yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] prboy1969:
Yes , agreed . It would be a lot easier for those of us that are still not that WM savy .
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] davej:
One cab - Mission Impossible

:(:( Guys it is not do-able. This app was written some time ago and has been variously adapted for progressive versions of WM and now sense. I would think a single loaded cab is nigh impossible without a complete rewrite.

Sorry :( :(

Davej
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Dunc001:
Dave, I looked at this several times before I opted for the layouts and icons in the first post, but gave up because I couldn't get it to look polished enough! Also I wasn't that happy with the animations when I tried them. I'm going to download your zip and try it. Are you working to try and replace the buttons at the bottom of the screen in pics 3,4 and 5 with the nice big touch friendly ones in the first screens? It would look great if you could get the big buttons across all screens and hide the original WP toolbar completely.

Great work anyway - off to try it now!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] davej:
Little button Hell!!

Hi Dunc,

Thanks buddy hope it works for you. I did nothing too flash. I will try and do the buttons as my digits are way too nasty fat for these!!

Let you know if and when I kick a goal...now off to beat the crap out of the South Africans in the Tri-Nations! :D :D

Ciao Bro'

Davej
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] davej:
Getting there!!!

Hi guys

Finally tweaked the icons on page 2 to something prettier.

See attached.

To load...download attached .zip and unzip to your SD card folder

\Storage Card\Program Files\MarsWare\WeatherPanel\Themes\Manila-VGA and overwrite the existing images....much nicer!!

Still looking for the image file containing the pissy little icons to which Dunc alludes.

Whacked the SA's so all good!!

More Later

Davej :cool:
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] davej:
BUGGAR!!

:( :(If any one can find the source of this image/images...I will be most indebted.

I suspect they are embedded in the WP program itself, but would be really happy to be wrong.

If you can find it please let me know...would love to skin it and finish this job!!!

Thanks y'all

Davej :( :(
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] carhigh:
Is there any way to get the radar to animate?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] zelendel:
The images you are looking for are found in the WPRes.dll inside res_192 zip file in the WP cab.

I also added the weather images I pulled from Sense
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] davej:
Zelendel - King of the Mountain

Zelendel,

You are a GENIUS!! Guess that's why you are a mod! :D:D:D

Cheers to you my friend!! Will post results for all!

Davej :D :D
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] troed:
Hi Davej !

New style looks awful good ! WP gets better and better ........ :D

But I´m a little be confused now: tried to download the "single animation" file but source tells me "no download slot availbale for Your country" (???), file is 54MB (!!!)

So any use of downloading Your .zip-file in following post for screen 5 ? and overwrite ?

Better to wait until this update is finished with all Your new mods and download and install then ??

Still don´t get animated SAT-images to play..... Depending on source ?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] davej:
Finished!!

Hi Troed and others,

Here is the tweak to the ****ty little icons on the pages 3-5. See attached image.

*******If I can improve the size I will append a further post!!*******

Download attachment and unzip WPres.dll and overwrite to:

\Storage Card\Program Files\MarsWare\WeatherPanel

AND Voila!!

***WARNING*** The image file that Troed is trying to downlaod is BIG and only fits on the card in themes and icons folders once extracted. I too had similar problems waiting to download, but is the only available source at present.

Would happily upload for all if the Mods would let me....any chance Zelendel???

Enjoy

Davej :cool: :cool:
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] gzcyk:
looks very good ，tks
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] troed:
Tx, Davej ! With some patience got the animation.zip downloaded now ....:D

Still dunno if I should still install "overwrite.zip" ?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] davej:
Troed,

I have reworked "Manila-5day" and "Forecast-5" without which it will not look like much! It should work but is not particularly well set out or tastefully colored.

Suggest you back-up the original 2 files and decide yourself when have overwritten them with mine. ;)

See what you think and share your thoughts with us all.

Gonna see if I can make the other icons bigger!!

Davej
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] davej:
My pleasure, enjoy!

Davej :D :D
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] troed:
Hi Davej !

