SP2003 Home screen questions

[Guest jalm1]

Hello;

i just received my new i-mate smpartphone2 and have a few questions on how i can change the home screen a little. Any guidance would be great, the device runs WM2003 for smart phones.

1) can i change the programs and order that they appear in the top banner on the load of the device?

2) At the bottom on the screen i have the message accounts and the number of unread messages, however i only have MMS and SMS in a vertical order. i am wondering if there is a way that i can swap the mms for my email account. i use email all the time, and never use mms.

Thanks.

[Guest salavat]

Smartphone 2 is awesome - I had mine for a couple of month now.

1. The icons on the top are usually (depending on the homescreen you are using) the MRU (Most Resently Used) list so the only way to change them is to use the programs from the start menu. Having said that you can create/download home screen which has shortcuts instead/as well as the MRU list. You can try a searching the forums or just have a look at a few homescreens other people have created.

2. You can change that by modifying the homescreen that you are using. You need to open the XML file that contains the homescreen and swap the two lines that produce the SMS and Email count. The homescreen XML file is called something.home.xml and is found in StorageApplication DataHome on your phone

[Guest jalm1]

Thanks for the reply. i cant seem to find the home screen XML file, the only file in storage/application data/home is called home1.hif. and i cant find the somthing.home.xml any where else. any ideas?

thanks.

[Guest scott2eyes]

The default ones should be in the Windows directory- any customised homescreens should be saved in the IPSMApplication DataHome folder- so once you've edited it, that's where you should save it.

[Guest jalm1]

Thanks for your help, i am getting the hang of this. but i am running into one problem. i have edited everything out of home screen (in terms of the message accounts that are listed so that i only have the activesync and the sms (by just cuting and pasting up and down the page and then removing the mms and others)) and when i load it in the email (activesync) account does not show just the sms account and then blank space below. anyone know how i can fix this one?

[Guest scott2eyes]

I'm a bit confused about what you mean by the activesync email account...

Your best bet is probably to find another homescreen that has the messages laid you in the way you want them, then see how the XML code for the message count plugin has been done in that.

Below is a screenshot of the one I'm currently using, which has the counters laid out one above the other- I think this sounds like the kind of layout you're after.

Here's the XML code for the messge count plugin;

<plugin clsid="{2F930BF0-6FE9-4a53-9E17-88E9247BAB48}" name="msgcount" height="40"> 


<label x="0" y="0">


<text>SMS:  (<unreadSMS/>)</text>


</label>


<label x="0" y="18">


<text>Email: (<unreadEmail/>)</text>


</label>


</plugin>

BritneyHomescreen.jpg

[Guest jalm1]

thanks for your help. i think that i have figured it out.