yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
that's weird for sure :eek: I don't really see how changing the callog xml or adding stuff to "my shorcuts" could make such a mess :confused:

In normal conditions, the entries you see when changing skin to a widget are usually defined in the registry key I mentioned:

HKLM\Software\Spb Software House\Shared\Spb Menu\WidgetPackages\

in there you should have a subkey named "spb.widgets" with all the definitions inside, and that's what I attached to my previous post.

Try taking a look at the registry and see if you have the spb.widgets key and all its contents, if they seem to be there try comparing them with the ones I posted (they're from a normally working installation of mobile shell)
[Windows Mobile Themes] BadCluster:
Exatly the same problem!

Now i look the registry keys of vostradamus!

Thank you!
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
good luck ;)

keep us posted :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] BadCluster:
Ok It's working now! Thank you soooo much...

only a thing, i've added "Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00" in your reg file because withouth is not working...

Thankyou!

now i'm a happy man!
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
grats!!! :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] gkleding:
SPB Weather 2.3 Icons

I dont think there is a SPB Weather forum, so thought I might could get some help here. I am replacing my weather icons in SPB weather and would like to know if someone would be so kind to make some icons for me. I will of course donate(nothing good is cheap..nothing cheap is good!) Here are my screenshots, my background shows thru and my diamond icons are to small(I am using Omnia small icons-16,32,64 and Diamond large Icons-174) Someone may have these made up already, but I cannot find them. Please pm me if anyone could help me.

Thank-you

Sunday
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Are those the icons I made up for you a while ago?

What icons do you want made exactly? Is it the Diamond weather icons or the omnia icons? What size?

Also I can only apologise if I have oustanding work to do for you. I have been working for the last month on a new Windows Phone 7 theme for Spb Mobile Shell that hopefully I will be releasing at the end of the week. Its taken an awful amount of time but in my opinion (maybe not everyone elses though) it looks amazing :)

I have cleared up most of my past projects now so when you finally get your theme how you like it just send me your spb mobile shell folder as well as your registry export of HKLM, Software, Spb Software House and Spb Software House 2 then I will cab it up into an easily reinstallable file.

Mark.
[Windows Mobile Themes] moxycalt:
A windows 7 theme !!??:eek: That I'm axious to see ! :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] becks103:
Birthdays Widget

Hi, Is there any way to show the persons age in the Birthdays Widget, I realise this is conected to Outlook, and it shows the Birthdate but not their age.

Thanks in advance,

Becks
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
I will make a new thread i nthe next day with VGA and WVGA available first to get feedback and make sure there are no bugs before making a QVGA version.

Not giving away too much right now I just hope people appreciate all the hard work thats being put into it :)

Mark.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
This cannot be done within spb mobile shell, sorry.

MArk.
[Windows Mobile Themes] brunoisa10:
hi Mark

will it be possible to have an extract just for widgets from your next windows7 theme ? or may I do an extract when it will be released ?
[Windows Mobile Themes] gkleding:
Weather icons

No apology necessary, I know you have been busy. I wish I had your Omnia icons in the sizes I needed. I only have 17 of yours, if you have a set of 31, that would be great, the sizes are 16,32,64 and 80. I need sizes 128,174 in Diamond. I am sill using the shell with the smaller menubar you made me. I intergrated the Custom 3.5 version with your newer 3.5.3. Still works like a charm! I just never got my weather icons switched out in the Professional Panels. Let me know if you can do the weather icons. Once I get those, I will send you my files.

Thank-you again

Sunday
[Windows Mobile Themes] ironhead65:
Vost /bad,

I use tre.exe to import/export registries...what are you using?

I checked...somehow that particular registry entry is missing...so I'll have to import as well.

To get the format right, could one of you export using tre, or tell me what you used (I'd hate to mess up my registry trying to fix it!).

Thanks!

--Ironhead

PS,Vost, awesome programs/plugins and the "widget manager" awesome!

mskip, great ideas! I'm mimicking some of your stuff (I wanted some of your stuff...not all...such as the 3 icons...still working on integrating just the jump bar...I migght have to ping you to get that mod seperated out).

also using mw-widgets...nice and compact! efficient...I like that!

