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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tronikos:
tonefour,

Check FAQs.

schlork,

Start using r189. It saves the xml files with DOS new lines.

frumunda69,

Try manually adjusting the height under options->general.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] frumunda69:
duh. awesome, thanks!!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sinoo:
Oh yes... please Osprey00... :)

Would be great to see it on the google code project; that way we won't miss any updates of those textures.

@tronikos

Have you noticed this (the attachment) ever before? Since I'm using the *.exe I get this at the bottom when closing/minimizing your application.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] meirh18:
I noticed that if the exe for lockscreentoday and iphonetoday are the same release, lockscreentoday will not run while iPt is running. If they are different releases then it works fine. Is this by design?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] schlork:
No! I build lockscreentoday.exe from 1.51 same as my running IPT.exe 1.51.

But lockscreentoday.exe isn't only re-named but modified, using Resourcehacker, probably this is your problem!?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Cerberus_tm:
I see the same on my phone: that is because MyMobiler forces the system tray to appear (which I have never been able to prevent). As it is, I just tap the MyMobiler icon and uncheck "show tray icon", which has to be done every time I connect the phone to my pc. You could write a Mortscript to do this automatically; perhaps I shall do that one day. I wish there were a way to just disable the system tray once and for all! Stupid Windows Mobile, I hate it and I love it.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Cerberus_tm:
I use DCINoBar to hide the softkeys on the today screen only; it works well. I have also heard of NueNoBar, which is supposed to do the same. Google is your friend.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jeanne8fr:
These programs are in the FAQ and how to use them is also there. See post 1.

J
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Osprey00:
tronikos,

1. Of course. Any graphics that I upload are for you to do whatever you want with. Those that you don't include with iPT I would be very happy to see included separately, such as in an "add-on" pack, so that people don't have to read this whole thread. In such an add-on (or separately), you could also take the opportunity to provide some backgrounds, which you're kind of restricted from including with iPT, due to size reasons. Actually, I scoured a few galleries a few weeks ago and downloaded a bunch of iPhone (320x480) backgrounds. I'll zip them up and attach them here, if you're interested in downloading and offering them. EDIT: Here's an external link for our non-registered readers: iPT Backgrounds.zip.

2. Excellent. A few days ago, I had considered proposing that you save paths as relative when they're under the iPT folder, so great job. An unexpected bonus is that, without the full pathname, you can now see what the icon filename is on the settings page without having to select and pan it.

3. Nice. Thanks for the DOS new lines. That's helpful and eliminates a hassle.

4. The automatic keyboard display works well. Thanks. There are a few little issues to iron out, though:

a) Some of the dialogs (like "Icon Settings", "Wallpaper" and "Movement") put the focus on a text field when the dialogs are accessed (causing the keyboard to display). Can you disable that initial focus on those dialogs?

b) Only the text up to the point at which you tap is selected. For example, if you tap on "10" in-between the 1 and 0, only the 1 is selected. Just in case it was intentional, I don't think that it's really desirable, since how often does anyone find themselves re-typing only the leading characters of a string (ex. changing "\Storage Card" to something else)? Ideally, IMO, tapping anywhere on the text should select all of the text. If the user needs to edit only characters in the middle of the string, I think that most people know that they can click again on the highlighted text to un-highlight it and put the cursor where they need it.

Thanks again for the feature.

schlork,

If you open your original xml files in Windows Notepad (the one that comes with Windows, not Notepad++), you'll see that the formatting is all off. It doesn't really matter anymore, though, now that tronikos has changed iPT to save the xml files with DOS new lines, which Notepad accepts. So, don't worry about it (except that you may want to save your existing files with DOS new lines, since I've noticed that iPT won't correct the formatting if it's already been undone by an earlier version).
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] thepolishguy:
settings won't save?

I am having a problem. I haven't seen anyone else report the same problem. I downloaded 1.5.1, installed.

