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[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
I think it's part of his ProPlus Freedom package ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] wuffi123:
hi, first thanx a lot for your work!!! it´s great!

a have 4 questions, i hope they aren´t answered yet, but i couldn´t read all the 100 pages...

1.

is it possible to make a link (widget) to a folder?

i organized my windows startmenu very well and would like to have shortcuts in ms to all the different folders i created.

i could create a new panel for each folder and create new widgets-shortcuts for every link, but that would be a lot of work and when i change the startmenu folders, the widges aren´t...

2. is it possible to integrate more menubars, for example the menubar from naongs mobile sense?

3. can i change the icon of a panel-shortcut (widget) ?

for example when i created a new panel called "contacs" and put a link to it on the proscreen, it would be better to see a contact icon and not the standard spb icon.

4. is it possible to integrate a "pagecount-indicator" likemskip uses it in "proplus ultimate elegance"? so in the lifestylescreen you´re able to see on what page you are?

greets!
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Oooook, let's see point by point :)

Uhm... I'm not 100% sure, but I'm afraid it's not possible... I already tried creating a shortcut to a folder, placing it both in start menu/programs and in mobile shell "my shortcuts"... I can then create a shortcut widget pointing to it, but nothing seems to happen tapping on the widget... Dunno if there could be another way to do that :(

To include someone else's menubar in MsM libraries I would need to author permission.... if you manage to get his permission I can see to it, but if I'm not mistaken more than one user already tried to ask him and got no reply so far

You can do that with "Spb Menu Editor" (3rd party free app, attached to the first post), but you always be limited to "internal" mobile shell icons, you can't use customized ones.

This has been discussed just a couple pages ago :) Pages with that indicator in reality are not pages of a panel... but every single page you see is a 1 page panel itself (that's why those pages can't have a sliding background). It's possible, but it's something that can be done in complete, pre-compiled themes like MSkip ones... in a customizing tool like MsM, where nothing is preconfigured, it would require a quite heavy scripting and what's more the final "building" procedure would be up to the user, making things more complicated and with many more chances for mistakes.... so it's currently not supported by MsM (at least at the moment lol) :p
[Windows Mobile Themes] ziko87:
Well, I think I found a way of fixing the problem ;) Let`s say I use a Kyro theme (carbon, which is black) from Imarche and the letters and numbers in the Call log are black too(because of the problem), which in normal situation have to be white. What I did was - go to YOUR MSM - panels - spb wallpaper - call log - default...and LETTERS AND NUMBERS ARE WHITE AGAIN :D So, that`s the end of the problem (I hope ;) )
[Windows Mobile Themes] Heart1010:
With mobile shell the standard task manager (top right on stock rom with manila) is totally gone. So I'm wondering how to get that info I've get there in case of the free memory? Example: I tap top right and saw there "62%"... so my phone are using 62% of ram 38% are free... I miss that info with that simple mobile shell task manager. So how to get that used/free ram in percent?
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Good idea :) By setting the wallpaper to "default" with MsM you force the original xml to be re-injected, so it gets fixed :) lol didn't think MsM could also be used as a "bug fixer" :D :p
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
I could suggest using BattClock ;)

It does not work in the same exact way of the task manager you mentioned, but it can give you that info and more, it's free, highly customizable, very nice, VERY light on ram, does not affect battery life at all and works fine :)

EDIT: forgot to mention... you don't even need to tap on it... you can add the info you need right on the taskbar so it's always visible (I do the same, just I have it show the free Mb instead of percentage)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Released version 5.07 + new Widgets Library + new Advanced Menubar Library :)

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

Enjoy! :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] Heart1010:
Thanks for that tip.... but this BattClock is always visible in top bar, isn't it!? I don't want any permanent info in top bar. I only want/need that % memory info when I tap something (a program icon for example). Is it doable with BattClock?
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Uhm... I'm not sure if it can be set to show it only tapping something, maybe not.... but you can place it wherever you want on the taskbar... I placed it right below the "Start" text, it doesn't "disrupt" anything, and I actually find it quite comfortable 'cause I don't need to do anything more than looking at the screen to read that info :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] jotha:
Updated FAQ:

