Viewing Homescreens

[Guest Chuckster]

I've been doing a lot of experimenting in XML to create Homescreens for my phone. Is it possible to view the Homescreen in my PC before uploading it to my phone?

[Guest paraxion]

I've been doing a lot of experimenting in XML to create Homescreens for my phone. Is it possible to view the Homescreen in my PC before uploading it to my phone?

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I only got my smartphone (i-mate SP5 - glee!) last Friday, so you can consider me to be a bit of a n00b, but as far as I can tell, the only tools available for this kind of thing are either something like Ruttensoft or Sunnysoft's homescreen design tools, or, if you're brave, using the Microsoft Device Emulator - which is about equally as easy to develop with as connecting your smartphone anyway, without the ease of navigation.

Knowing a little about XML, it wouldn't be impossible to create a translation stylesheet that could read through a homescreen XML file and spit out a rough HTML preview; I might look at that over the next few days.

-matt

[Guest w411y]

if you're brave, using the Microsoft Device Emulator - which is about equally as easy to develop with as connecting your smartphone anyway, without the ease of navigation.

Knowing a little about XML, it wouldn't be impossible to create a translation stylesheet that could read through a homescreen XML file and spit out a rough HTML preview; I might look at that over the next few days.

-matt

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Ill look into the emulator but creating a tool like that would be a gem to homescreen designers. You could possible even sell it :)