When I change something in the settings- the changes don't save. Any ideas?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tronikos:
Osprey00,

1. Thanks.

2. I actually thought of converting all paths under the same drive to relative with the appropriate number of ..\ but I guess most users will find that confusing.

3. It should always save them with DOS new lines now.

4. a) It happens only under Windows CE. It happens only for these dialogs because their first field is an edit box and get the keyboard focus. I will see if I can avoid it.

b) No it wasn't intentional. It doesn't happen always. It happens only if the tap is not short. Anyway I think I fixed it by keep selecting the whole text for 1000ms after receiving focus.

maisonpulaski,

No idea... So you get the question whether to save options, you answer yes and the settings are not saved?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] igal_f:
tronikos,

Do you intend to add the lockscreen slider to one of the next release as an option ?

Thank's.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sinoo:
Unfortunately this can't be the problem for me as I just installed mymobiler to get a screenshot of my device. :confused:

Are there other programs that mess up the system tray?

Maybe tronikos could add it in a future release to close system tray?! :o

Thank you very much... An "add-on" pack would be great. :eek:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] namwollem:
New Icons!

I have tried using the new notification "bubble" icons from Osprey00, but every time I change one the settings in the "buuble" tab to point to these new icons, I get an error claiming that the Special Icon Height is invalid, and no matter what I change this figure to, the error persists, unless I cancel the changes.

If I then go back to the "original" iPT Notification icons (Speech bubbles), and make any other change, the change is fine, so it is unlikely that there is some other invalid selection in my settings...... any ideas anyone!?

Not essential, but Osprey00s' "bubble" icons are SO nice, I really want to use them!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Moto62:
You must take the last Version of iPT (Apr.3,2010) !! it is fixed there.

Look at #972
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] namwollem:
Hmmmm

I saw that post when originally posted (if you get what I mean!!) and redownloaded iPT then, but now I have some time to play with new stuff etc., the same fault persists......

...ah I bet I know what I have done, I've probably been a pr@t and bluetoothed the wrong version from my Laptop!! I'll check and try again!

Thank you!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] thepolishguy:
Exactly. I have completely uninstalled and reinstalled. But with the same results. The settings.xml and icon.xml from version 1.5 should be compatible?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] namwollem:
I downloaded 1.5.1 again, and checked timestamp on file, and it IS different, so I have installed this version, and problem is sorted! I must have bluetoothed the same version to my phone rather than the updated one! D'oh!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tronikos:
maisonpulaski,

Yes they are compatible. Make sure that the files are not marked as read only.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Osprey00:
tronikos,

Since you're messing with the expanding animation rectangle, what about round_recting and alphablending it? :P Ok, seriously... is there any way to make it a bit cooler, graphically, maybe partially transparent? Assuming not, what about doing it in reverse, where the black starts on the edges of the screen and moves toward the center (ex. borders the screen 1px wide, then 2px wide and so on until the whole screen is filled)? That would make it look somewhat like the iPT desktop is shrinking, as though it's minimizing, making way for the launched app. That (and transparency) is probably harder said than done (if not impossible, which is probably the case) and there's nothing really wrong with the feature as it is; I'm just brainstorming here because it's fun and doesn't hurt.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] schlork:
Yeah, that's exactly what it is, hopefully not only for us, but for tronikos too!!

I did a little comparison Miopocket skins vs. IphoneToday(source code). Wow, both there is a lot of work behind! While I inbetween understand a little bit sysinfo, I am really impressed about IPT, what a lot of programming and at the end such a slim program! I still wait to the marriage of both ;-)

BTW Osprey00: People are asking for lockscreentoday, please feel absolute free, (if you want) to upload. No matter, it's yours.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tronikos:
I have already started working on something similar. After launching an application the whole screen shrinks and disappears to the center, while later it expands from the center to fit the screen.

Edit: Here is just the exe that supports this kind of animation. Manually edit the XML and change animate="1" to animate="2". You might need to adjust the animation duration and refresh time in the movement tab.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Osprey00:
schlork,

Thanks. I'm thinking of incorporating that into MioPocket if I can find a good use for it, probably in conjuction with the "display off" and "standby" modes (ex. display the lock screen before entering them and requiring the user to slide to unlock when resuming from them). I also need to figure out some solution that works for a wide range of resolutions. I suppose that I can just forgo the graphic behind the slider knob (the "gutter" that it slides in). That's really the only hitch currently, I believe.

tronikos,

That's even better. I didn't think that you could do that (at least with acceptable performance), hence my idea for faking it. You might want to leave the current animation as an option, just in case the new one is not acceptably smooth or fast on slower devices.

BTW, another idea that I've been thinking about: how practical would it be to replace the "Loading..." text on launch with a centered graphic, like a splash screen? You could display the maroon iPT icon and I, for my purposes, could maybe replace it with a "MioPocket" image. Of course, I realize that you'd need to load the image libraries first thing and it wouldn't work too well if that takes a while. You'd probably also want to display the existing "Loading..." text when re-loading settings, saving the splash screen only for initial startup. Anyways, maybe it's more work than I realize. It's just an idea.

EDIT:

1. That new animation is awesome! Wow. Nice job. What about adding the exit part of it to when iPT loads (so that it goes from the black "Loading..." screen to iPT in the same way as when closing an app)? Is that possible?

2. Also, the new default animation timings make the old ("1") animation look a whole lot smoother and better. Good job on that, as well!

3. One more idea: is it possible to postpone the animation until just after the icon's app is launched? Since it takes 0.5-1s to launch most apps, that time could be used to display the animation, rather than doing the animation and looking at a black screen for those 0.5-1s. It's just a minor idea for maybe creating a slightly smoother transition between iPT and launched app.

4. Oh, another thing: it took me a little bit of time to discover the new animation settings. It seems to me that it may make a little more sense for them to be on the "On Launch" tab, where the "Allow animation on launch" checkbox also is. What do you think?

5. One issue not related to the animation, but to another new feature: the 1000ms wait with the text fields doesn't quite solve the text selection problem for me. What happens is: I tap in the middle of a string, the whole string gets selected, then just the characters to the left of my tap are selected. Since I see the whole string selected, it almost works, but gets undone. Also, between the time that it selects the whole string and the partial string, it behaves as though it's selecting the whole string another 10-20 times in about 2 seconds, causing flickering and CPU load. It can be lived with, but I mention it in case it's preventable. Thanks again.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tronikos:
Osprey00,

1. Yes I am planning to do it.

2. The default animation timings are exactly the same. It is smoother because of some optimizations that I did.

4. I temporarily added them there because the "on launch" tab didn't have space. I will probably add another tab for the "on press" settings to make space in the "on launch" tab.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] LEX@N:
Tronikos,

thankyou very much for putting xml's in new lines. I was using serna to edit but now it is so easy with any notepad. Also your animation beta is very nice, I like what you did there.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] midnitefreakin:
@Tronikos

Hi.

Sadly I tried all ur suggestions but ipt vibration is still not working on my asus p527. :(

secondly, i would like to suggest something, why dnt u/others/us save icon.xml in custom folder with different icon sets so as to work as icon theme for IPT. its very frustrating changing icons every now then. with that the work will be a lot simpler.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] edan1979:
you can make 1 icon set... then copy the icon.xml on other folder... then make a new icon set and save it on another... if you want to use it just copy the save one into the main ipt folder...

btw... i got a distorted background using the beta 1.5.2 version... anybody got the same problem..???
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jaskiratsingh:
Hi Tronikos,

I am using the 1.5.2 beta version and i am impressed with its performance. I have few questions:

1. How can set an image to the whole background. It is not possible from the Screen tab and neither from the background tab. I want an image to be set on iphoneToday dll version (i dont use exe)

2. Is it possible to give an option static in screen tab for mainscreen?

3. It is possible to maintain the speed of the application when user selects image from the background tab. Currently when a user selects an image in the background tab, iphoneToday becomes slow.

4. I have iphoneToday installed on my phone. When i upgrade the version, it asks me whether to keep icons.xml and setting.xml. I tap yes and the settings are retained but the icons (images) are overwritten. Is it possible to keep the existing icons and not get them replaced by icons defined/provided with the installation of iphoneToday?

Keep up the great work. I am looking forward for the new version
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] uberto.costanzo:
ciao Tronikos,

complimenti per ipt sono sempre meglio, il mio diamond ha un risparmio di ram rispetto a titanium, la versione 1.5.2 puo gia essere usata? quando ci sara la 1.5.2 ufficiale? e la taskbar tipo iphone non riesci ad installarla o qualche suggerimento per il today per eliminare quella di wm 6.5.5. grazie ciao e buon lavoro a tutti i cuochi

hello Tronikos,

ipt compliments are always better, my diamond has a saving of ram compared to titanium, version 1.5.2 can already be used? When will the official 1.5.2? iphone taskbar and type I can not install or any suggestions for today to eliminate one of wm 6.5.5. hello thanks and good luck to all cooks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] schlork:
Did I understand correct that "old" animation is "1" and the new "2" in xml? If yes than sorry, but I can't see any difference. I made it extrem slow (1000ms) to be able to recocnize.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] michoob:
Instead of the "Loading..." message, why not just show the Windows wait cursor?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] chancer63:
...you must change "animate=2" in the settings.xml. Nothing in the icons.xml.

CU
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] schlork:
@chancer

Thanks and yes that looks great!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] namwollem:
Voicemail

I've had a search through this thread for issues with the "new" voicemail option on 1.5.1, but no one else seems to mention a problem like this... my "Voicemail" icon doesn't seem to work. I get a missed call "bubble", but nothing shows in my voicemail icon.

On my Orange UK handset, the registry key that contains the number of voicemails that are "unread" is

HKCU system/state/Messages/vmail/Total/Unread

Is this the key that iPT checks?

(Tronikos: Also earlier in this thread I queried the option of displaying when a Bluetooth Headset was connected.... you asked for the key it is located, pls find it below....

HKLM System/State/Hardware/Bluetooth

when the value in the key = 25 then the headset is selected.)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] LEX@N:
Change in the xml like you did but do not enter iPT options, instead reset then new animation will be there. If you go back into iPT options for anything it will set it back to 1 when you exit option. After a couple resets that problem seems to go away.

Edit: nevermind Schlork you fixed it.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tito12:
Since we are always changing settings and icons, the 2 xml files change all the time and the solution given before for preparing different xml for each iconset imply the constant updating of the icons.xml whenever you change something.

Another problem with the settings.xml : different iconsets need different backgrounds and bottom bars so you'll need also many copies of this file too that need constant updating.

I have already 7 iconsets and I came up with the obvious step: import the icons (including background and bottom bar) from their location on the storage card to the Icons folder with a mortscript. Then all I need is creating an icon pointing to this script and with 1 press and 4 seconds later I have a full change of screen :)

Instructions and download are here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=5694337&postcount=173
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tronikos:
1. What do you mean "whole background"? Do you want to set an image to cover the whole screen (e.g. 240x320) or the whole space of the pages (e.g. (3 pages * 240) x 320)?

2. A static option for the background of the mainscreen pages? If that is what you are asking then no.

3. Do you have "alphablend on background" in the transparency tab enabled? With that disabled it shouldn't be very slow. Try also one of the new options in the transparency tab "use mask for transparency" to see if that helps and let me know how it performs.

4. Avoid replacing the icons that iPT comes with your own. Use different filenames or place them in a different directory.

Maybe this week. I have no personal experience with WM 6.5.5 but it seems that nueNoBar and similar programs do not work under WM 6.5.5.

