yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
ChangeLog:

29th June 2010 (QVGA, WQVGA, VGA, WVGA)

+ Updated cab should now work on all language Roms (copy to storage card wont work on non WWE Roms)

+ Added ProPlus UltimateV1 MenuBar with carousel and menu buttons visable

+ Fixed some code in the ProPlus Manager

+ Fixed the Original Layout being mixed up on VGA resolution

Download links on first post.

If you enjoy using this theme please consider making a donation. ALOT of work went into this to make it as good as it can be for everyone. Even if its just a small amount it gives me satisfaction and enthusiasm to carry on developing and appreciation of my work is very welcome.

Enjoy :D

Mark.
[Windows Mobile Themes] claus1953:
Ok, that works now with your new mscr the same as when i modded your old mscr. The menu bars change correctly.

I still have a question, what is exactly the difference in resetting the screen layout or not resetting it? As when i now changed back to original layout all my widgets are gone.
[Windows Mobile Themes] alex.alp:
hi i downloaded the file and renamed it, but i was not able to change the file extension, win 7 still reads the file like .txt so it would not ask me to overwrite it, could you upload it again in a rar file this time? or you already have the feedback you need?

thanks for your hard work, very much appreciate it!
[Windows Mobile Themes] claus1953:
Copy the file to your device, my documents for example. Then rename the file there with resco expl or total commander and the copy it over to the folder.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Resetting the screen layout deletes the widget folder in the registry to clear all the layouts on all the screens, then reloads the original spb mobile shell layout that you had when you first installed mobile shell. You only need to reset the layout after changing a theme if say you want to create a completely different layout and want to start from scratch.

If you go from 'Original, Ultimate or UltimateV2' to 'Elegance or Ultimate Elegance' then you will end up with blank screens anyway as the widget layout folders are different.

Mark.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Also for future if you open your Windows Explorer, then goto Tools (at the top) then Folder Options. Now select the 'view' tab at the top and UNTICK 'hide extensions for known file types'. Click OK and the file extensions will now be viewable and you can rename them properly.

Mark.
[Windows Mobile Themes] zane1374:
Believe it or not, we over here in the States feel the same about our team. Granted, it wasn't a 3 goal loss but I still shed a tear(more of an angry tear than sad!). Thanks again and keep the updates coming and we'll try to keep the Ale flowing until that stinging sensation goes away! LOL!
[Windows Mobile Themes] nowhereXmanX:
thx again for the update. question: i need to uninstall the QVGA version b4 to install the new version from today?
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Just run the cab from today and it will tell you that you to click OK to remove the previous version first. Just click ok and then select DEVICE MEMORY as your destination. Then click ok at the end to soft reset and thats it.

Mark.
[Windows Mobile Themes] nowhereXmanX:
Thx again for the quick answer and the program.
[Windows Mobile Themes] oldasuk:
Hi Mark, so that today released version 6.5.3 works on WM Czech language without any problem. I test it yet but you seem that everything works as it should. Excellent work. Thank you very much. Hello Olda :);)
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
UPDATE FOR QVGA,WQVGA,VGA,WVGA!!

I just uploaded new set of cabs to the first post which fixes the Backup and Restore utility programs. It also changes the backup filenames so if you backup your layouts from a version earlier than about 15 minutes ago then you wont be able to restore any backups on future updates.

To fix this people who have already downloaded todays release can download the attached file, unzip the contents to a folder on your pc and then copy the 3 script files to your spb Mobile Shell installation folder on your phone (overwriting the originals).

You will then be able to back up in the correct format to be able to restore on a future version.

Of course if you dont care about losing any layouts you can always download the latest version from the first post and install it :)

Mark.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Guachomelaco:
Hi, MSkip, excuse me.

Invisible Link (Small), it is not small, is medium.

In other words:

Invisible Link (Small)=Invisible Link (Medium).

As it is possible to be solved?
[Windows Mobile Themes] alex.alp:
i did it, sorry for my ignorance...Now everything is working well! i cant change the background if i use proplus ultimate elegance theme, but i put the original one back, changed the background and put proplus ultimate elegance theme again and it kept the background i chose with the original theme... a minor issue, but im soo happy now and cant complain!!

oh the background is static with proplus ultimate elegance theme, but not a big deal at all

THANKS A LOT MARK, you are a genius!!
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Yes its static because its made from 7 single page panels that are linked together to give the continuous scrolling and selectable pages. Its the only possible way to do it.

You can easily change backgrounds by changing it as normal, then going to the start menu, mskips proplus tools, background refresh. The program will delete the backgrounds.dat file from spb mobile shell and then restart the shell and the background you chose will be displayed.

Mark.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
My error, sorry.

