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[Windows Mobile Themes] spinwizard:
Thanks for sharing!

I recently found your MSM and have it working on my i910 Omnia. Big learning curve for me. But I think I'm gonna really like it, once I figure what all I can do with it.

Just thought I'd add my thanks for all your time and efforts.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
You're welcome! :)

And feel free to ask in here, should you have some questions ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] ag_meiske:
Nice work..... I'll try right now, thank's
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
You're welcome, and have fun ;) :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] laverne:
holiday well deserved! :)

hi Vostradamus!

have an awesome holiday! you deserve it for all your hard work. thank you so much!

i will put in a request for a few widgets when you get back! :D

xxx Laverne xxx
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
eheh can't wait :p

I sure won't be missing my office, but there's a

serious

chance that I'll be missing developing new stuff for MsM lol :D (lol am I nuts or what?) :p :D

I won't be 100% away from here though, I'm going to Austria and even if I live in Italy my internet plan includes data traffic over there too if I'm connected to the local 3 operator, so I should be able to drop by every once in a while :p
[Windows Mobile Themes] mad_a_22:
have a nice vacation vostradamus...and when you get back...here's a request i have in mind.:D

how about a new link for the next update:

a more shiny/polished glass links for hexagon,empty and normal.:rolleyes:
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Thanks! :D

Uhm.... I'll try something, not sure what I'll come up with but will give it a try :p
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Released new widgets library + new advanced menubar library :)

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

Enjoy! :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] stefaie:
Nice vacation !

Could it be possible to put in your TO DO LIST ,when you'll be back , a picture frame widget to have a picture as the size of the screen...I think MSKIP have something like this ...

Thanks ...
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
it's possible, but there's a

serious

chance that if you have such a widget on your screen and you accidentally switch to landscape the shell will crash and you will need a soft reset (that's why I haven't included it so far) :p
[Windows Mobile Themes] claus1953:
Buone vacanze Vostra
[Windows Mobile Themes] claus1953:
One last question hope to catch you before you leave.

I have changed most of my icons with Icon Changer. Some of them will not show up in MS, on the pages or in the MS start menu, but they do show up in the WM start menu, and i can use them in Manila or Titanium where they also show up. Some hints on what to do?
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
You're perfectly in time: I'm gonna leave tomorrow at midnight :)

Plus, I'll be checking the forum every now and then even during my holidays :p

Uhm... I don't know how Icon Changer works, but I've had a similar problem a couple times: both times I managed to solve it by checking the registry key

HKLM\security\shell\startinfo\start\--application name--.lnk

In there you could find a value named "Icon", containing the path to the icon file. In my two cases that path was wrong so I corrected it, restarted the shell and the icon showed up correctly (but it was working no problem in WM start menu even before the correction)

Dunno if that could be the case for you too, but it's worth checking ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] claus1953:
I checked that and the icon path was already correct :(

Inside the folder was icon and iconBKP, i deleted the iconBKP but it did not change either...
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Uhm.... I'm afraid I don't know what else it could be :(

Maybe you could try checking if those icon files are somehow different from the other ones you used.... dunno, maybe size-wise... could they be too large or something? (mind, I'm taking real wild guesses here....)
[Windows Mobile Themes] claus1953:
Nope...not the case either, all this icons were made using the same template, and also the file sizes are all between 5 and 8 kb...really strange. Also PNG or png ext makes no difference... Also strange is that the icons show up under WM but not in the MS screens.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
uhmmm.... really weird :confused:

Maybe you could try uninstalling and reinstalling those apps... I think I've read somewhere of some users who managed to fix the same problem reinstalling the app a couple times (don't have a clue on how it could be possible though lol) :p

(the fact that they show up in WM but not in MS is not so strange.... MS is well known to sometimes have issues with some icons for no apparent reason) :(

EDIT: you could also check if the shortcut file (.lnk) is trying to somehow "force" an icon different from the one in the registry.... if it is maybe it could "confuse" mobile shell, which sometimes can be...... not too smart lol :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] claus1953:
I did not try to reinstall the application, but i did something more logical, i deleted the shortcut and created a new one, that did not change anything, it started showing the original icon but after changing it ....no icon, just a generic one.

