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[Windows Mobile Themes] Biglittlewhateva:
Thanks to all those that put in the hard work (and then sharing it) for all to use. The instruction links are great and everything I wanted to know I found there. I now have a totally customized MS3 shell. This thread, (and entire forum for that matter) is a wealth of info and I truly appreciate the time taken to compile it. Great job and keep up the great work!! :)

I have to say, you guys truly know your stuff and have made my mobile phone something much better than it ever was. Thank You!!

I don't have any money to donate :( but would gladly contribute my time to the website or anyone else here that could use some assistance. Just PM me.
[Windows Mobile Themes] zbrix:
can i apply spb mobile shell 2 in spb mobile shell 3?
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Looks great :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] abumhmmd1:
no

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[Windows Mobile Themes] Nicaragüense:
i had a cool idea the other day and i dont know if its been mentioned. id work on it but work is finally picking up it seems so im short on time. it seems that the carousel is quite popular and it can be different sizes, so i was wondwring if it might be possible to make a carousel style menubar. that would be pretty damn nice. i have also tried making a scrollable menubar but i cant get side scrolling to work. only to switch between pages.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Nicaragüense:
you should be able to make a menubar on the left or right of the screen and add scrolling to that.
[Windows Mobile Themes] fecortez:
How can I put a custom background when using WidgetsProPlus?? I copy qa_custombkg.dat in the spb mobile folder but nothing happens.
[Windows Mobile Themes] jgjackson:
How to add Widgets to Favorite Contacts Screen

How to add Widgets to Favorite Contacts Screen

All Resolutions

http://www.spbclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=134045#134045
[Windows Mobile Themes] marcribe:
Battery on Professional Panel

For all that want the battery on the Professional Panel (works in 240x240, 240x320, 240x400 and 480x640).

Copy file LockScreen.xml to qa_layouts.dat. For the 240x240 and QVGA, copy qp_dclock_modern.dat to Spb Mobile Shell folder (this is to avoid date over battery percentual).

Remember to make backup of your qa_layouts file !!!!

Ps.: sorry my bad English ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] jgjackson:
How to add Missed Calls to Professional Home

How to add Missed Calls to Professional Home

All Resolutions

http://www.spbclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=133670#133670
[Windows Mobile Themes] jgjackson:
How to change the font on link widgets (eg. Application)

How to change the font on link widgets (eg. Application)

All resolutions

http://www.spbclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=133594#133594
[Windows Mobile Themes] jgjackson:
How to add Today button to menu bar of Home screens

How to add Today Button to menu bar of Home screens

All resolutions

http://www.spbclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=133550#133550
[Windows Mobile Themes] MadScot:
Mskip, absolutely cracking work.. Beer tokens sent :)

Any chance of an Operator name widget on your "next" pass of the CAB?

Ta
[Windows Mobile Themes] pbv302:
Make us Diamond owners happy! Cold one for you is coming up...:)
[Windows Mobile Themes] jgjackson:
Release Candidate 1 is out. It makes no changes to qa_layouts.dat, so you're beta 3 cabs and qa_layouts.dat replacements should work fine.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Nicaragüense:
i may have fixed the issue with the menubar covering where you could place widgets on the ls screen. just gotta test it out. this should also help with creating custom menus/layers. be back in a bit.

'edit'

yup it works..

i hadn't followed this thread much on the road so i dunno if its been answered. anyway, you guys know that by adjusting the deag rect dimensions on the lockscreen2 file you can have a larger area for widgets but there was always an invisibile wall that would hold you back from placing buttons behind the menubar...

NOT ANYMORE...

all you need to do is add 'Clip="0"' after the layer align value..

