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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] xeongx:
Hello,

I tried to change the themes several times, but it wouldn't change, I have NFSFAN rom and i don't like the black theme for it.

I tried to use this one http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=2728427&postcount=1917 the blue one called _Big Clock__

Can anyone help me to make my theme look like that? with the background and the blue taskbar.

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] claus1953:
Hi mpenguin, nice to see you back, was a bit worried if you are ok or not.

As for the additional features, besides the clock centering i would suggest a possibility to center also the big weather icon, as sometimes in some themes it is off to the right. Also on the same matter would be nice a possibility to move the up arrow of the weather page, as in some themes it is below together with the down arrow, in this case it has to be changed from the position 90 to 52.

Also an old request from me is to implement in the launcher page a possibility to change the button size and to choose custom icons via a drop down menu for each button. It can easily be done in the registry, but it would be handier this way.

As it has already been mentioned before, the feature of beeing able to install also cabbed up themes would be handy. Maybe by opening the cab, extracting the files and zipping them up, as some cabs do not work with the manila gfx folder.

And as a last thing would be nice too to have the customizer add a screen shot to the theme, when there is no preview available, as well as having the current theme info displayed.

Sorry for the long list, just wanted to wrap up again.

Also have not seen nothing new, and my feeling is that the boom with the new M2D is fading out, and a lot of people is looking for other interfaces. TL with its new version is coming strong for example. In my case, i still love M2D.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mpenguin14:
@claus thanks for the concern, all is well. After getting laid off my priorities got shifted around and I just haven't fallen back in the groove of windows mobile programming. But I do plan to do at least one more release of M2DC if not more. M2D is still my default shell, and Windows Mobile is still my mobile OS of choice for personal use.

Do you know what roms are giving the clock centering issues? Or do you happen to have an xml file from the rom that causes the problems?

I will see what all I can get done this weekend
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] claus1953:
I do not have the clock centering problem myself, only with some skins like tourbillon clock from taninpv the digital clock gets all scrammed up on the right side, and on some other skins the clock dots are not in the middle of the digital clock but on the left side. So sorry but i dont know which roms give the problem generally, mine is not. I just fixed what i could on the skins which i liked, or if not possible just used other skins. Now i have around 30 skins loaded and switch between them without problems with the customizer. Btw...with so many skins the customizer loads very slowly, it takes around 30 sec.

What i have on more skins is the big weather icon shifted to the left, and this can easily be corrected in the xml file, or i just keep the current weather icon by checking the box in the customizer.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Dr4g0n75:
mpenguin14: glad to hear you havnt given up on this... and im glad you found a new job... its rough out there

herg posted yesterday that an update 22 is coming soon from the jade... hopefully that will have some new goodies to work on

as for requests: i would like to be able to change the font on the email tab, mainly the account name part, im okay with whats on the paper... and as always, instead of the right softkey being exit, please make it a menu button and put exit in there... even with a stylus i get clumsy and exit it out by mistake...

thanks for everything and i look forward to your next release
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] JCKOTZE:
Can`t wait for new release
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Addicted2xda:
First of all cogratulations and Thanks a million for this excellent utility. Its really a great application. I do not know if others have faced it or not, but when I tried to re organize the tabs, it screwed up the tabs :D. May be you can check that out.

Thanks again for the absolutely great application.

Best of Luck (and waiting impatiently for the new release :D).
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ToddeSwe:
Thanks you so much! But this was not the problem. I think it's in M2D ....
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Riccardo83:
Is it really so hard to chnage the Softkeys in Manila? Guys? I wantto change ALL PEOPLE And CALL List to iContacts, no way of doing this?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] hidavi:
lol, you sound like you're PAYING them to do this.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] azahidi:
I've been re-organising the tabs (tab sequence) several times already, and it works fine so far, no problem.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Riccardo83:
Hey guys I was able to change the link of Manila to use iContact instead of the default Contact Manager using this tool:

http://www.etechniker.com/index.php...ulieren&catid=66:tutorials&Itemid=102&lang=en

To change links or manipulate them I need exe files.

What is the exe file of the windows mobiel calllog, or is it possible to change the hometab calllog link to use icontacts calllog?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mpenguin14:
just wanted to check in and let you all know that I somehow was able to reproduce the off center digital clock error, and I have no idea how it happened, but since it happened I should be able to figure out why it is happening, I will let you guys know once i have the fix...