I checked inside the shortcut files but no icon was mentioned at all. Compared with other functioning ones and the structure is the same...
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
:confused: weirder and weirder.... I'm out of ideas :(
[Windows Mobile Themes] ziko87:
Vostra, have a nice vacation :) In the mean time, maybe I`ll think of something to make your TO DO LIST larger !

Cheers !!!

P.S. I`ve changed my menu bar the second you released the new Black curve menu ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Thanks!! :D

eheh actually I already have a couple ideas, and I've been scripting the new stuff 'til lunchtime today :p I guess I'll complete it after the vacation, 'cause now I need to pack up stuff and then sleep a bit (gonna drive at night) :)

Keep the ideas flowing! ;)

glad you liked it! ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] soccerdon1981:
Thanks for the updates. I also have the new black curve menubar on my phone now. :)

You are the master!!

Can you create a blocky see-through or blocky clear so I can see the background? :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Margez:
That`s my new Layout!

Nice and clean. With an invisible link to my lock-app in the middle of the screen.

But I have noted that a small Taiwanese company has already copied about 90% of this design. Where are my lawyers when i am needing them?! :D

Thank you very much for the new menubar!
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
will add it to my to do list when I'll be back from vacation ;) By the way... hi from Austria :P
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
lol you're right: you should sue them! how dare they! lol :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] s3r4le:
Hello everyone. Vostradamus great application, but I have a problem: after activating the widget that I have chosen (such as a new watch) when I go to modify it in spb mobile shell, it is proposed as an alternative but I do not see the preview and even if I select nothing changes. May be because I have SPB Mobile Shell moved from internal memory to mystorage?

p.s.

excuse my English but it is the fault of Google Translator
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
nope, it should work even from storage card...

1) check if you downloaded the correct library for your device (qvga or vga)

2) if the library is the correct one, try running the "restore xml" function and see if it gets any better
[Windows Mobile Themes] laverne:
hi there

i would really like to know how you moved the spb mobile shell to mystorage. I'd love to be able to free up memory space! thanx Laverne
[Windows Mobile Themes] claus1953:
You can move it with sk tools. Move Data/Move Folders/Mover the Folder with content.
[Windows Mobile Themes] laverne:
Spb mobile shell moved!

hi there.

thanx so much for that. i moved spb mobile shell and i gained 12mbs! yay!!! :)

thanx Laverne
[Windows Mobile Themes] ziko87:
WOW ! I`ve tried before to do this but I`ve must have done something wrong. Now I tried it and I too managed to free 12 mb. Thanks ! :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] laverne:
MsM for symbian?

hi Vostradamus! hope you enjoying your holiday!

just wanted to know if your manager will work on Symbian? my hubby loves my phone skin and would like to 'pimp' his phone as well! ;) but he has a Nokia X6 symbian based phone! i loaded the spb mobile shell on his phone, so is there any way that your manager will work on his phone? if anyone else knows the answer to this please feel free to reply! :)

thanx Laverne
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
I'm afraid it won't work... I don't think mortscript can run on symbian, plus I don't know symbian but I doubt it has the same "registries" as windows mobile... :(
[Windows Mobile Themes] s3r4le:
Thanks Vostradamus, I imported the library again and now everything works perfectly. Great application.
[Windows Mobile Themes] laverne:
no worries ;)

no worries Vostradamus! he will just have to live with plain ole Spb mobile shell! lol! ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
... plus you will be able to tease him over and over 'cause windows mobile is better than symbian :P :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] jotha:
On the other hand, knowing Gian quite well, I think if enough ppl would ask him, they'd probably persuade him to buy a symbian phone too and develop for that also. Which would cost him the remaining 25 Minutes of sleep each night :D.

As long as nobody asks him to develop for the iphone ...:eek:

BTW: Added that small but not unimportant piece of information to the FAQ ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] RedRamage:
Okay, I tried, I played, I failed. My artist skills on the computer are just not up to it. So, I'm afraid I need to make another couple of requests please.

