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Weather for CHome... a complete solution.

Old info now, please checkout the new thead here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=391147

looks pretty friggin good to me man. Is there a .cab file you can put together for this?

Putting the final touches on it as we speak

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I was able to get the TestUIPlugin to work and update in realtime. I used mortscript to get values from "weather watcher mobile", which is free. Currently, you run the script, it loads weather watcher, copies over the forecast data, updates the registry entries for testuiplugin, updates the plugin, and closes weather watcher in the background. It's not very elegant right now, because it uses mortscript. Maybe someone can write a standalone exe based on my work.
Here's what it looks like right now. Any ideas to improve the layout ?
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I was wondering the same thing as Pudge. It may not look exactly like you've mapped it out in your head...but it looks pretty darn good to me. A .cab would be great, Organic.

OrganicM said:
Putting the final touches on it as we speak
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One question... This won't somehow change our home layout to the CHome Slim, will it? I like my festively plump slider panels the way they are! lol I just want the weather .cab.

Rip Syntaxx said:
One question... This won't somehow change our home layout to the CHome Slim, will it? I like my festively plump slider panels the way they are! lol I just want the weather .cab.
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Haha! fesitvely flump? I thought i was the only one who used that term!

Hahaha Actually it WILL, because I wrote this for myself. Buuuuuut, I will make an original version as well

Hey OrganicM, It looks sick but if i could suggest something, then it would be the title, instead of making the "temperature" the title, why not make it My Weather or something along those lines and underneath it - you could make a line for the temperature, upto u - otherwise it looks amazing - Keep up the good work and post a .cab when ur done
Good Luck !

I know, that's what I wanted to do initially, but this damn TestUIPlugin, will NOT let me do two lines of text!! Only thing I could do, is append the current temperature at the end of the forecast blurb... But it wouldn't really make it stand out.

OrganicM said:
Hahaha Actually it WILL, because I wrote this for myself. Buuuuuut, I will make an original version as well
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That would be awesome. Many thanks.

check the first post

About implementing it to any panels, slim or not...
Hi OrganicM!
Nice job you done with this app.
I took a look at your cab _setup.xml and I was wondering what needs to be changed to the Chome_320x240.cpr for the app to work, since I prefer my chubby panels and its icons and overall layout (just a matter of taste, you know).
Perhaps you could post a little step by step guide for the ones like me who want to implement it by hand, with the needed files in a single compressed file (zip, rar, your choice really, I've already got them from the cab ).
Thanks in advance.
Cheers.

cassiano said:
Hi OrganicM!
Nice job you done with this app.
It took a look at your cab _setup.xml and I was wondering what needs to be changed to the Chome_320x240.cpr for the app to work, since I prefer my chubby panels and its icons and overall layout (just a matter of taste, you know).
Perhaps you could even post a little step by step guide for the ones like me who want to implement it by hand with the needed files in a compressed file (zip, rar, your choice really, I've already got them from the cab ).
Thanks in advance.
Cheers.
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If I'm not mistaken, I thought he intended to post the .cab for the "chubby panels" soon anyway. I am on the same page with you, Cassiano. I like my plump panels, but I'd like to install Organic's .cab too. I don't necessarily wanna change anything in my homescreen layout--aside from including the new weather panel.

Guys... read the first post.... There might be something there for ya.

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Guys... read the first post.... There might be something there for ya.
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Disregard my previous posts! I see you've laid everything out in the 1st post. Thanks man.

Is anyone else have trouble updating the city? I'm trying to get Seattle on here, but it won't find it by name, and if using the zip is keeps showing sunny Las Vagas... That sucks, mainly 'cause it nice there and not here... Thanks.

This thing is awesome. Just what I needed. However, is there a way to remove the photo and media pannel? I tried to edit the XML file but it doesn't change. Any ideas?
Thanks..

Just set the plugins as "disabled" right in the registry.
Updated first post again, this time I added a "last updated" time in the top right corner. This gets updated everytime the weather script runs, so you have an idea how recent the info is.

Alright...for some reason it won't allow my city to be displayed when setting up Weather Watcher. It'll take me to a blank IE screen. I made the change to my city in 'Options', like instructed. Then tried to open 'Update Weather'. It would take me back to the blank IE screen. On the homescreen--the weather sliding panel is blank and just has a sun in it. Is there something I'm not doing?

goboi said:
Is anyone else have trouble updating the city? I'm trying to get Seattle on here, but it won't find it by name, and if using the zip is keeps showing sunny Las Vagas... That sucks, mainly 'cause it nice there and not here... Thanks.
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Are you sure you're spelling it correctly ? Mine finds it right away.

