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[Windows Mobile] Rugal:
:(

Can you add option to inject new office 2010 into 219XX Builds instead like "21911" as this a continuation of COM2 "from 25XXX Builds i.e."..

Thanks :D
[Windows Mobile] bobsbbq:
Well I'm back as my time and work load is allowing more time again. But man do I feel like a fish out of water. My last kitchen version was 1.25, now everything has changed including the structure of the kitchen.

Oh well I have to jump in somewhere.
[Windows Mobile] jjblaster3:
just wanted to give a heads up to all cooks cooking in the new v1.5 Facebook tab, don't enable any of the two sense/manila management options otherwise the kitchen will just idle automatically (didnt enable the debugging stuff to check for errors)

p.s i have a small request airxtreme..

if its possible, could u implement the feature of deleting searched files (search results)

opening parent folder one by one will cost alot of time and finger energy :P if the search results are many..

Thanks for this amazing kitchen :D:D:D
[Windows Mobile] kurniawan77:
Thanks again Kil... I already thought it might be someting with the provxml files... but it's so strange that beta3 still working fine... no need to rename anything... . so i was wondering what is different? i'll see what i can find to make it work but now i ned to fix something else.... (off topic)anybody nows if there is a fix for HTC Streaming Media player to connect thru avtivesync OR don't let opera10 play m.yutube.com thru Streaming Media...

edit: uuhhhh.... think i found (my mistake)....:o:o Found a double 'mxipupdate_projectdefault_a_000.provxml', This one was modified and placed later in my own ext pkgs... in beta3 it overwrites the first original one.... that trick doesn't work in beta7 i suppose...
[Windows Mobile] zard:
23668 and 23673 - No Threaded email!

I tried 23668 and 23673 on OSKitchen 1.31beta6 and beta7 and both doesn't seem to have threaded email. I don't think it is the kitchen problem because 23569 has threaded email and it works in the same kitchen. I'm cooking for Rhodium.

Anyway can confirm or help me if I'm wrong?
[Windows Mobile] mst46:
unknown error while building the NBH file

Hi airextreme

I am still seeing the problem below even with beta7. I tried a lot as for a while I

had the impression it had to do with loading different profiles. But I seem to be unable

to find any systematic behind how this error behaves. Sometimes it works flawless and

the next time it shows the error. Now I seem to be able to reproduce it all the time with a

modified Chucky Kitchen that I could provide - if you are interested?

Cheers,

/mst
[Windows Mobile] mattanur:
Kitdhen eats away 6mb RAM!

I tried the OS kitchen V 1.31Beta7 by cooking a ROM for My HTC GENE P3400i. The ROM was cooked without any trouble and also booted nicely using the 21911 build. Everything was fine except, alas, the valuable total program memory is reduced by almost 6MB from 49.37 to 43.3. With the same packages I am getting 49.37 MB using EVK. What may be wrong?
[Windows Mobile] variosteph:
don´t know for GENE but for RHODIUM you can use IMGFSToNB / Implantxip building method

(advanced tweaks - OS Sections) to save space
[Windows Mobile] birkoffsjunk:
If you've removed the ChuckySplash.nb you need to make sure you adjust the NBH Structure.xml appropriately.
[Windows Mobile] MAMBO04:
awesome kitchen, thanks for it :)

i'm using it with my Omnia i900 but i can't find how to make a custom theme default, it's eating away at me haha!

can someone PLEASE help me :) there's no csc file so i can't edit that to change it, and i can't find mxipcold files either. Any help appreciated, thanks!
[Windows Mobile] {SBR}_L3GION:
hey airextreme I just tested the tsk package importer and it works good people will have to either add the other files outside of the tsk to it or add them in the files folder(not really important information but still kinda applies). the main thing I was writing about is that in order for it to become the default tsk it has to applied via provxml. It has to overwrite either the provxml in the sys for those who dont use the operator or extended package in the ext, or the provxml in the extended package or operator package.
[Windows Mobile] mst46:
Mucho gracias Birkoffschunk - that did fix the issue.

Now that I think about it also all my tests do now make sense ...