1. Can you modify the Pro Status 20-item battery so that the color of the battery changes to match the color of the square? Turns yellow and red to match the color box as the level drops.

2. Can you modify the Pro Status Blue so that the text message icon (the phone) has a blue screen instead of the green.

Let me know if I'm not being clear on my request.

Thanks much!
[Windows Mobile Themes] vizarati:
ok please don't hate me for asking this but i am a noob when it comes to computers and things, my parents got me this new samsung omnia II from verizon this week and i was looking at some wallpapers and things to enhance it to my style. i found this site and have done everything as the guides said but the thems/menubars don't work for me. is there anything i can do?

thanks.

Viza

Specs - 8gb storage + 4gb card

1920.cj10
[Windows Mobile Themes] jotha:
Don't fear, nobody hates you for asking questions ;).

First thing you should check is whether you downloaded the libraries for the right resolution. For the Omnia 2 you need the VGA/WVGA libraries. If you have accidentally downloaded the QVGA, then

get the VGA libraries,

remove all of vostradamus widgets from your screens,

uninstall the Manager,

delete the folder vostradamus in "programs" on your storage card

reinstall the manager

import the vga-libraries

If you have the right library and it still does not work, try the "Repair XML"-function under "libraries" in the manager.

Now it should all work if you have done everything else like described in the FAQ. ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Will see what I can do once I'll be back in Italy :P ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Hi there :)

Don't worry, noone's gonna hate you ;)

You wrote you were searching for wallpapers and stuff when you stumbled on this thread so... I know this is gonna seem a dumb question but: did you install spb mobile shell before trying my MsM? :P My app is sort of a huge addon for spb mobile shell, so of course if you don't have the shell itself it's gonna be useless :) (you didn't specify it in your post, that's why I'm asking)

If you did install mobile shell, try following Jotha's instructions, and if things still do not get better try explaining step by step ehat you're doing so we can try to understand what's happening :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] jotha:
Haha, that possibility is even beyond my range of imagination!! :o:eek:
[Windows Mobile Themes] jotha:
Hey MSM-Users!

Are there any Trekkies among you?

I'm thinking about making a LCARS-inspired theme. I already talked with Vostradamus about it. As it would take a certain amount of programming work of him besides my graphics, we only would do it if there would be some amount of interest.

I'm no trekkie, so I wouldn't use it. I just saw on other forums that ppl were asking for LCARS phone-skins, so I thought maybe....

So tell us whether you would like to see it (not only for curiosity but also for real usage ;))

It would work a bit like the WinMo7 inspired things, with hubs to different pages, mainly text-oriented with big buttons and single-color fields. If you don't know how LCARS looks, either google it or don't mind :D.
[Windows Mobile Themes] vizarati:
well no I didn't install that, I didn't see that in the instructions =(. Im going to read them again, but where do I download spb mobile shell. Thanks in case I cant find it

Let me rephrase that. I downloaded all of your programs in the Mediafire.com account for wgv and installed them on My Storage that had 8gbs of space. My Storage Card is for music so that I can keep phone storage free.
[Windows Mobile Themes] jotha:
Haha, that is hilarious :rolleyes:. You have to buy SPB Mobile Shell first to use the Mobile Shell Manager. It can be bought at www.spbsoftwarehouse.com. If you read the line under the Headline of the first post it reads: "For Mobile Shell 3.5.x"

The Manager is just an add-on to SPB Mobile Shell Software. Of course you didn't read that in the instructions. Î think it should be clear that in order to use a "xyz"-Manager you should have "xyz" to manage in the first place. You wouldn't need to read in an instruction that in order to use a steering wheel you need to have a car first.;)