Where are the plugins located

Im using Kavana Ricky's remade.
Have just made an error on CHome customise of Programs.
I changed the Plugin icons: Location istead of the Picture location now i don't have the programs bar on home screen.
Can someone please provide location.
Thanks in Advance.

Try this.
Start menu -- My Tools -- Configurator -- and click on the plugin you want to show. It's probably just hidden. You can also move up or down which ever one you want.

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Try this.
Start menu -- My Tools -- Configurator -- and click on the plugin you want to show. It's probably just hidden. You can also move up or down which ever one you want.
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In My Tools Configurator in CMyApplication\plugins\customise
I have changed the location of Plugin icons: "accidentaly"
Please provide location

\windows\CHome_MyProgs_sat_active.png;\Windows\CHome_MyProgs_desat_inactive.png
That's what mine says at least

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\windows\CHome_MyProgs_sat_active.png;\Windows\CHome_MyProgs_desat_inactive.png
That's what mine says at least
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That worked pannel back but the image on the pannel has a cross now?
Not the Program.png's there there.

I don't know where the .png is or how to send the .png
I'll be honest I don't know jack.

ok I think I found it....go down the menu to the picture box and type in:
\Windows\CHome_MyProgs_Word.png

pfunkside said:
I don't know where the .png is or how to send the .png
I'll be honest I don't know jack.
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Hope Someone can help or it's a flash for the third time
Shoolboy error aswell.
Am just typing out all of my settings ready.

pfunkside said:
ok I think I found it....go down the menu to the picture box and type in:
\Windows\CHome_MyProgs_Word.png
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That just changes the picture of the app your displaying had done them all then messed up.

I believe you will have to find the image you want or originally had for your programs panel and put it in your windows folder. Then find the path somehow and type it in. Like I said I don't know, but tried. I would wait for a mod to help or someone with more experience.
Good luck and keep me posted.

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I believe you will have to find the image you want or originally had for your programs panel and put it in your windows folder. Then find the path somehow and type it in. Like I said I don't know, but tried. I would wait for a mod to help or someone with more experience.
Good luck and keep me posted.
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Thank you for your help, much appreciated.
All i can do is wait.
Update Re Flashed.
Solved.

Change internal images (call-background, menu-background)

Made a New Background For Call In Progress Screen
Check this out. I made this adaptation of an old homescreen background. Just drop this file in your Windows directory, if you like it.

Looks very lcd screen friendly, will try out later today. Do you have the original wallpaper too? Did someone else on here draw it, or did it come from one of the original ROMs?

The pic I posted when clicked on is the actual size of the picture. I have been making homescreen xml's for a while and this was one of the old backgrounds for a homescreen with Fizz weather and Facade. I just altered the image so that it would fit nicely on the Call In Progress Screen. So, no one here drew the picture, and no it did not come from a ROM. It's just simply a pic for 320x213 screen that is altered for the CIPS picture.
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Looks very lcd screen friendly, will try out later today. Do you have the original wallpaper too? Did someone else on here draw it, or did it come from one of the original ROMs?
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outerdepth said:
Check this out. I made this adaptation of an old homescreen background. Just drop this file in your Windows directory, if you like it.
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You should warn people that the file you posted is really a RAR archive and not a ZIP archive. When trying to open it as a zip, XP complains that it's corrupted...

Thanks, will remember to say that next time. I totally spaced. Appreciate the heads up.

outerdepth said:
Check this out. I made this adaptation of an old homescreen background. Just drop this file in your Windows directory, if you like it.
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this is awesome! any more???

Yeah, I'll see if I can come up with some others. Maybe I'll get with Profezza about some. I'd hate to come off like I'm stepping on some toes, since Profezza's Alphanuma is pretty similar.
Do you have any requests or ideas? Any ideas are always appreciated.
Holla!

well, i found the images already, but i haven't found the referring registry-keys yet. (i know in SP2003, it was possible to change the Windows-Start-Logo by just modifying the registry and not changing any rom-files. is this possible for these two images (the green background, when someone is calling and the plain-white one in the startmenu-background.) I'd rather like just changing registry-keys instead of replacing those files. Can someone tell me, if these 2 images are given in the registry, and where these keys are?

Take a look in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Shell\Rai
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well, thanks, at least i found the start-menu/menu background, so i can change from plain white to some other color or gradient.