I am heading out of town for the weekend, so probably no update until next Friday or so, will keep this thread updated on any progress
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Cal-El:
I belive it has to do with the manila on the phone, (XML?) I used a skin on my tilt today and I was able to turn the analog off no prob, but used the same skin (and I mean same copy paste) on my friends Herald and the digital clock went to the side exactly where the digital was on the ROM's base skin setup! Mine started with no analog on the base skin setup! His had it! Thought you would want to know! Thanks M, you are an artist! :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mpenguin14:
that could very well be the issue, this build of M2D that I was testing had the digital clock on the side. Maybe M2DC isn't handling the xml correctly afterall
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] neelpatel007:
Thanxxxxxxxxxxxx
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mpenguin14:
just fixed the digital clock shifting problem... M2DC was not checkign and setting the file attributes of some things properly so extra files were left behind and some files that were supposed ot be modified were failing in the modification because the original HTCHomeSettings.xml file was set to Read Only... it is fixed and I will put up anew build with the fix in the next half hour.

Please test it and let me know if it works or not, It worked for me, but I rely on your feedback since i spend most of my time on my ADP1 lately
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mpenguin14:
LATEST DOWNLOAD HERE (January 30 v0.28.233)

If you find M2DC useful, please consider giving a donation

All donators will have their names added to the about page :)

Jan-30-2009

v0.28.233

- fixed digital clock shift bug

I will see what I can do about adding more features (that will take a week or so), I wanted to get this big fix out because it has the potential to affect all 100,000+ users of M2DC
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sdsoundguy:
Feature Request

By the way first of all awsome job on this app makes the user expirence 1000% better. I was wondering if it was possible to build into the Customizer a setting to change the PIM, I personaly don't like outlook for my PIM and have been using Pocket Informant for my calendar and tasks would be nice to click on the calendar link on the home page and it go right to the calendar of PI. Keep up the awsome work it is good to have you back.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] anryl:
footprints

New Manila from IOLITE with footprints compatible ? :cool:

ataching the xml
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] paperquack:
Digital/Analog clock set

Hi mpenguin14

what do u thing about to make in yr great app a new tab to set digital/analog clock?

Something like slide, to set left/right and up/down position of center analog clock.

Thank 4 all

regards fr PK
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Riccardo83:
Great Stuff. Biggest WISH From not only my site would be. An Interface where I can change links to Calllog / Contacts / Calendar... etc etc etc....

PLEASE
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] trehouse:
Moved to differnt forum
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mpenguin14:
for everyone wanting to change the calendar and contacts and all of that, I will not be implementing that in M2DC unless someone finds a way to do it via the registry.

There is a program that I have not tested but gets very good reviews called SSMaPa which you can find in this thread that allows you to cahnge alot of those things, so please go check out that program

Yup, M2DC is compatible with the IOLITE M2D with footprints
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Savok:
I just still wish it would parse the home xml data and load that, at the moment it only seems to read whatever it was when M2DC was first installed. I have to manually set the analog/digital clock options everytime I change the theme rather than just pulling it from the xml.

Back to version 19 I go..
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] claus1953:
I have tried this program but was not happy with it. Apparently it lets you patch M2D to let you open other programs then the ones wired in. The development of SSMaPaM2D was dropped and M2D support was included in the TF3D version. I tried to change my PIM to Thumbcal, the application did unsign Thumbcal and afterwards everytime i click on Calender a message pops up that the application is unsigned and cannot be opened. So i better leave it as it is.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jgottlieb:
Try it anyway...even with the error message it may still work.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] claus1953:
If you mean my post above, it is not working, as soon as i click ok, the error message goes away but nothing opens.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Dr4g0n75:
i used that program too, but instead of havng an unsigned error.... it jacked up how thumcal worked when launched from m2d... it still worked fine if i opened the exe normally

maybe you can collaberate with the author of ssmapa? perhaps between the two of you guys, you can figure it out.... just a suggestion..
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] bigix1:
Little question: if i use key CustomerName, date go in another location.

After setting rectangle position for date in xml it's ok but have right aligneament in it's rectangle and i want left.

I'm shure it's a key, but i can't know it.

Someone have answer?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] claus1953:
M2D Iolite with footprints

@ mpenguin

The new M2D version iolite is out. As it has a new footprints tab i guess it will not work with the customizer, or does it?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mpenguin14:
I tested with an earlier beta cab of iolite m2d and have had it running on my Titan for 2 days, M2DC works well with it... I am about to download the new version do a hard reset and confirm that this latest cab works
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Cal-El:
I am testing it now! :)

EDIT: Works perfectly!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] maniac103:
Doesn't work for me, I still get the digital clock offset when turning off the analog one :(

Let me know what information you might need.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] khortoom:
Thnx for the great effort... Buddy I still got problems with this digital clock bug !!! I tick the "enable digital clock" in Home XML, press "apply", M2D restarts with still no digital clock, going back to Home XML, the "enable digital clock" is still unticked... I even uninstalled the application but can't get my digital clock back :( reading the clock from only M2D's analogue clock is a bit difficult.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] daddycruel:
Same problem here... :(
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dandg:
The Analog Clock is fixed by upgrading to version 0.28.233 from 0.27.

