Theme Changer Version 4

[Guest ppcmd]

I recall that Theme Changer 4.0 supported themes on the miniSD card. If so where do we put the themes so it will find them? Thanks.

[Guest sugardad]

The Location you're asking points to:

\Storage Card\Appication Data\Home

[Guest ppcmd]

Not sure why but I don't have \Storage Card\Appication Data\Home on my MPx220. I created a path by adding the necessary folders to my Storage Card calling them Appication Data then Home but no go. WHat did I miss?

[Guest sugardad]

Nope It's OK!

If you have created a folder @ storage card

\Application Data\Home

then If you have Theme Manager,

Theme Manager will search *also* this path for any home themes

[Guest Tomas Kocanda]

It works ok on my Qtek (c500) but:

- after restart it always report problem that is not possible to load software "theme changer" etc...

- when I try to go in the "sounds" menu it straight crash every time (I use sounds on the card using RJV RegTweaks UI)

Any ideas?

[Guest g4mb17]

Tomas, can i get you to try a debug version and send me though a log? I have to change it though, your tip about using sounds on the Storage Card might be the cause of this bug (it's been reported before - but i could never reproduce it)

riki

[Guest MoRFLeZ]

I keep forgetting .. but when I install Theme Changer on my Danish SPV C500 - it comes up with the "don't know vendor error" ... and wants me to e-mail you a txt file!

Not near a computer now, so I can't reinstall the program to figure out where the file is .. looked everywhere, but the right place.

[Guest sugardad]

I Think that this is not an error, It's the discovery of a brand new world :D

Seriously now I think It makes a .txt file listing all the possible "fields"

that can be skinned/altered for the specific model

I had my old qtek 8080 for a couple of months

when suddenly one day after I upgraded my firmware

I saw 2 more logos Instead of one (wow), to be more specific

I saw the Qtek welcome logo, then vodafone logo

and then the place where I bought It logo!

shortly after when I started to Install programs and the theme changer

I saw this message (not surprised)

I started to figure this out by peeking at the log fie

also Inside the log the model of my 8080 was listed as Qtek N5

Edited January 23, 2005 by sugardad

[Guest g4mb17]

sugadad, you've hit it on the nail there. when you apply a theme that doesn't have system screens themechanger tries to reset the system screens to defaults, but it has to know what they are first, as carriers change them! So when it meets defaults it hasn't seen it pops up a message asking you to send 'em in so i can add them.

RIGHT EVERYONE WHO HAS ISSUES WITH THE SOUND DIALOG, can you please download this:

and put it on your phone (sorry no installer) then try and load the sounds dialog. when it crashes (or what ever it does) send me the file ThemeChanger.log in the root directory of your phone. something like \My Windows Mobile Device\ThemeChanger.log (well thats ActiveSync 4 - so your milage may vary)

I want to fix this issue once and for all! and release version 4.1. I also have two translations I have to do as well.

riki

Edited January 27, 2005 by g4mb17

[Guest Tomas Kocanda]

Tomas, can i get you to try a debug version and send me though a log? I have to change it though, your tip about using sounds on the Storage Card might be the cause of this bug (it's been reported before - but i could never reproduce it)

riki

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Absolutelly no problem. You can contact me on [email protected]

[Guest Tomas Kocanda]

RIGHT EVERYONE WHO HAS ISSUES WITH THE SOUND DIALOG, can you please download this: debug ThemeChanger

and put it on your phone (sorry no installer) then try and load the sounds dialog. when it crashes (or what ever it does) send me the file ThemeChanger.log in the root directory of your phone. something like \My Windows Mobile Device\ThemeChanger.log (well thats ActiveSync 4 - so your milage may vary)

I want to fix this issue once and for all! and release version 4.1. I also have two translations I have to do as well.

riki

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I downloaded it and tried it first to run in separate directory. It does not work (fail to load resources), so I tried to replace my already installed Themechanger.exe with yours (above zip file contains just one .exe). And - now I can access sounds without crash, but cannot select any of the sounds from storage card anyway. But others no problem. As I use default sound from storage card, it display no sound for the first items in "sounds" in themechanger... Log is attached.

