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[HD2 General] seeeteee:
I tried that. It worked for most of the icons but there are a couple that keep putting up the Wikipedia page for a favorite that isn't Wikipedia. It's super annoying.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Rapid81:
1.01ß added
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] teorouge:
Thanks, gonna try on VGA - WM 6.5.5 - Sense 2.5.2012 and report back! ;)

ps. why don't you attach the program here, too?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ed_sambo:
Hi Rapid81

This looks a great little app.

I have just tested it and unfortunately I get an "IndexOutOfRangeException" error when I hit the Load folder's list button. It starts to look at my whole sd card and then bombs out with that error.

Maybe adding the option to choose the folder without indexing the whole card is the way to go.

I am running this on a Touch HD with Energy 16 May 23569 CHT ROM.

Hope this helps.

Look forward to testing the next release.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Rapid81:
1.03 version uploaded. Now the settings app supports all resolutions.

I need to look through the whole system, because no SelectFolderDialog in NETCF. Maybe more than 100 folders contains pictures. I rised this number to 1000 in 1.03.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] teorouge:
Wow! Couldn't even install it yet and you release an update! :D

Going with 1.03 then. ;)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Gryphyn:
I've been waiting and hoping for a new wallpaper changer since antworks doesn't seem to change the today screen without locking up after a while. Glad to see yours has S2U2 changing and Sense as well.

I'm also getting the same error when it tries to load all the folders, and would agree that rather than try to index all the wallpaper, just allow the user to choose the folder. I have a 16Gig sd card, so it takes a lonnnng time to try to index that if I ever want to make a change.

Keep up the good work!

The biggest suggestion I have is a problem I have with other wallpaper changers. If the phone has been in standby when the wallpaper changed, when you power it on it takes 5-10 seconds to come on because it is loading the wallpaper. If there was some way to refresh the wallpaper beforehand so it would just power on instantly, that would be awesome.

S2U2's own wallpaper changing appears to not change while the phone is in standby. That's pretty cool too because it saves battery, plus fewer things running that might cause an error, say in the middle of the night, which = no alarm in the morning.

I tried to write my own wallpaper changing script with mortscript, but was never able to get it to be stable, so I appreciate what you're doing very much.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Rapid81:
My problem is, there is no SelectFolderDialog in NETCF. That's why the application runs through the storage. If I'm creating a SelectFolderDialog instead of this method, you'll select only one folder and no subfolders o more separated folder. I'll try to came up with a workable idea, but I'm not making any promises. :)

This app change the wallpaper when the phone is in sleep mode. The phone does not came alive, just change the wallpaper in the backgound. You can't see anything about it, just the new wallpapers when you unclock your phone.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Rapid81:
I guess I solved this "I want to select the directories on my own" and "why the apps runs through the whole system" problems. :D

Now you have a "file explorer"-like thing and a second list where is the app stores the selected directories. The directories stays checked and reloaded on settings app restarts.

Still testing, but if I'll not found problems, I'll upload it soon.

The solution is not 100% finger-friendly...

Something like this: :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Rapid81:
1.1ß uploaded
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Gryphyn:
Been testing it this afternoon. The folder selection is very helpful, I can get it to run now.

It appears to change the wallpaper in all 3 places (S2U2, today, sense) just fine. I've noticed though that the spinning "busy" icon starts up and keeps going and going until I do something like click a tab. Then it pauses for a bit and makes the switch. When the phone has been in standby and I power it on, S2U2 will have the "busy" icon on its screen and will wait until I unlock into Sense to make the change.

I did have a couple instances of it freezing up, I thought this might be due to trying to change the Today background, since Antworks autowallpaperchanger would do something similar. It wouldn't freeze all the time, just some of the time, and I would have to not change the today wallpaper to fix that.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] v0ided:
so far this is exactly what i was looking for. thank you very much for this!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] 808Granato:
Not even sure what started this problem, I did so many different things to get wallpapers I confused myself, now I dont know wich is causing problem. Can you help?

was getting errors when restarted phone about WaPac so I removed the app and soft reset etc. Now I get following message....

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

The file "WaPac cannot be opened. Either it is not signed with a trusted certificate, or onew of its components cannot be found. If the problem persists, try reinstalling or restoring this file.

>>>>>>>>

So I reinstalled, same problem, removed same message...

Any ideas, I guess Im not completely removing all I need to???

Not even sure what started this problem, I did so many different things to get wallpapers I confused myself, now I dont know wich is causing problem. Can you help?

was getting errors when restarted phone about WaPac so I removed the app and soft reset etc. Now I get following message....(also trying to get a good 'screenshot' program so I can show you easier, but had probs with bsbtweaks install also-another day/thread for that!)