Cheers,

/MST
[Windows Mobile] crane23:
same as you!
[Windows Mobile] birkoffsjunk:
I've noticed the Build Events, before & after don't work :( (running b7)
[Windows Mobile] pongskie:
Thanks for that mate! Well anyway, i flashed it and it seems pretty stable. Just need to fix the phone canvas or change may base stock rom to a newer version. :)
[Windows Mobile] mattanur:
No! The Kitchen is fine!

I was wrong. My apologies to airextreme. It was my fault that I cooked with default PP which is 12mb and did not check it up. For Gene I use PP 6mb only. Now I got Back the 6mb ram. The kitchen is nice and userfriendly. Thanks to airextreme for this nice kitchen.

And thanks to variosteph for leading me to the advanced tweaks tab.
[Windows Mobile] lgatrick:
I am trying this Kitchen for the first time and have installed the components listed in the tutorial. I still keep getting an nerror message that reads "Error while importing ROM file: Can't extract files or build packages from IMGFS structure. Please make sure the ROM is not corrupted, that it's an original ROM update released by the manufacturer and not an user-generated ROM"

Being a noob to the kitchen world.. would anyone be able to help me with this so I can try cook a ROM with unnecessary programs I don't use.

I am using a CDMA Touch Pro2. OS is win7 64 bit.

I have read several of the other posts and installed the extras to the "Tools" folder, moved the OsKitchen to the root of the computer.

Anyone have a ROM file that you know can be edited for me to practice with???
[Windows Mobile] 3|Saint|5:
It sounds like you are trying to dump a custom rom. You need to try a Stock rom. One of the original roms that comes with the phone.
[Windows Mobile] airxtreme:
It's a XML issue so it could easily be not .NET related. All I can suggest is uninstall all the msxml updates installed (some will break other apps though), using SFC /scannow and installing the latest .NET framework 2.0 update.

Too late I already removed all the code. With office 2010 being also available in the marketplace keeping it would have been pretty pointless.

Can you please link me the package that is causing issues?

What do the search results have to do with parent folders? You can select multiple results and the kitchen will open the parent folder for each one.

The kitchen should replace the provxml in packages following the build order, are you sure the package that was causing issues didn't have a wrong priority over the others?

I think the threaded email has a registry setting that could be turned off in some builds.

Sure, PM me a link to download the kitchen so I can figure this out

Doesn't it work if you just delete the provxml file from SYS?
[Windows Mobile] {SBR}_L3GION:
unfortunately no I dont believe so it has to be converted to a provxml that will overwrite the previous either sys or ext.
[Windows Mobile] jjblaster3:
i uploaded my ext package(made from scratch using manual install files as an ext package was not provided when the 1.5 was first released)

http://www.clonemyfile.com/index.php?c=myuploader&m=search&link=10678

if u wanna check out the provided ext package thats on their thread now take a look at the end of post 2

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=651007

yea i kno about that, its just lets say my search has brought up 20 results, and i jus need to delete these results.. if i select them all and the kitchen opens the parent folders for each one at the same time then my pc will take ages to open them(its really slow)

since all i need to do is delete the files then maybe it would be easier if a delete option for the search results is possible directly from the kitchen..
[Windows Mobile] bobsbbq:
I believe this is correct. There are in most cases provxml in sys and in operatorPkg for theme files. The only way to apply the theme is with add2config.txt or with provxml. Unfortunately with add2config.txt it requires a soft reset with runnCC in order to be fully applied at first boot. With Provxml it does not.

EDIT: Instead of converting the tsk file to a reg file. Could it be converted straight to a provxml file. Then we can name it to overwrite the original.
[Windows Mobile] bobsbbq:
In these newer Zero Kitchen has there been anything added to modify the ROM date? I mean the date that is with the nk.exe? In EVK there was a easy way to change the date to reflect your Release date of a ROM.
[Windows Mobile] inselstaat:
I have again a problem with my topaz... the start menu icons (project default A) are not cooked in with the new versions. Today i tested 1.30v3 and 1.31beta7 and 1.31beta8 and is does not work.

I don't know which version it was exactly, but it worked for me one time..