Added Chapter "Will it work on my device" in "Installation"

Updated Chapter "Which Widget-Resolution do I need?" in "Installation"

Removed "Task-Manager does not work" because it no longer applies.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
would sure love to see them! :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] mad_a_22:
WOOOOHHHH!

latest version...do i need to uninstall all my old version widgets and install this?
[Windows Mobile Themes] jotha:
No, all installed old widgets will continue to work even after 5.x. But after installing 5.x only new widget libraries can be installed.;)

The difference lies in the way the xml-part of the widget is applied, and as the xml-lines for old widgets are already installed, they will work on.

So just download the cab and install it. You will see no change in your installed widgets. When new widgets libraries will be released in the (hopefully not so far) future, download these if you want and import them as before, only this time without the need to import an xml-file also.
[Windows Mobile Themes] kenziesgrandma:
Thanks for answering Vostradamus, just one more reason for me to want to upgrade to Omnia II, lol. Now all I have to do is convince my husband.

Thanks again

Kathy
[Windows Mobile Themes] mad_a_22:
ok then...i guess only the MsM 5 is the only latest version i should install for now. thanks
[Windows Mobile Themes] xbtbadman:
I would like to use it for my HD2 but can't find library for WVGA. Just use VGA library instead ?
[Windows Mobile Themes] carbtvserv:
Where do i download the MSM Full widgets library from. I cant find it.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mad_a_22:
i think thats the one you should use.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mad_a_22:
you can find it on the first page or

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=96d66e397bccb22bbda4076e811714c8c22d3c2dbed8d8fc515d15c8b368bfbe
[Windows Mobile Themes] jotha:
Libraries for VGA and WVGA are the same. See FAQ ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
eheh need an upgrade script from "husband 1.0" to "convinced husband 1.1" ? :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
lol thanks as usual to Jotha and to mad_a_22 for "thread assistance" while I was sleeping lol :D :p
[Windows Mobile Themes] xbtbadman:
Thanks for your work ! I have activated one widget and exit the manager but can' find it in "add widget" of SPB shell. Where is it ? or I missed any step ?

Thanks !:confused:
[Windows Mobile Themes] gauravbaadshah:
why aren't there contact widget previews in picassa album?
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
if you, for example, activate a digital clock, then you must add a normal digital clock to your screen, go to edit layout - click on the clock - change skin - and you will find the new one in the skin list ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
that's because the contact skin by itself does not have any graphic part... they are just contact photos with the "right" size to be placed over something else, like an "empty" link widget. I might consider adding some "combined" preview on picasa though... thanks for making me think of it ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] xbtbadman:
I did it, yeah ! Thanks !:p
[Windows Mobile Themes] gauravbaadshah:
BUG:

the birthday 'Line' widget overflows the name if there is no contact pic and the contact has a first and a last name.

I use invisible menubar and then place a link manually to Launcher (by creating shortcuts throuth MsM). However, by tapping on the manually made link the Launcher window always opens in the default view.
[Windows Mobile Themes] ranasrule:
you sir have outdone yourself yet again....i salute you
[Windows Mobile Themes] davidm2:
Thanks a lot for plain widgets :-)

D.
[Windows Mobile Themes] ziko87:
Hey, Vostra...what do you work ?! Do you have time to eat, sleep, write here ? :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
lol not being an iPhone, I

can

multitask :D

Plus I tweaked myself, so I multitask faster than windows and I don't crash :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] davidm2:
Hi, I tested all, works cool, but only small thing ;-)... The HTC thin font at widgets works smoothly and looks very nice. But now, "Clean Simple Large" digital clock doesn't fit the layout (yes, I know, I said its ok, but now isnt, sorryy)... please could you do the modified "Clean Simple Large" clock - plain layout with thin font, and bigger than actual "Clean Simple Large" clock (about 1.5x bigger - if this size is 100pt, use 150pt)?