If you decide to buy the Mobile Shell (you can download a 30-day test version there to try), you should really install the Manager on the Storage Card. It's usability is based on that.
[Windows Mobile Themes] claus1953:
I am using an LCARS skin for my throttle launcher and i love it. It is quite colorful and makes weird noises when a panel is activated, like the real thing. I think it would be nice to have it for MS, maybe also as widgets only, so i could use it with proplus freedom from mskip, as it lets me switch skins and setups.
[Windows Mobile Themes] vizarati:
Well glad to make your day =o! Anyways I bought the program installed it. Installed the MsM on my storage card and imported all wzg libraries from the medifire account. All of it works now.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
uhm... that's quite weird actually, especially if everything else is working fine. O_o

Could you please write down step by step what you're trying regarding the menubars and also any "strange" message (if any) you see during the process?

edit: lol looks like I replied while you were editing your post to say everything's fine :p Glad it's all working now! ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] RedRamage:
Well, was able to shrink your to-do list by one item. I figured out what I was doing wrong on the "blue phone" for text messages. I needed to save the bmp as a lower resolution, now it's working great.

I'm still hoping you can do number one which you get a chance... no rush.

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Themes] jotha:
Well, isn't it allways nice to bring sun in someone elses day :D.

Anyway I'm glad you figured it out. Welcome on board :).
[Windows Mobile Themes] RedRamage:
Haha! The more I play with the gimp, the more I'm (slowly) learning. Finally figure out how to manipulate the layers better. Then a little playing around with Hue and I was able to get my Pro-Status Battery changed as well.

If you're interested in either of the files I'll be happy to send them to you.
[Windows Mobile Themes] sansur:
im a little bit ashamed

hi vostradamus (lord vostradamus sounds better....jeje)

im so so sorry for ask, but im about to lose my mind..

ive read the whole thread, but i cant find the answer to my cuestion, where are the invisible links??.

Im already using the neon, transparency, rounded and hex empty links (vga version); but im looking for one that is completely transparent, no frame, no color, just a transparent square (different sizes) that is unnoticeable when placed over other widgets

somewhere in the thread i read that are inside links 1, but i just cant find it...

ive downloaded all the libraries.

please advice me, by the way impresive work

sorry about my grammar, im rusty and isnt my native language
[Windows Mobile Themes] jotha:
With vostradamus in holidays I will help out ;).

You are right, they are in the Links1 widget group.

If you activate widgets and choose "Links1" you should find Invisible Link (Small), Invisible Link (Medium) and Invisible Link (Large) there. After activating them you can change skin for every link you want to one of those.

There are just no previews for those (wouldn't make much sense) and there are no folders for those in the widgets directory, cause they have by definition no graphics data ;). They were part of the base library, so if you have that, you should also have the invisible links.
[Windows Mobile Themes] thekrautdog:
Many thanks!!!

Just want to again (recently sent some catfood) say thanks to V (and jotha) for this excellent program. I had it installed a few months ago before my last ROM flash but wasn't really using it - for some reason I found it a bit daunting...I don't know, just didn't want to really dig in I guess. Anyway, now weeks since I have had MS running again I just reinstalled it and the functionality and ease of use is really top notch. I guess I am writing this to tell other potential users that no matter what you think at first, the learning curve is really very quick. Once you accomplish one activation you have it down, and it opens up a world of new customizations. And the Picasa image previews are eminently helpful in figuring out what you want to do. I am very grateful :^}

I hope V is enjoying his holiday :^}

jotha if you are a football fan, what a great showing by team Deutchland in South Africa! I really enjoyed watching them, such an entertaining side now after Ballack went out and they were forced to quickly adopt a new style. With a name like Zimmerman you know who I support :D :cool: :D :cool: :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] jotha:
Thanks for your kind words.

Yes, I'm a soccer fan (the world cup theme was my idea, cause vostradamus isn't really hot on soccer) and I liked the showing of our team there. But the US team wasn't too shabby either ( for their place in the football world of course). But we wouldn't compete with you in American Football (which I'm an even greater fan of) or Baseball (which I find boring) either.