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

The file "WaPac cannot be opened. Either it is not signed with a trusted certificate, or onew of its components cannot be found. If the problem persists, try reinstalling or restoring this file.

>>>>>>>>

So I reinstalled, same problem, removed same message...

Any ideas, I guess Im not completely removing all I need to???

recap-ive got cookies home tab, cookies hdwall patch, HDWalls, sdkcertsnew.cab.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Rapid81:
If you checked the "Start with Windows", then you have a WaPaC.lnk in the \Windows\StartUp. That's all. And I recommend you to stop the scheduling before you remove the app.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Gryphyn:
Been testing without S2U2 just to have fewer things running.

When the phone is awake, if the scheduled change begins to run it won't finish until you force a screen refresh by hitting the windows button or something like that. It just sits and thinks forever with the spinning icon on the screen.

Are there any executable modifiers such as "-now" to open the program and force a screen change immediately? It would be great to be able to make a shortcut to switch the screen on command.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Rapid81:
If you checked the "Start with Windows", then you have a WaPaC.lnk in the \Windows\StartUp folder. You can use that to change immediately.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] 808Granato:
thank you-easily fixed

wow. welcome to computers 101. sorry for all the hub-bub. I will take it slower so I can better tell my 'issues'.

Will also keep checking back on this app-sounds great, Im just not the right person to be dealing with beta and giving anyone feedback yet.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Gryphyn:
Thanks for the link info.

Okay, so it doesn't seem to like switching the today wallpaper, which antworks didn't either. It tends to lock up from time to time if I ask it to change the today screen. Any idea why this is? Like I said, antworks changer behaves the same way. I can't figure it out.

I'm running WM 6.5 stock Sprint rom with Goodthings2life's tweaks. Sense 2.5. Touch Pro 2.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Rapid81:
What UI do you use? When I alphatested the app, and I not used any UI, the background not refreshed, just after a program open and close. I cannot figured out a way to refresh the empty today right now, but I'm looking for it. But when I used Sense or Windows Default, the Today, Start Menu and Lockscreen changed properly.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Gryphyn:
Just using Sense UI 2.5. It is weird because it doesn't lock up the phone every single time, just some of the time. I don't have the weather animations going, don't have animated wallpaper. No start menu/lock screen modifications, all stock.

I'm not using S2U2 right now as I test this, but it would change just fine, Sense would change just fine, it is only the today/lockscreen that causes a problem. It seems to be something about the refresh, because the phone would lock up before the screen changed, but after rebooting the wallpaper would have changed. So, I know it isn't the copying of the files, that is being completed.

EDIT> Think I just figured out the problem, after reading this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=600892&page=4

It most likely is a file extension issue, which is why it works sometimes and doesn't work other times. It works until the random function hits a file that is the wrong extension and locks up. Although, that doesn't explain why the images are there once I reboot. Anyway, I'll test by splitting the file types.

EDIT 2> Well, hosed there. All my files are jpegs.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Rapid81:
Stop and start the schedule and watch the next schedule's time. It needs to be 4 minutes forward.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kjt57:
I stopped and started the scedule and it did come up with time 4 minutes in future. It changed after 4 minutes but the four coloured balls came on screen rotating for 3 minutes. it did not change again after another four minutes. the time on main screen was still the time of original change.

:confused:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Rapid81:
Something is wrong with the pictures or one picture what you use.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ambious:
I have the same issue exactly :-(
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] carloc:
I have the same problem, tried to disable all other apps and services running with no luck.

Then I found that the problem does not repro if I uncheck "Same 4 all" setting: if I let it choose different images everything works fine. Sounds like a locking while accessing the same image file of the registry to store the new value...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kjt57:
Was working fine with v1.3?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Rapid81:
I had this kind of problem when I have some pictures with png extension, but the picture's format was jpeg. The Windows tried to handle it like a png, and frooze. The Irfanview program can recognize the images format and ask you to rename it if found some problem.

I'll look into it when I'll have some free time, but I'm using it too, and it's working from 2 days before the release 'till now without any problem.

Thanx for the info. I'll look into it.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ambious:
Great catch!

I love this community, people here are double-rainbow awesome :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Diavire:
Alright, that'll work.

Is it a possibility to have the program check on each wallpaper change if there are new files, maybe through something simple like just a file count, that might not be such an intensive way of checking? Or would that take too much cpu time?

I hadn't thought so far ahead as to include settings in the profiles (I only thought of folders), but yeah, that could work :)

As for version 1.4, I seem to be having a problem, not entirely sure how or what, but when setting a folder it'll always start with the same image (not sure where it is in the list, but I am sure it's not the first nor the last file). It'll then run through the folder displaying all images randomly, then it ends with the same image it started with, then refuses to continue until I go into settings and save, then change the image manually.