1. Yes that's the key that iPT is checking but there is a bug jeanne8fr reported at post #124. I have already fixed it. It will be available in the next release.

2. I might add a new bluetooth icon that reports in the text under the icon the current state (e.g. Discoverable, A2DP connected, Hands free control, Hands free audio).
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tito12:
Hi Tronikos,

I use the exe version with full screen on, thus I don't see the top bar. I don't need it anyway since the special icons show battery state, bt, memory, clock etc... One signal is missing though: active sync connected. Do you have a plan for something like a state bubble ?

Thank you for all your amazing work.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sinoo:
Oh yeah. +1 for this.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jaskiratsingh:
1. I mean the whole background i.e. one image covering mainscreen and bottomscreen

2. OK

3. Alphablend is disabled on the background but i am comparing speed when user sets a background image from screen tab and secondly from background tab.

4. I have kept a backup of my icons at a different location but it is appreciated if iphoneToday doesnt replace its icons with mine (having same name)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] thepolishguy:
Using my PC and using Total Commander I checked my settings.xml and my icons.xml. Neither one of them are marked as read only. Total Commander shows the "Attributes" as "Archive" -but not read only. Would that be a problem?

If I manually edit the xml file the changes show up in the "Options". But if I try to use options -nothing saves. Can any one think of any ideas or fixes? I don't know much about manually editing xml -so don't really want to do that every time I need to make a change.

Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tronikos:
tito12, sinoo,

I added a cradle state icon.

jaskiratsingh,

1. Set the wallpaper in the 2nd tab and choose an image that has same size with your screen, or check the fit to width and height checkboxes to stretch the image so that it fits the screen.

3. Yes having a wallpaper in the 2nd tab is slower than having a background image in the 1st tab. When having a wallpaper in the 2nd tab did you try the use mask option? Did you notice any difference?

maisonpulaski,

That's really weird.

1. Could you try the exe version? With the exe version, when you answer yes to the question: "Save Changes?" after you close options, do you see the loading screen?

2. Try also accessing the options from start->settings->personal->today->items->iPhoneToday->options.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Sir.John:
Just a wild guess:

May storage space be an issue? Have you checked write proctection on any of the parent folders? Have you already tried saving your config files but deleting all the rest of iPT and install a new version from scratch (and at the end copy over your old icon and setting files)?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tito12:
Thanks mate :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] thepolishguy:
1. Tried. Same results. No. I did not see the loading screen.

2. Tried. Same results. Did not save the options I changed.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] thepolishguy:
1. Storage space= 190mb

2. Parent Folders= checked them per your advise. They are not read only.

3. I have completely uninistalled and reinstalled. Same issue. I didn't have this problem until switching from 1.5 to 1.5.1

I think I will try an unistall and reinstall again. But before I do - where are the registry setting for iPT and can I delete them so I can get a completely fresh start?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tronikos:
maisonpulaski,

1. It would help me if you could spot which version was the first one that broke the save options for you. Could you try again with 1.5.0 and keep going backwards till it is working? (all version are available here: http://code.google.com/p/iphonetoday/downloads/list?can=1)

2. iPT is not using the registry to store settings.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] thepolishguy:
giant red circles

I made the leap from 1.3 to 1.4- very good. Thank you for all your hard work.

Has anyone replaced the huge red notifications bubbles with smaller images? If you have- would you mind posting those images so I could "barrow" them from you?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] netutopic:
Hi tito12

Can you share the wallpaper of this picture (carbon color) please.

Thank you in advance
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] michoob:
I've made a notification icon for the alarm that fits well with Bluemetalaxe's AlarmOFF2.png icon:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=4804247&postcount=2696

:D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] DeoreDX:
Make that two people who need this :).

Notification icons on my TP2 are huge! lol
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] devil_82:
Hi jaskiratsingh,

Thanks your solution works great. :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tito12:
I have no graphic talent, I just copied and applied a few changes with GIMP, you are welcome to use the bubbles and the Background (QVGA of course) :)