopefully i can reproduce it because once I do that I can figure out what I need ot do to allow the changed. I feel like this would be a very useful functionality.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Epicardium:
That's odd that some are able to get this to work with HD III pro. Can you check to see if your htchomesettings.xml file has the "in rom" attribute? If it does, then I am baffled on how this program is working for you.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Epicardium:
Sure enough. I just copied the settings file to another directory, made sure the attributes were okay, and then copied it back to Windows directory. Now it no longer has the 'inrom' attribute. My M2DC program is still hanging though. I'll try another re-install.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jeanne8fr:
Registry Locations

After installing the Hyperdragon rom on my tilt I found that you can add links to the internet page. The chef puts a link to xda on the internet page.

In "HKLM\Software\HTC\Manila2D\InternetWidget\Customized" you can modify the default url that Opera opens on launch.

You can modify the Youtube link and in fact make it open any other program you wish. You can also add links below to open other favorite urls or another program.

This could be added to the customizer.

Jeannette

Tilt

Hyperdragon_III manila2D rom
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] bogus83:
:rolleyes: :p

No dice. What I'm really trying to do is get rid of the AM/PM symbol, which is represented by "tt" in the format string. Even if I change the AM and PM symbol to " " (blank in regional settings) it still displays in M2D. I'm using a panel-style (diamond style) clock, so I may just change the am/pm graphic to a blank panel and leave it at that. Thanks anyway.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mpenguin14:
you could try and hide it the way that the skinners are hiding the analog clock

Open the file "\Windows\HTCHomeSettings.xml" with a text editor and change the xml values for the am and pm images from:

to

I tried it on my stock setup and the pm stopped being shown
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] bogus83:
That could work, I hadn't considered that. I went straight for renaming the files themselves. Six of one, half dozen of the other... :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] nir36:
this is really really good. as it developes i'm guessing we'll be able to customize it as much as UL or TL..
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Darkseid83:
Has anyone figured out how to get rid of the very ugly add program shortcuts in the programs tab. Make it clear or hide them completely. Or can it be changed in the image itself
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] GreenLantern:
just took a quick look, and I didn't see any entries for "in rom" and the search feature found none either. Program works though, I just removed my weather tab because I couldn't get the update working, and I just remove and readded teh settings tab...

downloading 9/25 version of HD III Pro now, hopefully it'll still work.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] holzzelt:
is this the thread to post requests?

1) i would rather have a comm manager tab than the settings tab: i never use the options "synch data", "change wallpaper" and "about touch flo". so its just a waste of space. i`d prefere the stadard comm- manager tabs right on the screen or at least the options (switch 3g/gsm, vibrate, terminate data conn, aiprplane mode, bluetooth, wfifi) this wourld save you one unnecessary hit...

2) a "save as read" option for emails and sms somewhere on the screen. or, alternatively, when opening the emails / sms widget you can read the first lines. so new emails / sms could be saved as read automatically when you open the widget which contains the new message. saves you opening the message, etc.

3) maybe a "delete" option for new emails / sms somehwere on the screen?

what do you think? agree / disagree? possible?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] blazingwolf:
None of this can be done right now.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] vgalindez:
Transparency Settings

First of all, great application man.

Second, request: could there be some way to modify the transparency of Manilla? If you set a different Today Wallpaper it's not completely displayed because of the bottom and top bars of Manilla. I know the answer will probably be resizing the wallpaper image, but I think the transparency setting would still be worth it. :cool:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] claus1953:
I do not understand what you mean, it changes to the wrong one... it can only apply the theme you select. This is the newest update and the most complete one. What M2D version you have?