Thank you.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] azahidi:
If you want to maintain date at default position (left top corner) and customise your name without using 'Customer Name' or "Hide Operator Name" function of M2DC, you can edit registry keys.

Follow this instruction for regedit http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=3248347&postcount=9
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Dr4g0n75:
im not sure but I thought i would ask...

is it possible to adjust the number of tabs shown in m2d at any given time?

what i mean is now that footprints has been added... there are many tabs in m2d if you activate them all.. i was wondering if there was any way to adjust the tabs so there more shown on the screen so its easier to navigate?

i have seen in the themes section people have made the tabs shorter... how about narrower? i figure the people that know the most about how this program works and its modifications reside in this thread...

i dont know if this could be implemented in to m2dc or not... just thought i would ask..

thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] chakkaradeep:
Hi,

I am using the current version of M2DC and for some reason the digital clock doesnt display good. It is totally messed up and shifts itself to the right.

Any ideas why it is happening so? I tried several skins, and all have the same effect with digital clock. The Analog clock is working fine.

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mchapman007:
Same issue here. Updated to latest version and that did not fix. Went back to an older version and all is well.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] SkywalkerPD:
In first place the digital clock is working great. But when I disable the analog clock and the 3th line, the clock shifts to the right and gets corrupted.....
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] SkywalkerPD:
Downloaded the latest version. Tried a new theme and everything goes well. Fantastic! But.......when I try to disable the analog clock. My digital clock just shifts right again and gets corrupted....
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] A.J:
thank youuuuuuuuuu so much cuz my skin so sucks and now finally ill change it lol
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] muldi:
hi everybody.... i am a new comer in this thread....

hi mpenguin14....good work, i like your App but I have a little problem..

I have installed the M2DC_v0.28.233.CAB (please see untitled1.JPG) but why my "M2D Customizer" look like it is difference with what I saw in this first page of this thread.

please help....

(sorry for my bad English, I am from Indonesian)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ritindra:
Extra background .png's

Hi master,

I wonder, is there a possibillity to change the background of each tab with different .png's ?

Succes with the development.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tatnai:
I've been using M2DC for a while. Have previously had a bug where the first time I make a change in a while, M2DC hangs, then after I soft reset, I pull up M2DC again and it works.

Now, no matter what I do in M2DC, it hangs, no matter how long I wait on the dang spinning circle. So far the only thing that has worked is backing up my homesettings.xml. Here's my setup, what has changed and what hasn't:

Phone: HTC vogue, custom wm 6.1 rom - hasn't changed

M2DC: latest v0.28.233 (has changed, has not worked since upgrade)

M2D: 1.0.1820.3328 (have used previous M2DC to upgrade my theme on this version, and worked then)

Anyone have any idea why this isn't working? I was able to do everything I can't do now before; maybe I'll roll back to the previous M2D.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Cal-El:
You may not have gotten a clean un-install of version 27. Un install version 28 (after moving your theme somewhere) and go into program files and delete the m2dc folder, if you can use total comander or another reg editor to go into the registry and delete any files in the apps directory. Then re-install version 28! :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deeznuts:
Exactly! Does this for me too on my tilt on multiple themes using latest version of m2dc. Guess it didn't quite fix the problem like it says it did in the changelog? At least not for many of us since many are having the same exact problem still.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] :
Hi, on the Home tab the date and operator info mixes with each other, like in attached picture. how can i solve this problem?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] stylez:
Personalizer 2.0 - Change operator Name !
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Mido:
fixed digital clock location bug

well its still exist ,the digital clock location is to the right :(
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] :
thank you very much
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] DorkyDev:
Is M2DC Fixed where you can add new themes by zip or other just as the folder the themes created or what?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mpenguin14:
LATEST DOWNLOAD HERE (February 7 v0.29.235)

If you find M2DC useful, please consider giving a donation[/SIZE

Feb-7-2009

v0.29.235

- 2nd attempt at fixing digital clock shift bug

This is more of a shot in the dark at solving the problem... from what I can tell the problem is that the values get read out of a file that is set to be a system file or a read only file... so when I try to update that file it fails which is why you would get the location from the original xml file.

I used to try and respect the file attributes of the various xml files, but with this release I have abandoned that idea and I am just setting all of the xml files I use to be "Normal" files... so hopefully this issues should be resolved.

In order to see a change you MUST apply a new theme and then try to disable the analog clock.

and btw, I didn't test this code, it shouldn't break anything, but please let me know if it does

Let me know how this release works for you good and bad comments welcome
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] twolf:
Hi, Im making a new skin with no analog clock, I had a problem with my previous skin (TRANSTAB), that, by not having the analog clock, it hid some of the home items.