It should have worked in 1.31 alpha4... maybe anybody has a link to this version??
[Windows Mobile] zelendel:
Seems that the new kitchen has an issue with the new FB tab but v1.30.3 works just fine. Sometimes it will freeze when you get to the ext but most of the time it will kill and exe that is cooked in with it. Giving errors about missing dependencies or a missing .net framework. But once we move back to the kitchen version mentioned above it works fine. Any ideas?
[Windows Mobile] bobsbbq:
I have not tried b 1,8 but in 1.6 and 1.7 I have no problem with the new facebook tab. Might be the order in which you have it?
[Windows Mobile] zelendel:
Yeah I am that now. It seems to only effect any exe that comes after it in the kitchen so I am making it the next to last one and see if that helps. Its odd that I didnt have that prob with the older tab.
[Windows Mobile] airxtreme:
The problem in the facebook tab is this:

<source>%d amigos aceitaram/source>

A < missing in front of /source in 1FED11F0_manila and in other language files makes the file invalid and the kitchen hangs while parsing it to find the language. Maybe you should contact the package author to have the XML files fixed.
[Windows Mobile] zelendel:
Would that also cause any exe cooked in the same directory with it to give me a missing token error when run?
[Windows Mobile] airxtreme:
I copy&pasted several EXE files in the folder and didn't have any issue, I also put the package as first in the build order and it didn't seem to cause any error. Can you check if you can reproduce it even on a clean leo kitchen and give me the instructions to reproduce the error?
[Windows Mobile] zelendel:
Grabbing a fresh stock now, I went threw and looked at every ext to find the ones that got wrecked and it seems that it only effected MMtaskmanger, Manila birthday, and G-Alarm.

I added a SS of the error
[Windows Mobile] airxtreme:
I thought it was a kitchen error, probably your problem is caused by the fact that the facebook tab comes with .NET framework files that could overwrite the ones in other apps. I have no idea about how can you fix that if changing the EXT packages order doesn't help.
[Windows Mobile] {SBR}_L3GION:
I kind of miss the inject the threaded email setting as it worked for more than just the 28xxx builds. if it would be possible would you mind bringing it back in your next build.
[Windows Mobile] airxtreme:
What was the threaded email setting? I'm pretty sure the kitchen was checking that the build number was 28XXX before doing the office injection.
[Windows Mobile] zard:
I just tried 1.7 and the new facebook tab package is placed as last package in EXT and it is still stuck at the facebook tab. :-(
[Windows Mobile] airxtreme:
If you fix the XML files that have that issue on the spanish line it will work. That or turn off both manila options. The next version will start ignoring those files but it's in the best interest for everybody if somebody warns the author because if it's not fixed the unneeded language files that cannot be parsed will end up cooked in the ROM.
[Windows Mobile] airxtreme:
I tried compressing all PNG files with pngslim and it saves about 65% of the space used by native windows mobile images but the images for a WVGA phone only use 2.63mb of space making things completely pointless: in the end only 1.5mb of space is saved and since the ROM is compressed the space saved is even less because LZX/XPR can also save space from the uncompressed images. HTC compressed the images in their ROMs pretty well and only about 10% of the space of those images can be saved (4mb out of 27mb). PNG compression takes literally days unless the pngslim script is replaced with something multithreaded and library-based (pngslim is a batch file that calls small png compression tools hundred of times for each PNG) so I don't really think I'm going to add it since PNG compression is something that can also be done manually on the source PNG files instead of doing it while cooking. If somebody has a better solution (like another tool that works just as well or better without being so slow) please let me know.
[Windows Mobile] cac2us:
Have you tried PhotoScape?

I know it does resize and batch processing, and it's free.
[Windows Mobile] airxtreme:
It's a little too big to include with the kitchen and also I don't think it would do the same work that pngslim does since pngslim tries hundred of different compressions with different tools to save the highest amount of space it can.

I wonder how the windows mobile shell keeps the file loaded: maybe there would be some performance improvements by using compressed PNGs for titanium and themes and maybe also by scaling them to match the exact size the start menu needs. Has anybody ever tried scaling and compressing those PNG files?
[Windows Mobile] inselstaat:
Does anybody have version 1.31 alpha 4? That was the only one which worked foe me including startmenu icons.

