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[new release] VJSmallIcons

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
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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.
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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

New menu for WM5

As I missed New menu that was on previous versions of WM5, i looked for some replacement but didn't find anything. So I've created small app which simulates this functionality. It's actually configurable launcher with a few predefined actions. Here are some screenshots:
{
"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"
}
Its configuration is in "Settings" (control panel). It can be bound to the both today keys and any hardware button. In certain cases (if default app is bound to a today key) the new change takes effect after soft-reset. App will notice such case.
App home page: http://www.saman-cz.com
Direct download link:http://www.saman-cz.com/ppc/WM5NewMenu.CAB(118k) and
http://www.saman-cz.com/ppc/WM5NewMenu.zip(52k)
Version history
2.0.2
- Fixed key shortcuts, now works with the soft keyboard
- Other fixes
2.0.1
- Del key is the shorcut for 'Remove item' action
- 'Command' field is renamed to 'File'
- Context menu has a command for sorting items
- File browser can open any file
- Bugfixes
2.0.0
- Launching by a hardware button
- Cascading menus (up to 6 levels)
- Separators
- Quick "SMS to" and "Call " actions (button "browse - ..." acts as the Contact selector)
- Configurable positioning
- Context menu
- Copy/cut & paste edit actions
- Keyboard shorcuts (Ctrl+C/X/V for edit actions and Ctrl+N for "New")
- "New items" are now configurable as a submenu
- Backup and restore from file
- Drag&drop
1.0.0
- added action for new email
- added browse file dialog
1.0.0 beta
- Major rewrite of the Settings part
- smaller installation
- no more DLLs conflicts
- faster GUI
0.9.6 beta
- Fixed "last item" issue
0.9.5 beta
- Added support for original "New items"
0.9.1 beta
- Added new default items (contact, note, MMS, excel, work)
- Fixed showing menu on VGA devices
- Fixed other buggs
- In this version during instalation removes already configured items
0.9.0 beta
- Initial version

Hey nice i missed that on wm5 :lol:
really love this forum always great stuff

Superb! I'll look into it hopefully tonight
I did the same thing yesterday myself for VJSihaya. But your implementation looks beautiful!
V

vijay555: Thanks. BTW i always wanted to make some command-line tools to one-clink send-sms and call-someone and in the half of work i found your Phone tools :lol:

Starting a new sms was easy. However, VJSMSSender required a surprising amount of work, since it bypasses the Inbox. Completely different code
What language is your app written in?
V

Its in c++
The GIU (settings) part is written with support of MFC (easiest way) but i plan to rewrite it into version without MFC, because of necessity of 3 additional runtime libraries, which makes whole app large.
For sending SMS i use MailComposeMessage which makes sending of whatever very easy, but the bad is that it can be used only on WM5.

WOW. Looks nice. "new menu" lost in WM5 is on a of the worst things in WM5.
Is it possible to run two instances with different configurations at the same time? One - to have new "new menu", second one, assigned to the second softkey as a quick launcher?

Hmmm. There is another way.
I reimplemented the New functionality using the original OS method, so custom New items as installed by various apps (eg Text Maker) also appear; that way it's backwards and forwards compatible with the OS (I'm trying to make VJSihaya work on Wm2003 and Wm5). PM me if you need details.
This is what I don't understand. The original OS method is still there, just the New button is missing.
I love your implementation of the customisable menu. I'm too busy to do that right now... but I need to figure out a nice method, so I can make VJTrayLaunch and a few other apps nicely customisable.
V

Nice program. How can I add more things to the menu? Like new note or something. What do I need to put in the command and parameters fields?
Cheers

baniaczek: Running two separete instaces is not possible, because there is only one configuration.
matheprat: all you need is to know the program executable and its (optional) params and fill appropriate fields. A new item you create by "New Item" button.
vijay555: It's a good idea to support original new items. I know how they works, i will think about implementation into some future version..

Great stuff! :lol:

Just found a bug,
When i press the new button, the menu shows up at the middle of the screen, i think that's because i have a vga device using landscape mode (Jasjar)...

nazdar saman,
velmi pekne...
dik
buzz

nruz: Thanks for a notice. I totaly forgot about VGA devices..

saman-cz said:
matheprat: all you need is to know the program executable and its (optional) params and fill appropriate fields. A new item you create by "New Item" button.
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What is the program executable, and parameters for creating a new note?
I did notice another possible bug, in that you can't seem to have just a new SMS and Appointment in the list, without a new Task too, no matter how they are checked.
Also, the menu doesn't disappear once the "new" button is reclicked, as the other menus do, something you may want to implement.
Cheers

For those who use Pocket Informant, the parameters to introduce are :
"2 -new" for a New Appointment
"4 -new" for a New Task
I still have some problems with this command line when PI is already running in the background.

matheprat said:
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Also, the menu doesn't disappear once the "new" button is reclicked, as the other menus do, something you may want to implement.[...]
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I'd like this feature too.