It's because of those three that I bought spb mobile!
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
I used phm registry editor :)

Thanks :) Next release coming soon ;) :p
[Windows Mobile Themes] becks103:
Hi thanks for the quick response, I have SPB Mobile Shell installed on my Samsung Omnia i900 it is great thanks
[Windows Mobile Themes] ironhead65:
ok...which version?

I found v0.70...but the import is shaded out...so...yeah won't let me do that...

Thanks again!
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Uhm... it's version 0.70, but you're right, it can't import :(

it should not be a problem with other apps though, for example you could use CE Reg Editor from your pc, I used it a lot of times and it works fine :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Just released :)

Vostradamus Widgets 3.5b

​

ChangeLog:

(18 Mar 2010)

Widgets Manager 3.5b

- included image viewer for preview images instead of relying on iexplore.exe to avoid different/strange behaviours on some devices with other softwares installed. Credits for the image viewer (EzViewer) go to Nishimura Masataka (http://masataka.sakura.ne.jp/)

- added existence check on the xml definition file when running the xml update function

- added xml file deletion once updated

- added option to change the weather icons set in SpbWeather Panel (of course only if SpbWeather is installed on the device). Currently available sets: Default, Spil, Stickers, Stardock, Manilla, Greenland

Detailed info and download links HERE!

Enjoy! :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
After all resolutions have been made I can create a widget only pack but the whole structure of the theme is new so you wouldnt really get the same feel.

Mark.
[Windows Mobile Themes] brunoisa10:
thank you for the widget pack :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] jagan2:
Wow :eek: so you have already started this project. Great and yes you work will be definitely appreciated.

Unfortunately i dont have a vga or wvga device to give feeback for the release of tomorrow but i will give you feedback when you release qvga.

Will be waiting for tomorrow. Great news thanks.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
I will be releasing more frequent updates on twitter in the next few days so follow me on twitter to keep up to date as to whats happening :)

Mark.
[Windows Mobile Themes] ironhead65:
Used DotFred's TaskManager! I forgot it imported Windows Reg. formatted Registry entries! I actually forgot how NICE it's reg. editor is! I think I'll start using that instead of the one TRE / PHM / TotalCommander.

It did need the "Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00" added, but none the less, I now have my icon "size" editing back!

The only thing I've been able to think of, is I was playing around in the registry a while ago...maybe I accidentally deleted some of these (still getting used to how Total Commander reacts with the TP2's screen). I'm sure most of it is user error!

Thanks Vostradamus and Bad!

--Ironhead
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
You're welcome, I'm glad you got everything working again ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] burtonsnow8:
Does anyone know how to get landscape mode to keep the espresso theme?

*edited for aesthetics*
[Windows Mobile Themes] ironhead65:
Vost, Mskip,

To try to save myself some time...before I go digging into the XML (and possibly goofing things up), off the top of your head(s), do you think there is a way to get the Task widget to show more then one category? As in, for PocketBreeze, I used to have it show tasks that had BOTH categories of personal and home. This way, all home tasks that were assigned to ME were shown...but not the ones for my wife.

Another example, I have two categories, work and personal. Work typically only has 1 -2 things, personal 1-2...so I would group them on the same task item, as there are sometimes where work has 0 items and personal has 1, or vise-versus. Just a way to save space and make the display a bit more efficient.

Is this possible? I'm thinking probably not as the BASE widget code probably needs to be changed...and not just a XML change.

I'm willing to go and make the changes myself, but I am trying to understand, is the category a function of the widget, or the XML skin for the widget?

Thanks for any incite!

--Ironhead
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
I should take a look at it, but I don't think that's possible...

Why don't you just use 2 task widgets, keeping them smaller than what the "combined" one would be?
[Windows Mobile Themes] ironhead65:
That is what I have been doing with MH-Widgets. It was just something in the back of my mind. Especially since I have been playing around with your "hub" injector. I was going to make a new hub called TasksGalore, then stick different combinations of TaskWidgets on there.

Yet another reason for my using your stuff! I have not injected anything yet...but around page 89 or so, there were some posts you made where you had 4-6 task widgets on the screen. Different colors, and horizontally smaller.

I think I want to do that for these "many" grouping style task widgets.

--Ironhead

From this post:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=4831208&postcount=922

on page:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=566045&page=93

The center image is what I'm going to attempt to do.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Yep, those are my "compact narrow" tasks... that could actually be a comfortable way to handle this matter, even cute to see if I may say so myself :p (I use the compact narrow tasks and calendar myself, love not to waste too much screen space) :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] stevedebi:
I think that TF is controlled on the Today setup where you check or uncheck the items to display on the TODAY screen. You also control the theme from that screen (different tab).
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
INTRODUCING A BRAND NEW WINDOWS PHONE 7 SERIES BASED THEME FOR SPB MOBILE SHELL 3.5.3 :)

Go *HERE* for more info :D

Mark.
[Windows Mobile Themes] woaloo:
Yes, but...

Great job, Mskip... Much better and functionnal than the original.

But do you have the Copy/Paste function enable ?... ;-)
[Windows Mobile Themes] simzz:
What about a Windows Phone 7 Series SPB Mobile Shell theme? :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] rfarrah:
Did you not see the posts just before yours?
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Ehm... isn't it exactly what Mskip published a couple posts ago? :confused: :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] radzi:
has anybody done yet just some simple skins for email-widget to have gmail like incos, outlook like icon (for hotmail) and yahoo like icons?

this would make simpler to indentify from wich account the new email is.

I got no idea how to do it or wich tool to use otherwise I would have done by myself.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
nice idea, I could think about adding something like that to my widgets, but you'd need similar "themed" icons (at least with similar graphics) for missed calls, sms and voicemail too 'cause all the 4 status icons resides in a single dat and you can't define only 1 of them, you need to include the other 3 as well...
[Windows Mobile Themes] radzi:
tell me what kind of files do you need and I'll make a rar with many "similar themed" images that could feet together to choose from.

file type: png? icons?

file size: width, height?

images kind: sms, email, call-log/mised, voicemail.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
lol I'm used to work using whatever thing I can lay my hands on, so this chance to choose what I prefer is sorta stunning :D

I guess png would be fine, if already with transparent background even better :)

file size: the larger the better, I'll reduce them to the exact needed size while putting things together ;) (have them 200x200 min if possible if I'm to make them like most other sets 1/4 screen width each)

remember that every "set" must be complete, so

1 missed call

1 email

1 sms

1 voicemail

for each set

Please keep in mind though that I won't be able to start working at it until I complete the things I'm working on at the moment (it will take some more days, hopefully 2 or 3 should suffice), so the new sets won't be in my next release, but in the next+1... hope this is ok for you

EDIT: forgot one thing... the images should

not

have the "circle" for the counter, I'll add that myself 'cause it needs to be at the very same coordinates for all the 4 final images
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Just released :)

Vostradamus Mobile Shell Manager 4.0

For Spb Mobile Shell 3.5.x

​

Featuring:

- New Finger Friendly Menu and Submenus

- Widgets Handling (Preview, Activation, Deactivation)

- Additional Lifestyle Panels (sliding background common to all such panels)

- Additional Professional Panels (fixed customizable background in every panel)

- Multi Language Support

- Contents Copy from one panel to another

- Panels PageCount customization

- SpbWeather Panel Icon set Customization

- Bottom MenuBar customization

- Bottom MenuBar Backup (if you wish to save it before trying new ones)

- Quick links to standard Mobile Shell Panels

... and of course the countless widgets already in my libraries!

Detailed changelog, more info and download links HERE!

Enjoy! :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] rfarrah:
^^ That's pretty impressive! ^^
[Windows Mobile Themes] radzix27:
Which registry values should I change to when tap this button launching SPB Carousel, not Task manager?
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
that's not in the registry, it's in the xml for the menubar inside qa_layouts.dat

I don't have that theme's files at hand, so I can't be sure of its name... the "original" mobile shell menubar is named "menubar.xml", but it could have been renamed in the theme.

If my memory does not fail me, if it's currently opening the task manager you should probably find a line in it looking more or less like this:

<String Name="Open" Value=":TASKMANAGER"/>

to make it open the panel carousel it should look like this:

<String Name="Action" Value="Panels"/>

If you're gonna try to "play" with it remember to make a backup copy first, just in case... ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] nagle3092:
Does anyone know if SPB supporst live wallpapers? I would love to have that nexus one grid background going on my phone. I guess then I would also have to find a version of that wallpaper that actually works on Winmo.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mhassanz:
backgrounds

I just installed that 2 days ago. oooo Man its awsomeeeeeeeee. But i was wondering is there any way to have different wallpaper in everey single page? like its have 3 pages in lifestyle can you have different wallpaper in three of them? anybody have any idea?

Htc tp2

energy rom 27 feb
[Windows Mobile Themes] ironhead65:
what are you using to give it the nexus one grid backround?
[Windows Mobile Themes] StupidCid:
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[Windows Mobile Themes] radzix27:
Unfortunately qa_layouts.dat is protected by password :/ but thanks for your help :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
the password is b0fm18zq ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Shhhh ur not supposed to tell anyone :D

Mark.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
No they dont sorry.

Mark.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
lol I swear I wrote it whispering.... :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] radzix27:
Thanks :D But when I've changed like in your instruction menubar is invisible :D So I'm back to original file ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Are yo utrying to mod a plain version of Mobile Shell or a version with a theme installed?

Mark.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
if you want you can attach your qa_layouts on here, so I (or mskip) could take a look at it for you...

(when putting the xml file back in qa_layouts did you remember to zip it back with the same password?)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
he has a theme, that's why I wasn't sure if the menubar file was menubar or something else :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] radzix27:
I try to mod exaclty this version which is on screenshot (Mtstmp - Keithdupont MS Espresso)

I can't 'zip it back with password' :/ I put menubar.xml in .zip file, rename to .dat and copy to SPB folder, then restart SPB and menubar disappear (buttons don't work there are invisible and can't tap on it)

I attach qa_layouts.dat (after zip it to qa.zip ;) because .dat files are not allowed to attach :P )
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
That's most probably the problem :)

give this one a try (keep your backup safe, just in case...)
[Windows Mobile Themes] radzix27:
Yey yes yes ! Your file is working, many many thanks :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
You're welcome ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] ironhead65:
Vost,

Would you mind if I use parts of your v4.0 Mortscript? I would like to make use of a lot of it to make a tool that we can post on here.

Last night I just finished catching up with the whole thread (200+ pages...wow). I would say, the MAJOR MAJOR issue MOST people have is putting files back into the qa dat file.

So, the tool would have three options.

-Extract ALL to a directory

-Insert

-Remove Extracted (just there for cleanup after insert...I did not want it to be automatic, as people might need to insert multiple files)

The extract all would put the entire list of files in one directory (user choice). It should also look for a backup. If it does not exist, it should MAKE one.

The insert would put 1 file at a time (if there is demand, maybe multifile insert??) back into the qa dat file.

Finally, cleanup will delete all the useless files (not the backup!!).

To save me time, I'd like to leverage your script, since you did all the hard work of figuring out how to manipulate rar.exe properly. This is kind of like how some of the tools do this. I just find since most people are NOT using the tools (not wanting to use them for whatever reason...or not knowing that ShellExtension CAN inject). This will be VERY apparent on the first post "Tool to allow editing of qa dat file". If I write it properly, it can even just become part of your tool!

"What you say!"

- From Zero Wing

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_your_base_are_belong_to_us (watch the gif, eventually the captain will say this! Of course, I mean what do you say about my proposition!

--Ironhead
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Sure you can, no problem ;)

Do you want me to send you the few lines needed for qa_layouts contents handling or are you going to dig in the manager's scripts yourself?
[Windows Mobile Themes] brunoisa10:
Super Job :)

could you post a widget pack only please Mark ? :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] richardlister:
Favourite Contacts Carousel the Default

Hi,

can't find it anywhere on here and I'm sure I'm not the only one who wants this.

Whenever I go to contacts I always show by carousel. Can I make that the default view?

thanks for any help.

Richard
[Windows Mobile Themes] ironhead65:
Vost,

I think I already have them.

