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Vista skin - WIP - coder needed!

Hey all
I have an idea for a Vista skin, but I haven't got the skills needed to code it myself.
I therefore need a coder. I've made all the graphics needed - please see below!
Look here for my preview:
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As stated before, I've recreated Vistas look from the ground and up, using Photoshop. Therefore, all elements are ready for slicing and implementing!
// PREHISTORY //
I saw the skin "VistaMaximus" for iPhone, and thought that we could use something similiar for our Windows Mobile devices. The Vista skins I found for the HTC Touch HD were ok, but not exactly what I was looking. And I'd be damned if some iPhone-teenager shows up with a fancier Windows Vista skin, than my Windows Mobile phone can't best!!
// I TRIED...//
Well, the MaxTTM can do a LOT, so I gave it a try. However, it can't do nearly enough to make this skin (or I'm just a dork using it).
I'm experienced in making homescreens for the Windows Mobile 2003/2005 devices (coding my own XML-files from the ground), but I have no idea how to hack the TouchFlo3D interface, which this is propably all about...
// FUNCTIONS //
=> Having been inspired by the iPhone, the 3 dots in the bottom, indicates a "finger swipe"-navigation. It should lead to icon pages for the programs you have installed.
- This isn't the most important, as applications could be accessed from the windows button.
=> Implementing weatherapp and a note taking app on the frontpage is pretty crucial.
=> The calender on the frontpage should be removed automatically, if no events occurs on this day or the next day (smiliar to stock skin behavior).
// MY THOUGHS ABOUT THE CODING //
One could do this skin as a program, like the iPhone skin for Windows Mobile, iFonz/iFonz2. However, this will propably result in a very slow and sluggish performance?
I don't know too much about this however.
// Please help me out here... //
If anyone here's got the needed coding skills and want to help me with this skin, please PM me!
I will keep this thread updated on the status of this skin.

Reserved for future usage.

jeez looks promising
will be a must if it is finally released
maybe would of been better trying to go with windows 7 skin and not vista...

this looks very good...I hope you will make this

Thanks - A coder still haven't looked at this, unfortunately...
- Regarding a Windows 7 skin - sure, when the Vista one is done... For now, I like the Vista skin the most, because functionality and looks works very nice with the HD screen.

jakobdam said:
Thanks - A coder still haven't looked at this, unfortunately...
- Regarding a Windows 7 skin - sure, when the Vista one is done... For now, I like the Vista skin the most, because functionality and looks works very nice with the HD screen.
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All of what you have In mind can be done with Wisbar Advance Desktop 2 over at Lakeridge http://www.lakeridgesoftware.com/forum/index.php

Thanks - yeah, I'm currently googling my keyboard keyless, and I found Wisbar Desktop 2 an hour ago.
I'm still investigating the hows - as far as I can see; if I make a skin using it, the skin will require the users to also install Wisbar Desktop 2 - and to eventually buy it (in order to use the WAD2-files)? Is that correct understood?

jakobdam said:
Thanks - yeah, I'm currently googling my keyboard keyless, and I found Wisbar Desktop 2 an hour ago.
I'm still investigating the hows - as far as I can see; if I make a skin using it, the skin will require the users to also install Wisbar Desktop 2 - and to eventually buy it (in order to use the WAD2-files)? Is that correct understood?
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Yes thats correct, I used to use it till I came over to TouchFLO but from what your after it's the only way I can see it could be done. Other than that your asking for a complete OS rebuild.

*sigh*, whatever happened to the good old WM5/2003 days, when we could make our own homescreens by just making an XML-file and some pics?
These overlay solutions - WD2, SPB MS2 etc. - are bound to be damn slow, compared to if it was possible to do themes that one could choose instead of TF3D.

Really good, I love your note in the preview picture about Piano lesson
Anyway, hope you will make it

Fantastic!!! I wish, I could help you...
Can't wait!!!
Greets and best wishes

Damn, I've tried for days now, to find a developer suite to make this skin. I really want it, and I've realized, that I'll have to program it myself.
But first of all, I need a coding environment. Visual Studio is too expensive, and the free Express doesn't support Windows Mobile.
So, anyone have suggestions what to do?

[TUT] Transparent Wallpapers for 3VO ROMS

You guys have been asking for it, here it is. Kinda a rough dirty way of doing it but here goes...
This will not be easy to do for newbies or people with no image editing experience. You need some Photoshop or other photo editing understanding and experience to accomplish the desired result. Eventually WM 6.5 Stanard will hopefully start supporting full screen wallpapers and transparent softkeybars or I will write an app the will automatically convert a wallpaper for you but for now...
You will need:
Your wallpaper that you want to convert (320x240)
black_softkeybar.png from \Windows on phone running a 3VO ROM (320x26)
Photoshop or similar photo editing app
The goal here is to cut out the bottom 26 pixels of your wallpaper and paste it to the black_softkeybar.png file. Then crop the wallpaper image to 320x214 top justifying. Your result will be 2 images, wallpaper.png (or .jpg) and black_softkeybar.png (must be .png, same as original filename).
Then, copy black_softkeybar.png back to \Windows on the phone and wallpaper.png to \Application Data\Home. To select it, go to Settings, Home, select wallpaper.png as your wallpaper. In order for the softkeybar image to show up, you have to reboot.
Might take some practice but give it a shot...
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Here is another pack I threw together for those who want some more ready made ones.

Saved for more examples later.

Thanks ookba

cool! i have been using army background - attached if anyone is interested....

Thanks ookba
Works like a dream....Here's my test wallpaper. Thanks again!

rrgongora said:
Works like a dream....Here's my test wallpaper. Thanks again!
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Awesome!!! Keep them up! I'll make a CAB out of all of them when we get a good collection.

Something nice

here's mine. i'm an ocean lover.

thx ookba
This is one I did a few days before you had the tutorial ,I just made mine from what was already there in the rom

in my opinion,this will be better

Awesome Ookba! Thanks for the Tutorial on this one.
Attached a few here for anyone interested depending on your tastes ladies and gentleman.

sir, how about the bar on smart toolkit, how can i change it?

here is mine!!!

cire6 said:
sir, how about the bar on smart toolkit, how can i change it?
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Not too different....
Use your explorer to go into the SmartToolKit folder (Program Files/SmartToolKit) and then into the Skins folder (/Skins). In there you will see either one or many folders (or none if you don't have a separate skin installed). If you dont have a skin installed, google it. they are not hard to find... Once you install a skin, you will notice a file called 320x240.skin or something similar...open it with notepad (on your phone or computer) and look where it says "start bar" (commented out) ... there will either be one or more image files listed there...in either case, delete them and drop the blackbar.png file you made into this folder and in place of those other file(s) name(s) put in that one. Restart STK and you should be fine.
EDIT: If you want a cleaner way of doing this, also notice in that same 320x240 file there one for the start icon (1 for activated, 1 for non-activated)...you should remake those files to match the skin you are using on your homescreen if not, you will have your tranparent skin, and on the Start button area you'll have something totally different...

Here are a few:

Calling all programmers!
Also, I'm not a programmer but if anyone wants to take a shot a writing an app that can take a 320x240 wallpaper and cut it up into the two files to automatically create these themes, by all means!!! Go for it!
The mscr file I wrote in the Transparent Wallpaper pack CAB on the first post of this thread contains the registry settings and file locations for it to work right....
Anyone up for the challenge??

i think i made a mistake!?!?
can i have the original black_softkeybar.png file,
i think you know what i did.

I think you'll like this one, WM 7 style, though it's not transparent^^
BTW I also have the correct bronzeres.dll if you want the panels to look like WM7!

Sports Themes
Would be cool if we started sports theme ones. Like football, basketball, hockey and baseball.

cire6 said:
i think i made a mistake!?!?
can i have the original black_softkeybar.png file,
i think you know what i did.
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Should be a copy of it in \Program Files\3VO\Transparent Wallpaper. Or just run the Transparent Wallpaper app I wrote in Start Menu\Tools and select Revert to Original.

MS Office Mobile 2010 Beta

Here is the cab for Microsoft Office 2010 Beta
I have attached the untouched cab from windows marketplace. since its not being run through marketplace, you can choose to install to device or storage card
rapidshare since i couldnt upload here for some reason (kept failing)
http://rapidshare.com/files/313154021/MS_Office_2010_Beta.cab

What's new? Any screenshots?

Brendo, I have it build-in in my two last rom releases already instead of the old one.... But I deleted Workspace....
Showtime7 - what's new? Minor improvements, Workspace included, beta labels everywhere, new shortcuts, time-bomb - expiration time - next spring (2010)
I created the proper png shortcuts, wrote necessary provxml, deleted unused dpi and setup files, workspace, deleted "beta" labels from everywhere and saved more than 5 Mb...
That's how it looks in StartMenu:
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If you install it as a cab - you will get all the names as XXXX Mobile 2010 Beta, more pixellated shortcuts, and SharePoint Workspace Mobile included. No OneNote.....

yo man.
AndrewSh, if you cleaned up the office suite, 5mb smaller, any chance you could share the cab so people without new roms can try it on their internal/external mem.
cheers bud

reg66 said:
yo man.
AndrewSh, if you cleaned up the office suite, 5mb smaller, any chance you could share the cab so people without new roms can try it on their internal/external mem.
cheers bud
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+1
thanks!

yea I haven't fooled with the new Office beta in my roms because of all that junk you removed. Sharing your efforts would really save me a lot of time doing the exact same thing.

I have a problem in my package cooked in the ROM where it will not open a new word document. I can open a existing one but not a new one. I get a error message.
+2 Could you share your package? I like to donate?
EDIT: Also how did you remove the old Office Folder? I have tried everything. Several .provxml's iniflashfiles, all with no luck.

I'm going to test it more and write a review

is it possible to have 2 Exchange accounts in Outlook 2010?

I have working Office 2010 beta, mixed 0405 lang + 0409 lang (I'll try searching for 0409 files I need), all works fine, SharePoint is taken away, the app.reg is fixed so it should work. I'll play with it tomorrow and I'll upload it .

I have everything sorted for folders and removed work space. I still have in the Windows Dialog frame is named with beta. Can you remove this? The main problem now is the new document in word gives a error. If someone knows how to fix this please let us know.

bobsbbq said:
I have everything sorted for folders and removed work space. I still have in the Windows Dialog frame is named with beta. Can you remove this? The main problem now is the new document in word gives a error. If someone knows how to fix this please let us know.
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I dont think we can remove that, unless edit the exe itself. But i dont konw how.
Also, multiple cell selection in excel is disabled in 2010 version! Did anyone notice that?

Ok the main problem with word not working is the cab file and package if you converted from cab file is missing the iniflashfiles.txt for the Template files. There is also 2 files missing Word 97-2003 Document (.doc).dot
& Word Document (.docx).dotx. Create the proper iniflashfiles.txt for these to go to the Templates folder and Word works. I have removed Beta from all areas except window class name is still showing beta.

just to share

http://www.4shared.com/file/172070621/ad585ed5/Office_2010.html

anyone know if outlook 2010 is available in this? Thats what i really want.

OneNote
Anybody an idea if OneNote Mobile will have changes? It's not in the package

no outlook & no onenote

guys um facing a weird problem concerning the power point and the share point work space, it says the this is an invalid ppc application any help ?

draconian said:
guys um facing a weird problem concerning the power point and the share point work space, it says the this is an invalid ppc application any help ?
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Its probably missing some dependencies.

How to make star menu like in PERSONAL COMPUTER

How to make star menu like in PERSONAL COMPUTER

kyajfx said:
How to make star menu like in PERSONAL COMPUTER
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smartoolkit

xXx
Thanks everyone

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But i mean NOT ICON... i mean all menu look(open, close start menu) like in PC... like start all apps and other shortcuts... i have that 3VO Rom version on my dash but its boring...

Yes that is what SmartToolKit does
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and then when click right you get
and you can even add gadgets to back key
Very similar to PC.

can you give me a link for that SmartToolkit? cuz I can't find it... google is a god of internet but he doZn'T loves his son(user)

Here is Rc08 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4552452&postcount=2222
You may want to use Rc09 @ which point it's here http://handheld.softpedia.com/get/System-Utilities/Enhancements/SmartToolkit-39542.shtml

xXx
Thank you very mach you're my saver

Since i see again no ones posting anything here's Carbon Skins and GlossyFolderColors icon set.
Too Install... copy and paste these 2 files and go to, File Explore then Program Files and then Startoolkit folder should show up, Place Carbon into Skins and GlossyFolderColors Into icons and you have it
Could We Share Our good Icons and Skins in here ..... Cheers Hopefully this becomes a good room this time.

kyajfx said:
can you give me a link for that SmartToolkit? cuz I can't find it... google is a god of internet but he doZn'T loves his son(user)
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HTCS621Smartphone said:
Since i see again no ones posting anything here's Carbon Skins and GlossyFolderColors icon set.
Too Install... copy and paste these 2 files and go to, File Explore then Program Files and then Startoolkit folder should show up, Place Carbon into Skins and GlossyFolderColors Into icons and you have it
Could We Share Our good Icons and Skins in here ..... Cheers Hopefully this becomes a good room this time.
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kyajfx had originally asked on my theme thread for it, and I guess he forgot to check back 'cause I had posted the rc08.cab right there . I also had posted the links for download thread and skins thread.
check it! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5636479&postcount=25

roloracer said:
kyajfx had originally asked on my theme thread for it, and I guess he forgot to check back 'cause I had posted the rc08.cab right there . I also had posted the links for download thread and skins thread.
check it! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5636479&postcount=25
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Are u kidding me again its like you're trying too loop this good tread about smartoolkit and skins and icon set's, these skins and icon set's, everyone knows about lol... My point being was no one ever !! Post the custom skins and theme, we need a tread being this ones fine where people start posting their special skins and icons... i dunno why u did this but stop it lol
Peep's.. Zip your Smartoolkit Skins & icon set's Cheer'Z!!!!

