This program is used to shrink the icons in the Programs explorer in Pocket PCs.
It's WM5 and WM2003 compatible.
Note: it only works once, until you change folder. So assign it to a hardware key.
Note: you must launch "programs" once before use; it will complain if you don't.
Before:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
After:
See my website for details. www.vijay555.com
Don't forget to click on an ad or make a donation! :wink:
V
Works great on my Qtek9100
I'm using VJSmallIcons.exe 2
Post a screenshot!
V
Of course here it is :
Great work,
i have created a shortcut in the programs folder, because i dont want it to map to a hardware-button. i renamed the link to 1vjsmallicons.lnk to get in just pretty first in the list of programs.
If i enter the programs folder i press on the shortcut and the menu is small.
But two issues:
1. if i small the icons and wlak through the list of programs i get in the second column of the list. The first column disappears and there is no way to get back. I use a qtek 9100
2. If i call the programs folder again all the icons are just small. So as if it remembers to the first call (bug or feature). Furthermore i get to the column where i have left the program menu folder.
Topcaser, what command line are you using?
VJSmallIcons only changes the current explorer screen. It doesn't try to change any others, so when you go into a subfolder it will go back to normal. The small icons can be made more permanent, but it would require more programming that I haven't had time to do yet...
V
I am using no option, just calling the program via a link.
btw, how can i specify an option?? And what is the sense of this option 0-4
Is it the number of cols?
And what about the second issue: i can never scroll back to the first column, once it was gone. (also with the control panel not)
topcaser: the command line 0 to 4 will change the view style, in exactly the same way as you have on your PC: large icons, small icons, details, listview etc. Just try them out!
Not sure about the contrl panel issue? Could you try to send a screenshot? Use MagicSS if you don't already have a screenshot program.
V
Hi,
i have posted two pics: the first shows a blue mark over snap tool. At the second one i pressed the left button to get to the most left column again. But the screen does not follow this markation.
A second question: how am i able to specify the comand line option?
topcaser:
I don't have my phone with me today, I'll have a play with it a bit later. Are the pictures the wrong way round as you describe them? I can only see the blue selection mark in the second picture.
For the command line, read here
V
vijay555 said:
topcaser:
Are the pictures the wrong way round as you describe them? I can only see the blue selection mark in the second picture.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes you are right. My mistake. Sorry
Topcaser, using the settings shown in the screenshot, have you tried going up to the top, instead of left? It depends which command line option you're using, but try it just in case.
V
This dont works also.
Hi VJ,
i have played around with your tool. Command line option 2 and 1 works perfect. But the best way to use it is with command line option 3. Forget Small Menu - one can use only your little app (maybe together with Mortbutton and Mortscript) - it can do the same as SmallMenu. Together with MagicButton one misses no feature at all.
Unfortunately the command line option 3 has the bug which i described above. Have you fixed this already?
Topcaser, unfortunately if there's a bug in the view, I can't really fix it. I don't do anything other than change the view style of the "listview" control that the programs menu is based on. So it's very simple. But the programs menu is not designed to have its view changed, so if it's buggy, I can't help it very much. I'll try to have another look though, someone on brighthand was complaining about making the programs menu small, and I think it might be possible to make this program resident so that it kind of retains the settings.
But this is a small program, and others have to be fixed first I'm afraid. I will try to have another look.
V
Related
I have disabled O2 active on my XDA Exec & want to know how to add programs to today screen.
Regards
Colin Bate
This is a link to the site about using the Today API to create your own desktop items:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnppcgen/html/ppc_yapi.asp
Hope this helps,
Graham.
Thanks GBird but im not a programer.
Regards
Colin Bate
In that case, all you can do is add or remove items from the Today screen by going into Settings - Today, selecting the Items tab and choosing which items you wish to see and in which order.
Graham.
The owner's manual might give you a better description than we can, Colin, but you choose which items display on the Today screen by going to:
Start > Settings > Personal > Today > Items
Put ticks next to the items that you want to display.
Hey mate,
Try this application. It is called launcher and you can easily add icons so any programs wanted are available from the today screen (when I say easily, even I can do it....). I have word, excel, pocket tv, calculator etc etc all readily available.