Thanks, it will be last thing I promise... :)

David
[Windows Mobile Themes] kenziesgrandma:
Vostradamus, could I ask for help with the BattClock please? I really like having the Free memory shown in MB, it's such an easy way to keep track of it, but I would like to get rid of the coloured bars (dotted lines) except for phone signal strength, that's the only one I really want. I find the config rather confusing. Could you please tell me if it's possible to have other bars removed and what settings to use?

thanks

Kathy
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
lol don't worry about asking for new stuff, it's not a problem at all ;)

I can do that, but I would need someone to provide the font 'cause the digital clock digits are not text... they're images, and I need the font to be able to create them :p

(actually, I could force the shell to draw "text" digits instead of using images, but text-digits that large would look bad 'cause they would lack antialiasing)

Not having an HTC device, I don't have that font either.... I made those widgets "blindly".... declaring the htc font in the definitions, but testing with a default tahoma 'cause the emulators do not have it :p​
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
yep, it's possible indeed (I did the same: only free ram showing and nothing else)

in the "stripes" setting, cycle through all the available stripe type (first line, using + and - buttons) and uncheck "stripe enabled" on every non-desired one ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] dansia47:
Haha, that's your greatest fault indeed
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
lol should someone have a spare, not-needed HTC Leo I'll be glad to receive it in my mailbox for more aimed developments :D :p
[Windows Mobile Themes] kenziesgrandma:
You're the best Vostradamus! Thanks so much.

Kathy

PS. I always have to laugh because it's all so easy once you know how, lol.
[Windows Mobile Themes] davidm2:
Hi,

I'm sending you HelveticaNeue LT 35 Thin.ttf (taken from my device) and bitmaps of digits...
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
actually, it took me some time too to figure out what's what in those settings :p
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Thanks a lot :)

The font will be enough, I'll create the images myself ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] davidm2:
you could take bitmaps as template of widget size (i made the bitmaps at required size of clock, for VGA device)
[Windows Mobile Themes] wuffi123:
thanx for the quick replies.

now i got a new problem:

when i want to change the BG-pic of the pro-homescreen the manager says:

"RAR_PROVBACKGROUND.zip: No files to add"

afterwars: "BG-pic changed".

but i didn´t...

and when i change the page in the prohomescreen the content of the privious page is still there, so that everything is mixed up and one can´t recognize anything.

(for the spb panels it´s the same)

an idea why?
[Windows Mobile Themes] chrishnz:
Sorry if that's a stupid question but can anyone tell me how we can have a text like Applications, Games etc on top of a custom panel?like in the custom panels with applications, games etc demonstrated by vostradamus where the text Applications is on top of the panel.
[Windows Mobile Themes] kenziesgrandma:
Well, I certainly appreciate you passing on your know-how to me, I couldn't make heads or tails out of it.

thanks again

Kathy
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
oh, ok then, I'll use them as a size guideline while creating the needed images, great :) Thanks!
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Uhm.... you mean you're trying to change the background on the

main

professional home? (that is, standard professional screen of mobile shell, not some additional panel created with MsM)

If that's the case, did you change its menubar at least once first? At least one menubar change on professional home is required for the change wallpaper function to work on it...

EDIT: I just noticed that you wrote it also happen on spb panels... that of course should not happen, there's nothing to be done to enable that part... uhm... it's a first: never heard of such a problem before... do you have any other mobile shell theme/mod/whatever installed? What device do you have? How much free device memory?
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
In my example pics, that text is part of the background image, easiest solution is always the best one lol :p

I took the kitten pictures, edited them with Gimp and added the text on top, fading the text background form black to transparent.... saved the result as bmp files and used them as wallpapers ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
You're welcome, as usual! ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] wuffi123:
yes, of course i changed the menubar before.

my device is omnia i900

i don´t know, it´s kind of weird...

before i started playing around with msmanager i had 44 mb ram.

then i installed nuangs mobile sense.

afterwards i installed msm and loaded a lot of widgets, changed successfull backgrounds, created a lot of additional propanels etc.

then i realised that the backgound pics wheren´t configured well, cos i chose pics with a wrong resulution. so i created pics with 240x400.