>LayerAlign Value="Bottom" Clip="0"/>

in the menubar file.. or what ever layout you need to use as a layer ..

here is a shot of the screens
[Windows Mobile Themes] daniele1989:
i have a question...

how to modify the association of the calllog / sms / email icon in the professional layout??

i would like to associate these to the resco contact mannager .ink files !

plse let me know
[Windows Mobile Themes] baldoski:
Maybe i must have missed it, but does anybody here already made a cab to put the background of your choice in all the panels?

would appreciate if anyone would share it..

cheers.
[Windows Mobile Themes] bogdatov:
Is it possible to have "Application Tiny" widget for application launch ? Would be great !
[Windows Mobile Themes] ali1010:
Hi mskip i would prefer the darker (recently attached carbon bg) please.

and if the 3bottom buttons cant have the bg, please bring back the bottom bar.

Thanks!
[Windows Mobile Themes] ali1010:
Here's my ms3 lifestyle screenshots:

thanks again mskip!
[Windows Mobile Themes] swdeason:
For those trying to get full screen with tooglestart and be able to have a larger area at the bottom to put widgets in the invisible wall area, here is what I did to get it to work.

1. Install tooglestart in the windows startup folder.

2. Then use Nicaragüense suggestion on the lockscreen and menubar...

Go to the qa_layout file and change the height for your device resolution in the LockScreen2.xml file:

<Layout Name="240x320">

- <General>

<Rect Name="DragRect" X="0" Y="0" Width="240" Height="294" />

For me I changed (what is in red) the 240x320 layout height from 244 to 294 added 50 to it.

Save the file back in qa_layout file and add password. Then add the qa_layout file back into the smartphone SPB Mobile Shell program file.

3. Go to the qa_layout file and change the menubar.xml file to the following:

- <General>

<DialogObject Value="Spb.Data.MenuBar" />

<LayerAlign Value="Bottom" Clip="0" />

Change what is in red

Save the file back in qa_layout file and add password. Then add the qa_layout file back into the smartphone SPB Mobile Shell program file.

Reset device... Go to home screen and edit layout to your liking and it should work.

Thanks Nicaragüense for your help and input.

Steve
[Windows Mobile Themes] ali1010:
To all the great ones:

may i suggest widgets for the next widget pro plus

(if it can be done)

1. widget that you can put any name/text- personalizer widget

2. picture frame widget (resizable)

3. system info ( ram, memory...) widget

thank you.
[Windows Mobile Themes] trexflyer:
I just figured this out the other day, i Posted it over on ppcgeeks http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showpost.php?p=926631&postcount=161

There's a key named :RPMSMS with a value of :RPhoneMan -sms ......so I experimented and it works. Solution is below....

If you want to use the Sms program from Resco Contact Manager as the default, here's the Key you need to change:

HKLM>Software>Microsoft>Shell>Rai>:MSINBOX

Change key labeled 1 to :RPhoneMan -sms

I posted this on
[Windows Mobile Themes] Bogy54:
I was really hoping this was true, after having to reinstall everything after installing the 3 betas. I am now reinstalling everything after installing this update.
[Windows Mobile Themes] trexflyer:
If you want to use the Sms program from Resco Contact Manager as the default, here's the Key you need to change:

HKLM>Software>Microsoft>Shell>Rai>:MSINBOX

Change key labeled 1 to :RPhoneMan -sms

To change to Resco Contact Manager change this key:

HKLM>Software>Microsoft>Shell>Rai>:MSCONTACTS

Change key labeled 1 to :RPMContacts
[Windows Mobile Themes] baldoski:
Cool man!

Where did you get your icons? is that a theme pack or just icons pack?

care to share.....
[Windows Mobile Themes] ali1010:
Hi baldoski!

its not a theme pack.

I got it on this thread.

see at first page Zepiii's topics update tricks Overview post:

"Is there a way to change icons for apps? like in Pocket Plus?"