All newer versions since then don't show the correct startmenu icons.. (yeah, i also asked 2 pages earlier)

Greetings,

Inselstaat
[Windows Mobile] variosteph:
pngout and pngoptimizer are 2 other pngoptimizing programs. pngcompression would be nice anyway, even if it took a long time, maybe make it a extra windows like search?

just a question: how do you remove the write protect attribute from the kitchen folder? (i can´t on my win xp prof) so the compressed pngs can´t overwrite the original ones and i have to rename every single one (which last longer than the whole compression :-) )

steph

EDIT: just saw that pngslim uses pngout.exe:-)

EDIT 2. pngoptimizer is much faster than pngslim
[Windows Mobile] variosteph:
sorry, can´t find older versions on my computer,

but tell me which packages do you remove from sys?

if you remove one of the packages written in the provxml, youll have to edit the provxml to get it performed, i think

steph
[Windows Mobile] airxtreme:
PNGSlim runs pngout, pngoptimizer and 4 other PNG compression tools in sequence to get the smallest output possible

Compressing the images with PNGSlim on my machine takes 5minutes for each and considering there are 2000 images on a Leo ROM it would take an entire week to process all of them. I don't really want to include something that slow in the kitchen.

You have to go to the folder properties of the Source folder, check and uncheck the Read-only box and click apply however of all the png files I have found in the Leo ROM none of them has the read-only flag.
[Windows Mobile] airxtreme:
Please set the pause before imgfs option and compare the platformrebuilder\temp\dump folders with winmerge to find out what is the difference between the alpha4 and beta9 ones (or PM a link to download your Sources folder and project file so I can try myself). All the pre-beta builds had problems with provxml handling so it's most likely a problem in your sources rather than with the kitchen.
[Windows Mobile] variosteph:
yes, pngslim took ages, but standalone pngoptimizer is much much faster (even on my old computer) and gives good compression for me

the problem on my work-computer is that i can´t change the flag, it always jumps back to read only, but it seems to be a win xp pro problem, no read only flag on my eeebox with win xp

thanks

steph
[Windows Mobile] inselstaat:
I tried it with fresh dumps, but maybe i deactivated too much WM-Packages as variosteph said... I will try both things.

Thank you
[Windows Mobile] airxtreme:
I don't want to add it yet because it needs a lot of work to make it compatible with all devices.
[Windows Mobile] inselstaat:
Hm, it was a great idea to leave all packages enabled... Icons work now..

But how can I remove many other packages and the icons still work?
[Windows Mobile] airxtreme:
From the tests I did pngoptimizer was one of the worst while pngout and pngrewrite (where it works) were the best but both can only process one file at once. I wouldn't like to implement a png compression function that is by far inferior to using another tool because on the devices where ROM space is very limited 2-3mb of additional ROM space can really make a difference.

You can try with an explorer alternative or with the old "attrib *.* -h -r -s Sources /S" dos command
[Windows Mobile] variosteph:
yep, if it just give us 2-3mb and took ages, than it wouldn´t make sense to include,

and for attributes i will try another explorer,

thanks!
[Windows Mobile] crazyC:
Would you be able to add a note under the FAQ for the best way to upgrade the kitchen from earlier versions (due to your high workrate :)). Do we just drop the new contents in or set it up clean, reimport the base and the copy over certain folders?

Cheers
[Windows Mobile] variosteph:
i think you´ll have to edit/delete the lines matching the sys packages in the mxipupdate_projectdefault_a_000.provxml

steph
[Windows Mobile] kurniawan77:
Yep... 100%
[Windows Mobile] af974:
I have the same issue with Temporary OS.nb even in the latest versions, if i build a Rom with OsKitchen 1.25 within only MSXIPKernel , i take the OS_new.nb and rename it in Temporary OS.nb i gain 44 MB in total available storage in a ROm builded with OsKitchen 1.31beta9.....meaning for Leo.....it isnt a problem though since i have to do it only one time.