I got somehow stuck in the procedure:

I downloaded theVer_6_Single-Play....zip and extracted as posted in WP-thread to WP\Icons\HTC VGA Icons\Large (instead of "WeatherPanel\Manila WP Icons\LARGE" folder as stated there since I do not have this folder)

Then I downloaded and extracted Your Overwrite files.zip, extracted and got 2 files: Foercast-5.wpx and Manila-5day.wpl

(Install to the correct WP folders on your SD card then over write with the attached files (NEXT POST) and Voila!)

Now I searched for the original files in Marsware\Weatherpanel to overwrite and do not find the "correct" folder and no Forecast-5.wpx and Manila-5day.wpl at all.

Please give advice how to proceed EXACTLY step by step ........... :D:D:D
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] zelendel:
Shoot me a pm and ill upload them for you if you want, Sorry guys was away from the pc for the day
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] davej:
Troed

The two files belong in the folder called:

\Storage Card\Program Files\MarsWare\WeatherPanel\Themes\Manila-VGA

Copy the existing to elsewhere to back up and then overwrite. In WP "settings" choose:

THEME = Manila-VGA

LAYOUT = Manila-5day.wpl

ICON SET = Manila WP Icons

Davej
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] troed:
Sorry for beeing such a dummy but I don´t have this folder under:

\Storage Card\Program Files\MarsWare\WeatherPanel\Themes\

Just two subfolders: "Default" and "Phatphinger VI Altered"

and in

\Storage Card\Program Files\MarsWare\WeatherPanel\Icons\

again only two subfolders:

"Default" and "HTC VGA Icons"

Maybe this is because I installed Your brilliant WP-Version clean according to post #1 only when You issued the Kangmas-supplement so I don´t have some of the folders which were created in Your development ? Maybe this is also why I don´t get the animations running ?

Can You post screenshots of Your Marsware-folders and sub(sub)folders to compare which ones I am missing ?

Sorry for beeing so insistent but once I get into an issue I can´t sleep until solved ............ :D:D:o
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] donkeypunch85:
Thank you!

Thank you Dunc001 for figuring this all out and creating a step by step guide! Works great!!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] troed:
Finally managed to get through (sent You a PM)

Last problem to be solved: how to center the sun/moon pics ?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] davej:
Try these files, Troed!

Load attached files to the folder named:

\Storage Card\Program Files\MarsWare\WeatherPanel\Themes\Manila-VGA

I have modified them slightly

I have also attached the original fonts Rumball uses. Load them via Explorer to the root directory of /windows

Let me know how it looks. :)

I have added the screen dumps of my folder structure as per request ;)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] troed:
No substantial change (see attached pics)

Maybe of importance: when I used the original png´s from "Diamond_WP_v6_-_VGA.zip" sun/moon were half out of screen on the upper left.

Then I copied the png´s from "HTC VGA Icons"/Folder "Huger" to "Manila-WP-Icons"/folder LARGE and got the result from my previous post.

Maybe this info helps You ?

Tx so much for Your help, I would like to keep Your style since weather anims are fluent and bigger and navigation is very easy and logic
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] troed:
. sorry, forgot to attach pics
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] troed:
I now just by accident compared the Manila-WP-Large pngs with HTC-VGA-Huger pngs and they are different

The size difference between pngs from Manila-WP and HTC-VGA is only by 60 pixel, but original Manila-WP Large icons are on the uppermost left corner half cut off. Does this info help You ?

*EDIT*: which png-set do You have in Your Icon-folder ? Is it the original Manila-WP-Large set ? If not maybe it would suffice just to copy Yours and we are fine ?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] troed:
didnt´t take the big one, try now a smaller screenshot
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] davej:
File structure

Troed

Its really important to have the right folder structure. Re-install WP to your SD card as per post #1. Then in:

\Storage Card\Program Files\MarsWare\WeatherPanel\Icons place the folder called "Manila WP icons".

