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[Windows Mobile Themes] powercat1:
Thanks for the quick response. I've returned your PM. I hope that with the time difference we can work this out. I'm excited about grasping the concepts of creating widgets.
[Windows Mobile Themes] igorbr1:
how can i set the sense clock in vostradamus??? did have this clock in widgets pack???

sorry my english..
[Windows Mobile Themes] jotha:
The sense clock is not a part of this pack. You can however install the sense package and afterwards install the Mobile Shell Manager. So you can use the Sense-Widgets and the Mobile Shell Manger with its widgets.

But be careful: You can NOT install Vostradamus package and afterwards the sense-widgets. Installation of the sense widgets will destroy the installation of the Vostradamus Mods
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Currently, sense widgets are not present in my libraries... they can be added, but first I need someone to ask the original author for his approval :)

EDIT: lol jotha you're just TOO quick for me :p
[Windows Mobile Themes] jotha:
I always wait some minutes (Over 20 in this case). Maybe you are too slow:D. I 've always been a quickdraw. lol
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Definitely! :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] Peterjac:
Bubble Status

Hi Vost,

The Bubble Status is good but it goes all white and not readable when it changes from 0 to 1, 2 etc.

Also could you make a bigger size, maybe double this one.

Many Many Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
huh :confused: it goes all white? Gonna re-check it... it should have goon reddish with white digits, maybe I made a mistake somewhere...

About the size, sure can do it: adding to my to-do list for the next release ;)

EDIT: omg, you're right... I've put a wrong image in the dat file -.- gonna fix it asap, sorry :p :o
[Windows Mobile Themes] Peterjac:
Hi Vost,

When you have sms, you click on the Bubble and you are taken to the Sms page, what link can I add to my page that will do the same as clicking on the Bubble, see Attached.

Many thanks for your help.

Peter
[Windows Mobile Themes] jotha:
You have to link to "Extras"-"Messaging"-"3D-Message-Manager". I'm not completely sure about the name of the program, becouse I use a german version, but the path is ok and the prog should be nearly right. You will find it if you look into Extras-Messaging.:)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Beat on time as usual lol :p

Been sleeping longer than usual this morning :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] Luroco:
Previewing widgets

Hello,

I can not preview all the widgets. Is this related with the update of the Preview Images Library?

Can not preview Contacts, Calendar-Tasks. Also the recent Library updates of other kind are not visible.

Thanks in advance.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
not all widgets have a preview image... calendar and tasks are missing, I know, I still have to take those screenshots :p Other widgets can be without preview when a preview is meaningless (i.e. invisible widgets) or when they are too similar to other widgets (i.e. contacts or picture frames which only differ in size) This is mainly not to waste useful memory ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Peterjac:
Thanks for the info

Have had a look and no "Extras" found, I am able to link to Messaging but would like a link that goes stright to the Main Messaging screenn, and not have to click new message or pick an account.

Sorry if I am not clear on what I need. Try clicking on the Status iceon and look where it takes you, then try to make an invisable link to take you to the same screen.

Many thanks to all.

Peter
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Uhm... clicking on the sms status icon (when I have mobile shell 3d messaging disabled of course) takes me to the "sms inbox".

A link to this should look like this:

40#\windows\tmail.exe -service "SMS"

(just open a new file with notepad, copy the above line in it, save it as a .lnk and copy it anywhere on your device)

This will open standard WM sms inbox... if your device has some specific sms application (like jinbox on samsung i8000 for example) you will need to find out what the right link for it is.... (a link to "sms-mms.exe" would work on Samsung i8000 for that purpose) :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Updated widget library 20100415 to fix the issue with Bubble Status icons :p
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Released version 4.05 + a Widget Creation Tutorial (written by H. Heigenhauser) :)

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

Enjoy! :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] johnpucillo:
I am new to this thread and I was wondering on a new install where do I get the widget base library or can I install the latest changelog and will that cover everything? THanks
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Welcome! ;)

The base library is the largest one, containing all the widgets I created before March 2010, but it does not contain everything.

All the libraries released after the base one only contain new additions, so if you want all the available widgets you will need to download and import all the libraries. :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Released a new Widgets Library :)

Detailed info and download links in the first post ;)

Enjoy! :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] WMLover212:
Hello my friend-

I was wondering if you could send me the .cab for a Diamond Black large digital clock? That is the only widget that I really need. I still have most of your other stuff.

That would be awesome! Thanks
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Hi there, long time no see! :)

Wouldn't it be better to get rid of all the single cab installations crowding up the device and just install the manager? :p

If you really need it, though, I can set up a cab for that clock (it's one of mskip widgets, right?) but I would still suggest to install the manager: it's much more flexible than the older single cabs and handles device memory much better, not to mention all the additional tweaks and functions :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Peterjac:
Hi,

original spb weather and mobile shell weather skins are not working?

only MKsip and change skins weather are working.