Any questions don't hesitate to ask.
HPJ
Thans HPJ I have downloaded launcher & will give it a try later as im at work now.
Regads
Colni Bate
colinbate - if you're interested in launching items from the today screen, I heartily recommend cLaunch http://home.pacific.net.sg/~welic/claunch.html
I'm not sure if it works with the universal, but it's very nice and customisable: this is my (old) Magician setup:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Using claunch at the bottom with my vjsms and vjdialer tools to have quick dials (not fully WM5 compatible I understand, but for illustration purposes only). This is using the left up/down arrows to switch between 3 "banks" of launchable items as required (I have Bank 1=Quick dials, Bank 2 = Launch Calendar etc, Bank 3 = Phone Profiles and Volume control etc)
V
Thanks for that tip Vijay i will give that a try.
I found SPBPocketPlus Which does what i want but this slows the exec almost as much as O2 Active.
Regards
Colin Bate
Colin, there are variations on claunch depending on compatibility.
cLaunch is my favourite, but if necessary, check out tdlaunch (precursor to claunch). Launcher also works. Can you please post if there are problems with claunch on WM5 - I'm in touch with the author and he'd probably be interested to know.
V
I will try cLauncher but not till to tonight will report back tomorrow
Regards
Colin bate
I installed cLauncher last night seems that it will do what i want.
I didnt have much time to play with it.
Problems i have found are on the setup screen the buttons disapear off the bottom of the screen in landscape mode on other screens i have a scroll bar to scroll down but not on main setup screen & there is no keyboard icon in the middle of the bottom tool bar so i cant type anything in in portrait mode.
Regards
Colin Bate
colinbate - it's from pre VGA/landscape days; I think on the Brighthand forums there might be some discussions of a VGA version of tdLaunch, but that might be too much of a backwards step if claunch does most of what you want.
To get around the keyboard icon issue, temporarily, you can try using my program SIPSwitch on the development board. That will allow you to assign any hardware key to bringing up the SIP (input panel) without using an icon. I don't know if it's WM5 compatible, but no reason it shouldn't be, I hope.
V
I will give your SIPswitch program a try.
Where do i find the builtin progams I.E. Exel & word I can't seem to find them to add to cLaunch.
Regards
Colin Bate
They're normally in the \windows\ directory as both a .exe and a .lnk file.
V
The reason i could not find them is they are called pword & pxl.
Regards
Colin Bate
Hi,
I need to hide the New Menu icon which is present on the bottom left of the screen. I am able to delete all items from the New Menu by deleting the following key and all its subkeys from the registry -
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Shell\Extension\NewMenu
However, the New button \ icon still remains. I need to hide or remove it completely.
Any ideas?
Thanks once again.
Best Regards,
Dav
What device and OS are you using?
V
Hi,
I'm using an Orange M1500 and the OS is Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition Version 4.21.1088.
Thanks,
Dav
Check out VJToggleToday
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
it'll optionally hide the new bar. WM2003 for now (testing the WM5 version now).
V
Hi vijay555,
Thanks for help. I used your program 'Toggle New'. It works well but now I have the keyboard icon left instead. Any ideas on how to remove the keyboard icon as well? Thanks once again for any tips.
Before:
After:
Cheers,
Dav
You should be using the newer version posted I think in the first post. Use that with the appropriate command line option. One of the versions in that thread fixed the SIP icon issue. I use that version, so it should work.
V
Hi,
Thanks again vijay for your help. Although your tool works well it is not going to work for my purposes. I need to be able to customize the build of a device and need to go via the registry directly at least to hide a bare minimum the Screen Rotation icon (now done), the WLan Manager icon (changing the value of the Subkey "Keep" does not work on my device), and hiding (if possible) the bluetooth manager icon. Running your exe is useful as it removes all the icons but infortunatley now leaves the keyboard. As the device will have to reconfigure itself following a hard reset, flat battery etc... I need to do all these things and cant really use a third party exe or pass a command line argument to an exe. So I really need to know what registry key's to change or edit to get these things done, and if these changes can be done via a CAB, exe or whatever... So any tips on what registry keys to tweak would be appreciated. Sometimes (as I'm finding out!) the reg keys are not given the most obvious name, and as yet i havent found any doco on what all the reg keys do...