The copy the two files to the data to the folder:

\Storage Card\Program Files\MarsWare\WeatherPanel\Themes\Manila-VGA

Go to settings in WP and be sure to choose the following:

THEME = Manila-VGA

LAYOUT = Manila-5day.wpl

ICON SET = Manila WP Icons

The WP icons will be auto-selected and will fit as per the file "Manila-5day.wpl"

If the folder structure is incorrect, the program will select default icons or in this case the 'huger ones'.

Keep me informed!! :)

Ciao

Davej
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] leipy:
thanks s lot. this is perfect. it looks super and it has everythink
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] troed:
Hi Davej !

Started to play around with the .wpx and .wpl-files as soon as I learned that they can be opened with the Editor :D:D:D

Now I started modding on basis of Your files by trial and error ;) Still get confused with reference point for X/Y values and H/W values. (Do You know a guide for these issues ?)

Just changed some colours and added sunrise and sunset to start-screen.

Now everything runs fine, only prob to get rid off is that I can see the blue bottom text (e.g. "Cloudy") when I open the graphs/radars/forecast-windows

*EDIT* last question: any way to make the details-windows bigger ?

Is there some command-line to dump the previous window when details are opened ?

Try my noob-mod below ........ :D
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] troed:
some working and tested animated radar sources and forecast-charts for Europe added to Davej`s "radar.text".............. (download textfile below, rename to radars.text and overwrite old file. Select sources for first European city/Hometown on Your list in settings menu - makes it easier than selceting for each city on Your list since it´s always Europe in total - quit settings and update by pressing the update button. After 5 minutes You can see the new maps in radar-screen, enjoy)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] davej:
Troed the conqueror!!!

Damn fine T-Man...you sure got it sorted now!! ;) ;) :)

Love the new layout and the colored Temperatures...wish I'd thought of that!!

Sadly I have not worked out how to adjust the screen for the orphan pop-up windows which would look better pulled down and would cover the blue text which is really just the window below!

Let me know if work out a solution.

I am trying to get Alec's blue taskbar to fire up...totally beautiful but the coding really sux!

Well done My Friend :D :D :cool:

Davej
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] davej:
Try this!!

Troed

If you increase the pixel size of both the wpx and wpl files to 340 (the top line of both) and then move the rest of the date down accordingly you can bring up the animated daily forecast in stead of the blue wording....see attached! :D :D

Better than nothing!!...And probably what the coders intended!!

Caio

DaveJ :cool: :cool:
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] davej:
Okay- all changes made

Guys

I have done the needful.

I have managed to adjusted the various pop-up windows such that they are sized to cover the originating window. There is also a faster way to the summary page from the start page by clicking on the sunrise/set icons. (Thanks to you Troed!)

Please see images...self explanatory.

Files required are in the attachment and are to be loaded to /WP/themes/Manila

Have a nice day :) and enjoy!!:D

Davej :cool:
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] PMoto:
Well guys. I must say that I'm following that work of your's... carefully.

Great work. I'm impressed.

Anyway, I'm a little bit confused, with all this last post's.

So, I must ask: Can I have this "animated and colored" in WVGA?

I use Weather Panel for a long time ago. This thread helped me to use even more.

Now, I would like to have the animations icons...

Could you do one thread with the full install instructions?

Thanks.

PMoto
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] troed:
Hi Davej !

Now THIS is the cherry on the cream ! :D:D:D Tx ! You spared me another day digging into matters .......... :D:D

Let´s put it that way: me, the student, learns by the action of the teacher (You) ........ :D:D:D
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] troed:
Hi Pmoto !

Now this is the point where Dunc001 would have to come in. Unfortunately we somehow "hijacked" his great thread and maybe he is not in favour of this.

By the enthusiasm of the people for the best weather app ever - which Dunc001´s WP is - the thread got it´s own dynamics.

So the basic question must be: do all these mods work only on the basis of Dunc001´s WP 2010.cab or also on basis of other earlier WP-versions already installed.

If so it would just be a matter to follow Davej´s procedure on page 25/26 (or 26/27??) and overwrite the Theme-files with the last ones posted by Davej.

Hope that works for You but since it´s just adding new folders to the existing Program Files\Marsware\Weatherpanel and choosing the layout in WP-settings there should be no problem to go back to Your old settings if the new theme dows not work for You.