I was actually going to make a .cab which replaces all of your volume, alert, question, low battery, and inbound/outbound/in call splash screens... .Maybe i'll do that now. If enough people want it.

pudgedaddy said:
I was actually going to make a .cab which replaces all of your volume, alert, question, low battery, and inbound/outbound/in call splash screens... .Maybe i'll do that now. If enough people want it.
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Will the cab let us insert our own images? If so, I'm in.

showaco said:
Will the cab let us insert our own images? If so, I'm in.
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no it wont. But im sure you can create a script to accomplish that.
All the .cab would do is basically overwrite the files .png, .bmp that are located in the windows directory. i mean i have posted the files b-4 on this forum with the original file names that mirror the ones you would be replacing in the windows directory. lemme see if i can find that post.

Here' they are. I take no credit for these. Guys over at moto forums created these. Just drop these in the \windows directory and overwrite the originals (make sure your backup the originals if you want to revert back)
In-Call Screen
Info Screen
Question Screen
Error Screen

Volume Screen
Here's the files:

yay pudge
Thanks for these (I know they're not yours BUT you did let us know they were available)!
I was never really able to overwrite files in the \Windows directory on my phone before flashing to Kavana's. I haven't tried yet. The phone was app unlocked before the flash as well. I've also never been able to see \Windows via active sync on my pc. The same is true even after flashing to Kavana's.
Here's hoping this goes well!

l0lcats said:
yay pudge
Thanks for these (I know they're not yours BUT you did let us know they were available)!
I was never really able to overwrite files in the \Windows directory on my phone before flashing to Kavana's. I haven't tried yet. The phone was app unlocked before the flash as well. I've also never been able to see \Windows via active sync on my pc. The same is true even after flashing to Kavana's.
Here's hoping this goes well!
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the \windows directory on your phone is a hidden folder.
You need to go to your manubar and click on tools-->folder options-->click on "view" tab and select, " show hidden files & folders" lick apply or ok.... you should then be able to see the /windows directory on your phone with exploring your directory via activesync

pudgedaddy said:
the \windows directory on your phone is a hidden folder.
You need to go to your manubar and click on tools-->folder options-->click on "view" tab and select, " show hidden files & folders" lick apply or ok.... you should then be able to see the /windows directory on your phone with exploring your directory via activesync
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I hate so much to be negative but I've tried that. It still doesn't show up.

so you mean to tell me that "show hidden files and folders IS selected" and when you connect your phone to your PC or laptop via activesync and then press explore in the activesync application. and then click on "windows mobile device" . and it shows you the list of files and folders, that the \windows folder is not there?

pudgedaddy said:
so you mean to tell me that "show hidden files and folders IS selected" and when you connect your phone to your PC or laptop via activesync and then press explore in the activesync application. and then click on "windows mobile device" . and it shows you the list of files and folders, that the \windows folder is not there?
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Yup! It's something that's been bugging me for awhile now! Even after a flash of the ROM it's not accessible. My girlfriends laptop as XP on it and it's the same story there too! I can use resco though to move the files and I've already placed the ones you posted on my phone. They look great. I'll try to create some of my own and see how it goes. Say, is ActiveSync running randomly for no reason when your phone is not connected to your pc normal?

Editing .Ink Files

hey gusy, need some quick help, I can't anything to point me in the right direction, how do I edit .Ink files
thanks

Use the search feature.. edit .LNK files brings up well over 30 posts in these forums.

thanks, but I still can't find them, shoot me a url if you can, thanks

dmd1272 said:
thanks, but I still can't find them, shoot me a url if you can, thanks
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Provide info on what you are trying to do? Seen your other post about changing Taskmgr to CeleTask.

stylez said:
Provide info on what you are trying to do? Seen your other post about changing Taskmgr to CeleTask.
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I knew I can't count on you my friend, here it goes:
On a BJII you can press the home key and it will bring up a Task Manager and I'd like to switch that launch to CeleTask. Speaking to NRG earlier today, he had told me to create a file named "Long_Home.Ink" and point it towards CeleTask.
What I did:
I created a shortcut with Resco Explorer 07 of the CeleTask.exe and renamed it Long_Home.Ink and put in the directory Windows\ and then rebooted but nothing happened. I'm totally perplexed as to where is this file or registry to make the change, I figured it can't be that difficult but the solution has evaded me for the better part of the day.
Before aforementioned I was not able to find the native Long_Home.Ink file if it existed either