Cheers,
Dav
Dav, not sure which version you're using, but the version I've been using for months was specifically re-written to fix the SIP keyboard icon issue.
There's a new release coming relatively soon that will have WM5 dual compatibility. It might be worth waiting, but the current WM2003 version in that thread, somewhere, should solve the SIP issue.
PM and tell me what you need to do in the registry. If I can help, I will.
V
Did someone try to remove all new menu entries? Maybe this would hide the menu (but have the bar itself remain).
Chatty, that wouldn't work AFAIK, but it would be easy to write a program to hide the new menu button if you needed to.
V
in relation to this topic, can we "ADD" some menu items in the NEW Menu button?
Yes, you can.
I think there are programs the let you edit the menu. Just not sure what they are.
You can also do it manually, but it's just a bit tricky.
Look at the first post. Find that registry key on your device and look at it's sub keys. Each of them contains a string that will appear in the menu, and the key name gives the CLSID of the object.
You can fined the registry settings for creating the object in HKCR\CLSID.
Thank you for the reply levenum. But i cant find any of the applications i installed in the HKCU\CLSID.
Hi oldsap!
That's the real tricky part. Not all apps register a CLSID and not all of them can create a new document from command line.
You could check how existing CLSIDs are structured, and try creating one manually for the program you want.
Unfortunately, that won't work for every program. For some there will be no way to add a 'new' shortcut.
Couple of different issues here: the dlls are published through their CLSID, so when you program a new menu extension you must have a unique CLSID.
However, having access to the CLSID doesn't do much other then let you add or remove those items to the existing New Menu.
But creating an entirely new item, eg "Create bluetooth contact" would require you to program that extension as a dll, and then add the unique CLSID to the registry entries above.
And to go back on topic, hiding the new menu button entirely is easy enough.
V
I've been a fan of wisbar dating back to PPC2002 times ... it was a useful launcher that takes up little space on screen footprint (hidden in the start menu bar, basically) as well as little in memory. It sure helps it was a freeware as well ...
However now that they've moved on to Wisbar advanced 2, the graphics and all the cosmetics have just turned it into a memory hog. It takes up ~ 3MB in space, which is bad considering even voice recognition programs like the MVC take up only 4MB. It takes way too long to load, and when it's running it's sluggish and constantly conflict with other programs (conflict with PhoneAlarm and AEButtonsPlus from my experience)
I wonder if you guys have any suggestion for a launcher alternative.
I know many here like cLauncher but I want to reserve my today screen for calender items ... so anything that take up a bulk of the today screen isn't gonna work for me....
PPX, pTask, SmallMenu Plus (my favourite).
V
Thanks ... yes I think SmallMenuPlus is the best ... I've got that one.
Quick question though ... is there any way to display the most often used appz in the first pull down menu? Meaning, when you click the start icon, it pulls down a menu that you can setup to show "Today", Recent used programs, "Program" etc etc ... and from "Program" you can expand to the 2nd pull down menu, which I can setup to include my most often used programs plus more subfolders.
What I'd like to see is to have most often used program from the first pull-down menu, together with the "Programs" folder at the same level. Does anyone know if you can do that?
Thanks,
Number16 - you can configure the drop down menu to point to any folders and links you want. It'll parse them into the menu automatically:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
V
Speaking of SmallMenu, I've run into some serious problems and need some help
Somehow in the SmallMenuPlus setup, the "Locate programs in the menu" option was greyed out. I can't select it. I figure that's why I can't programs under the first pull-down menu.
Also, in the "Use programs under this menu" tab, it'd only select program menu's from the "Storage" root directory. I can't select and go into subfolders. If I want to select subfolders I'd have to manually type the path in.
Worse, the start menu icon would stop working after a while. Clicking on it does NOT pull down a pull down menu.
I thought it was because it has software conflict with Magic Button, which I also use, so I disabled Magic button, and later on removed it altogether when it still had problems. It still didn't work.
So I thought it's because I had installed SmallMenu on the storage memory instead of main memory. I removed and re-installed SmallMen on Main memory, and it still has the same problem.
