yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Windows Mobile Themes] baldoski:
Great!!

big thanks dalepl
[Windows Mobile Themes] ndk2k4:
I can bet that the answer to my question is somewhere in this forum, but after 2 days of searching, Im stuck. How did you get that clock on the lifestyle page. I have been trying and failing... I know it is an unrelated question to your main post, but I dont know who else to ask :D

The only one i found was for qvga, and I have a VGA display. So I am really not sure how to do it.
[Windows Mobile Themes] dalepl:
My phone is QVGA. You would have to edit it to make it fit your VGA device. It will work as is, but not wide enough.
[Windows Mobile Themes] immi79:
if anyone cud help me out aswell plz ....
[Windows Mobile Themes] dalepl:
If you are refering to a program that is not installed onto your PPC and is a stand alone exe, then all you need to do is creat a shortcut to it and place the shortcut in the start menu directory. It will thenshow up in MS.
[Windows Mobile Themes] immi79:
thanx , done it with resco explorer :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Zepiii:
@ALL : I don't forget you ! I am working for exams.

I'll update everything around the 14 June ;)

Till there, continue posting guy =]

If mskip or lucas0511 or abumhmmd1 want to update it, i am ok to share my account to them... ! Just pm me
[Windows Mobile Themes] lunchy:
Hi Guys great Thread,great work,

Anyone point me in the right direction for this Battery ,

:)

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Themes] larbke666:
Not going to browse all pages so, can someone pls tell me how to change the professional layout color to black?
[Windows Mobile Themes] MickeyMan:
The battery is here: View attachment va_battery_now.zip :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] loftysnake:
I use winzip to unpack and pack the dat file. When you unpack the qa_layouts.dat, you have to specify the password "b0fm18zq" before you can extract the files to a folder. Conversely, you need to specify the same password before you select the files in the folder for packing.
[Windows Mobile Themes] henrik.s76:
HI!

I have a question? Where did you get that digital clock that you have attached?

Please post if possible!
[Windows Mobile Themes] Cascade2:
Thanks again for your help, Nikosxri.

The image file is identical, so that's not the problem. Somehow it's just pointing to the wrong icon.

Changing the text before the ID (for example changing it from "btn0" to "Launcher" breaks the whole thing. No image. No button. No nothing.

It looks like it's most likely the value of the "SrcIcon" Y coordinate, but they don't make much sense to me as far as value goes. Playing with it does yield me different icons, however. Now to experiment to get the right ones.

Getting very close now. You have been a great help!!!
[Windows Mobile Themes] natefish:
Hey, does anyone know how I can customize the background in this skin (the TUX Mac OS from Mobilecustom)? It doesn't have a wallpaper.bmp in the qp_bkg_now.dat, so I didn't know where else to look. If the mobilecustom woudn't mind sharing that info, that is. Let me know if that's okay or not to fiddle around with this skin. I think it's awesome and I would like to just change the background to something Trekky.

I know you have to install the cab first, but after that is when I can't find what I need in the xx_bkg_now.dat file. Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Themes] MACkjam:
Where do you place that file? In Programs>Spb Mobile Shell? I don't see any other va_*.dat files. Many thanks.
[Windows Mobile Themes] JonB74:
Device Lock

I just installed MS3 and have a question on the device lock feature. I can put it as a link onto one of the screens like the Lifestyle screen, but how do I get it to automatically lock the phone after a timeout period?

Right now I have to manually hit the Device Lock icon on the screen for it to work. Is there a way to make this the default device lock and have a configurable timeout period?

The documentation for MS3 is quite horrible I've noticed. It mentions assigning a hardware key to the device lock, but doesn't say how to do it.

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Themes] MACkjam:
In the Spb Mobile Shell Program Folder, there are various shortcuts. One of them is device lock. Just map a hardware button to point to that shortcut.

I personally use S2U2 only. Best screen/device locker period.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
va*.dat files are for VGA/WVGA phones and wont work if you have a QVGA phone. The QVGA version is attached just take the .zip off the end and copy it to your Mobile Shell folder :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] mrshark:
could you please make this compatible with qvga devices? I tried to open it to rescale bmp, but one of them is not openable by acdsee nor fireworks... :(
[Windows Mobile Themes] natefish:
Custom Icons

If I want to make custom icons, is it as simple as opening the icon bitmap file and copying and pasting over the existing ones (as one does to change the wallpaper.bmp with merging layers)?