I will consider your idea, but as last resort.

File Attached

Mant thanks
[Windows Mobile Themes] Peterjac:
Hi,

Just an update, added your xml to the other 2 qa_layout.dat and still no go on the weather.

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Themes] Peterjac:
Just on a side note, anyone else out there running Change Skin 4.5.2

and is the standard weather skins working for you.

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
I highly doubt it....

I just took a look at the qa_weather_40 you sent me (which is one of the original spb files) and it looks like something messed with it (most probably change skin): it's not what it was supposed to be, and that's 99% why both original spb widgets and my ones are not showing graphics...

Original spb weather widgets get their graphics from there, and so do my ones, which are just small mods of the originals made only to change the text color.

Try the attached cab, but know that even if it works it will fix only my widgets, not the original ones.

To make the original ones work again, I should modify some of the original spb files too, and that's not what I want my package to do (I can still do it for you if you need it, but I'm not gonna put that in my package)

If I got this one right and Change Skin is actually guilty for all this, I wonder why Change Skin author did not use "personal" files instead of messing with the original ones if he was going to alter them... oh well, not everyone has the same pattern of reasoning :p
[Windows Mobile Themes] Peterjac:
Hi again,

Will try this file in the morning, if it works, I will pass on this information to Miki the author of Change Skin, it may be time to stop using Change Skin, as MSkip and your widgets do just about everything one could want.

Am i right in saying that Change Skin is the culprit, in this matter.

Again many thanks for all your time
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Well, I'm sure that Change Skin can still be a nice tool, so stopping using it just because of this issue could be a bit much (unless you're not using any of its features of course) :)

It actually looks like it could be the culprit, I should take a deep inside look at it to be 100% sure, but the chance is high because:

- my widgets do not alter original mobile shell files

- if I remember well, mskip widgets should behave like mine (have to check it, but I'm quite confident Mark uses his own files for his widgets)

- the only other piece of involved software you have is Change Skin

Anyway, even if it really is the culprit, I think the author won't have any problem in fixing it, it's just a matter of pointing to some "personal" files instead of the original ones, leaving them unaltered ;)

Lemme know if it works :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Peterjac:
Hi,

Well you are right, your weather skins are now working correctly, only ones not working now are the MS standard skins, so all is mostly good.

Don't think I want to go through this each time Change Skin updates, so will work out what I want and then pick the most suitable widget packs.

Many Many Thanks for gettung yours to work.

Peter
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Finally! :D

Gonna add the latest cab I gave you to my package (of course for vga too), thanks for pointing out this issue and assisting in fixing it :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Released Version 2.15 :)

This is a minor update: no new widgets, just a new SimplePro Weather cab to fix a MS 3.5.1 and ChangeSkin compatibility issue

Download links in the first post as usual ;)

Enjoy :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] Peterjac:
Hi,

I had very little to do with the fix, it was all you, I did send the informayion on.

So I need to ask is there away to fix the standard MS weather skins, without breaking anything in Change Skin. if not thats fine, I will just use yours and MSkip widgets.

Again many thank for fixing something that was not your problem to start with.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Two ways to fix the standard ms weather skins coming to my mind:

a) replace the modified qa_weather_40 with the original one, dunno what could happen to Change Skin if you do this though

(this would fix the simple and pro skins, haven't checked if there are other modified files to restore for something else)

b) modify qa_weather_widget_old to make it use the qa_weather_40_original I provided (which is just a copy of the original file)

Again, this would fix the simple and pro skins, if there are other standard skins which are not working there could be more corrections to do
[Windows Mobile Themes] fer1962:
Very good job, congratulations. If it possible another analogs clocks...

Thank a lot....
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
It sure is :)

What kind of skin/background image would you like for it?
[Windows Mobile Themes] stefaie:
I really like what you're doing....Could it be possible to have the duracell battery widget a little smaller?

thanks !
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Currently it's 30 pixels wide and 60 pixels high (on qvga, double on vga)... what size would you like it? :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] stefaie:
In wvga ,it should be cool that it size 40 high on 20 wide

thanks a lot
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
40 on 20 if compared to the current 60 on 30, that would be 2/3 of the current one (that means 80 on 40 on wvga, all the sizes on wvga and vga are doubled)

Gonna work on it, will include it in the next release ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Jeremias1008:
Shell Extensions

can't find the shell extensions following the link included in the zip file, any other place to look?
[Windows Mobile Themes] tacchan23:
Here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=4664016&postcount=285
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Released version 2.16 :)

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

Enjoy! :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] max_avatar:
Hi, I'm new, wanted to thank for such a good interface. My omnia looks great. Thank you very much! sorry for my English: P
[Windows Mobile Themes] Peterjac:
Just a bit to big

Hi Vost,

Thanks for the bigger bubble status, take a look at the pic attached, just alittle to big don't ya think.