After yet another reinstall now it's even worse. If I start small menu it wouldn't work at all. Not only it won't pull down a menu by tapping on the start menu icon, it starts to screw up other programs as well. If other programs has some kind of pull-down selector it'll keep closing it after I've clicked the down-arrow. Also, if I type something in a field, the cursor will keep disappering as if I've clicked elsewhere on the screen or something.
I've all but given up on SmallMenu ... after unloading and removing smallMenu everything else works fine. I wonder if I go into the registry and clean up all the smallmenu related entries would work ... but then I worry if I would screw it up even more
Anybody has any suggestion or anybody experienced the same thing?
Dead thread....
see this one please:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=354981
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Hello Everyone!
I'm developping a Launcher App and I need some beta testing on it. I've tested it over some wm6 emulators and on my Herald WWE with Touch-it ROM. It uses .NET CF 2.0.
Basically it contains some horizontal scrolling list's. The scrolling can be performed by using the finger over the screen. It is fully configurable through config.xml file placed in the installation directory. Currently you can add 3 types of "elements" to each scrolling list or row (see config.xml for some examples):
- Icons: you can add the icon path (theorically every size is accepted) asociated command execution with parameters. You can also add the attribute "rowspan" if you hace some larger icons in the list for them to get more rows in the list.
- Allcontactswithphoto: this element will automatically load all the contacts you have with asociated photo. It includes a max attribute to avoid allocating all the device memory if you have lot's of contacts with photos.
- folder: this will add shortcut to all the files located in the directory especified.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Sorry, The screenshot does not contain the contacts photodial because I don't have contacts in the emulator .
Currently it doesn't allow:
- Changing between screen sizes (this includes landscape and portait). But it theorically can work with almost every screen size.
- Specify contacts to include in photodial.
Please, any feedback, advice or bugreport would be apreciated . And by the way, sorry for my english....
In the package there are also included some example icons taken from deviantart. I don't remenber the place or author I take them from. If someone find's them out please tell me.
By downloading and using this application you agree the following:
- Use this application at your own risk.
- This thread is the only place allowed to link to the file download.. If you like the app and you want more people to have it please place a link to this thread.
Interesting Will try this later
Don't work on HTC Wizard WM 6.
Start, wait.....
Error display.
Thats end
Can you please post the error info or send me the screen shot..... By the way thanx for trying it and sorry for the crash ....
About Error:
System.IO:_Error:WinIOError()
System.IOirectory:InternalGetFileDirectoryNames()
System.IOirectory:InternalGetDirectories()
System.IOirectoryInfo:GetFileSystemInfos()
DeviceApplication9:Carrusel:.ctop()
DeviceApplication9:MainForm:.ctop()
DeviceApplication9rogram:Main()
great work...Will definetly test it
kpyto, please, make sure you have this folder in the file system:
<folder path="\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\"/>
If you dont have it, change the path in the config.xml to point to your programs forder of the start menu or just remove it (the line of the config.xml).
same thing on I-Mate JasJam WM 6 Schap's 3.54b fr Don't work.
the same error msg.
thanks
Working On My Htc Wizard
Working For Me!!!
Ok, thats probably because of the languaje of the rom.... The programs folder of WWE ROM's is \Windows\Start Menu\Programs\..... You may have to change the path included in the config.xml 20th line, or if you tell me which is the Start Menu path of your ROM I will post here an apropiate config.xml file.
Any way, here you have a cab with config.xml without the line pointing to the folder. Just reinstall it...
\Windows\Menu Démarrer\Programmes\.....
for french rom.
but i found the prog in the \Program Files\ThrottleLauncher folder.
thanks
the new one work and its a good ide thanks
Nice concept.
And it's really fluid, but my only gripe is that the NETCF slows everything down...maybe a rewrite in C++ is in order eh?
Other than that, top concept 5/5
works on a touch... like the idea
Yes ,been waiting for someone to make horizontally scrowable rows.
But I would like it as a today plugin rather than as a today screen itself, because i miss a clock and apps that tell me about msgs and calls and stuff.