I have some problem while importing some cabs, i attached one of them,it seems to me that they came only decompressed like unrar them.
[Windows Mobile] KilZone:
variosteph and kurniawan77 already answered your question, but I want to add a little bit to their answer. It is indeed required to edit the mxipupdate_projectdefault_a_000.provxml file, because it will just not be executed [even rolled back] when the *.provxml tries to move a file which is not in the ROM anymore. As a result no icons are added to the registry.

However just editing the mxipupdate_* files alone is will make your initial configuration a little hinkey [semi-wrong]. As there is also the initflashfiles.dat in the OEM_LANG_* folder, which contains references to many shortcuts and files which are inside both EXT and SYS. You should also edit this one accordingly, as otherwise the process leaves empty files around. A mistake in your initflashfiles.dat is not really a problem, as it will just continue with the next statement, but it will leave empty folders and sometimes empty shortcuts around.
[Windows Mobile] kurniawan77:
And u can modify this file by simply addind " ; " (without "') in front of the line to the shortcut;)
[Windows Mobile] meltwater:
Let me know if you work out why the facebook tab is causing issues for cooking. I don't cook so I don't know what to look out for and I'm happy to make changes if it helps, just need to know what. [Just post details on the facebook tab thread]
[Windows Mobile] l3v5y:
On the PNG Optimisation front, you can get much better space savings by doing things like making HTCs Calculator package use PNGs instead of BMPs. You need to replace "bmp" with "png" in the XML and then convert all the BMPs to PNGs, and you save as much space with one package as you said you would optimising every PNG in the ROM.
[Windows Mobile] inselstaat:
I did not know, that a provxml hangs up at the file operations..

I removed everything but the folder icons from the provxml and added an extra package for my icons... This works fine now ;)

Thank you! Inselstaat
[Windows Mobile] ultrashot:
Bug: for me osKitchen changes Page Pool incorrectly on Kovsky while EVK builds rom correctly even with the same nk.exe. Though PagePoolChanger shows correct values, there is 12Mb more memory than it should be (I set 24 MB: should be 188 MB, but rom cooked using osKitchen shows 200 MB)

Also I have well-known problems with themes and some not executing provxmls (but they are correct - I checked all provxmls on-device using DMProcessConfigXML function)
[Windows Mobile] KilZone:
Most likely this is a problem with your ROM rather than the kitchen used to generate the ROM. There are a few things you should know about ProvXML files, which are not commonly found on the forums. We all know that ProvXML are just XML files and, depending on their name, will be executed on 'cold boot'. But what most ROM builders don't know is that Windows Mobile will execute these files in alphabetical order unless otherwise specified!

See most HTC EXT packages come with ProvXML files, for example the HTC Calculator, which contain something like this:

<characteristic type="FileOperation">
<characteristic type="%CE11%\Calculator.lnk" translation="install">
<characteristic type="Delete">
<parm name="ForceDelete"/>
</characteristic>
</characteristic>
</characteristic>

These files will alter the system during initial setup and are required to run in a specific order. For example if you have a file that tries to move the Calculator.lnk in your OEM, you have to execute it before the calculator removes it or the ProvXML in your OEM will be invalid.

The other way around is more likely (for example the mxipupdate_projectdefault_a_000.provxml is known to be vurnerable for this), that if executed too early the filesystem is not ready yet. So if a ProvXML is not working, yet valid, try to rename it to mxipupdate_z*.provxml. Forcing it to be executed last...

How does HTC use these files, without the 'z'-trick?

The answer is pretty simple, they use the DSM files to overwrite Windows Mobile's original execution order. You can do the same, but this will be a lot of work... Use the osKitchen and specify the 'This package has priority over' in the properties dialog. Many other kitchens actually remove these DSM files (that's why we have this issue) as they are only required to change the execution order, and are useless otherwise... So removing the DSM files, will remove about 200 files from your Windows folder and you gain a little performance boost.
[Windows Mobile] zard:
Just wanted to report that Facebook v1.5 tab is working in latest OS Kitchen v1.31 beta9. Thanks for the update.