dmd1272 said:
I knew I can't count on you my friend, here it goes:
On a BJII you can press the home key and it will bring up a Task Manager and I'd like to switch that launch to CeleTask. Speaking to NRG earlier today, he had told me to create a file named "Long_Home.Ink" and point it towards CeleTask.
What I did:
I created a shortcut with Resco Explorer 07 of the CeleTask.exe and renamed it Long_Home.Ink and put in the directory Windows\ and then rebooted but nothing happened. I'm totally perplexed as to where is this file or registry to make the change, I figured it can't be that difficult but the solution has evaded me for the better part of the day.
Before aforementioned I was not able to find the native Long_Home.Ink file if it existed either
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Dude, that is not Long_Home.Ink, THERE IS NO "I" IN THE NAME. THAT IS A SMALL "L", YOU KNOW, LIKE SHORT FOR "LINK", JUST WITHOUT THE "I".
Geez, do some research, you have so many useless posts.

showaco said:
Dude, that is not Long_Home.Ink, THERE IS NO "I" IN THE NAME. THAT IS A SMALL "L", YOU KNOW, LIKE SHORT FOR "LINK", JUST WITHOUT THE "I".
Geez, do some research, you have so many useless posts.
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Thanks for the clarification and I'm sorry you read so many useless post,

showaco said:
Dude, that is not Long_Home.Ink, THERE IS NO "I" IN THE NAME. THAT IS A SMALL "L", YOU KNOW, LIKE SHORT FOR "LINK", JUST WITHOUT THE "I".
Geez, do some research, you have so many useless posts.
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would creating a "Long" version of each link for the buttons be feesible to have pressing a button do one thing, and holding a button do another?
like having a short_msg.lnk and a long_msg.lnk???

Dash does not support the long links

Mikey1022 said:
Dash does not support the long links
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crap! crap!crap!

im back and full of dumb questions

well i just got back into the dash game after not having a dash for what seemed like forever. and i guess i figured i would just remember everything i knew before...well i was wrong so here goes with the noob questions
1. i checked the chome config thread and i figured this question would have been on there for the noobs. how do i edit the myfaves panel. i wanna add a contact. i go into the config program and i know im supposed to add something to the action url but im not sure what. i tried ...exe;last, first and got nothing. what am i supposed to add there? and same for the sms soft key. i remember using total commander but i dont remember much about it.
2. this may seem silly but how do i edit all the icons on all the panels? like the ones for the clock panel and stuff? i go into the reg and try to edit the icon path but get nothing. and it confused me cause the default was 5021;5021 or something like that. how do i change them with my own .png files?
sorry

skaroger867 said:
well i just got back into the dash game after not having a dash for what seemed like forever. and i guess i figured i would just remember everything i knew before...well i was wrong so here goes with the noob questions
1. i checked the chome config thread and i figured this question would have been on there for the noobs. how do i edit the myfaves panel. i wanna add a contact. i go into the config program and i know im supposed to add something to the action url but im not sure what. i tried ...exe;last, first and got nothing. what am i supposed to add there? and same for the sms soft key. i remember using total commander but i dont remember much about it.
2. this may seem silly but how do i edit all the icons on all the panels? like the ones for the clock panel and stuff? i go into the reg and try to edit the icon path but get nothing. and it confused me cause the default was 5021;5021 or something like that. how do i change them with my own .png files?
sorry
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First off , welcome back to the dash!
Now to edit the my faves panel if I remember correctly, on the actual my faves panel, scrool right to page 6 and that should be the settings for my faves, and you should be able to edit them there.
Now to edit the icons on the panels , you have to edit the bronzeres.dll file on your windows directory, you need a program on your pc to view and edit .exe's and 'dll's (extension files) like PE Explorer. I can do this for you if you want, pm me if you want me to and I'll give you more details.
You can also check my new theme for dash using new WM 6.5 on my signature below.

glad you didnt flame me for the silly questions. i figured out how to add the contacts last night like 30 minutes after i posted that. i didnt realize it was as simple as just adding the phone number to the action url. i was ready to go in with total commander and so some serious work lol.
ill take a gander at your 6.5 theme, i got the 6.5 wait cursor and i like the look of that. and ill look into the PE to edit the .dll files.
thanks for the help!!

skaroger867 said:
glad you didnt flame me for the silly questions. i figured out how to add the contacts last night like 30 minutes after i posted that. i didnt realize it was as simple as just adding the phone number to the action url. i was ready to go in with total commander and so some serious work lol.
ill take a gander at your 6.5 theme, i got the 6.5 wait cursor and i like the look of that. and ill look into the PE to edit the .dll files.
thanks for the help!!
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no problem, glad to have helped.