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[Windows Mobile Themes] whs5711:
Hi Vostradamus,

I downloaded version 4.02 and tried new goodies.

The menubar with Side buttons works well. Thank you for that.

The Panel option, Customizing Wallpaper, only allows BMP files to be selected.

SPB MS also allows JPG files for backgrounds.

Is it possible to allow JPG as well in the MS manager?

By the way, is the wallpaper size always 800x480 (for wvga)?
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Hi there :)

Glad you liked the side buttons menubar ;)

Mobile Shell allows jpegs as backgrounds for the lifestyle screen, but unfortunately these can't be used with pro-panels... :( the background on pro-panels is sort of a "little trick", and it can handle only bmp images (which will be automatically compressed, so don't worry too much about the size)

WVGA wallpaper size is 480x800 or 800x480, portrait and landscape (actually both of them could be some 20-something pixels shorter: the size of the taskbar)

You can use larger images too, but only a portion of them will be displayed.
[Windows Mobile Themes] nimrodity:
i have to say the idea of the shell manager is absolutely awesome.Especially the new goodies like panels and the menu bars are opening lots of new ways customizing the screen.I dont have a sd card so i only tested it on the emu,but i am gonna buy one tomorrow and build my screen up from the scratch.

One thing that would allow to use the manager more comfortable would be the possibility to check the items in one category and the activate all checked.It would allow to activate widgets a lot faster especially if ou use use a lot of different ones.

I am really happy seeing how this tool and widgets develop from day to day and every new idea is better than the last one.SPB shell really would be anything without your mods to it

By the way,I just wanted to ask if you had any luck centering the text of the pro calender widget?
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Yep, checking more items and activating them in one single step would definitely be great... but unfortunately mortscript can't handle multiple selections :(

about the calendar, no luck so far (have to admit I haven't looked much into that though) :p
[Windows Mobile Themes] nimrodity:
ok thanks anyway for trying.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
-- Added portuguese language (available as a separate download)

Thanks to Elisiário Couto for the translation :)

More info in the first post ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] samarain:
(26 Mar 2010)

Additional Languages: added Português - Thanks to Elisiário Couto for the translation

Is a Portuguese Brazilian or Portuguese-Portuguese?

Already see, is PT-PT :) and i found a error in the translation btw ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Ehmmm.... that's a good question :p

I don't speak portuguese at all, so I can't really answer :o

Should ask to the translator, or you could download it and try it first hand :p

EDIT: lol you already found out :) if you wish to modify it, just edit it with notepad, it's a simple text file ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] nimrodity:
is it possible to change the menu bar style in pro mode like in the lifestyle mode.I cant do it or do i something wrong.I can only change on a added pro panel
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
you're not doing anything wrong :)

I still have to implement that (no particular reasons, it's just that I've always kept it disabled on my phone so I sorta forgot about it lol) :p

Will add that option in the next version ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] nimrodity:
ok thats really good to know
[Windows Mobile Themes] neverland13:
Sorry, my bad - i reinstall but i forgot to reboot. When i reboot it happen again - stop locking. I try a few times - nothing. Then i change the dll with 3, reboot and it start locking again. So the old dll works, not the new one.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
lol ok, even in its weirdness now it's a bit less weird :p

When you have a spare minute, try the test dll I sent you on PM a couple days ago and see if it changes anything
[Windows Mobile Themes] neverland13:
is it different then the dll from v3.5? I install V3.5, copy dll and now i'm updating/ installing the new versions and then copy 3.5 dll into vostradamus folder
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
yes, it's different... it's the 4.x dll rebuilt, wanted to check if rebuilding it could solve your issue (keep a backup of the 3.5 one though, to replace it if it should act weird)
[Windows Mobile Themes] neverland13:
sorry for slow response - i try it and it's not locking again
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
uhm.. ok, so it's not a dll build issue... lol it's it's driving me mad, I soooo want to understand what's up with it :p
[Windows Mobile Themes] neverland13:
tell me about it :confused:
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
guess I'll try not only to rebuild the dll but also the rebuild or slightly change the icon in it (which is the only difference from 3.5) when I'll find a bit of time :confused:

The fact that changing an icon inside a dll can cause such a thing on your device still amazes me though :p
[Windows Mobile Themes] nimrodity:
i like the new status thin,can you maybe make them i white text on black ground ?
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Sure I can :)

Do you mean solid black background instead of semitransparent under "calls", "text" etc, or do you refer to the cyan box under the counters? (or both?)
[Windows Mobile Themes] nimrodity:
now that i looked on it again,i see what you mean.yeah i think of the cyan box,but i didnt realize the rest is semi transparent.Hmm i am not really sure what would look better the whole thing semi transparent or the box solid black,cant really choose without seeing it on the device
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
I'd suggest a whole semitransparent thing (of course with the counter box turning red or something when there's some pending item), it could fit almost every possibile background ;)

or maybe semitransparent box with solid (black?) outline....
[Windows Mobile Themes] nimrodity:
didnt think of that,this way sounds best,red would be a good color choice
[Windows Mobile Themes] kawe0709:
oh,on my 6.1rom,i can't preview, the ezviwer just go to black
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Uhm... don't think it's a 6.1 issue for a lot of users on 6.1 have it working fine...

EzViewer is a 3rd party software, so I can't modify it, but I added the "set image viewer" option just in case someone had problems with it :) iexplore should work fine, it's part of WM after all lol :p
[Windows Mobile Themes] nobodyever:
Import custom widgets from storage

How can I import custom widgets from another theme?

I have serveral "va_weather_widget.dat" files saved on my SD, would this program import them for me?

Thanks!
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Unfortunately, that's not possible :(

If the dat files are not from my libraries, I should get them, prepare a suitable ini file for them, create suitable subfolders for them, add them to my xml definition file and only then they could work (and they should also be renamed, 'cause "va_weather_widget.dat" is a filename already in use by a standard mobile shell widget, whereas all my widgets do NOT replace the original ones, but are installed as addons)
[Windows Mobile Themes] claus1953:
@ Vostradamus

Regarding the panel copy feature, i have created a new panel as application launcher, as i want to keep my lifestyle panel as small and clean as possible. I launch the Launcher from a hidden widget on my main screen, and have also on my Launcher a hidden widget to get back to the main screen. Now i would like to copy a whole page of the lifestyle panel, where i have all my programs, and also another whole page, where i have all my games over to this new Launcher panel. I found only the option to copy one whole panel (all pages) to another panel. Is there really no way to copy only pages, specifying the page from the panel to copy and also on which page of another panel to paste it?

I hope to have been clear....lol
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
couldn't have been clearer :)

Currently there's no such option, but thanks for the idea: will look into it and see if it's feasable ;)

(have to experiment a bit, for mobile shell has a quite "dumb" method to number those pages) :p
[Windows Mobile Themes] claus1953:
Yes very true they go left then right, its a mess. I was looking into the registry to see if i could just copy registry keys from one panel to another but it drove me nuts opening all widgets to see which one is which, so i leaved it ...lol.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
... and not only... lifestyle and pro panels have page 0 and 1 inverted :eek: that's just plain sick lol :confused: :rolleyes: stumbled into it with the layout copy function... really can't find a logical reason for such a thing :confused:
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
-- Added nederlandse language (available as a separate download)

Thanks to Jaco van Dieren for the translation :)

More info in the first post ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] pvezzoli:
Hi Vostradamus,

How are you??

I wonder if you know or remember how to change the spb mobile shell wallpaper with a photo??

Thank you very much in advance for you help...

Paolo
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Hi there! I'm fine thanks! ;)

Of course I remember how to change the background: it depends on where you want to change it. :)

lifestyle panel -> open the menu tapping the button on the bottom-right corner and pick "change background", then "picture file" and select your photo. You can use jpeg files for this one.