Is there a complete guide to skinning MS3 somewhere that I can look at? Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Themes] NIKOSXRI:
good luck

http://www.samsungplayeraddict.com/spa_v1510/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=56
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
VGA Pro Plus testers wanted in 2 hours (you know who you are) ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Biglittlewhateva:
I tried this in the other direction, changing pagecount to 1 but I still have 3 pages. The main and two empty pages. Is it possible to reduce the Lifestyle section to one page? Did I miss a setting somewhere?
[Windows Mobile Themes] natefish:
Thank you for the link, but I only speak English. Is there somewhere else I can find a skinning tutorial? Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Themes] MACkjam:
Many thanks mskip!!! You're a star. Will try it out now.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
I think the minimum Lifestyle screens you can have is 3. If changing that registry setting to 1 isnt reducing it then nothing else will work.. Why would you want to reduce the functionality of Mobile Shell anyway?
[Windows Mobile Themes] pbv302:
That sound like an order.

Sir, yes sir!!

:D
[Windows Mobile Themes] jgjackson:
Well, you can start at the first few postings of this thread which has pointers to lots of hacks you can apply to create your own theme. I've posted a number of tutorials that have links there. They can also be found on my spbclub thread. http://www.spbclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=25304. Search for individual responses titled "How To..."
[Windows Mobile Themes] MickeyMan:
Thanks mskip, I've got no qvga device. I've just found qa file for MACKjam, but noticed yours answer :).
[Windows Mobile Themes] abumhmmd1:
hi ALL

1st - wish you good luck in Exams

2nd - love to be in serve to frinds in this BUT my problem is TiME :mad: sorry ,, execuse me :(:(
[Windows Mobile Themes] MickeyMan:
I'm afraid, these bmps couldn't be edited with ACDSee because of unique properties. My hobby is photography, so I'm using both ACDSee Pro and Photoshop CS4. I've resized these bmps for You with PS4 (attached below), but it is only a part of solving Your problem. Unfortunately I've got no qvga device, but you should use qa_*.dat files rather than va ones. If there is qa_operator.dat file in your MS3 folder, then use bmps from my attachment and xml from your file. I think, mskip can help you - he is qvga expert here :).

Sorry for my poor english :(.

View attachment qa_operator.dat.zip
[Windows Mobile Themes] pbv302:
@mskip Here comes the first set...
[Windows Mobile Themes] pbv302:
...second set...
[Windows Mobile Themes] pbv302:
and the last one.

Let me know if there is any more screens you need.

The weather didn't turn out so well...and still some digiclock problems huh?:(
[Windows Mobile Themes] ndk2k4:
Damn lol, guess its back to tweak/failing :D ty for the answer tho
[Windows Mobile Themes] Siliconstar:
Probably digits have been saved in 8 bit format.

Only Mask must be 8 bit grayscale

Images must be 16 bit RGB (R5G6B5)

:)
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Obviously I havent figured out how to resize them lol. Is it possible for you to keep the pro plus installed on your phone tonight so i can just send you modified dat files to copy across to the mobile shell folder and test rather than having to make a completely new cab everytime?

It might kill me but I will get there lol. Might have to drop the weather widgets til I can get them sorted out though :(
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
yh i tried going through them all and saving the images as 16bit RBG (R5G6B5) using photoshop elements and the masks as 8bit greyscale :(

If I send you a few of the Digital Clocks do you think you can look at them for me while I look at the weather widgets?

You will both get credit for testing and helping when I finally release this :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] pbv302:
Starting a new job 06.00 tomorrow so I will try to go to sleep soon...:(

But tomorrow night I'm in! And yes. I can keep the pro plus installed...:)
[Windows Mobile Themes] efla:
This is exactly what we want to have also for the WVGA !
[Windows Mobile Themes] chriz78:
Can anyone help me to get the "pro" digital clock into lifestyle page on a SE X1 phone??? i have been trying all day but i cant get it to work, after i have installed .cab and boot the phone, im trying to add the "pro" widgets but nothing happends! why?

have have hav swedish langaue but i have tried to change langue in MS301 to english, np changes...

please help!
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Thanks mate I will try to sort the clocks out by tomorrow then so we can test them :) Hope tomorrow goes well for you.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Siliconstar:
Sorry for answering so late, but I wasn't home tonight. :o

If you still need help, let me know.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mtstmp:
@mskip

I'm pretty much done with my skin so I could help out with those widgets of yours. I know my way around MS pretty well, and I have a Diamond, so let me know.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Siliconstar:
Digital Clocks

Remaining Dclock fixed. ;)

Not sure if they look as you want, but now they work.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Siliconstar:
Is there a way to have frame and button plugins (as they are defined in standard XML files) working as widgets?