It's a bit odd :P

Any ideas?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Rapid81:
I wrote down the bugs, and I'll correct those, but right now I don't have time for this project. Until that, you should use this release as a beta version. :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] silversp:
HI, Rapid

Good software, very useful.

I've been using another software (Graymi's BGSwitchPPC) for a while, the best part of BGSwitchPPC is that it can change the portrait and landscape mode (from specific different folders) desktops at the same time. But ever since I updated my Ominia II to JE5 version, it works cranky. Every time I run it the device will go dead.

So I wonder if you could add the similar function to this WaPaC? Because it works smoothly on my mobile, so if you can make it change 2 modes of desktops together, the app will be a perfect collection for me.

Thank U very much.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] SCA123:
I just upgrade my Sprint TouchPro2 to WM 6.5. Loaded this software but the homescreen

I just upgrade my Sprint TouchPro2 to WM 6.5. Loaded this software but the homescreen does not seem to be changing - Appreciate any help...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] pedmond:
Problem with change time

Thank you for this great program.

A small problem: if I put the change interval to 12h, it will recalculate the next change with each soft reset. To be more clear: the next change time always appear as the time of the last soft reset + 12h.

It would be great if you could find the time to correct this. I really love your program...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] phatestcat:
thanks for the software! I'll try this on my TP2
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] domstuff:
Taskbar

Great app,work a charm on netdrg rom.Just an idea:on cht it's possible to change the taskbar color by a wallpaper,if you can integred this option on your apps for change the taskbar disign with the same wallpaper used on manilla?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Rapid81:
That's not possible without softreset. I tried. I think you don't want to softreset your phone in every 30 minutes or something.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jurkov:
an idea

It is rainy outside. My manila weather shows me it on my today screen and WAPAC choose wallpapers only from rainy wallpapers. Then it is sunny and WAPAC changes it to sunny wallpapers.

Is there any chance to add this option?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deio:
IT messes my lockscreen, after a while. Same as with Antworx AWP 1.41, after some time it cannot overwrite the current wallpaper and you can only see the changed before wallpaper but the current one cannot be seen and if you try to slide, it leaves trails...left or right. HTC HD2 with 1.72 official ROM, same with other ROM's as well.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Rapid81:
This is an interesting idea, but how to make difference between the wallpapers? Different folders for different types? And I need to learn more about HTC Sense SDK.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jurkov:
It can...

It can be by folders or there would be by name of pictures xyz_winter.jpg or winter_xyz.jpg etc....

I think this will send your great app to the next level :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Y_Yan_C:
if you will be able to allow GIF files for Today backgrounds, that will be very very nice
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] pedmond:
Ideally, I would use folders with suggestive names like RAIN, FOG etc., all inside the program folder. In each folder can be any number of pictures, and the program would choose on randomly, or perhaps sequentially.

I guess this would be the killer switch walls application :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jurkov:
next idea

It would be if it has ability to download wall from his website where are a lot of thematic photos perhaps from users of his app:)

I think Rapid81 you have lots of work :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dayznfuz:
Use BGTweaks (search XDA). Read the instructions very carefully, as you can screw things up if you download the wrong files. The latest cabs support CHT (search for .7b5 which is the very latest cab that supports CHT 1.8..). When using WaPaC, make sure it changes the Today screen wallpaper and make sure that it's the same wallpaper as CHT homescreen. BGTweaks uses the Today wallpaper to generate the task/menu bar transparencies.

Thanks Rapid81. This works great!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] pedmond:
Since you have to run BGTweaks everytime you change the wallpaper, I guess it's not very practical to use it with WaPaC...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sprinttouch666:
Are there any plans to make this program comparable with MaxSense? i searched the thread and didn't find anything
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gonc3d:
Suggestion

Great App!

Just one suggestion, the app screen should be transparent, so when you click the change now button, you could see witch wallpaper was selected on the background

Continue the great work! ;)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] naser amereh:
thank youuuuu
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ondedark:
Nice app... good job
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sprinttouch666:
any plans to support MaxSense? :confused:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deio:
No answer about corrupting lockscreen....on HTC HD2 1.72 ROM. I think that sometimes Wapac cannot owerwrite the current wallpaper, then it looks like when you slide to unlock, it leaves trails....I have heard that others had same problem with Automatic Wallpaper Changer. What to do in this case?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dayznfuz:
Actually, no you don't have to rerun it. You just need to run BGTweaks the very first time and set the initial wallpaper with BGTweaks. After that, all "Today" wallpaper changes by anything will result in a reskinned menu and taskbar. As long as you have WaPac change the Today screen AND the Manila/CHT screen it should work automatically. No rerunning BGTweaks, no reboots, and no resets. Works nearly flawlessly. The nearly is that occasionally the menubar skin doesn't change right away. It'll eventually change or you can force it by either opening and closing the keyboard (if you have a TP2) or by opening CHT Editor and closing it if you're running CHT.