If you previously created one or more additional lifestyle panels, you will also need to run my "refresh background" script after changing it from that menu

Professional panel -> standard mobile shell professional panel can't change background. Additional professional panels created with my manager can. The option to change their background is inside my manager, in the "panels" submenu. Background picture for these panels must be a BMP file the size of your screen and no more than 24bit format.

Every lifestyle panel will have the same background, and it will slide when you swipe through pages.

Professional panels can have a different background each (even different portrait and landscape), but they will be fixed and will not slide when swiping.
[Windows Mobile Themes] moxycalt:
well that is something !

I got around to trying your manager, WHAT A BEAUTY !! EXCELLENT WORK MY FRIEND !!! :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Thanks! :) I'm glad you liked it :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] wackowizzard:
This is grate ! ! !

Like this stuff verry mutch :)

And it's very easy to use and works without any problems

NICE WORK ! ! !
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Thanks!! ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Released 2 new widgets libraries :)

ChangeLog, detailed info and download links in the first post ;)

Enjoy! :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] -banana joe-:
does it work if i've saved mobile shell on the memory card? (yeah i have mobile shell on memory card :D)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
it should work no matter where mobile shell is :)

only thing that could prevent it from working would be a corrupted installdir value in mobile shell registry keys, but it should be fine as long as the software you used to move it to memory card did not make a mess ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] -banana joe-:
until i hard-resetted my device it worked (i'm talking about an older version of your widgets, but i don't want to upgrade), but now when i tap on xml installer it says that it can't be installed. i tryed to install it on the device memory, but still doesn't work
[Windows Mobile Themes] psycoy:
actually my elf has a new face very nice ......
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
lol ok, but I'm gonna translate your message to english, just to be polite towards the other users.

-- he asked me to repeat my previous post in italian for better understanding it --

[italian version]

dicevo, nessun problema, ma traduco il tuo post in inglese per gentilezza verso gli altri utenti del forum ;)

Dovrebbe funzionare tutto tranquillamente indipendentemente da dove è installata la shell :)

L'unica cosa che potrebbe impedirne il funzionamento sarebbe un valore corrotto nella chiave di registro di mobile shell che ne indica la cartella di installazione, ma fintantochè il software che hai usato per spostare la shell sulla memory card non ha fatto casini strani dovrebbe essere tutto a posto ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
screenshots! screenshots! screenshots! :D:D:p
[Windows Mobile Themes] -banana joe-:
thanks, but now i have a problem: until i hard-resetted my device it worked (i'm talking about an older version of your widgets, i think it is the 2.37, but i don't want to upgrade), but now when i tap on xml installer it says that it can't be installed. i tryed to install it on the device memory, but still doesn't work..

dannato inglese (damn english):D
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
hang on.... when I said it should work, I was referring to any version from 3.0 on.... previous versions (2.x) were meant to be installed and were looking for mobile shell on device memory....

Why don't you wanna upgrade to the latest (and much better) version? :confused:

[italian version] lol :D

aspetta aspetta.... quando ho detto che dovrebbe funzionare, mi riferivo ad una versione dalla 3.0 in avanti.... le versioni precedenti (2.x) andavano installate e cercavano mobile shell nella memoria principale...

Come mai non vuoi passare alla versione più recente (che è anche decisamente migliore)? :confused:
[Windows Mobile Themes] neverland13:
Hi again,

i install thin2 status widget, but the number is fare away from the text. My device is 320x240. Do you have idea why it can be?
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
uhmm.... gonna check it... I could have made a mistake :p
[Windows Mobile Themes] -banana joe-:
it's boring to download all that things... but if it's the only way i'll do...

thanks a lot for all!
[Windows Mobile Themes] psycoy:
My screen shots are on my profile for those who want to watch a short video of my posters a device ...
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
you're right, my bad, I forgot to fix 2 values in a xml file... :p

pls redownload the library, it's fixed now ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
You'll see it's well worth it: a lot of useful new stuff in it ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
..... and of course I'm gonna take a look at them :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] -banana joe-:
sorry, the last thing, which library i should download from your link?