i wanted to change the pics, but then it happened what i ve descipted.

i wondered why, and checked my ram... just 4 mb left.

so i did a hardreset to have eveything clean again and took a backup file (spritebackup) from a point when everything worked well and before i started to play around with sense and msm.

the only thing i "installed" is mskipproplus widgetsonly and i added prohomescreens with shellextension.

i also installed ms3config, but it doesn´t work anymore. i believe it worked befor i installed msskip proplus widgetsonly.

i didn´t delete your 5.06 version, just installed 5.07 over it.

but that shouldn´t be a problem, cos the problem occured before this.

maybe is should try to first deinstall msm completely and mskip widgets and test again...

(sorry for my bad english)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Uhm.... I don't know what could have caused your ram to go that low, but that could have something to do with the weird behaviour... lol I wonder how your device could work at all with only 4mb ram (are you sure you're talking about ram and not about device memory?..... if it's device memory then know that

every activated widget

needs to be copied to device memory, so if you activate too many of them at the same time that could very well fill it up.... you should always activate

only

the ones you're gonna use and deactivate them if you decide not to use them anymore...)

mobile sense and mskip stuff should be compatible with MsM: a lot of users already use them together without problems... MsM should be installed

after

them though (but maybe you did install it last)

I don't know how shell extension and ms3config work, so I can't say if they could mess with MsM

No problem at all about installing 5.07 over 5.06 of course

I'd suggest to start with a fresh, clean installation of mobile shell, check your ram and everything to be sure it's all fine, then install mskip widgets and then MsM and give the whole thing a try, always remembering to keep activated only what you're actually using :)

EDIT: going to bed now (almost 1 am over here), give it all a try and good luck, and feel free to write in here if you have more questions: I'll reply in the morning ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] wuffi123:
yesss!!! i found the problem! too stupid.

don´t know why, but my omnia can´t read the bmp-files, which i wanted to have as background.

for other pics, which can be displayed in resco photoviewer, it works.

very strange, cos they´re normal bmp-pics converted with acdsee. some are working, and some not. do i need a certain resolution?

but so it´s up to me to find it out, what´s the problem.

it´s not a problem of your program!

thanx a lot!
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
What resolution are the bmp images you made?

Mark.
[Windows Mobile Themes] wuffi123:
240x400.

but something must went wrong when i saved/converted the pics.

i opened all pics in photoshop and overwrote them, and now it works very well.

so the the resolution wasn´t the problem.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
resolution should be the one of your screen... on an Omnia i900 you need 240x400 images (well, actually it would be a little bit less than 400 because of the taskbar, but 240x400 will work perfectly fine)

Something important is the bmp format... I'd suggest to save them as 16bits. TrueColor bitmaps should work the same as wallpapers, but it would be a waste of ram and disk space 'cause windows mobile can only display 65k colors (that is 16bits images)
[Windows Mobile Themes] mad_a_22:
yes thanks for the update.:)
[Windows Mobile Themes] laverne:
problem changing propanel background

i created a propanel and went to change the background but used a bmp from the windows folder. now i cant get rid of it! i cant change it to anything else! ive tried everything... removed the propaned, uninstalled ms and msm and reinstalled but its still there! no matter what i do. its still there. i didnt have this prob until i tried using a bmp from the windows folder, so thats probably got something to do with it.

i probably have to delete a reg entry or something strange like that? please help. i prefer having a propanel so that i can use a different background to the usual lifestyle background! :(

thanx Laverne
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Uhm... do you currently have only one additional propanel or did you create more?

