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Tip: Start menu color

Dear all,
in WM2003 i couldn't use many good today themes (Horizon is a good example) because the text color turns to white for the unselected items. It seems that's why all MS themes are using white text on a dark image so the start menu text will be reversed to black. I thought that MS implemented the 'contextual revers logic' but seems they didn't want to pay extra effort
Anyway, for the users of XDA I with WM2003 (may be it's solved in XDA II) you can solve this issue by modifying the following registery key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Color
if it doesn't have, add a new 'binary' entry as following:
name: 39
value: 50 50 50 00
this should give you a readable menu text for the most themes that has light background.
Enjoy it ...

That works even for the ROM-upraded XDA II !! Thanks a lot. only if you change the today theme, the new binary code 39 is missing and you have to get it into "COLOR" again...?!
:roll:

Yes! .. this is true ... but if the theme .tsk file was built while color #39 was included in the theme.inf file, you wouldn't need to re-adjust it.
Unfort. there is no theme generator for PPC2002 that takes this field into account, and I couldn't find one works for WM2003 in specific :?
However, you can write a very tiny program to run after changing the theme to adjust this registry value ... or to put it in the \windows\startup directory.

it works
Thanks for the tip Biso007! It works
No more transparent menu items

Thank you
Thank you Bisso we needed that tip :twisted:
But still you can use Pocket Theme manager 2 from BVRP www.bvrp.com they solved this issue thus for whom are having problem with the today pictures you can adjust the colors to 4096 [/url]

You can also try this:
http://www.funnysnake.com/products_tkcreater.php
It's free, and the last relese works with ppc 2003 themes too.

Sorry for my ignorance, but where do I find
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Color
Waht software do I need to gain acces to this registry?

PHM registry editor is a very good one

Great tip, was wondering how to do this for some time. Thanks,
db

great tip, just what I was looking for
is there any way to change it to any thing other then black or white?

Phonepad easy background change

I was hopelessly aiming around the Thinternet and i found this little jem,
http://buzzdev.net/index.php?option=com_simpleboard&Itemid=59&func=view&id=5075&catid=36
So i checked my my JJ and those keys all exist,
So as a quick test I done the following
Code:
HKLM\Security\Phone\Skin\PROGRESS\portrait\other
HKLM\Security\Phone\Skin\PROGRESS\landscape\other
HKLM\Security\Phone\Skin\DIALER\portrait\other
HKLM\Security\Phone\Skin\DIALER\landscape\other
value bmpNormal \Windows\BKGND_Port.bmp
value bmpNormal \Windows\Bkgnd_Land.bmp
I resized the pic to the correct size and changed the keys to BKGND_Port1.bmp, rebooted and.....
Simple to do, and keeps your dialler in with your today screen
P 480x536
L 640x376

I'd have thought someone would have been intrested, all well, i've stuck it in wiki reg settings anyway

I might well be interested when My Exec arrives this week , but it depends what O2 decided to put in the background by default.
Thanks for the info though.

thanks for this
this is what i have been looking for, for a while.

have a look at what i have just worked on based on the info and tut's you directed me to:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=39851&highlight=

Help! How do I make keylight stay on with display backlight?

Hi, first post!.....
I have a O2 XDA sp (imate sp3i etc)
Please can someone tell me how to make the keypad light stay on as long as the display back light. I have a editor for registry if required but can't find line to control that feature.. I searched the forum but can't find any reference to it on the XDA SP.
I run TomTom mobile and have set the software to keep the backlight on but the keys go off and it makes it hard to make changes in the dark as you cannot find the correct key....
Any help appreciated....
Phil-w

WM5 Basecolour/hue etc with ThemeGenCE

I've had a play with Themegen ce, and read the help file. I've also read the info here.
But...I still dont get it
Can someone explain what it is I need to do (from within themegen?) to be able to change the colour of the top start bar, and bottom bar in order to match me theme?
thanks!

BaseHue
With WM5 :
See Help File ThemeGenCEEn.chm which is given with the application.
Click on ThemeGenCE job button.
Click on Key BaseHue in the index of the page.
And you see all explanations for this key.
Don't forget to check the checkbox Create BaseHue Key for the theme and leave the Form by clicking on Validate button, if not BaseHue will not be integrated in the theme.

Thanks again benthon for a great piece of software. It seems to be almost complete now and all wm5 tweaks are possible. It seems a bit back to front though can the wm5 settings be default and not the wm 2003 or an option to change this - as more and more devices are wm5.
Cheers
p.s. can you give us any hints on upcoming revisions?

Thanks for your encouragements !
If i have time this summer, i will do a version with WM5 settings by default.
I will give you informations about this.
Forum.xda-developers was a great help for me to develop and improve ThemeGenCE !
Cheers as you said and friendly, BenThon.

Registry change please...(Program Page.)

Could somebody please give me the registry changes need to display my program icons 4 across and not 3 ? Thanks.
Sorry....HTC Touch HD

You don't need reg edit, just use HD TWEAK 0.5.4.

Thanks for that...did it...changed default from 3 to 4....soft reset a couple of times, but it's still 3 across. Any other ideas ! ?

The Wiki has the solution:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Blackstone_Tweaks
Asbjørn