if i download the last, there i'll found also the older widgets or i have to download all?
[Windows Mobile Themes] neverland13:
Thanks. Only the library, now the xml, right
[Windows Mobile Themes] ali1010:
hi vost!

here are the dat files. please take alook at it and let me know what i should do.

i only tried one icon (the contact text icon) but couldnt get it right.

sorry dont know how to export registry. i will pm what i did on registry.

thanks.!
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Sorry for the delay, was on my way back home :p

if you want all the widgets then you will need all the libraries :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
you've got mail (well... pm actually) lol :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] moxycalt:
help needed...

I've activited some widgets and well I can't find them in MS....:confused: Where are they ??

found them, since they are Mskip's panels and they replace the dates in pro plus, I checked and VOILÀ !
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
read your post too late, you already figured it out :p
[Windows Mobile Themes] moxycalt:
problem with wallpaper...

Hi Vostradamus, I'm having a problem with the costumize wallpaper option in shell manager, when I go to change the wallpaper....I have a blank page, no choices. And I have a lifestyle page plus 2 others I've created, and none appear, as you can see below....

And really I'm starting to get the hang of your little device, WOW, donation coming tomorrow ! :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
The customize wallpaper function can be used only on additional Professional Panels.

You can use a different background for portrait and landscape, and every panel can have its own.

Wallpaper will be "fixed", that it it will not slide when swiping through pages (sorry, couldn't make it otherwise)

Lifestyle panels can't use such a trick: their background will slide when swiping through pages, but all lifestyle panels will share the same background as the main one.

To change wallpaper on the lifestyle panel(s), just use the standard mobile shell function and after changing it run my "refresh background" script (start -> programs -> vostradamus -> refresh background)

Sorry my reply took so long: I just got at office (7:50 am over here) :p
[Windows Mobile Themes] Peterjac:
Battery

Hi Vost,

Could you check the Image for "Multifunctional - Digital"

The preview is a small circle type battery but the image that actives is a small battery.

Can you fix this please.

Request: Could we have a "Music Hub" please

Many thanks.

Peter

Edit: So, its a small Battery when its charging and a small circle when not, got it.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
eheh was gonna reply about the battery, but I see you already figured it out :p

About the Music Hub, no problem: I'll add it in the next release ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] ladymoney20:
where r the special icons? trying to do the 4 cornere multifuctional n cant find icons. would u give me step by step to achieve it thanks
[Windows Mobile Themes] jotha:
@ladymoney:

You just use a contact widget at first and make it large enough. This is the base. Then you put another contact widget to the same contact on the screen, choose a default action (sms, home, mobile) and change the skin to "Action Icon". Then you see only the icon that is assigned to the choosen action. This second widget you put in a corner of the first one. And so on with every different action you want. The default actions are already part of Mobile shell, you just have to define them.

If you then tap on the small action icons, the choosen action is taken.

You can also use any picture with the frame widget and put contact widgets with default icon and skin "Action Icon" in the corners or wherever you want on top of the picture frame.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
....... and once again good ol' Hans beat me on time in replying :)

Thanks man! ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] jotha:
You're welcome, as always. Just hope it explains it clearly enough :-). The invisible contacts and Action Icons are so powerful, everybody should use them.
[Windows Mobile Themes] nimrodity:
i am not sure why but somethings not right with the status widget thin 2.I have the white box but the number isnt in the box,in fact its about one icon box down below and one box on the right.And i would prefer just the number without the white box if thats possible.
[Windows Mobile Themes] jotha:
Vostradamus had a little error in the file. You should download the widget again, then the prob should be gone. Was described in Post# 1296 and following. Regarding "Just the number...", thats gianluca's playground :-)
[Windows Mobile Themes] nimrodity:
thanks will try it

ok it works,but i would still prefer it without the white box if thats possible
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Yep, as Hans already explained I made a mistake in the qvga library, but now it's fixed (sorry for the inconvenience)

About a version with no box, I can make it but I need another info first:

currently the little outline box turns red when there's an incoming item. If I take the box away, how do you want to differentiate the "no items" status from the "incoming item(s)" status?