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amm guys on [* 3VOLUTION SERIES *][WM6.5 STD 21854][Build 3VO.3.00.112509] ROM I'm instaling themes but they not working corectly and after smarttoolkit (by the way Smart toolkit is very cool and nice thing thanks everyone) phone is going craizy... i can't change themes. it's allways on titanium after every "theme changing i must restart my phone by pulling out my battary"

how
hey how you get to make that you signal bars looks like that ! also if that app works with messenger bc i found one that make that but dont show the notification of msg
HTCS621Smartphone said:
Since i see again no ones posting anything here's Carbon Skins and GlossyFolderColors icon set.
Too Install... copy and paste these 2 files and go to, File Explore then Program Files and then Startoolkit folder should show up, Place Carbon into Skins and GlossyFolderColors Into icons and you have it
Could We Share Our good Icons and Skins in here ..... Cheers Hopefully this becomes a good room this time.
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desktop Windows given fashion makeover with Phone 7 Series flair

Omnimo: desktop Windows given fashion makeover with Phone 7 Series flair
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Can't wait for Windows Phone 7 Series, but can't hack the emulator, either? Don't lose hope, Windows junkies -- you can still bring some semblance of WP7S order into your life with this Metro UI-inspired desktop HUD. Based on the open-source desktop customization platform Rainmeter, the "Omnimo UI" will overlay your desktop with a minimalist, tiled interface not unlike the one you've been drooling over for weeks, with live hooks into many useful services (including Gmail, iTunes, Steam, Twitter and SpeedFan) as well as the usual widgets and a host of program shortcuts. The best news of all? It's available now for all versions of Windows since XP, completely free of charge; simply follow the source links or flit over to Lifehacker, where good folks will teach you how it's done.
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How-To Make Your Windows 7 Desktop Look Just Like Windows 7 Phone with Rainmeter​
If you haven’t heard of Rainmeter, it’s a popular freeware that enables some of the rich customization on your Windows desktop.
This is the tool that can push the desktop customization to the maximum. If you are really interested, be sure to check out their documentation first, as they have a nice explanation on what the whole product is about, and beginner guide for you to get started.
Yes, you can use Rainmeter to create your very own customized Windows Desktop.
Some basic customizations you can do with Rainmeter are
•add different skins;
•perfectly styled widgets, e.g. CPU, RAM, Network monitor, one click music player, RSS feeds, etc. on your desktop.
Although, it may sounds very much the same as the default Windows gadgets and sidebar, there are a fundamental differences:
1.You can use Rainmeter on Windows XP, as well as on Vista and 7.
2.You can have a totally different look for the widgets on every theme.
3.You can create your own widgets/themes/skins.
This is what the finished desktop looks like. Lets begin customizing your Windows 7 desktop and make it looks and feels like the Windows 7 Phone running on your desktop.
First, download and install the Rainmeter, be sure to download the right version if you are running on a 64-bit edition.
Next, download the additional Omnimo UI. This is the skin for Windows 7 Phone which you need to have to make it look like the picture above.
Run the Rainmeter first before doing anything, which creates the default directory for skins, themes, and backup. Do not run the Omnimo UI if you have never run Rainmeter before.
Now, exit the Rainmeter and launch the Omnimo UI Rainstaller.
Choose Express Install if you don’t want to change any default directory settings.
Once you’ve done this, you should now see Rainmeter launch with the newly added Theme called Omnimo UI. And this is exactly what you see on the first screen shoot.
You can now customize, to show which widgets, feed URL, clocks, weather, etc. you would like to have on the desktop.
Finally, enjoy your Windows 7 Phone theme on your Windows 7 Desktop
for download direct links:
Download Rainmeter from googlecode
Installer Version Rainmeter 1.1 - (32bit) - (64bit)
Download Omnimo UI here

Using it on my laptop at uni, looks pretty cool esp with the supplied bridge wallpaper

Do any of you know how to change the icons in the program menu of Omnimo?

Theres a folder asocciated with that panel, if you open it up you'll find a bunch of icons you can use, but theres not many

its awsome looking ,but I have noticed it drains the battery on my laptop .. not worth to be kept for me .
thanks

Can’t wait for Windows Phone 7 Series, but can’t hack the emulator, either? Don’t lose hope, Windows junkies you can still bring some semblance of WP7S order into your life with this Metro UI inspired desktop HUD. Based on the open source desktop customization platform Rainmeter, the “Omnimo UI” will overlay your desktop with a minimalist, tiled interface not unlike the one you’ve been drooling over for weeks, with live hooks into many useful services (including Gmail, iTunes, Steam, Twitter and SpeedFan) as well as the usual widgets and a host of program shortcuts. The best news of all? It’s available now for all versions of Windows since XP, completely free of charge; simply follow the source links or flit over to Lifehacker, where good folks will teach you how it’s done.