Can someone explain how do use - Crafty can you please reply

[Guest]

Would someone mind explaining how to use this useful plugin/code shown here:

http://smartphone.modaco.com/viewtopic.php?t=107547

Please, thanks.

[Guest crafty]

The code in that thread applies to the E200 Orange Plugin, which allows you to proxy keypresses. To use it you need to put it into the xml of the homescreen you are using. I'll assume you know nothing :) and walk you through what you need to do:

At first i'll assume you're using the default Orange homescreen but this will work with any other homescreen (i use it with Dr Blows excellent Silvertabs) that uses the Orange plugin, and has a "Write a new Message" shortcut.

On you PC, browse to your phone windows and copy the file named orangeHomescreen.home.xml to your PC's desktop (your phone needs to be fully application unlocked click >> OTA

Open this file with notepad.

Find the section that looks like this:

<!-- row1 col3: write new message -->


  <shortcut  width="100%">


 	 <plugin height="20" width="100%" handlekeys="FOCUS" clsid="{A2536C57-6AC2-4c31-9542-B144B0E9D077}">


    <format state="selected" padding-left="4" padding-right="4" bgcolor="COLOR_HOMEHIGHLIGHT" />


    <format padding-left="4" padding-right="4" />


    <background bgcolor="COLOR_NOTIFTRAY"/>


    <shortcut width="100%" icon="-2" height="20" action="windowstmail.exe" args="-new" _keys="!Inbox.MainWnd;~50;-TSOFT1" _action="storageWindowsStart MenuInbox.lnk">


   	 <label>


      <text lang="0x0409">Write a new message</text>


      <text lang="0x0809">Write a new message</text>


      <text lang="0x040c">Nouveau message</text>


      <text lang="0x0406">Skriv ny besked</text>


      <text lang="0x0413">Maak een nieuw bericht</text>


      <text>Write a new message</text>


   	 </label>


    </shortcut>	


 	 </plugin>


  </shortcut>[/code]




The section that says keys="..." is the bit that proxys keypresses so we need to change this to turn delivery reports on.



Select the bit that says:



[code]<shortcut width="100%" icon="-2" height="20" action="windowstmail.exe" args="-new" _keys="!Inbox.MainWnd;~50;-TSOFT1" _action="storageWindowsStart MenuInbox.lnk">

And replace it with this:

<shortcut width="100%" icon="-2" height="15" keys="!Inbox.MainWnd;~50;-TSOFT1;~200;-T2;~400;-TSOFT2;~200;-T4;~200;-TACTION;~200;-TSOFT1" action="storageWindowsStart MenuInbox.lnk">

Go to the top of the xml and find the bit that says:

<title lang="0x0409">Orange</title>


	<title lang="0x0809">Orange</title>


	<title lang="0x040c">Orange</title>


	<title lang="0x0407">Orange</title>


	<title lang="0x0410">Orange</title>


	<title lang="0x0816">Orange</title>


	<title lang="0x040a">Orange</title>


	<title lang="0x0406">Orange</title>


	<title lang="0x0413">Orange</title>[/code]


And change the name to smoething else e.g. Orange2.


Save the xml.


Change the filename to reflect the change in the xml, e.g to OrangeHomescreen2.home.xml


Copy the xml to your phone StorageApplication DataHome


You should then be able to go into settings>homescreen on your phone and select the homescreen.


Now whenever you click on "wirte a new Message" on your homescreen.


Hope this helps


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[Guest charlwillis]

These instructions are great. Thanks!

Does my phone (E200) have to be unlocked to do all this? I've downloaded apps and they work fine, but customisation and changing the XML? I tried to download a homescreen plug-in but nothing happened. Is this because my phone's locked?

Thanks

[Guest crafty]

Most stuff should work on an E200 'out of the box'. You only really need to application unlock to get access to certain 'privilaged' areas of the phone such as being able to copy things out of the windows folder, skins with extra screens etc. I'm not sure if it needs to be fully unlocked for homescreen plugins to be installed, but there's no drawback to unlocking (that i can think of) so you may as well just do it and see if it works!

[Guest]

Wow thanks Crafy, that's just what I wanted to know. The home screen I'm using doesn't have the shortcut :-( so I'll have to use another instead.

In fact I've just checked and none of the 15 I have on my phone have this shortcut, double :-( .

Is it possible to copy/paste the missing text into the .xml file?

What else can be done with this plugin?

[Guest crafty]

Just to check - you are using the Orange E200 right?!? This shortcut will only work on an Orange E200 as it requires a plugin written by Orange that comes shipped with the phone.

If not then i'm afraid there's nothing you can do :?

If you do have the E200 then you should have the default Orange homescreen as described in my firts post in this thread.

It's not as simple as copying/pasting into a file as the Orange plugins works kinda like a multipage homescreen by specifying different rows columns to be in etc

What else can be done with this plugln?

Wow :shock: now you're asking :)

Short answer, a hell of a lot! If you want to know more then check out Dr Blows Colbalt theme which comes with a pretty good rundown of the plugins features.

Hope this helps!

[Guest]

I'll have a look thanks.

Just to check - you are using the Orange E200 right?!?

Yes I am, latest upgrade version to.