Database Users

Contact Name Format

Hi All.
I have just got my M1000 and have got a quick question.
All of my contacts are surname/firstname.
Is there anyway to change this.
I have searched the forum but couldnt find anything
thanks
Tim

The only fixes mentioned involved changing these settings on the Outlook (i.e. the PC) side. For new entries, you can specify "File As (Firstname Lastname)" in Outlook. For older ones, you have to change them, and somebody on this forum wrote a utility to do that to a handful of contacts.
On the XDA itself you don't have an option to specify "File As". I've gotten into the habit of not writing the names directly but making the name dropdown appear (by clicking on the arrow to the right) and writing the full name in the "First Name" entry.

try pocket informant.
Very powerful addon for the PCC outlook.
Has the function u're looking for... showing first name then surname. Plus alot of extra functions.

thanks

New Contacts

Hi
I have a small problem witch my Contacts, when I save a new contact it shows with the last name first. Is there any solution or settings I have missed?
I want the first name first Now I open up the contact in Outlook on my desktop and save it again.
Have the latest ROM for my S100.

A solution has been posted before, and consists of 4 small cab files which give you 4 options in the pop-up menu when you select a contacT: firstname-lastname, lastname-firstname, company-first-last and company-last-first. Try a search on this forum or on Hofo, I am sure I got it from there. good luck!

I have searched the forums before posting but I couldnt find anything useful. If anyone knows where those 4 cab files are plz send me in the right direction.
My search results contains several pages with many threads
Takes ages to read them all.
I dont wanna be lazy but I have done my best to find a solution on my own.

The forum I got the cab files and link from is down, sorry. I could email you the cabs. Just send me an email at jdfkok at hotmail.com and I will send you the files.

Thanx! I sent u an email.

Found it!
http://discussion.brighthand.com/showthread.php?threadid=79834&perpage=15&pagenumber=1
scroll down to the 10th post
-Joe

Yep, that's the link I got them from. I got there through another forum, which was down yesterday and I could not remember the original forum and thread. I have emailed the cabs to all the people who emailed me asking for them, the people who read this thread from now on can find them through the link. read the install instructions in the posts in order to get the alfabetical order right. Finally a solution which should have been built-in from the start!

How do I send Batch Text Messages

How do I do batch text messaging. On my old Motorola Razr I could simply compose a message open up my contacts and then go through and check off all the names I wanted to send it to and hit send and it would send to all the people. However in the TYTN I have to add each person separately. Which takes about 10x the amount of time.
I.E. I am arranging coffee for a small group. I want to send to about 20 odd people in my contact list. Is there a button combination I can press to quickly scroll through my list and select all the people I want to send to and have it add that group to the send field without having to open and close the message each time I want to add a new person to the "To" field.

I suppose a workaround would be to add the contacts once, copy the lot of them and save it as a note, then just paste the group each time you need to send out a batch to them.
Other than that I'm not sure how you would be able to get around the single adding thing.
Cheers

Yes this is one dis-advantage in WM5 and above devices. WM2003 atleast had an easy oiption to choose contatcs.
You can ofcourse try the above workaround by copying a list of contact numbers separated by ; if you often message the same list. Else, use the predictive input to type few letters and select them! Get the point?

There have been a couple of utilities posted that will help you in your cause - both called "Group SMS" strangely enough!!
One can be found >HERE< and the other is mentioned a little further down the same thread and links to >HERE<.
Check them out and see if either fits your needs
Cheers,
Mark.

I am just flashing my radio at the moment, but thank you for the suggestions, I will check them both out and post back the results.
This forum and its members have been a life saver for me. You guys are all awesome.
Thanks again.
Happy Hacking.

Mark Crouch said:
There have been a couple of utilities posted that will help you in your cause - both called "Group SMS" strangely enough!!
One can be found >HERE< and the other is mentioned a little further down the same thread and links to >HERE<.
Check them out and see if either fits your needs
Cheers,
Mark.
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Thank You, the one from the Asheesh guy, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=306682&highlight=group+sms Worked perfect, I am able to compose my message and then just click through my contacts and select with a check box the ones I want to send to, and hit send, works perfect.

Glad I could help
You can pretty much guarantee that somewhere on this site is the one program that will make your device complete......you've just gotta be prepared to look for it - they tend to hide in some pretty obscure places
Cheers,
Mark.

How do I create lnk shortcuts?

Hi all,
First post! Just got very interested in customising my HTC Touch WM6...been playing with spb pocketplus. Like the idea of putting shortcuts where I want them to what I want. But wanted to take it further...
For example I found this:
Create a shorcut, ex: NewSMS.lnk, then put this line in:
30#windows\tmail.exe -service "SMS" -to "" -body ""
writting by Cloudyfa in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=320448
I renamed the .txt to .lnk and stuck it on my phone and it worked perfectly! What i would like to learn is how to create my own shortcuts, i.e. what does all the text mean in the lnk? the 30# and -service etc...
Hope its not a stupid question or maybe its one that cant really be answered simply..?
Cheers in advance,
Jon

The example you gave in your post can be broken down as follows:
Code:
30# - total length of the string following the "#"
(it's not strictly enforced - you could put "0#" and it would still work!!)
windows\tmail.exe - the path to the application followed by any parameters...
-service "SMS" - the mail service; in this case, text messages
-to "" - set the recipient to blank
-body "" - set the body of the message to blank
The "-service" parameter could also be set to "MMS" or to the name of another mail type account you may have set up on your phone; e.g. "Google" or "Yahoo" etc... You could also set the "To" parameter to someone's name if you wanted to create a shortcut for sending a message to a particular person.
Creating shortcuts is fun - the difficult bit is working out what parameters are available and what format they take! There is a post on creating shortcuts to the "control panel applets" - i.e. the stuff in Start | Settings - you can find it at this page. Good for more examples
Hope this helps,
Mark.