Download the attachment and delete the .zip from the filename to make it qa_layouts.dat then copy it to your spb mobile shell installation folder overwriting the original file.

Soft reset and it should all be fixed.

Mark.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Guachomelaco:
Thank you for the file.

The ButtomsMedium (1xBlue, 1xClear, 1xGreen, 1xRed,..) are fine.

But the ButtomsMedium (4xBlue, 4xRed, 4xClear,4xGreen...) and the ButtonsLine (Blue, Clear, Green...) like the Panels (Small, Medium and Large) have a box in center affecting their appearance.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
The box is invisible and only there as a selectable area so you can move the panels around. Once you click ok then the box will disapear.

Mark.
[Windows Mobile Themes] oldasuk:
Hi Mark the file qa_layouts.dat is password protected. What is the password please? Hello Olda ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] claus1953:
What file? I have downloaded everything and nothing is password protected.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
All the .dat files within Spb Mobile Shell share the same password protection which was originally put on by spb.

The password is b0fm18zq

Mark.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Guachomelaco:
Ahh, that fine. An interesting proposal to manipulate those widgets. it's cool
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
NEW MENUBAR ADDED TO PROPLUS FREEDOM PACK!!

ChangeLog:

1st July 2010 (VGA, WVGA)

+ Added a BRAND NEW ProPlus MenuBar to the theme options, ProPlus Droid

+ Added an option in the Screen Mods scetion to change the Panels (carousel) into a tiled layout displaying the 7 lifestyle screens used by Elegance, Ultimate Elegance and ProPlus Droid. Very useful to see all your lifestyle layouts on the panels screen.

+ Fixed the Invisible Shortcut (small) displaying as the medium size

+ Fixed a bug in the Layout Backup, Restore Utility

The Launcher and Contacts buttons can be set via the Menu, Settings screen.

Download links are in the first post.

If you enjoy using this theme please consider making a donation. ALOT of work went into this to make it as good as it can be for everyone. Even if its just a small amount it gives me satisfaction and enthusiasm to carry on developing and appreciation of my work is very welcome.

Enjoy :D

Mark.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Guachomelaco:
the MSkip_ProPlus_Freedom_Full_3.5.5__W_QVGA_20100629 installation has been correct in my omnia i900L.

The transition of original to ultimate or ultimateV2 and ultimate or ultimateV2 to original = is ok

The transition of original to elegance or ultimate elegance and ultimate elegance or elegance to original = is ok

The transition of original > ultimate > ultimateV2 > elegance > ultimate elegance > ultimateV2 > original = is ok.

In all recovering the widgets in its original order (when returning to ultimate, ultimateV2 or Original). Wonderful

A peculiar detail with the transitions between themes.

Before:

Invisible Link(Small)=Invisible Link(Small).

After:

Invisible Link(Small)=Invisible Link(Medium).

I solve it copying the qa_layouts.dat file (post #112) in the spb mobile shell folder overwriting the original file subsequent to each change between Themes. it's peculiar because the only one is affected.

And, that one assumes I must observe when enable custom background in profesional screen? It must adds some link in menubar?

greetings and excuses my frequent interventions.
[Windows Mobile Themes] alex.alp:
i'll try that, thanks a lot again Mark! :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] Fidus:
hi mark

thanks for the great work! It's marvellous. but one question:

The Launcher and Contacts buttons can be set via the Menu, Settings screen.

Where i find this menu???

Thanks Stephan
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
The button on the bottom right of the menubar (to the right of the contacts button) is the Menu button. Press on this and then select settings.

You can now click on "Launcher" and "Contacts" from the list and change their function to any of the available choices.

Mark.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Enabling custom background images on the professional screen does just what it says. It allows the use of images rather than just the theme colours. If you read the first post it describes how to make background images and what the filenames need to be.

Dont worry about it any posts are welcomed :)

Mark.
[Windows Mobile Themes] oldasuk:
Thank you Mark for the password and still ask whether it will also update available for QVGA NEW MENUBAR ADDED TO PROPLUS FREEDOM PACK ? Hi Olda ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Yes I will update QVGA/WQVGA with the new MenuBar today if I have the time.

Mark.
[Windows Mobile Themes] oldasuk:
Hi Mark thank you so much for the report and I look forward to newer versions and test versions of Czech Rom. Have a good and Hello Olda ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] scpion:
Hi Mark,

for the Droid layout, there is an issue for arranging the layout.

when I drag a widget from the left half of the screen to the right, it will register as a screen swipe and will bring me the the next page...

only way is to bring it to the centre, stop. and lift it up again to bring to the other side.

And the backings for the icon with text is not there anymore.. possible to bring it back?
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
The page changes when attempting to move a widget from left to right is on every theme that has the selectable pages. It was an unfortunate addition that spb made to allow you to drag a widget across multiple pages which affects it in this way.