If there's just one, try this:

- remove the propanel with MsM

- go to mobile shell folder

- delete any file named "VPBackgroundVx.dat" (where x is a number)

- re-create your propanel
[Windows Mobile Themes] laverne:
If there's just one, try this:

- remove the propanel with MsM

- go to mobile shell folder

- delete any file named "VPBackgroundVx.dat" (where x is a number)

- re-create your propanel

i only have 1 extra propanel, so i did what you said. but it didnt work. extra info: device i900 omnia, the pic that refuses to disappear is too small for the screen. it only takes up about a quarter of the screen, located at the top left hand corner.

any other suggestions? :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Uhm... something must be missing, 'cause if you did all that you deleted the background file with that picture inside, so there should be no way for it to be still there :confused:

Check one more thing:

- on your device, go to MsM folder, then into "tools" subfolder and check if there's a file named "background.bmp"

- if there's such a file, delete it and then try changing the wallpaper to your panel with MsM and see if it gets better

If there was no such file, or if it still didn't work (and I have no clue why it could be like this lol), then let's try it 100% manually.... was hoping to avoid this but, oh well.... :p

- go to mobile shell folder

- copy that "VPBackgroundVx.dat" file to your pc

- get the 240x400 bmp image you want to use as a wallpaper and name it "background.bmp"

- open the dat file with Winzip

- delete the current "background.bmp" that's inside the dat file

- add your chosen background.bmp to the dat using the password b0fm18zq

-

BE SURE

to use the password, otherwise it won't work

- place the dat file back to mobile shell folder

- restart the shell or soft reset the device
[Windows Mobile Themes] laverne:
yay!

yay! i found the bmp in the tools subfolder and deleted it! its works perfectly now! thanx a mil! :) Laverne
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
You're welcome! ;)

I guess that bmp, coming from windows folder, had some "read-only" flag that prevented MsM scripts from deleting it automatically, so every time you tried changing the wallpaper the scripts were not able to create the new background.bmp 'cause that one was already there, and they always ended up using it instead of the one you were choosing lol :p

Glad it's all ok now :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] davidm2:
Hi,

could you provide (empty) links for direct switching wifi, phone, bluetooth and airplane modes? Small and medium size could be fine :)

thanx.

D.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
unfortunately, due to a bug in mobile shell wireless widgets are not skinnable like all the other ones.... any mod to their skin could only work by

replacing

original spb graphics, that's why MsM libraries do not currently have any of them: it's not how I planned MsM to work... :(

Back in time, I reported this weird thing on spb forum... and of course my post must have been forwarded to the recycle bin at once 'cause I didn't get even a single reply (not that I was expecting anything different, actually... lol) :p
[Windows Mobile Themes] davidm2:
Hm, so could you replace the original spb graphics? It sounds like skinnig to me, result is the same.. (the only diference is, that I couldn't have two (or more) wireles widgets on screen with different graphics.. but does anybody need this?)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
I could write some "graphics replacing" scripts, but there would still be limitations... even changing the graphics, the active size of the widget would remain the same (size is not defined by the graphics themselves)

I could consider something like that, just it could not be a normal "wzg library" and nothing more, but it would require a new version of MsM too to include the new scripts/functions....

I can add this to my to-do list, but it will have to wait a while 'cause at the end of this week I'll go on holiday for a couple weeks :p

I will still be reading/writing on here (maybe a bit less often lol), but I won't be developing new things until I'll be back :p

I'm trying to complete a few pending widgets request before the end of the week, dunno if I'll make it in time, but new scripts for a new version of MsM will surely have to wait 'til after the holiday :o
[Windows Mobile Themes] davidm2:
... forget this (for now at least.. ;)), it's all about turnung on/off WiFi, but I can download some small utiliti which can turn wifi on and off and then put regular link to screen. No need to use default SPB wifi switch...

(eg this could work fine: http://handheld.softpedia.com/progDownload/AE-WiFi-Trigger-Utility-Download-32273.html)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
yep, if you just need it invisible that's the easieast solution :)

Maybe I will still script something like that after the holidays though, would be nice having some more wireless skins too :p
[Windows Mobile Themes] Margez:
This is the ultimative proof: Vostradamus is also just a human! :D

Nice vacation!

Don`t think about MsM in your vacation, so you will be like hungry for creating new ideas! :p

Best regards!
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
lol I've been hiding it quite well so far though :p :D

lol dunno, most probably I'll be meeting up RL with jotha, and I guess we'll be talking 'bout MsM too ahahah :D