I saw you had rar.exe in the directory, that's what made me look for rar.exe in the script. I actually had tried to use rar to modify my qa_layout.dat, but ended up breaking it. So, I wanted to see what you did. Looks like the GUI interface is not as nice for adding a password protected file.

Anywho...then I thought, why can't I make something from your command, to get a file out and in...do the part that is repetitive and NEEDS you to be careful? So, I thought I'd ask (as you are the original author!!).

Thanks! Expect something in the next few days (when I get time).

--Ironhead
[Windows Mobile Themes] stimey:
widget to SMS notification

Does anyone know if it is possible to create a widget or lnk to turn off text message notifications? I have a shortcut.lnk to call the notifications but would like to be able to one click to turn on or off.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Just lemme know if you need anything else ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] beababe:
is it possible to disable SPB mobileshell 3.5.3 and use like HTC sense or something for a while without uninstall SPB?
[Windows Mobile Themes] stimey:
Try this http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=3789383&postcount=1509

Or this http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=3805820&postcount=1714
[Windows Mobile Themes] ironhead65:
How about directions to a Leprechaun's pot of gold? :eek:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leprechaun
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
... and maybe a widget to automatically set it as a destination on tomtom, igo, route66 etc? :D :p
[Windows Mobile Themes] fade007:
Switch between SPB MS / HTC Sense / Rhodium

Try this app. It lets you switch between MS / Sense / Rhodium without

having to uninstall MS.
[Windows Mobile Themes] hscruz:
Task bar icons
[Windows Mobile Themes] :
I did a search on this thread for cooking Mobile Shell into ROMs and havent discovered anything productive.

Anybody do this? I'm not a cook, but would be nice to have packages to work with both 6.1 and the latest 6.5.x builds.

While MS runs nicely as a cab, I wonder if any speed improvements might result if it was cooked in.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
It wouldnt run any faster if cooked into a Rom and im not sure if there are certain licencing issues since spb mobile shell is distributed as a trial version. You would only be able to cook it in as a trial which means after the trial ran out if the user hadnt registered it then it would be useless. Also you would have to cook it in exactly the same folder as its installed to as default or no themes/ mods would work with it.

Not really worth it in my opinion.

Mark.
[Windows Mobile Themes] ironhead65:
That would be nice!

I'm enjoying translating your variable names! I'm not changing the code, but trying to know what they are by trasnlate.google.com is fun!

:rolleyes:
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
lol did I use italian names for variables? I didn't even notice it... I'm often "thinking" in english, so sometimes I mix italian and english without even realizing it lol :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] Cerberus_tm:
Way to display 5x5 icons in Programs?

Wow, what great work has been done on modifying SPB MS!

Q: What would be a (somewhat?) simple way to make SPB MS display 4x4 or 5x5 icons in Programs (and Settings), instead of the normal 3x3? I'd really like to know.

If there should be no simple way, I'd be glad to hear of a complicated way, hehe.

I'm on HTC Kaiser WM 6.1 btw.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Just released :)

Vostradamus Mobile Shell Manager 4.02

For Spb Mobile Shell 3.5.x

​

ChangeLog:

(25 Mar 2010)

Mobile Shell Manager 4.02

- Added option to choose between EzViewer and IExplore for previewing widgets

Widgets Libraries:

New widgets library containing:

- Hub Links Collection (white/cyan and black/cyan)

- Borderless picture frame (Skinnable hub links require "small" size and squared images)

- Hub-sized invisible link

- Hub-sized "skinnable" analog clock (white and black)

- New status icons skin: Thin

New Widgets Preview:

Detailed info and download links HERE!

Enjoy! :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] jank0023:
3D Email Widget with Preview

Did a bunch of searched didn't see a widget for this..I'm somewhat new to SPB. I like the 3D email but wondered is there a way to have the actual 3D email view as a widget on your home screen, ie right now I have to click on the email button and then it brings up the 3D Email..id like to see the actual email previews on the home screen similar to TF3D (TF3D preview doesn't work for my emails because I'm using Seven for push email)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Unfortunately, I'm afraid that's not possible :(