Very cool! Can't wait to see where this goes.
sprint touch
works as advertised on sprint touch...love teh interface, however is it possible to put it as a today plugin so that it can be used as a scrollable horizontal bottom bar or 2....something like a scrollable sprint home launcher...
it scrolls very smoothly though.
also, how do u add more buttons to the list, if its possible yet! how 'bout adding dynamic scrolling?
batcatman, you can add more apps by changing the config.xml. You can also add more rows with the elements described in my first post. To add another app short cut for example, just place inside a row tag in the config.xml a row like this:
<icon path="icons\Internet.png" exec="\Windows\IExplore.exe"/>
path: is the path to the icon.
exec: is the path to the exe file of the linked app
Thans to everyone for the comments. I will try to satisfy every request .
I vote for making it a today plugin. Would be much more useful.
this is looking very cool...nice work !
Looking forward for further releases.
Hi,
Here's the last skin I made for BatteryStatus.
It's designed to be only a "Today CommManager", like Effcomm, but more graphical.
DiamondWSwitch
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Features :
- toggle BT, WiFi and phone
- hold 1 second to have a little menu appear to select options concerning the item
Install :
- install batterystatus advanced (http://www.chi-tai.info/download/BatteryStatusExt.1.05.CAB)
- copy the dir and the XML file from the zip to \Windows\BatteryStatus
- change the theme in the options of BatteryStatus (Advanced Tab)
I also put the "older" version :
WirelessSwitch
Same features, same install, different look.
Tested on a Kaiser with stock ROM.
Enjoy
cool , super ton idée ton skin ..
it beautifull, great idée ;D
Very nice, looks great and works well. Great for people like me who are too lazy to open the real comm manager.
Cool, thanks!
just a question : what is the calendar plugin you use on the today in the DiamondWSwitch picture ?
I try to find something that will just display enough calendar info without scrolling bar on the right.
thanks
Bug feedback
Hi,
I'm using the Wireless Today Switch, which I think is fantastic, so thank you for the effort that went into making it. I have disabled the background by removing the line in the xml and the background png. I think it is line three. Anyway, one think I have noticed is that when you press and hold the phone button, whether the phone is on or not, the bottom option in the context menu is always "Turn off phone". The functionality works, i.e. it does switch the phone on when it's off, but the text is wrong. I'll have a look at it later myself but do you know an easy solution to this? I'll post the no background edit with a screen shot later today.
Cheers,
andrew-in-woking
andrew-in-woking said:
Hi,
I'm using the Wireless Today Switch, which I think is fantastic, so thank you for the effort that went into making it. I have disabled the background by removing the line in the xml and the background png. I think it is line three. Anyway, one think I have noticed is that when you press and hold the phone button, whether the phone is on or not, the bottom option in the context menu is always "Turn off phone". The functionality works, i.e. it does switch the phone on when it's off, but the text is wrong. I'll have a look at it later myself but do you know an easy solution to this? I'll post the no background edit with a screen shot later today.
Cheers,
andrew-in-woking
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Click to collapse
The single thing I did is the XML and the graphics, the other functions are Batterystatus's. So is this little bug
karld said:
just a question : what is the calendar plugin you use on the today in the DiamondWSwitch picture ?
I try to find something that will just display enough calendar info without scrolling bar on the right.
thanks
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It's TodayAgenda. The great thing with this plugin, is that you can set a fix size... Set it to 62 and it's perfect
Screen shots & no background
Hi,
I've attached the edited skin with no background with a general screen shot and one of the menu error.
Cheers,
andrew-in-woking
installed battery status. why dont i have the adcanced tab!!!!
i want to set the theme and i cant do it
Did you download the advanced version of Batterystatus ? (just click the link on the first post)
iPhone Theme/No WiFi (Perfect for HTC Touch)
Sorry for resurrecting such an old thread, but this seemed as appropriate a place as any to post this.
Though skinning and such is not my usual forte, I put enough work into this that it's only fair to share. This app was exactly what I was looking for when I decided I wanted a bluetooth on/off switch on my today screen... but, I really wanted it to match my iPhone icons. The result is attached. I've eliminated the wifi toggle since my HTC Touch has no wifi.