As an aside, I was using WinMo on Bing the other day. I don't know if this is possible, but it'd be really cool if WaPac can grab the Bing background picture everyday and make it your wallpaper.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] romualdrichard:
Hi,

I am using wapac since the begining of this program. it's great.

Since you are using a file to have the random list of the wallpapers, if you add a wallpaper in the directory, it won't be taken. You have to 'touch' wapac for this by going to change the directory list and save it.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] selukwe:
It would be a good idea to allow the author to delete/remove his posting if he feels he made a mistake and wants to take it back. As of now, a posting can be just modified into something else, like this...:-)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] selukwe:
I'm using WaPaC on my HTC HD2. Though everything seems to be OK, I nevertheless experience stuck screen when I am phoned to (am receving a call) and have to soft reset the device opening the back lid at least once or twice a day... This does not happen when using another similar product, Wallperizermobile, its disadvantage among others being that it cannot be run as a service and its settings are not as flexible. Though I am unable to define why my device gets stuck, it looks that WaPaC still needs some fine tuning to run more smoothly. Otherwise - well done, I prefer WaPaC to other progs, just to have the remaining bugs shelved...:-)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ruud01:
How can I download and install the WaPac 1.4. At this time I don't have a previous version of the app installed on my HD2. I tried to install the app by unzipping the Change Now link, however when unzipped Change Now can't be opened. Am I doing something wrong?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] p50kombi:
oh no... CHT 2.0

Hiya Rapid..

Guess what.. :)

It happened again!!

Cookie updated his app.. :D

So can we expect an updated WAPAC for CHT 2.0?

Can;t wait for that..

Can't believe Cookie didn't aply a wallpaper scheduler in his great app...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] romualdrichard:
CHTScheduler does the wallpaper change... but not for S2U2, today...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=792178
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] p50kombi:
Thanks buddy..

I saw this after my post and have been fidling around with the scheduler since last night..

Indeed it does change it all, great little software..

But thanks for the heads up :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] MichelDiamond:
Mmh, there could be a possibility, because I really wouldn't like to overblow CHTS with special Wallpaper-Changes outside CHT. Even if Today or S2U2 wasn't any problem for me - but I think Rapid is doing a great job and has a great app in WaPac, so let's think about, how this can be done together.

@Rapid: you have PM :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] pedmond:
@Rapid: Please do NOT update WaPac for CHT 2. If you do, I will have the perfect phone, and then what? I'll have to buy a new one, with Android or even Win 7 (although I doubt that) and start all over again :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] xborfi:
any update for CHT2?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] slyk2203:
the same question again...

any update for cht 2.0
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] selukwe:
Feature suggestion

A small suggestion for an update:

If you rename or delete a folder that has been selected by WaPaC to store images, the next time you re-save the folder settings the program gets into error and has to be closed. This could be easily prevented by adding a feature to delete a folder setting at will, which so far cannot be done otherwise than by unchecking the selection - but it may not be available anymore so then there's nothing to be selected and unchecked...

At the same time a checkbox activating or temporarily deactivating selected folder(s) could come handy, instead of manually removing them and later storing them back again which is not as neat and handy.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] romualdrichard:
Hi,

I have a small issue with Wapac.

Sometime the scheduler is out of date and not updated. Typically, if you have a scheduled change during a reboot.

And after, no update. You have to go th ehs settings, stop the scheduler and restart it.

I think that you should restart the scheduler after a reboot.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mightymouse2045:
Hey perfect phone man - what are you running on your phone and how fast is it and what is the free ram on it on average?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mightymouse2045:
Problem configuring - can't select folders

It's pretty finicky trying to select the folder checkbox - I mean it looks obvious - click in the white box next to the folder name to select it - but trying about 20 times without it moving into the folder itself and having to go back out - I was starting to think hmmm perhaps that's not a check box - but finally I was able to get it just right and select my folder whoohoooooo

On another note if you have two folders with the same start name ie:

\My Storage\Program Files

\My Storage\Programs (Which is auto created for Powerdic)

Only Programs is listed not the two folders. Not a huge issue because I moved my wallpapers into My Documents - but just a bug you should know about :)

Cheers man - I like it :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Jimmm2000:
Perfect soft, thank you!

2 problems so far:

1. if I schedule to change wallpapers every hour, my device will sometimes never wake up.

2. sometimes lockscreen wallpaper stucks (I can't change it anymore) and only soft reset helps.

I change wallpaper and lockscreen only. My phone: HTC Prophet with WM 6.5
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] xborfi:
plz update for CHT 2