The easiest way to move widgets from 1 side to the other is to do it in a diagonal movement as it doesnt register the movement as a side swipe. No other fix for that, sorry.

Yes I will put some 'icon with text' boxes back in as I didnt realise I took them all out. I might bring a few across from ProPlus WP7 too although there is already a self injecting widgets only pack for the WP7 widgets.

Mark.
[Windows Mobile Themes] claus1953:
Mark

Is there a way to copy pages of widgets and restore them in pages of another theme? I have setup my applications shortcuts in 4 pages (lifestyle 1, 2, 5 and 6), and would like to somehow backup this setup and restore it on the swyping sidepages of lifestyle home of Ultimate version2, which has swypable pages.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Page layouts can be hot swapped between different menubars that are based on the same structure. i.e. Original, Ultimate and UltimateV2 are the same base and Elegance, Ultimate Elegance and Droid are the same base.

There is no way to take a layout from the 7 selectable screens and import it into UltimateV2 because they would all just appear on the first page in a big mess.

Sorry.

Mark.
[Windows Mobile Themes] claus1953:
Ok, i was thinking it would not be possible, was just a thought. So i will have to set them up again fo Ultimate.

I want to inject your WM7 widgets, and use them in one of the Ultimate themes, i think because of the swypable pages it would be better, what do you think? The setup of the 4 themes will be of a totally different kind so that by changing themes there will be really a big difference. One them i would like to be GTX, so i will have to look around to find GTX style widgets.

Thanks

Edit: If i install the WM7 widgets, will it affect the look of the widgets of the other themes?
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
The WP7 widgets are totally different from all the other widgets and dont interefere with the existing ones. ProPlus WP7 was originally built on the UltimateV2 menubar so you could set up UltimateV2 on pro and lifestyle screens and populate them with big box widgets, or however you want.

The whole reason I gave 4 backup slots was so that people could make totally different layouts and switch between them whenever they wanted :)

Mark.
[Windows Mobile Themes] claus1953:
Something very strange happened, i did set up my lifestyle home page with all the hubs and everything in Ultimate v2, then i swyped to get to another page. As i swyped vertically the professional screen came up, and as i swyped again to get back to the newly set up lifestyle home screen, all the hubs were gone and the previous setup was back!!

Edit: I did set up the screen again and now it does not happen anymore. Now when i change from Ultimate v2 to Ultimate, and i choose not to reset the screen layout, then the wm7 icons do get carried over, and when i choose reset the screen layout then the screen is blank. The same happens on the other set Elegance and Ultimate Elegance.
[Windows Mobile Themes] propagandax:
This mod is great. Thanks. Looking forward to the menubar tweaks.

Edit, nevermind looks like you added a droid menubar. sweet
[Windows Mobile Themes] wackowizzard:
Great!

Finally the WQVGA version. I'm going to immediately test and if there are problems, I'll let you know.

Big TNX! :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] oldasuk:
Hi Mark :) I really like this new theme Droid. Will also be available for QVGA? Thank you. Hello Olda ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Yes I will upload it tonight.

Mark.
[Windows Mobile Themes] claus1953:
Mark

Is that supposed to be like this, or am i doing something wrong?
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
The Original, Ultimate and UltimateV2 themes all use the same registry folders for the widget layouts (PrfScreen for the professional layout and HomeScreen for the lifestyle layout). If you change between these themes and choose NOT to reset the layout then any widgets you placed will carry over to the new theme.

The Elegance, Ultimate Elegance and Droid theme use a different set of registry folders for widget placement because the lifestyle screen is made up of 7 single panel screens (PrfScreen for the professional layout and HomeScreen1, HomeScreen2, HomeScreen3, HomeScreen4, HomeScreen5, HomeScreen6 and HomeScreen7 for the lifestyle layout). If you switch for the first time to one of these themes then you will start with 7 blank screens because they arent setup with any widgets. However if you then set your pages up and switch to another one of these screens then the widgets will carry over to the new theme.

If you switch from one theme group to a different theme group then your display will show whichever set of widgets that go with that group.

If you reset the layout after switching to a new theme (or just from the menu) then all the widget folder will be deleted to erase all previous layouts, then the original layouts will be imported which will then show the original widgets on the professional screen, and either the original lifestyle widgets if you are using the original, ultimate or ultimatev2 theme, or blank screens for the other themes.

I hope that has explained things a bit better.

Mark.
[Windows Mobile Themes] claus1953:
Ok, i did misunderstood the whole thing, as i thought one could switch between 5 setups after having customized them, but now i got it, its in fact only 3 setups, Original, Ultimate/Ultimatev2 and Elegance/Ultimate Elegance/Droid, and in each one of those the icons would be maintained.... correct?