ThemeChanger.zip

Edited January 24, 2005 by Tomas Kocanda

[Guest g4mb17]

I downloaded it and tried it first to run in separate directory. It does not work (fail to load resources), so I tried to replace my already installed Themechanger.exe with yours (above zip file contains just one .exe). And - now I can access sounds without crash, but cannot select any of the sounds from storage card anyway. But others no problem. As I use default sound from storage card, it display no sound for the first items in "sounds" in themechanger... Log is attached.

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thanks for that, interesting very interesting. i'll have a look through the code tonight to see whats going on. I think i have an idea now.

riki

[Guest tSlipAE86]

Hey i just noticed you were viewign this thread.. where did ya go?

anyway i just installed your software and i got the Info error,

Your phone appears to have some branding ThemeChanger hasn't seen, please send the file '\temp\Audioxov_SMT_5600.txt' to [email protected] so it can be added. Im getting ready to email that to ya now.. How common is this issue?

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Changed the e-mail addy

[Guest g4mb17]

commonish, when i've added all the phones it should stop happening, but it's not to uncommon, the program works fine if you ignore it.

Tomas, i thought i had it, but it doesn't look like it :-(. I'll try some experiments and see what i come up with.

riki

Edited January 27, 2005 by g4mb17

[Guest sugardad]

RIGHT EVERYONE WHO HAS ISSUES WITH THE SOUND DIALOG, can you please download this: debug ThemeChanger

and put it on your phone (sorry no installer) then try and load the sounds dialog. when it crashes (or what ever it does) send me the file ThemeChanger.log in the root directory of your phone. something like \My Windows Mobile Device\ThemeChanger.log (well thats ActiveSync 4 - so your milage may vary)

I want to fix this issue once and for all! and release version 4.1. I also have two translations I have to do as well.

riki

I Had Absolutely NO Problem and NO crash with the Debug Version

Model tested: Qtek 8020

:D/ =p~ P.S. Can't wait to see v4.1!!! :D :P :cheesy:

I include the .log with my post w/password [-X (you got pm about It!)

ThemeChanger.zip

Edited January 25, 2005 by sugardad

[Guest ppcmd]

I am still new and learning as much as possible with WMSP but man its tough compared to WMPC. The various file types of homescreens makes it even more difficult. I would like to have all of my home screens on my miniSD and run them with ThemeChanger. What file types will ThemeChanger recognize and why doesn't it recognize any files that I have in StorageCard\ApplicationData/Home I must be doing something wrong, is it a regedit I need or something else?

The three file types I have are .cab, xml and SmartPhone2002 Theme File.

Thanks.

Edited January 25, 2005 by ppcmd

[Guest sugardad]

I am still new and learning as much as possible with WMSP but man its tough compared to WMPC.  The various file types of homescreens makes it even more difficult.  I would like to have all of my home screens on my miniSD and run them with ThemeChanger.  What file types will ThemeChanger recognize and why doesn't it recognize any files that I have in StorageCard\ApplicationData/Home I must be doing something wrong, is it a regedit I need or something else?

The three file types I have are  .cab, xml and SmartPhone2002 Theme File.

Thanks.

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:idea: SmartPhone Homescreen Installation cabinets

are commonly files with extension .cab and .hme

these files MUST be executed by a file manager

In order to be Installed to your device

but they MUSN'T be placed

@ Storage Card\Application Data\Home

or @ Storage\Application Data\Home

because none of them will either work or identified by any theme manager

:idea: simple home screens consist of an .xml file

this file has xml code (relative to html)

this file Instructs your smartphone what to show to your screen

and has links to .jpg, .gif for a beautiful visual effect and also contains code

and links to external plugins (rjhtml, lcdplug, etc) that utilizes for grater usability

these files are commonly placed ONLY

@ Storage Card\Application Data\Home

or @ Storage\Application Data\Home

:exclaim: You can try to move your .jpg, .gif files and .xml files

from Storage\Application Data\Home

to Storage Card\Application Data\Home

BUT not the .dll files that may reside inside the directory

It's also wise not to move home screens that utilize the rjhtml plugin

[Guest g4mb17]