With vostradamus ending his holidays tomorrow expect some new things soon. We met last week and talked about some ideas which may be very nice (even if I must admit that most of the meeting consisted of barbecue, italian wine and bavarian beer:D).
[Windows Mobile Themes] thekrautdog:
Hey that is my kind of meeting haha. Yes the US team did well, even considering the very poor officiating they had to endure. I was glad to see the final match up come down to 2 teams that had never won, and I feel Spain were deserving champions. I am much less a fan of American Football than I used to be...just cannot endure the overboard commercials!!

Back on topic - glad to hear there may be new things soon...keep up the GREAT work!
[Windows Mobile Themes] thekrautdog:
sorry for double post, don't know how that happened, and can't figure out how to delete it
[Windows Mobile Themes] aelhossi:
Image viewer inside the MSM

Hi

I recently started to use SPB MS on my Xperia 1 and I really find your tool interesting and very useful, so I would like to thank you for your efforts.

I have a problem to change pro background or create changing pic. When I ever browse to a directory with pictures in it, no pictures appears in the file list. I can browse to the directory but I can't select any image. Is there a specific format for the images to show up, or do I need to install a specific tool for this to work,

Thank you for your help!
[Windows Mobile Themes] jotha:
Unfortunately backgrounds in SPB Mobile Shell must be bmp-format, so the manager shows only bmp-pics.:(.

Regarding the changing pics, you better download the "Howto" for changing pics, that is attached to the first post (at the end), because there are much more things to be aware of here.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Quick post before crashing to bed :p

Just got back at home, I SOOOOO hate traffic jams on highways: 14 HOURS for a mere 660 Km drive :eek:

It was around 20-25 Km traffic jam.... and I mean STUCK traffic jam :eek:

Now I would need a holiday to recover from my holiday lol :D

Sooooo.... just gimme some more days to recover (I bet I'll find quite a bunch of things to do at office too) and then I'll get back on track ;)

@thekrautdog: I love ragdolls too! :D (and thanks heaps on behalf of my cat for the tuna cans lol) :p
[Windows Mobile Themes] thekrautdog:
You are quite welcome my friend :^}
[Windows Mobile Themes] n8nortonson:
Is it possible to get a facebook widget that shows a news feed?? and maybe an ebay widget that shows your my ebay summary page showing auctions your watching and bidding on and so on and so forth?? and last i dea i got, maybe a postal tracking widget?? Thanx for listening
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
problem is: spb never released a SDK, so modders are limited to skinning and tweaking existing widgets, but no new functionality can be added if it's not already present in one of the existing standard mobile shell widgets... :(
[Windows Mobile Themes] jotha:
Hi vostradamus,

congrats to your new avatar. Have just a proposal for a small adjustment :D.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
ahahahahahahahah I could REALLY consider it!!!! :D:D:D
[Windows Mobile Themes] RedRamage:
Hey Vostradamus,

Welcome back...

I hate to pile on your to do list, but I do have three, hopefully easy, requests:

First, you created the "Special Audio" link for me. I'd love if you could create exactly the same thing but with 'Backlight' in the title instead of audio.

Second, I've started using the "simple" weather widget included with MobileShell, but the temp sits a long ways under the weather icon. Is it possible to get this widget with the temp line about half the distance is currently sits from the weather icon? Let me know if this doesn't make sense and I'll post a screen shot of what I mean.

Third, I like your Alarm SQ widget, but I'd love it if you could take the shaded rectangle behind the clock away.

Thanks very much...
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Will see what I can do :)

I got your meaning, but if I'm not mistaken that distance has been set thinking of all the possible weather conditions and their graphics, which are not always the same visible size. Last time I checked (it was long ago though), having the temp line and the graphics overlap 'caused the temp line to be in the background, thus resulting not readble.

I'd suggest a combination of two weather widgets: one with only the graphic part and a separate one with only the temp text so that you will be able to place it exactly where you want ;)

That's the graphic of the original mobile shell widget, not having the original project graphic file for it I should recreate it from scratch... not sure if I could get the same exact look and feel..... can't promise anything about this, maybe I'll give it a try but if I won't like the result I probably won't release it so don't get your hopes too high on this one :p