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=474346

credit goes to efbill and bluemetalaxe.

you need sk shortcut manager application to change any icons.

thanks
[Windows Mobile Themes] baldoski:
ali1010,

Thanks man..

will definitely check it out...
[Windows Mobile Themes] ali1010:
And just in case you want the squared taskbar icons its from grigoris_a.

install sdkcerts first then grigoris_a taskbarv4.

its really nice...
[Windows Mobile Themes] slawcop`:
wow, that would be great, I would love to learn and or test anything you need tested, just let me know and thanks for all your work on here...
[Windows Mobile Themes] naatul:
@mskip

A good news and not so good news

Good News: I tested your recent release on the SPB 3.0.1 RC1 and it is working really fine for me (MS301 WidgetsProPlusExtras_spbmenu_agenda_contacts 052109.cab). :) :) THANKS FOR THE FANTASTIC RELEASE. This surely calls for a Beer ... (Drink Token sent hahaha :) )

Other News:I faced one problem though, which I believe was there on my earlier SPB beta 1 as well while using the widgetproplus cab.

All the widgets from the plus series are compatible with landscape as well as portrait mode, however the one with digital clock FRAME widget, "DigitalClockPlusFrame", appears to have some problem.

Here is what happens,

As long as I use any other widgets, I can re-arrange them in portrait as well as in landscape view, but if I add FRAME version of the digital clock on any of the screen, none of the screen can be edited in landscape mode.

I am not sure whether I am the only one facing this problem.

I tried to debug little bit and could only trace it back to one thing, the file qa_dclock_plus_frame.dat has the face.bmp and face_m.bmp, if I change the dimension of these bitmaps from 220*240 to 220*220, it all works.

Once again, I am not sure whether I am the only one facing this problem.

Can you please look into this?
[Windows Mobile Themes] Bogy54:
I installed SPB 3.0.1 RC1 tonite and I am also using MS301 WidgetsProPlusExtras_spbmenu_agenda_contacts 052109.cab. I have a Vogue/Touch. I am not sure when I last tried to put my Lifestyle pages into landscape, but I have nothing when I do. Just a black screen. No icons, no frames, nothing. I know that sometime in the past few weeks, with one of the iterations of MS and WidgetsPro I have been able to put it into landscape, adjusting all my icons. I don't do so often, and as soon as I enter any other page I have no problem. Interesting.
[Windows Mobile Themes] MACkjam:
Where can I find the trial of 3.0.1 rc 1? I didn't see it on Spb's home page.

Thanks in advance.

MAC
[Windows Mobile Themes] naatul:
You can get it here ... (4th Post)

http://www.spbclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=25171
[Windows Mobile Themes] Lucas0511:
http://www.spbclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=25171 last post build 6501
[Windows Mobile Themes] MACkjam:
Many thanks guys, but the cab will not install. It says installation unsuccessful. Anyone else have this problem?
[Windows Mobile Themes] Zepiii:
UPDATED TILL HERE !

Thank you all, parcticulary jgjackson following correctly the way to put the tricks/widget.

Title

& Resolution

*NEW*

ADDED on first post the donation recieved to thank you for the beers recieved ;) !
[Windows Mobile Themes] lunarken:
hi ur style is nice.. can tell me wat u've installed?
[Windows Mobile Themes] efla:
Great ! :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] henrik.s76:
What clock are you using? HTC Diamond widget? Can you share?

Best regards
[Windows Mobile Themes] MACkjam:
My setup is actually Mikibest's iMarche skins v4.1.2. I have selected Kyro HTC Theme with the following options:

1. Windows folders

2. Diamond Status icons (Green)

3. Diamond digital clock (white)

4. Blackstorm weather

The links to his home page with the downloads (freeware) is here (Just remember to download v4.1 first, install this and then download and install v4.1.2 update:

Download and install this first:

http://www.imarche.net/omnia/fullpacks.php

Then download and install this update as per his instructions:

http://www.imarche.net/omnia/update.php
[Windows Mobile Themes] henrik.s76:
Great clock, Would also like!!

Great clock, Would also like!!