I tried, but they show always in page 0 of the lifestyle panel and they cannot neither be moved (like operator signal/name you have to manually modify X and Y in the XML file) nor deleted (only manual removal by registry editing works).:(

Thank you in advance.
[Windows Mobile Themes] dalepl:
WP-Activate Mod

WP-Activate Mod

The latest StoryR WP-Activate must already loaded on your phone!

UPDATE:

I have been working the install issue and have found the problem. I was originally working on a prior version of StoryR's WP-Activate. That version put all the files in the Spb Mobile Shell directory. The new version puts the files in its own directory. Anyway, I recreated the cab with the correct install. I tested it on my emulator with a fresh install of Spb Mobile Shell, WeatherPanel 2009, WP-Activate, and then the WP-Activate Mod. All installed correctly. Please give this another try. I am truly sorry for the previous issue with the install.

Please let me know if you get this works on your device and any issues you may find. Thanks again.

You must have StoryR's WP-Activate loaded before loading this mod.

I have been working on a mod to WP-Activate and with StoryR's permission, I am posting here for all of you to use.

Changes:

1. Adds ability for WPa widget to cycle through cities loaded in WeatherPanel.

2. Adds city name to WeatherPanel and WeatherPanel Details widgets.

3. Skips any city disabled in WeatherPanel.

Details:

If you have more then one city loaded in WeatherPanel, this mod will enable you to have the WP-Activate widget cycle through the cities. I have added another weather detail on the WPaPublish screen. This is used to update the temp on the WP Pro, WP Compact and WP BigTemp widgets. The WP and WP Details widget now have the addition of the city name. On the WPa Configure screen, you will now see the addition of a one minute selection. This is the one you select to have the WPa weather widget cycle through the cities you have loaded in WeatherPanel.

Screen shots:

Install instructions:

1. Download the attached cab file and copy it to your phone.

2. Run the cab file.

3. Go to the WPa Refresh screen and select Inject Widget.

4. Select Configure Widget and select EVERY 1 MINUTE - ROTATE CITIES.

That should do it. Now, the WPa widget on your Lifestyle screen should change every 1 minute with each city loaded in WeatherPanel. Only the WP and WP details widgets will display the city name. StoryR would like any questions on this be answered by me. I hope anyone that uses this mod will like it. Please let me know.

Many thanks to StoryR for all his hard work in developing WP-Activate for all of us.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mtstmp:
i tried looking into that but didn't come up with a solution. i'll dig further and see if I can find out.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Cascade2:
Nikosxri,

Success! Thanks again for all your help. I've figured out how to get what I want and it's working perfectly. Here's what I was after - I learned a lot along the way as well.

Much appreciated!
[Windows Mobile Themes] ranasrule:
how do i install these clocks ?:confused:
[Windows Mobile Themes] apothehouse:
The wallpaper is in the fondecran.dat
[Windows Mobile Themes] k1sr:
Hi,

Does anyone know if there's a way to integrate PhoneWeaver with the profile widget on the Professional Home...?

Spb Phone Suite is ok, but not nearly as powerful as PhoneWeaver - plus I already own PhoneWeaver, so paying for another profile tool is a bit silly...

I know there's a hundred different ways to link to other programs through registry tweaks, or even just replacing the standard exe with the one required... Sadly, there's no exe for Phone Suite, so I can't replace it with the one for PhoneWeaver...

Any ideas out there...?

Of course I can just put a link on the Lifestyle Home, but I'm after perfection, not alternatives....
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Thanks mate what the hell am I doing wrong then? Come on you can tell me lol :p Its got be something stupid coz im sure I saved the files in the correct format.

Ohh you didnt send the "frame" dat file.

Just the weather to sort out and making sure the date on the clocks are lined up and I think its ready for realease :D

If you can load up todays TEST5 (pm sent with the link) I think the Tab Buttons are working (I dont know how since I resized those exactly the same way as everything else). Can you place a few medium and text buttons on the screen and put some widgets on them to see if they look ok and the button size/position matches up.

Thanks soo much for your help its greatly appreciated :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
You will have to wait for Pro Plus VGA/WVGA to be released, it should be ready very soon so just be patient for a bit :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Do you know what it takes to get dclock working? In the installation files theres a Diamond type digital clock that isnt listed in the standard widgets list and I cant get it to display. It has a class of DCLOCK which is different from the standard MODERNDCLOCK class of the other clocks. If we can get this working it adds another type of clock to the list :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] ranasrule:
ok thanks bro
[Windows Mobile Themes] Siliconstar:
I'm waiting some friends for lunch.:D I'll be back in the late afternoon or tonight.

In the meantime, do you want to add this Dclock to your collection (taken somewhere around here -credits to the author- and adapted to MS3)?

Code is the following:

<Plugin Name="ModernDClockDiamond" Class="Spb.LSP.ModernDClock" Skin="va_dclock_diamond_widget" MiddleSkin="va_dclock_diamond widget" DoubleSkin="va_dclock_diamond_widget">

<BoundRect X="0" Y="0" Width="480" Height="204"/>

</Plugin>
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Ok added :D

I will have a look at the weather widgets in the meantime, I will play around with some different saving formats as that has to be why mine arent working correctly :confused:

I sent you a new pm with todays Pro Plus TEST5 (with the new clock added).
[Windows Mobile Themes] lunchy:
Thanks for this,

I should have said but its in wqvga I need it in,

BY any chance do you are anyone else have it??

Thanks again :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] ghjklz:
Done but how to link "Contacts" button to "Favorities" one of Resco Contact?

And how to link "Missed Call" icon (I use Lifestyle Home) to the History Call of Resco App?

Thanks In advance
[Windows Mobile Themes] Zepiii:
For Resco Contact Favorites, dunno how to do..

But the missed call function, put a "invisible button" on the missed call one, check tips & tricks..
[Windows Mobile Themes] ghjklz:
Yeah,thank you.

I searched out about linking favorities contact to Resco App...its so hard to find a solution,no one here has found the way yet....come on developers!!:p But thanks a lot for your great work :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] henrik.s76:
Whats the password for the zip? Cant unpack it.

Whats the password for the zip? Cant unpack it.
[Windows Mobile Themes] btje:
special events

Hi

What I am missing in spb mobile shell is to view the special events.

Now I still need something like pocketbreeze to see an upcomming birthday.

Anybody got an idea to solve this or how are you guys doing this?
[Windows Mobile Themes] loftysnake:
You can try the following link provided by luiggi who is very knowlegeable in MS 2.x. The guide provides you step by step of using photoshop for creating icons.

http://rapidshare.com/files/101365258/9_Icon_Build_Guide.zip
[Windows Mobile Themes] wesram:
U should check the first page it has all the info u need

anyway the password is b0fm18zq

:rolleyes:
[Windows Mobile Themes] Zepiii:
> True, CTRL + F "password"

Z ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] jgjackson:
I've been working on the same thing. I believe it's an issue that SPB needs to fix. I've made a Feature Request over on spbclub.com. The more people that request this, the more likely they are to do it.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Zepiii:
I am going to try your pro widget : jgjackson
[Windows Mobile Themes] palmierip:
If I can add to this, I wanted some pages to continue to close and others go to Panels. So, I have added a Menubar3 (just copied Menubar2 and renamed it). This way I have the pages I want to close going to Menubar3 (by editing each .xml from Menubar2 to Menubar3 )and the ones I want to go to panel, go to the revised Menubar2. Works really well.
[Windows Mobile Themes] jembot:
Hi mskip, since you already incorporated this widget to the upcoming release, are you planning to provide a QVGA version? Will be greatly appreciated THANKS! :) Great work!
[Windows Mobile Themes] Siliconstar:
They don't seem to be very interested in our requests.However I think the best thing would be to have a "picture widget" and some scripting support.:D
[Windows Mobile Themes] ali1010:
i second that, a picture/ picture frame widget would be great.

i suggested this before together with memory or ram monitor and any text input widget.

hope THE GREAT ONES can make these a reality.

thanks!
[Windows Mobile Themes] Siliconstar:
For what concerns weather widgets:

Weather Plus (Info) -> OK

Weather Plus (Medium) -> OK

Weather Plus (Omnia) -> OK

Weather Plus (Soft) -> Rescaled and fixed - > OK ;)

Weather Pro (Medium) and (Small) -> Probably you have to finish them (see bottom on last screenshot).
[Windows Mobile Themes] ndk2k4:
k guys, I have a question.

Ive been breaking my head over the stupid masks for the BMP files... No matter How I save them, they turn out either blank or give me stupid little black smudges all over my image.

Any suggestions as to what I might be doing wrong? or the save settings for the mask files?

The actual bmp is saved with the proper 16 bit settings (i forget the number exactly) and the mask I keep trying grayscale 8 bit, index color 8 bit, and the result is the same... Any tips?

Here is what Im talking about, the clock.

(when I figure this out, I can finally start making nice things for the phone that I can actually share :D)
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Yh I already converted it to QVGA I will release an update as soon as I have finished Pro Plus VGA :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] ndk2k4:
Adding to my previous post, here are JPGs of the BMP's Im working with so you an see what Im trying to get.
[Windows Mobile Themes] pbv302:
I see you guys have come pretty far! I think siliconstar is by far better tester then I am! That d-clock is awesome!:D

Now I'm going to sleep early so I'm able to wake up 05.00 tomorrow. It’s been a looong day with new (hard) work and after that a we hosted a scooter exhibition...:)

Looking forward to a full release. Great job you two!
[Windows Mobile Themes] ndk2k4:
mskip,

Sry to bug you directly, but since you obviously know what you are doing. For your clocks, how to you save the *_m.bmp files, the masks. I mean yours work perfectly. Sry if Im asking too much, but hope I can resolve this issue as soon as I can.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
So the other weather widgets apart from Soft worked ok without fixing the bmps?

Can you send digital clock frame that you fixed please mate, you never sent it earlier :)

The weather pro widgets have different frames and text height to fit in the different digital clocks ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] djquick:
Stupid question!! Is it possible to get the 5 day weather on the lifestyle panel instead of it just being on the carousel. Like have the weather widget that shows todays weather like normal, and unserneath, have the 4 days following?
[Windows Mobile Themes] lewdog444:
Saving Lifestyle Layout

everytime i flash my phone i have to redo my lifestyle layout back to how i had it customized... i read on another thread about saving qa_layout file or something like that, but i wasn't sure if that actually saved my customization?

Also, another interesting thing i found that when i flash a new ROM, and redo my customizations, when i add a contact it still has my contact pic saved that i chose from my last flash and i always hard reset after new roms too?

any help?:confused:
[Windows Mobile Themes] Siliconstar:
Yes!

Attached. ;)

Ahh, Ok.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Invisible Sense:
Sorry about the very late reply.

I am using a Touch HD - by slideshow, I meant a slideshow of pictures running on lifestyle screen as widget or something...

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Thanks :D

The Analogue clock you made looks great on QVGA (after a little tweaking), thanks for that contribution.

Do you have time tonite to test the next version to see if theres any widgets left that need attention and post some screenshots of the digital clocks so I can check the alignment of the date?

If you dont its ok I understand I have put your phone through alot lately im sure it needs a rest lol.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Oh ok thats not available yet and wont be until Spb sort themselves out.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Are there any willing VGA or WVGA Pro Plus testers online that can take screenshots?
[Windows Mobile Themes] mtstmp:
yupp. so you figured out the dclock thing?
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
I have a working Diamond clock i nthe widget list if thats what you meant? I have no idea how to make the dclock thats included with Mobile Shell working I have tried everything I could think of lol. I will send you the link in pm now, if you can give it a good test and take screenshots of all the widgets so I can see whats working and what needs fixing still that would be great. Also if you can put the battery and weather pro (small and medium) widgets on the digital clocks to see if the text needs moving, and also put some widgets on the Tab Buttons to see if they are the right size.

I dont ask for much do I haha..

Thanks :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] mtstmp:
lol will do, but i'm not sure about the battery and weather pro on the clock and the tab buttons part, just not clear on what you need me to do...
[Windows Mobile Themes] fbfd82:
Clock

Can someone point me in the right direction to get this clock? I can't find it anywhere. Thanks in advance. :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] mtstmp:
just pokin around a little bit, and I think you might be having trouble with the dclock widget because of the class of the plugin. I believe it should be Class="Spb.LSP.DigitalClock" . see if that helps