I Had Absolutely NO Problem and NO crash with the Debug Version

Model tested: Qtek 8020

hmmm interesting. well that wasn't suppose to happen, oh well. I'll try and do another test version tomorrow night, if thats a go, then i'll call it fixed.

riki

[Guest g4mb17]

sugardad, (or anyone else having issues with the sounds dialog) can you try this:

Debug version 2

Its just a release version of the last (debug) version you tried with logging in, it's just to make sure it wasn't a fluke before.

unfortunatly I'm at a conference this weekend, so 4.1 is going to have to wait a little longer :-(

thanks,

riki

[Guest lukeap69]

hi riki,

i don't know if this has got to do with theme changer. when i am using other themes, favorites on pocket IE won't show up. then when i change my theme back to basic layout, the favorites are shown. any ideas?

regards,

lukeap

69 :-k

[Guest ppcmd]

sugardad, thank you for the info. I added that to my growing FAQ. Bottom line is if its .xml it can go there otherwise I need to use my file mgr to locate and launch. I could then copy and paste to that directory. Cool.

[Guest sugardad]

ppcmd

I'm glad I could help you! :D

lukeap69

I had a Qtek 8080 with TC 3.x and TC 4.0 and had no similar problem

Now I got a Qtek 8020 with TC 4.0 again I face no similar problem

BUT I have seen this happening when I was using themes

that used to "paint" letters with white colour,

the letters wouldn't show up!

have you tried with another theme e.g. Midnight's Modaco or MSN

Just to be sure?

[Guest Tomas Kocanda]

Just a stupid question - would be possible to do let say one "loop" of homescreen backgrounds in certain timeframe (like work hours backgrounds), while in other time (evening) run "private" homescreens loop? It would be great.

[Guest sugardad]

I want to ask some more thingies that has to do with this and the next version

One.

Theme Changer has Issues with themes @ storage card

To be more specific

I mean Themes that have skinned xtra-screens

and are placed to storage card

e.g.

If a theme has It's menu skinned

and/or startup shutdown screens/Information screens

These will be preserved while the phone's online

and will also show the shutdown logo of the current screen

When you shut It down

NOW

After you switch off the phone and turn It back on

the phone just won't display none of these!

The main screen Is blank and also will all the other themed screens! :)

BUT

If the theme Is placed @ the main storage the theme will work flawlessly :D

ALSO

Even If the theme is placed @storage card

and the Theme Manager creates (manually) a .txt file

after the reboot It still won't display the theme correctly

Can't that be Fixed?

(Is there a limitation with the OS that upon reboot

It checks ONLY the main storage and NOT the storage card

Isn't there a Registry workaround

Can't you build a startup daemon that will check the current theme

and apply It during Bootup

or something like that?)

Two.

Creating the Theme Manager assisting .txt files

Incorporates that the user will manually do this

by either selecting the option save theme manually

or If the Manager Itself (sometimes when the theme is altered) asks for It.

Can't theme manager analyze the .xml upon selection/apply

and automatically save the respective .txt file

upon creation every time the heme is selected/applied

It can then check to see if the corresponding .txt exists and skip the creation

except If the user has altered It and so the user MUST select the save theme action Manually

Three

As I have proposed and you have responded that you'll put that on your list

the ability (xtra menu?) to let the user customely choose

which picture to place for each event (yell, incall, alert, startup, etc)

rather than using theme's specific

will you do that really?

Four.

Why Don't you add a PayPal Icon to your site for Software Donation

I know many people that would do that (I'm one) :D :D :P for you and your superb creation!

Five.

I'm checking now the Debug v2

Checked!

I Hope that I didn't gave you a headache

and that my feedback Is somewhat helpful :D

=D> Keep It up riki! 8)

Edited February 7, 2005 by sugardad

[Guest lukeap69]

lukeap69

I had a Qtek 8080 with TC 3.x and TC 4.0 and had no similar problem

Now I got a Qtek 8020 with TC 4.0 again I face no similar problem

BUT I have seen this happening when I was using themes

that used to "paint" letters with white colour,

the letters wouldn't show up!

have you tried with another theme e.g. Midnight's Modaco or MSN

Just to be sure?

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