Attached You find a different style for the Nav.arrows (the fine blue ones up/down/left/right) in yellow and stronger when the blue ones are too poorly visible for You. Just overwrite the blue ones in Themes\Manila-VGA - folder
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] davej:
Will try

PMoto, this has been a work in progress shared across several postings and PM's as Troed and I tried to get the look we wanted.

I realize this has caused some confusion!

STEP 1:

* Go to: (Post #154-5)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=401781

and follow the first post:

"For QVGA and WQVGA Devices you need to download an animated icon set (sorry VGA users...there are no LARGE animations in VGA):

For single play animations:

http://depositfiles.com/files/1kqhp54u9

For looping animations:

http://depositfiles.com/files/8qy325kct

* Install to the correct WP folders on your SD card then over write with the attached files (NEXT POST) and Voila!

Step 2:

* Download the attachment WPres in POST #263

* Unzip and overwrite the Wprs.dll in the WP root folder

\Storage Card\Program Files\MarsWare\WeatherPanel

Step 3:

*Download the attachments in Post #285

* Unzip File WP Final Layouts.zip and install by overwrite to the folder named

/WP/themes/Manila

Step 4:

* Go to the settings panel in the WP program and configure the following

THEME = Manila-VGA

LAYOUT = Manila-5day.wpl

ICON SET = Manila WP Icons

Step 5:

* Restart the Home2 page by quitting it using Dunc's little program.

Step 6:

* Go back to POST#285 and follow the images to grasp the animation shortcuts

Step 7:

For Radar images go to POST #236. Read and then download the attached "sample" you can use to set up your own. Or, go to POST #282 and get Troed's "sample".

Step #8:

DONE and ENJOY!! :D

This work is free for all to share and modify to their tastes.

Thanks to Troed for his inspiration and input in developing this mod to really a polished finish!!

Ciao

Davej :cool:

:confused: PS: If I can ever work out how to animate the main images I will re-post instructions!! :confused:

ADDIT:

1. Please use the attached Manila-5day.wpl...I have JUST adjusted the colors for hot and cold on page 1.

2. You will need the original Rumball fonts. They too are attached and should be unzipped and loaded to /windows
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] troed:
Slight changes made to Davej´s Final Layout:

1. added local time to first screen

2. New Alignment of H and L -temperatures (now both bold, Temps in red/blue seperated from H/L for additional 3 pixels

3. ADDED SAT-IMAGE UPDATE BUTTON TO FIRST SCREEN IN UPPER RIGHT POSITION

4. Slight colour and font changes (minuscule though)

Choose which one You like more ............

TIP: since it seems that there will be still some minor and bigger mods in the future I created a folder "MODS" in "Marsware"-folder and everytime a new mod arrives I copy it to a new subfolder (e.g. DavMod280710, DavIco, etc.)

So if don´t like a mod I can easily switch back to the prior version just by overwriting the modded files in "Themes" with the old ones w/o having to connect to PC.......... :D
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] urdaborn:
Hello and thank you for your work ... works super !!!

Urdaborn
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] davej:
Thanks T-Man!!

GENIUS!! :D :)

Excellent idea guys...wish I' thought of that!

Guess the term "Final" in my last post should be changed to "Almost...Kinda"

Ciao

Davej :cool:
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Dunc001:
Troed & Davej

Guys,

Just to say I am watching this develop with great interest - it is looking great. I'm not at home right now to have time to download all the latest version and play around so I'll have a look next week and add any suggestions I can. Keep up the great work and I'll be in touch soon :D
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] troed:
Hi Dunc !