Do you have it as a cab or where can i download the theme?
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Do you know off hand if there are any changes in the qa_layouts from bet1 onwards? My cabs still use the qa_layouts from beta1 and im not sure if I need to update it. Havent had a chance to compare the files in the last few days.
[Windows Mobile Themes] ali1010:
Thank you lunarken!

installed for ms3 mod all in this thread:

1. mskip's Widgets Pro Plus for Mobile Shell 3.01 beta (for QVGA and WQVGA) 21stMay2009. with spbmenu-agenda-contacts bottons

2. thumbcal integrated to ms3

3. grigoris_a taskbar for the squared taskbar icons (install file posted previously)

4. sk shortcut manager with squared icon files found on first page Zepiii's update page.

5. carbon wallpaper i posted here before.

6. spb menu editor by toniolol. forgot if i got it here. (attached cab file)
[Windows Mobile Themes] 1ucio:
Hi Ali,

How did u managed to change the icon for calculator?

I am using SK Shortcut manager as well but i am unable to change the icon for: Calculator / file explorer / Internet explorer / Activesyn / Notes.

Rest of the icons are ok.. any idea why?
[Windows Mobile Themes] ali1010:
Actually, you are right most of the system apps did not change even word mobile did not change. no clue why my calc change just happened. i will check it out. i notice my calc is on windows/ start menu folder not on programs.

what i did on some icons that u cant change like in the control panel. i copy the app for example the "Memory" then paste shortcut on diff folder-programs or start menu. and then the paste shortcut is the one i changed. soft reset. it worked. And thats the link i use on ms3 menu or lifestyle panel.

try it. hope i helped...
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Cutom Backgrounds with Pro Plus Extras 052109 (QVGA and WGVGA only)

Ok I cab'd everything up so you can uninstall your existing Pro Plus cab and install this one to get the carbon background on all screen except lifestyle. I also made some more backgrounds and zipped them up with instructions. Just rename the background you want to use to qa_fundotela.dat and copy it to your Spb Mobile Shell folder on your phone, then soft reset. I included a black one as well as the carbon one thats in the cab so you can get back to it anytime (electric blue looks amazing). Ohh and I brought back the transparent bottom bar, I have figured out how to make all the bars invisible but I need to edit quite a few files to do it.

Note: After you rename the background file and copy it to your phone dont forget to rename it back so you know which one it is or you will get lost lol.

Enjoy :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
OOOO looks SAWEEEETT!! :D

The screens look much better with the buttons (took all friggin night editing those lol) but well worth it :)

Glad you made use of the seperator line lol I know its hard to pick up but you gotta work for the good things in life :p

What does the "rec" button on the Home Screen do lol :rolleyes:
[Windows Mobile Themes] ali1010:
Hi mskip!

the "rec" button is vito audio notes- sound/voice/call recorder (Might be handy, lol) the blue button beside it is vito voice dialer,i usually use it when driving and need to call someone.

Sir mskip, im loving ms3 because of your mods and creations. i like fixing my omnia and making it look nice. i achieved this with your help. thanks much!!!
[Windows Mobile Themes] ali1010:
Sir mskip the one you gave me has perfect carbon bg on all panels with the bottom bar went well with the TabBtn widgets.

...BUT its SPBmenu-taskmanager-contacts.

please resend i need spbmenu-agenda-contacts

And can the bottom area be fix? everytime i scroll on the panels white lines piling up. pls see screenshot

thanks!!!
[Windows Mobile Themes] arena1:
Hi

any ideas to link the launcher contact button to resco contact manager?

I think it is quite popular.

Thank you.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Zepiii:
Simply quote something from the first page :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Ur very welcome mate theres alot more to come ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] ali1010:
I like the sound of that "thers alot more to come". Oh YEAH!!!

hi mskip!

Please fix MS301 WidgetsProPlusExtras_spbmenu_agenda_contacts_carbon_background_052109.

because when i installed it the 3buttons were spbmenu-taskmanager-contacts

instead. and when i scroll the panels white lines piling up above the bottom bar.

thank you.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mikhe69:
I'm sorry if this is already somewere.

Is there some theme with BLACK LETTERS and some wallpapper not so dark??

For example something similar to OMNIA theme in MS2 from greatbal

thank you
[Windows Mobile Themes] jgjackson:
Yes. I think this is the first update without any changes. Let me look real quick.

Beta-1 to Beta-2:

Old area: 'Weather.xml' Last Written: Sun Apr 12 14:03:10 2009
New area: '../qa_layouts_301b2/Weather.xml' Last Written: Thu May 7 19:22:24 2009

Status Old New Contents
------ --- --- --------

120 120 </Rules>
121 121
122 122 <General>
123 123 <DialogObject Value="Spb.Data.Weather"/>
124 124 <DefaultFont Face="Tahoma" HeightPxl="11" Bold="n" Color="FFFFFF" Fixed="y"/>
Insert 125 <Font Name="ScaledDefaultFont" Face="Tahoma" HeightPxl="11" Bold="n" Color="FFFFFF"/>
125 126 <Color Name="LineColor" Value="FFFFFF"/>
126 127 <Int Name="LineOpacity" Value="128"/>
127 128 <Font Name="NameFont" Face="Tahoma" HeightPxl="12" Bold="y" Fixed="y"/>
128 129 <Font Name="TempFont" Face="Tahoma" HeightPxl="18" Bold="y" Fixed="y"/>
129 130 </General>

Beta-2 to beta-3:

Old area: 'Contact.xml' Last Written: Sun Apr 12 17:51:40 2009
New area: '../qa_layouts_301b3/Contact.xml' Last Written: Mon May 18 08:57:00 2009

Status Old New Contents
------ --- --- --------

91 91 <Plugin Class="Spb.LSP.Text" Name="NoPictureText">
92 92 <BoundRect X="27" Y="30" Width="72" Height="30"/>
93 93 </Plugin>
94 94
95 95 <Plugin Name="Name">
Delete 96 <BoundRect X="110" Y="15" Width="114" Height="30"/>
Insert 96 <BoundRect X="110" Y="15" Width="114" Height="44"/>
97 97 </Plugin>
98 98
99 99 <Plugin Name="CallBtn0">
100 100 <String Name="Face" Value="ContactBtn"/>
101 101 <BoundRect X="10" Y="190" Width="221" Height="51"/>
******
168 168 <Plugin Class="Spb.LSP.Text" Name="NoPictureText">
169 169 <BoundRect X="28" Y="41" Width="72" Height="72"/>
170 170 </Plugin>
171 171
172 172 <Plugin Name="Name">
Delete 173 <BoundRect X="110" Y="40" Width="116" Height="40"/>
Insert 173 <BoundRect X="110" Y="40" Width="116" Height="44"/>
174 174 </Plugin>
175 175
176 176 <Plugin Name="CallBtn0">
177 177 <String Name="Face" Value="ContactBtn"/>
178 178 <BoundRect X="9" Y="256" Width="221" Height="61"/>

[ Comparison Complete ]
Old area: 'Time.xml' Last Written: Thu Apr 9 15:32:28 2009
New area: '../qa_layouts_301b3/Time.xml' Last Written: Mon May 18 08:57:00 2009

Status Old New Contents
------ --- --- --------

498 498 </Plugin>
499 499 <Plugin Class="Spb.LSP.AnalogClock" Name="AnalogClock" Skin="qa_clock_small" DoubleSkin="va_clock_small" MiddleSkin="ma_clock_small" BoldFont="n">
500 500 <BoundRect X="167" Y="7" Width="60" Height="60"/>
501 501 </Plugin>
502 502 <Plugin Name="ClockArea">
Delete 503 <BoundRect X="6" Y="0" Width="229" Height="76"/>
Insert 503 <BoundRect X="6" Y="6" Width="229" Height="64"/>
504 504 </Plugin>
505 505
506 506 <Plugin Name="AlarmBtn">
507 507 <String Name="Face" Value="AlarmBtn"/>
508 508 <BoundRect X="8" Y="122" Width="225" Height="52"/>

[ Comparison Complete ]
[Windows Mobile Themes] jgjackson:
No, but you can put a resco contact manager button on the Favorite Contacts page. I posted instructions for this a few pages back. It's not ideal, but maybe it'll help until someone comes up with a real solution.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
oops sorry bout that I made a quick change to put agenda at the bottom. Is anyone else experiencing the crolling problem? What screens is it on?

