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CHTEditor

Editor for Co0kie's Home Tab

PLEASE READ THE FIRST POST CAREFULLY BEFORE ASKING QUESTIONS!!!

Download v1.8.5.1 here

See below for a list of changes

Please read post #2 before...

upgrading (either the editor OR Co0kie's Home Tab)

changing the editor language

posting issues

posting change requests

cooking the editor into a ROM.

Co0kie's Home Tab offers us a vast array of changes for our home tabs. A lot of the options are only available via registry edits, unless you use CHTEditor.

With this application you can modify all the settings for the mod without having to open a registry editor, as well as being able to export & import all your settings and quicklinks, in case you need to hard reset or flash a new ROM. Multiple settings files can be automatically linked in the start menu, so you can switch layouts without opening the editor. You can also add these shortcuts as quicklinks to switch layouts from the home tab itself.

This application

DOES NOT

make any changes to Sense. You

MUST

have Co0kie's Home Tab installed!!!

You can get Co0kie's Home Tab here

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MAKE SURE that you have the same version of the mod and the editor installed - you'll be told when starting the editor if you don't.

(It only has to be the first 3 numbers eg. v1.7.1.0 will work with v1.7.1.1)

This application requires .Net 3.5 to be installed on your device. You can download this for

activesync installation here

, or as a

cab file here

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Some people seem to be having trouble installing .Net 3.5. If you are one of them,

read this post

and

this post

for 2 different suggestions.

The application has been tested thoroughly and found to be stable for WM6.5. There is an issue when automatically restarting manila in WM6.1, but you get a friendly error message telling you about it. If you get this message then you will need to restart manila manually.

A BIG thanks goes to eboelzner for the Sense Interface SDK UI controls. They've made a vast improvement to the application and he's been a great help getting the latest version looking the part.

You can find the Sense Interface SDK here.

I have to say a MASSIVE THANKS to henklbr for his help and patience whilst he tested many debug version of the app to fix the recent export issue that was introduced with v1.7.0.0. It's thankfully gone now, hence the release of v1.7.1.1. This release DOES NOT require an update to Co0kie's Home Tab, as long as that's v1.7.1.

Important notes

If in the future you upgrade Co0kie's Home Tab to a newer version, please read post #2 below.

This application can be installed to either the device or your storage card.

Finally, a lot of time goes into this application and this thread, so I'm sorry but I won't answer any questions that are answered in these first few posts. Any major issues will either be resolved as a new release, or will be mentioned at the top of the thread somewhere.

Features list:

Change the settings without a registry editor

Export and import settings and quicklinks (can also be done via command-line - see post 2)

Command-line support for import and export of settings (see post 2)

Create shortcuts to settings files for on-the-fly quick changes from the start menu or quicklinks, without running the editor

Remove dead quicklinks

Automatically restarts manila or soft resets for immediate changes

Multi-language support

To be implemented in future releases:

Add the option to enter application paths as free text, so that parameters can be included

Add the ability to import and export different parts of your settings so you can mix them (quicklinks, home layout, lock layout etc..)

This is a work in progress and will continue to be developed in-line with Co0kieMonster's home tab mod, including any extra settings that are added along the way. With this in mind, it will only work with the correct verison of Co0kieMonster's mod, and if you try to run it against a different version then you'll be given an error telling you to check back here for a newer version of this application.

If you find any problems, please post and let me know, unless it's one of the above mentioned issues that I'm already planning on fixing.

Other than that, go enjoy your newly modded home tab :)

Here's a great how-to vid on YouTube

Here's a video of the mod and editor on pocketnow.com

Here's a write-up of the mod and editor on htcsoftware.org

Update 19-Jun-2010

Fixed issue where getting default wallpaper folder caused an error.

Update 19-Jun-2010

Added support for new features in Co0kie's Home Tab, and some minor bug fixes.

Update 06-Jun-2010

Added support for new features in Co0kie's Home Tab, and some minor bug fixes.

Update 10-May-2010

Added multi-language support and import and export can now be done from command-line.

Update 19-Apr-2010

Fixed the export problem, so you can now export settings and create quicklinks for quick changes of your layouts.

Update 18-Apr-2010

A few options were added & removed from Co0kie's Home Tab, so the same options have been added/removed from the editor. Some logic has been put in place to make some of the controls context sensitive (you can't select too many pages for the different quicklink layouts, and you can't set a default page higher than the number of pages). I've also completely rewritten the import/export dialog, and have added the ability to run settings files directly, without opening the editor. This means you can have multiple layouts and switch between them by either running the settings files from a file explorer, running them from the start menu, or adding them as quicklinks.

Update 13-Apr-2010

The main changes have been in 2 parts. They have been driven by the big changes made to Co0kie's Home Tab, and I've switched the control set from the original Manila SDK controls to the new and improved Sense Interface SDK controls. There were also some minor bug-fixes and groundwork laid for future changes.

Update 04-Mar-2010

Fixed issues with exporting and importing settings and quicklinks and added support for new features in Co0kie's Home Tab v1.6. Exports from an earlier version will not be able to be imported into this version, but this will not be the case with later version of this application. I know it's a pain, and I'm sorry, but the problem has been resolved for future versions.

Update 21-Feb-2010

Fixed a problem where selecting an app from the application list did not assign it correctly.

Update 21-Feb-2010

I've added a folder treeview for exporting and importing settings, rather than saving them to the root of the storage card, which didn't always work.

Update 20-Feb-2010

I've changed the application picker for the alarm, calendar and call history applications.

It's now a list of everything in your start menu, rather than the standard .Net open file dialog, which is somewhat lacking.

I've also fixed the "Number of days to look ahead", which wasn't updating, despite the value being changed and stored succesfully.

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See this post if you want an app to restart Sense

See this post for the nocert cab file

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