Any suggestions on what would fit well on this screen.

Maybe without the circle.

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Uhmmm... to make that one I doubled the original size... dunno, maybe original x 1.5 instead of x 2?
[Windows Mobile Themes] x5.cat:
great job again mate !!!

invisible links & frames fits really well !!

thanks and I´m thinking about a second donation for future realeses !!!

cheers.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Thanks, I'm glad you like them! :)

Stay tuned: there's something cooking in the oven..... lol :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] mad_a_22:
omg to be honest with you guys i have no idea how to use this...:confused:

i am using spb mobile shell. i can't use this if i have a naong sense installed right?

i can't seems to add widgets.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
I think you should be able to use my manager even with naong sense installed :)

Did you follow installation instructions? Where exactly are you having issues?

After the installation, before using the new widgets you just need to "activate" them with the "Widgets -> Activate" function inside the manager :)

The widgets are stored on the storage card, and they're not available for use inside Mobile Shell until you activate them, that's mainly to save device memory (only activated widgets use device memory) and also not to have a too large list in the change skin menu of mobile shell
[Windows Mobile Themes] mad_a_22:
actually i am not having trouble installing it. its just that i don't know where to start designing.. and how to display them in the screen.:rolleyes:
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
if you already imported one or more of the available widgets libraries, you just need to go to the "widgets" menu, then the "activate" option and activate the ones you wish to use.

Once you're done activating them and exit the manager (be sure to exit it via menu, NOT tapping the x in the upper right corner of the screen), mobile shell will be restarted and you will have the activated widgets available in the "change skin" menu of the corresponding base widget.

That means that if, for example, you activated a digital clock, you will need to add a standard digital clock to your screen, then go to "edit layout" -> "change skin" and you will find it available in that list :)

if, on the other hand, what you want to do is try to design your own widgets skins then you can download a nicely detailed guide written by user Jotha which is attached to the first post (the guide, not Jotha LOL) :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] moxycalt:
I love the fackt that we don't have to .cab it all the time :p
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
lol same here :)

plus I noticed that sometimes cab uninstallations used to leave some "dirt" in the registry, dunno why... with the manager on the other hand I'm fairly sure this won't happen 'cause I strip the unused keys manually when deactivating something ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] moxycalt:
SEEEE you know !! ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] moxycalt:
still waiting for the gtx one.....AND..of corse your help :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
uhmmmmmm.... gtx? Feels like I forgot something? :p
[Windows Mobile Themes] moxycalt:
That one........

from doc3000, and in a few days to ! ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
uhmm.... does it have to be white? wouldn't it look better if it was semi-transparent so you could see the background too? (not to mention that white images use more battery and tend to make pixels' life shorter, at least on amoled screens... not sure about the others)

lol actually, it looks kinda nice, but I would not get the current time with just a glance, I should "think" to "decode" it :p (that's clearly a "personal" issue though) :o
[Windows Mobile Themes] moxycalt:
WOW are you serious ! Your that great in knowing that white pixelisation is demanding !! That's nuts....I would never of known !

And yes I know about the clock, but you get use to it.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
lol I'm not some kind of encyclopedia, I just learnt of it reading around before buying my Omnia 2... I use to read every piece of documentation I can find before buying something: saves time and possible regrets later ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] moxycalt:
see thats what I need, an omnia 2....:rolleyes:
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
look around for "special offers", maybe you'll find something ;)

I got mine using an offer of my carrier, and the funny thing is that I changed carrier a few weeks later 'cause another one offered a very interesting calls price and data flat plan :p
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Someone bought me a BINARY Watch once and it physically hurt my brain after a few days having to 'work out' the time and by the then it had changed haha.

Suffice to say its in a drawer somewhere now :p

Mark.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
LOOOOL a friend of mine used to have one of those :D looked cool at first, but actually gave headaches after trying to read the time for a while lol :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] moxycalt:
lol that hurt ! :p
[Windows Mobile Themes] mad_a_22:
thank you...ill give you beautiful work a try again...and explore it together with naong sense.

o boy what whould be the outcome.:rolleyes:
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Can't wait to see some screenshots ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] mad_a_22:
so if i am going to select restart shell ill go back to square 1?
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
"restart shell" is not going to reset everything to default settings, if that's what you mean :)

It will just shut the shell down and reload it, nothing more ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] mad_a_22:
wew this may take a while for me to familiarize all...:D

just one more question Vostradamus

i downloaded your latest library that mean all the features in the 1st page are in my storage to exploit?