Hi Mark,
Thanks for that, it kind of looked like that was how it was working... like you say though, the question is knowin what format the parameters are to be put in.
For example, on my phone I have a program called "Patiences" when opened, within the program i could choose from 3 different variations of game. How would I go about finding out the right parameters to create a shortcut that would start the program and choose the right game?
Also, modifiying the SMS one, if it was to go to a specific person, should i enter the number in the "to" bit or can it refer by say name to an entry in my address book?
Cheers!!
Jon

jcr1 said:
For example, on my phone I have a program called "Patiences" when opened, within the program i could choose from 3 different variations of game. How would I go about finding out the right parameters to create a shortcut that would start the program and choose the right game?
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Now you're starting to get technical .....there may be an easy way to get a list of available parameters, probably using the debugger in Visual Studio or something - not something I've ever used! My own method would involve opening the .EXE file with a text editor and searching for recognisable strings; then I would employ a great deal of trial and error to see if I could get it to work
jcr1 said:
Also, modifiying the SMS one, if it was to go to a specific person, should i enter the number in the "to" bit or can it refer by say name to an entry in my address book?
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The SMS application will resolve whatever name you enter before the message is sent; as long as the name you enter in your .lnk file contains enough characters to make it unique (e.g "John How" would match "John Howard" and "John Howlett", but "John Howl" would get the one you want!!).
Hope this helps - at the end of the day, there's nothing more satisfying than figuring something out yourself (and sharing it with the community if it's worth sharing )....there's so much crap on the TV, I'd much rather spend an hour or two (or six!) messing about with something on my phone, getting it just the way I want it
Enjoy!
Mark.

Hi Mark,
Thanks for the help! Great advice and I shall definately be taking a look at what you suggested. Thats all I needed was some prompting as to where to start looking, as you say, it is much more satisfying working things out for yourself than just getting someone else to do it.
Cheers again!

OK next question, how do I get the tmail.exe from my phone onto my pc so I can have a look at it in notepad? I can find it by browsing through my phone from my laptop but I cannot copy it over? Access denied!
On the phone can't change the properties so it isn't read only or anything?
please help.
Cheers

Now there's a question!!
I've just tried to copy the file myself (using Total Commander V3 Beta - from this page) and it fails for me.....
I used to be able to do it on my Hermes/TyTn, which was unlocked/SuperCID - but now that I have a stock ROM on my Kaiser/TyTn II, it seems that it's no longer possible. I've yet to SuperCID my Kaiser as I've been too busy with work to get involved in flashing/trashing it but after this weekend I may well have a go.
Not sure who else is reading this topic, but if a ROM cook or a more worldly wise user is able to verify my thinking, then that should help you/me/us in our quest to get Tmail.exe off the damn phone and onto the PC!!!
I'll check back/post back if I come across the answer in the meantime. BTW, what device are you using - you don't have a signature that tells me
Cheers,
Mark.

Hopefully now my sig is working... I have a HTC Touch with Windows Mobile.
I'm new to this so I've no idea what you mean by locked ROMs etc.
Either way, thanks very much for your help.

Outllok Contacts Application

on my new HD2 there is something strange: if I want to add a new contact or edit an old one I can do it, but some fields have disappeared!
For example: name, middle name, family name...all these fields gone: I only have one field "NAME"
Same for address details: before (WM 6.1) I could edit and input into fields like ZIP, City, Address...now there is a unique field called "Word Address"
It is NO MORE fine-divided into its fields
What am I missing?
Please suggest
Saulo866

I have tried to remedy by installing Pocket Informant 9...but it is so sloooow..sometimes freeze my whole device. So it is not a viable solution.
Thanks and waiting.

is this issue related to WM 6.5.3? Or just to HD2 devices?
Thanks
Saulo

use "start - contacts" to access the windows contacts list instead of the htc contacts and you will find all the fields as you remember them.

thanks Samuel
That is what I usually do...but still I cannot see the fields.
Would you be so kind to post a snapshot, so I can understand what I am doing wrong?
Additianlly my ROM is a barebone one, by freyberry, with almost no HTC application on it (almost basic Microsoft)
Thanks
Saulo

in the name field, look at the very right hand side there is a very small grey square, tap there and the complete name box opens.

oh and the field below name works the same.(you can see the two grey buttons in the image )

Dear Samuel
Now I understand: if I click on start outlook contacts the HTC version of contacts is triggered! not the MS version!
How can I do? Is there a registry hack?
Thanks a lot for your help!
Saulo

By the way, Samuel, what is that Keyboard that you are now using? It look nice.
Is it a good replacement to the standard keyboard? Does it have the ctrl-C (copy) function?
Thanks
Saulo

No more ideas?
Thanks and waiting
Saulo

hi. keyboard is swype. I like it, takes a little while to get used to but very nice when you do.
im afraid I can't really help with how to start contacts, im using a custom rom and when i click start I see an icon called contacts, and I click that and it gives me the widows contacts.
see the image, top right, the link i use.