(please note that I can't change the font color for the number)
[Windows Mobile Themes] nimrodity:
what i would like the most would be something like the invisible with no numbers.I think it was called like that.What i mean is if the theres no missed called/message there is no item.And if an incoming item appears the icon is visible.About the box/number.No box and with incoming item appears a red number
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
As I wrote before, the no number that becomes a red number is not possible :(

1) numbers can be either always present or not present at all

2) if present, numbers can

only

be white

the text (calls, text, voice, mail) can be hidden or visible as you prefer, even in different colors
[Windows Mobile Themes] moxycalt:
It didn't take long at all ! Thank you for your time and answer.....keep up the good work !
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Trying to.... new version with new functions coming soon... ;) :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] moxycalt:
WOOHOO !! :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] mooncraterx:
Installation

So to install I need the main file. the xml file. and this?

Vostradamus Widgets Library 20100331 (VGA).zip

I dont need all the various versions prior to this one right? this is the latest?

I am also using mskip latest v2 so I install that additonal libraries too?

What else do i need? the huge extras file?
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
If you want the complete set of widgets you will need all the widgets libraries: all of them contain different widgets (yes: there are A LOT) :p

The special MSkip library contains a selection of widgets designed by MSkip before he started developing his WP7 theme, if you already have all his previous stuff I guess you're not gonna need them, but no harm in importing them the same: maybe there could be some you don't yet have ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] mooncraterx:
great thanks!

Thank you so much.
[Windows Mobile Themes] markoci:
no preview

hi vostradamus,

love the tool, great job! can't get the preview to work though, ie or ez viewer. i can activate, install, deactivate fine but no preview. when i click on a widget category in preview mode no widgets load.. tried pretty much everything save a hard reset... searched the thread a bit but 133 pages, sorry... maybe you can direct me to the right link..

any ideas?

omnia II, 8gb, winmo 6.5

thx

mark
[Windows Mobile Themes] -banana joe-:
can i install widgets on the storage card and leave my shell on the device memory?
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
which widgets did you try?

For all the widgets up to date 2010 March 08 you need to download and import the Preview Images Library...

Libraries released after that date already have preview images inside though
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
sure!!! The Manager (and all its libraries)

MUST

be installed on storage card or any other "additional memory" your device could have... placing them on device memory would eat your memory like godzilla would eat a pidgeon lol :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] nimrodity:
sorry i read you can chnage the color instead of cant.

If you can make a thin status i thinnvisible would be great.no matter how it looks
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Ok, then I could make it like this:

size: like the current "thin" one

counter: no visible number. ever.

visibility: completely invisible with no incoming items, visible text (calls, text, mail, voice) with one or more incoming items

Would this be ok for you? :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] ladymoney20:
thank you two so very very much!
[Windows Mobile Themes] nimrodity:
this sound sound good to me,thanks in advance
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
ooooook, will see to it for the next release! ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Knu2Lav:
Is it possible to get a .cab file for just one of the clocks..? I was thinking about the "polished with date" clock :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Peterjac:
removing panels

Hi Vost,

When I remove panels that I have created, they are still selectable from the MS panels, how do I remove them from this list.

Also how do you delete any null items and shortcuts.

Many thanks
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
You're right about the removed panels, I didn't notice it... will fix it in the next version :p

In the meantime, you can use spb menu editor (attached) to remove the unused entries from the list ;)

Null shortcuts are simple .lnk files, they are inside

\windows\start menu\programs\vostradamus\null links

just go there and delete the one(s) you don't need :)