i can't see them all yet especially those pentagon one.:rolleyes:

thanks for the guide...
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
nope, the latest library contains only the latest additions... if you want all the widgets I've ever made you need to download and import all the available libraries :p

I choose to make the libraries "incremental" 'cause it would not make sense to redownload every time a huge package for just a few additions :) It may take a while the first time, but it's much better later when downloading new releases ;)

EDIT: of course that's only about the widgets... every other function/tweak of the manager (panels creations, menubar modding, weather panel icons change etc.) is fully available even without libraries :)

EDIT 2: the hexagon link widgets are in the base library (the oldest and biggest) :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] mad_a_22:
so thats why i can't find those 1st page pictures you have.:D

ok thanks Vostradamus

downloading all starts.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................

now.:D:p
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
eheh have fun :p

Gonna go to bed now (almost 2am over here), just leave a message if you have any more doubts, I'll reply in the morning ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] moxycalt:
Just wondering if it would be possible to make the invisible menubar buttons just a bit bigger. I'm always having trouble finding them on WQVGA...

Thanks !
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
I made them small to leave as much available screen as possible, even if they are invisible they are still considered "in front" of any widget you could place in their area ;)

I can make another additional "invisible large buttons" menubar, would that be ok? :)

(it will have to wait a bit though, I'm currently designing something together with Jotha, and that will be the next release, so the new menubar will come after it) :p
[Windows Mobile Themes] moxycalt:
Perfect ! :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] claus1953:
Vostradamus

I wanted to add some tiny contact widgets on a hub to access just the most used contacts, but your tiny skin has a big box around it. Can you make the box of the tiny contact skin the same size as the contact picture in it?
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Yep, the tiny contact is actually thought to be used together with some "empty" link, that's why it has that box :)

No problem, I'll add another tiny contact with box and picture the same size ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] claus1953:
Thanks a lot, so i can place some few important contacts on the corners of the contact hub.
[Windows Mobile Themes] bibidu13:
hello, this huge topic, quick question, one is obliged to activate the widgets one by one, or you can activate all of a sudden? thank you

ps : sorry for my english :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Widgets can be activated one by one or in "groups" defined in a "widget set".

The latest version of the manager has some predefined widget sets included, but others can be created.

To create a widget set, you still need to activate the single widgets one by one (that's only the first time of course) and then you will be able to save the currently activated widgets as a set, so that if you'll ever need to re-activate all of them (as in after a mobile shell reinstallation for example) you will be able to do it at once. :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] bibidu13:
tanks you sir :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] anjuajax:
Activating all at one go

Sorry being a naive here, how do we activate all the widgets in one go..I do not want to activate say for weather, I have to activate one by one..I want to activate all at once...
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Activating all the widgets at once is currently not possible, sorry... :(

What's more, I highly advise against activating all of them at the same time... it would be VERY heavy on device memory... (active widgets are stored on device memory... just to give you an example, activating ALL the widgets at the same time on a vga device would use over 50Mb of device memory.... :eek: )

you should activate and keep active only the ones you're really going to use... especially if it's about weather, 'cause weather widgets are often the largest ones... ;)

About activating more widgets in one go, though, the manager can handle what's called a "widgets set", I did write about this just a couple posts ago, try taking a look at the previous page ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Released new Widgets Library :)

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

Enjoy! :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] bibidu13:
tanks !!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
lol sounds like you like soccer? :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] max_avatar:
looks great, thank you very much!
[Windows Mobile Themes] claus1953:
Thanks a lot
[Windows Mobile Themes] kenziesgrandma:
How to proceed?

I'm sorry if these are dumb questions but I'm not a very technical type person, lol. I've been reading through this thread and I would really like to try your program, if I install version 4.05 just released do I have to install anything else (like extra libraries) or is everything included? I would really appreciate some simple instructions, I'm pretty sure once I have everything I need installed I'll be able to figure it all out eventually. I have an Omnia i910 with the latest version of SPB Mobile Shell, do I just go ahead and install your download or do I have to uninstall anything else first? Thanks in advance and I'm sorry for being such a dunce.
[Windows Mobile Themes] SuperDave MotorSports:
sense style flip clock w/ single digit hour & am/pm

I have been looking through this and other forumns for a sense style clock with a single digit hour and am/pm on the tile, for mobile shell 3.5. Something like this

Everything I find has a zero in front of the hours 1-9. IMAO it just looks tacky!

I did find a program called throttlelauncher that had a decent sense style clock but the program had awkward interface and I never did figure out how to enable the sense style clock.

Any information on how I can insert the files myself or where I can find a theme, skin or widget, would be very much appreciated.

Thanks Dave