Cool! I've even thought about writing the similar program myself. You saved my time
Bug. The program don't work when installed to "Ramdisk 32" or maybe also to storage card. Configuration DLL is placed into "\Ramdisk 32\Windows" subdirectory instead of "\Windows".
Another bug. After uninstalling incorrectly installed program, reinstallation ends with error.

I just ask a friend about the option of changing the shortcut and you answered my prayer fr that... Thanks for the great application

Can you add to the "Command" part a "Browse" button please? Also, will you make it open-source?

Alternative for wisbar?

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).
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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?

Dogfood's tweak(s) 2.1.1.0

Nice registery tweak packed in one little proggram. Throw away all those little seperate files you're using. Here's DogFoods Tweak. It does at least work on WM2003SE, and on WM5.0 with some (OS) limitations. WM6.0 unknown, just try.
{
"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"
}
* Monitors main battery level;
* Monitors AC power charging;
* Monitors program memory usage;
* Monitors storage memory usage;
* Monitors CPU speed (Intel PXA27x 624MHz CPU only);
* Monitors CPU usage (CPU load);
* Fully configurable on what status to monitor;
* System status indicator is always visible and yet to occupy minimum screen space;
* The width of the system status indicator lines can be set from 1 to 3 pixels;
* The colors of the system status indicator lines are configurable;
* To be light weight, the monitor runs in a thread within the system service process rather than its own process;
* Small footprint - 11kb in size;
* Compatible with different screen size and orientation.
Registry Tweak
Runs as system Control Panel applet. Located under "Start->Settings->System".
1. Status monitoring
* Configures status monitor settings.
2. Display options
* Allows enabling of ClearType, including keeping ClearType enabled upon orientation change and within Internet Explorer;
* Chooses between analog clock and digital clock on the system bar;
* Chooses to display date and/or time in the digital clock.
* Allows enabling of window animation
3. Memory option
* Remove Odyssey client executable to save 2.2Mb storage memory space.
4. Input option
* Chooses the number of words to be suggested when entering text, beyond the numbers allowed by system default input settings.
5. Internet Explorer options
* Allows Pocket Internet Explorer to be posed as IE 6.0;
* Chooses the number of concurrent connections (downloads);
* Configures temporary file cache size limit;
* Configures cookie files storage limit;
* Configures history storage limit;
* Allows to put temporary files, cookies, and/or history info on the BIS (built-in-storage), vs. main memory.
6. Hardware button mapping (correct on Axim x50v/x51v)
* Easily map hardware buttons to screen rotation, Alt-Tab, and screen on/off toggle;
* Alt-Tab and screen toggle features require "Spb Pocket Plus" being installed.
7. Software installation option
* Enables the feature that asks the user to choose the destination folder when installing application.
8. Product information
Original thread and the download is to be found here

Thumb Magic Phone Edition v1.0

Broken Stylus? No problem!
Get organized now! Full one-handed operation!
Super productivity in one application
{
"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"
}
Mavens is proud to announce its first software designed for the Pocket PC platform and is called "ThumbMagic".
The product is revolutionary in its concept and design enabling the end user to use his/her Pocket PC in a totally different way which was never possible! Imagine using your Pocket PC with just "ONE HAND"....Yes! No need for a stylus for most of your daily usage!
Here are some of the main feature highlights -
* Complete One Handed Operation
* Add appointments, tasks, contacts intuitively using Mavens' innovative linear data gatherer system
* Send SMS, Emails (POP3 & Activesync) through a single unified messaging system in 3 simple steps!
* Two built in quick access plugins - a full feature calculator & a device statistics plugin
* Open architecture to support multiple plugins ranging from Weather info, games, mp3 players etc.
* Track important information on your home screen with the Appointment/Task "Radar"
* Radically designed interfaces making it the "quickest" way to navigate
* Completely built-in input mechanisms such as full screen keyboards, time & alarm property pages
* Easy readability makes it ready to use while on the run!
* The very "First" 100% skinned interface! That means every pixel that you see is skinnable!
* Low memory consumption and instantaneous startup and navigation
* Graphically rich environments with excellent special effects, all at lightning speeds!
ThumbMagic is designed for complete one-handed operation of the Pocket PC device. You can create appointments, tasks, contacts in an extremely intuitive manner without using your stylus! Completely redesigned interfaces for text entry such as a built in qwerty/ abcd keyboards, sequential data input for making the process much simpler makes it a perfect companion on the go! You can also send Emails (multiple POP3 accounts/ Outlook), SMS messages, MMS messages all through a SINGLE unified 3 step messaging system.
Not to forget, all of this can be done without the need of a stylus! Besides, a powerful plugin system which currently comes with two default plugins (a scientific calculator & a device statistics plugin) which takes the potential of expansion to the next level.
Requirements
WM2003, WM2003SE, WM5.0. Requires 2.0 MB of system RAM
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Interesting.

Looks nice. I'm going to try!

any youtube movie to show how it works?

Old one..Have used it long back!

And what's your review about how it performs?