This new skin shows them, but if I change anything with m2dc, it removed the home items again, for no apparent reason... If I apply my theme again, it restores the xml, showing the correct items once more. :/

Is this a bug from my skin or m2dc? And if so how can I fix it?

I can send you a unfinished version of my skin, if you want to test it.

----edit----

Maybe I spoke too son, lol...

Ill test the new version. :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Cal-El:
I dont know M, version 28 was working perfectly for me and I used it with ROMs that come with analog default and no analog default! :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] twolf:
Well, on my skin this version doesnt allow the analog clock to appear, but other than that its working better.

It allows me to add or remove items from the home without reverting back to hide them all.

Thank you again. :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mirchichamu:
Bugs

I installed the newest version. When I try to check the favorite tab, then touch flo won't start at all in my opal. If I uncheck digital clock, the analog clock is then without handles. Internet browser is not working.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] finsmaniac02:
I have a reoccuring problem and I think I have linked it back to M2DC (I am using the .28 version). After a certain number of theme switches, eventually the email tab "breaks" and freezes manila after going to it. I have tried multiple roms, and its not always on the same theme that it breaks. AND I have tried multiple versions of M2D. It is beginning to be a real pain and causes me to hard reset (just reloading M2D fixes the freeze, but in order for me to get to use the email tab again I have to hard reset) in order to fix it... but I can immediately apply the last them that caused the problem and it will be fine. its weird, just wondered if anyone else ran into it
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] twolf:
Theres a "new" bug that wont be easy to fix... :(

Like the m2d version with the windows/manilagfx folder, this new m2d v0.22 changes things on the xml, namely the footprints tab.

:(

Older skins render the footprints tab uselles, as it removes it from the xml.

Only noticed this because some users have been PM'ming me about this.

I wish there was a post for feedback and bug-reporting on the m2d skins...

:(
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] vegasdeja:
Clock issue

After reading 130+ posts on the clock issue, I tried this. I re-installed M2DC and added TWolf's Black Vista theme. If I go to Settings>Today>Items and uncheck TouchFLO and then go to M2DC and uncheck the Analog clock and return to Settings>Today>Items and check TouchFLO ... The digital clock aligns perfectly.

Using M2DC_v0.27.232

Same result with 5 other themes.

What is the XML that changes the label colors on the people widget?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] bigsilly:
Thanks for your update. It's very helpful.:D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Alphas:
its worst, with v0.29.235, my digital clock shift to the right even when analog clock is enabled or disabled. Now I had to disable digital clock.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] prokopas:
same problem here :(:(
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] yike:
Changing themes gradually eats up my system memory

My version is v.0.29.235. Changing themes gradually eats up my system memory. How can I clean it up?Do I have to delete all the theme files in /windows?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Savok:
Just to throw something out there, the last fewHomesettings.xml file releases on M2D have been read only. Is this effecting how M2DC is reading the data?

Also as far as reading the file info, the last version that had no issues for me was ver 19, but then you changed how it read the file and for some reason no longer works how it used to. Is there any way of going back to ver 19 but with all of the v29 features?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] andrew-in-woking:
Better support for IOLITE M2D

Hi mpengui14

I have a couple of suggestions about how the customiser could be improved in terms of functionality.

1) Better support for the HTC IOLITE version of M2D. I.e. support for editing how the two calendar entries on the today screen are displayed, editing the footprints tab, etc.

2) Have a better way of backing up the original theme for those with M2D in their ROM. I have generally found that the more the M2D .xml file is edited, either manually or with the customiser the less stable M2D becomes, i.e. all programs shut down and you're back at the today screen with "Tap here to launch TouchFLO" I think that there may be a better way to back up the original theme for ROMs with M2D cooked in, i.e. take an index of M2D files and then when the user wants to restore to "ROM default" these files are simply deleted, and a soft reset will leave the "in ROM" files left to function.

Of course I have absolutely no idea how to implement either of these suggestions, but there you go.

Cheers

andrew-in-woking
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] twisterps:
this is a great tool.

Is it possible to make the left softkey with a pop up list and right softkey goes to the program list when I press it? Now I can only map an application to them. Really appreciate your help.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] oelapoel:
for the pop up list, i think you can install the NewMenu cab, and then set the left soft key to point there...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] twolf:
Or use start menu... :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] RoryB:
With smartskey, you can press and hold the left key and the start menu drops down.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] djdafreund:
i noticed the problem with shifting all the clock numbers over each other to the right of the page, even with both analog and digital. I found a workaround though. Simply load up another skin, and it's fine and working with disabling analog. Then switch back to other skin, and it's still working fine. Hope that helps.