Note: Also changed the attachment on the original post i sent to you :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] twisted-pixel:
back in the day of the first release of MS3, there was a cab file that gave me the professional digital clock that I could put on my lifestyle screen.

Since the various releases, I've seen lots of cabs that do this for other resolutions but not for WVGA, or they have the clock with the time right justified.

Is there a cab anywhere that gives the professional clock (with the time centred) for WVGA devices...I've had a good search and just haven't found it yet.

thanks
[Windows Mobile Themes] ali1010:
Thanks for the quick reply mskip!

been waiting for it. so excited!! LOL

Scrolling problem on all panels with scrolling even contacts page and carousel panel (tile view) except lifestyle, professional page, spbmenu page ( but inside the sub-categories with scroll has that prob also)and agenda
[Windows Mobile Themes] MACkjam:
I use MikiBest's iMarche Skins v4.1 (with the v4.1.2 update) for skinning MS3xx.

You can use Luna Omnia which will give you the look you want, complete with Omnia folders, buttons, wallpaper as you have, clocks etc.

The links to his home page with the downloads (freeware) is here (Just remember to download v4.1 first, install this and then download and install v4.1.2 update:

Download and install this first:

http://www.imarche.net/omnia/fullpacks.php

Then download and install this update as per his instructions:

http://www.imarche.net/omnia/update.php
[Windows Mobile Themes] pbv302:
The beer is served....:)

Looking forward to VGA version!
[Windows Mobile Themes] dyarn:
A few questions...

I downloaded the MS301 WidgetsProPlusExtras_launcher_spbmenu_contacts 051209.cab and then downloaded the Widgets Pro package over at SPB Club. Now none of the WidgetsProPlusExtras widgets work and I have 2 widget categories for the SPB Club Widgets Pro version... it's not a major deal, but I would like to get all of the widgets working and not to have duplicate categories.

I also have an issue with the phone itself that showed up once I installed MS3. Every few minutes, the phone locks up for just a second or two. I can tell when it's happening because the "X" button in the Windows task bar shows up on the MS3 screen and then disappears again.
[Windows Mobile Themes] acidbath5546:
VGA

+1 !!!!

cant wait
[Windows Mobile Themes] Bigbest:
Is it possbile to change the link on "Contacts" (bottom bar) with another app ?

thx

B
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Its the same on my phone, probably because the widget is outsizing the resolution of the phone. I will shrink it tonight and post the dat file for people who use Pro Plus to copy to their phones and hopefully that will fix the problem.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
You cant install one widget pack over another one because they both use the qa_layouts.dat file which holds the locations of all the widgets. They are still displayed in the list because that bit is in the registry, but you have destroyed where to find them. Uninstall both packs and then install the one (and only one of them) that you want to use. If you want to use pro plus extra widgets then reinstalling the cab and soft resetting will get them working again. If you prefer the Pro package at spb club then uninstalling Pro Plus will take all the widgets out of the list.
[Windows Mobile Themes] trexflyer:
Do you mean like the I have in the pictures below? This was set by default with sm3.

Also if you press the Send key it should bring up the full contact list as well
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Which app did you want on there?
[Windows Mobile Themes] scotttr:
Resco Contacts
[Windows Mobile Themes] jgjackson:
Sadly, we all replace qa_layouts.dat with our own. There is someone over on spbclub working on a script that let's you pick and choose widgets from multiple packages. I haven't tried it yet, but you may want to play with it. I think he's already incorporated mskip's stuff and is working on incorporating mine.
[Windows Mobile Themes] jgjackson:
Also, since mine doesn't have an uninstaller, you'll need to use a registry editor to delete the registry keys I added. I think I listed them in the first post.

Hey, mskip, is there free software for creating a cab? What do you use?