Now if i backup the setup for say Ultimate, Ultimatev2, Elegance and Ultimate Elegance in the 4 slots, and after switching i restore the corresponding setup, would that work?
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Correct, the widget layout will be maintained if you stay within the groups.

Yes as long as you switch to any theme within the group that you was in when you made your backup before you restore a layout, then your layout will be displayed :)

Mark.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Guachomelaco:
Finally, Now the Invisible Link(Small) widgets is not altered when change between themes. Fine!.(version:MSkip_ProPlus_Freedom_Full_3.5.5__W_QVGA_20100629.cab):

Not only I copy qa_layouts.dat file to spb mobile shell installation folder overwriting the original file(post #112) but that rename it also to qa_layouts.dat.mskip file and replace the original file.
[Windows Mobile Themes] dudded101:
First of all, SPB Shell and your additions to it are much better in terms of stability and efficiency than using any of the sense roms available for rhodium (and I have tried almost all of them for the past year). Thank you for this :)

I have two questions:

1. Is it possible to change the icons for a particular widget? For instance a shortcut widget.

2. What does the "extra favourites page" do? I enabled it, but don't know how to get access it (BTW I'm using the Ultimate v2).

3. Is it possible to make the top bar where the start menu, battery, etc is, become transparent, instead of black?
[Windows Mobile Themes] RobTsintas:
Backing up Launcher Shortcuts

Will be flashing an updated ROM this week, so I'll use the opportunity to load the latest version of ProPlus - looking forward to playing with the Droid theme, and trying out the backup/restore feature for the first time (no more manually deleting and importing widgets.reg - yay!)

Aaaannyyyway...

Does anybody know if there's a way to backup the Launcher Shortcuts? I tend to have to do these manually each time.

I sometimes have to fix the favorites manually too - the layout is saved, but the actual contacts get jumbled up.

Cheers
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Renaming it to qa_layouts.dat.mskip keeps the fix when you change themes so good catch there I should have mentioned it :)

I will be posting an update for QVGA\WQVGA today with the fix included aswell as the new ProPlus Droid theme and some text boxes to complete the widget set.

I have another menubar scheduled for the near future (as soon as I have time).

Mark.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
1. You need a program called JWMD Icon changer to change program icons. You can find that *HERE*.

2. There are 'help' files in the ProPlus Manager that explain alot of functions in the Screen Mods and Themes options. Good read in the future ;) Basically the 'extra favorites page' does just that. Goto your existing favorites page and then swipe your finger from right to left as if going swiping to the contacts page. There is now an 'extra' favorites page to use how you want. You could use it for business contacts or just favorites that you dont want anyone else to see. Swipe again from right to left will take you to the contacts page but then swiping from left to right will take you to the original favorites so the 'extra' favorites is only accessable from the favorites page and not from any others.

3. I cant help you with taskbar mods but if you do a search for transparent taskbar then you might find some help. Try *HERE* for a few ideas.

Mark.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Yes my favorites always used to get mixed up but with my layouts backup/restore utilities it seems to be ok but I will do a bit of testing to make sure.

You mean the Shortcuts page where you can add and delete files or programs? Those can be backed up by exporting the HKLM, Software, Spb Software House, Shared, Spb Menu folder. If I can fit it in then I will add a seperate option in the backup/restore utilities to save that folder so everything can be backed up without having to use a registry editor.

Mark.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Gabuzomeu:
Customized Widget

Hi !

Very Nice job !

Tried you mod this week-end, I think I'll keep it on my phone !

(on a good way ..)
[Windows Mobile Themes] lamborg:
Working good.

Thanks

I have a question, just for knowledge purpose.

Is it possible to make the carousel button on the LifeStyle screen to open the launcher (Favourites and Recently used) instead, for ProPlus Ultimate.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Yes it is. If you have winzip then I can give you instructions on how to do it, or you can hang on and I will add it to my next version.

If you want to try and do it yourself then I need to know exactly what you want to open from the carousel button on the ProPlus Ultimate theme.

Mark.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Guachomelaco:
Hi,

Layouts Restore, Layouts Backup and Proplus Manager( Screens Mods and Preset Themes) working well.

Excelent...!

It is possible that it adds in next versions:

PanelMedium(clear) widget.
[Windows Mobile Themes] nowhereXmanX:
I cant see the carrucel in proplus ultimate elegance version.

do i need to do something?

PS. will the QVGA\WQVGA version with android will come soon or it'll come later with the new version you are talking with the new menu?.
[Windows Mobile Themes] rolfey:
Wow this look amazing, I'm one of those people waiting for the possible hvga version, hopefully thats going to come off :)

Mike
[Windows Mobile Themes] dudded101:
Kind sir, thank you for your timely and helpful response.