Tx for Your appreciation and I`m glad that You don´t mind the "hijacking" of Your dev (which for me is now THE reference for flight planning and outdoor activities)

What I like in Davej´s mod so much is - with the latest version - the giant animated weather maps (radar, IR, SAT, forecast 72hrs from a UK-weather service for Europe) - all inside the latest radar.txt

Attached You find some mods for the program-buttons in screen 2 (and 1 if my Manila-5day - mod is installed)

I have to state clearly that all button-icons attached base explicitly on the great icon-mods from the great XDA-dev. members:

Antaed (NuMun, Bull´s Eyes Icon-Pack)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=657784

Lechux (Firestorm Iconset)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=646967

Julianfx (Julian´s Icons NT/YT)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=639835

Antoniomistretta (I don´t have to tell THIS one :D ) Iconpack

They were only slightly crossover modded and changed by me for use in WP (though it took me a couple of hours to do that - so now I know HOW MUCH WORK THIS IS TO CREATE AN ICONPACK !)

If You want to make Your own icons to fit to Your general Sense/Start-Menu-Theme (e.g. ANASTASIA) just look for the fitting standalone png-icons (no cab!!!), reduce them in size to 54x54, rename them to the files in the posted zip below and overwrite the png-files in Marsware\Weatherpanel\Themes\Manila-VGA folder
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] davej:
All Good!!!

Dunc,

It would never have been possible if hadn't done the hard yards of porting it to Sense! T-Man and I just tarted it up a bit!!!

Astalavista

Davej :cool:
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] PMoto:
OK guys. Thanks you for all the efforts to help me.

I still have one question:

"For looping animations:

http://depositfiles.com/files/8qy325kct

* Install to the correct WP folders on your SD card then over write with the attached files (NEXT POST) and Voila!"

Where should I put that files... and that is a very important question, because is were all starts.

In my phone I have both "PhatPhinger VI Altered" and original "PathPhingerW(ajak)VGA" theme's, plus "StardockIcons" and HTC VGA Icons" icons (with Default in both folders).

The downloaded files of looping animations are in format wpa... to put were?

I thought I could create new folders of Themes and Icons to have this animations.

I guess that's a good ideia.

PMoto
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] davej:
Where does it go?

Pmoto it goes into the folder:

\Storage Card\Program Files\MarsWare\WeatherPanel\Themes....called "Manila-VGA".

When you unzip the downloaded file from http://depositfiles.com/files/8qy325kct on your hard disk this folder is created. Copy via USB to your WP\Themes folder all as one.

Davej :cool:
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] ttownfeen:
Downloaded the program. Looks nice, thanks for creating this.

One problem. I set SecondHome as the weather program for CHT, but I'm still getting the proloaded Sense program when I select the weather tab on the home screen.

OOOOOOOOOOh...okay. I read the first several times, but I guess I didn't understand correctly.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] davej:
* It runs separately.

* It does not replace the weather tab in Sense.

* It works this way because it is an old 'today' page plug-in and this is Dunc's ingenious work around!

Davej :cool:
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] donkeypunch85:
I havent read the whole thread, but to those of you who want to use this great Weather Panel and also use Android, do be aware the running the new DarkStone build (maybe others too. Havent tested, too irritating to set back up) will somehow mess with the WP files. I dont know exactly what its doing, I havent located the exact file affected quite yet though, all signs are pointing towards the Kangmas files. It seems to delete them and cause the WP to lose data. I will keep investigating this once I get some more time.

Just a heads up! I am not dissing WP or DS Android build, I love both! And fully understand the hard work and time that went into each.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] donkeypunch85:
With all these great icons and themes you devs are making, would it be rude to make a request? Id like if someone could photoshop the sun and moon icons to look wilder. Say a sun thats throwing flames and looks molten, similar to what Miri has done in the Miri ROMs? And say a moon with dark, rugged craters and possibly even clouds with color or some wicked looking lightening bolts?

Just a cool thought I had. Something from a younger mind (25). If anyone did this I would be indebted to them and most definitely donate towards their cause ;)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] davej:
F**K I feel old!!

Jeez donkey-dude

I feel like an old man!! How about you Troed? Dunc? :o

Perhaps its the fact that my teenage boys know more about WOW than Photoshop! :p

Let me see what I can do...it may take this old buggar a while though!

jaguaralani has the coolest looking moons and suns...perhaps he could give us a hand? PM him your ideas and see what he's got for us...

Davej :cool: