Due to reflashing, I am building cabs of my few always used applications so they are installed already set up as I like them. Generally this is going OK, and I am now on O2plus.
However, I am having trouble enabling the "meters" item by default. I have changed the registry setting to enable it, but this does not seem to carry over onto the phone when I run the cab. Infact, I seem to be having trouble disabling some of the other today tiems by the same method. The rest of the cab installs fine.
Could anyone give me a pointer as to what probably obvious thing I am forgetting/missing?
Do I need to do anything other than set the enable flag to 1. (or to 0 to disable). Perhaps there is a security issue - I have been testing this on the WM6 SDK emulator.
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Has anyone got TodayPlus http://www.pocketpcfreeware.com/en/index.php?soft=843
up an running on the wizard. It is/was the best todayscreen plugin on my old Ipaq. I can get it to run as a stand alone app. but not to integrate as a plugin.
Al
Hmm.. I reviving this threat after 'discovering' something called 'TodayPlus'. I did a google to it and it seems to be a very powerful program. From the looks of it, it seems to have the potential to cover both PocketBreeze and PocketPlus.. and yet it seems to be not often being discussed here. It seems to be able to do everything, by scripting (feels to be like the PPC version of Samurize.com)
I'm bound to give it a go this weekend.
Those who are interested, take a look at this MASSIVE forum just for this today plugin/application.
http://forums.jhollin1138.com/
French version http://www.todayplus.fr.tc/
You may able to download the software from the link above (post by `wizzzard`).
Note that, there are a lot of software named TodayPlus, which includes a Palm based software that tries to emulate PPC Today. So, it is rather confusing to do a google for it. Anyway, the 'head' of TodayPlus seems to be at this site
http://www.dark-mojo.com/
But it seems to be currently down.. interesting...
i got it working
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?p=360201#360201
but i couldn't get it to update weather, rss,radar
attaching the program
Todayplus is/was the best plugin I found. It worked perfectly on my WM2003 Ipaq2210 and works on my WM5 Wizard. It was designed for WM2003 and does not support landscape correctly. There is no support available from the author but remains for me the most adaptable today screen plugin.
Don't work for me...
I got only a blank screen. Any suggestion?
Ciao
blank screen
i have given edited dll also in that archive.
Skip the steps for editing it and you have to follow these steps
phuntum (05-27-2005) - v0.11.0
On your PPC use a file explorer that will allow you to see extensions and hidden files to find the file “todayplus.dll” in \Program Files\TodayPlus and copy it to your PC. On your PPC turn off the TodayPlus plugin (uncheck in the Settings/Today screen), soft reset, and move “todayplus.dll” from \Program Files\TodayPlus to \My Documents. On your PC use a hexeditor to open the “todayplus.dll” and search for “7D 1E A0 E3 03 08 A0 E1”; replace “7D” with “8D”; save the edited “todayplus .dll” and copy it back to \Program Files\TodayPlus on your PPC. Delete” todayplus.dll” from \My Documents and reset your PPC. On your PPC turn on the TodayPlus plugin (check in the Settings/Today screen) and soft reset.
phuntum (05-28-2005) - v0.11.0
The above fix is permanent. Save the new todayplus.dll in a safe place so that if you have to reinstall (e.g., after a hard reset) all you need do is install, disable, and replace as per above. You might want to save the instructions just in case. Free hexeditors are abundantly available. Do a web search for one. It's a great program and the effort is worth it. When you're ready, surf over to http://www.jhollin1138.com for a goldmine of help. There is a great debate as to whether the fix should be shared--somewhat hypocritical in my estimation, since those who were lucky enough to get it before it disappeared are using it.
these are the directions from ppcfreewares i followed
after doing this go to this thread http://forums.jhollin1138.com/viewtopic.php?t=1292
and start with no 6 in instructions
good luck
I still need to reinstall this plugin after upgrading my ROM.
There are loads of diferent skins available my favourite is attached.
The Dark Mojo forum closed ages ago but discussions particularly on the "Hammerskin" skin are ongoing on http://forums.jhollin1138.com/
Hammerskin is awesome but it was too much of a resource hog last time I tried it.
Sorry for the double post
updates?
did u get weather and rss updated?
I have tried it twice on my Kjam. Used the modified dll provided. however, I can only see a white screen when trying to access the settings! :S Does anybody know what I am doing wrong? Thanks
Ok, I found it! I was missing the .net!
Very nice application with beautifull skins! Only drawback is that it does not auto refresh when you add a new apointment or task!
Apart from that its a really nice application!
Arrgghh,
Reinstalled on my Wizard after upgrading to Molski's ROM. I can get it working as a plugin rather than as a stand alone program, which previously was my stumbling block. Now I can't get the config utility to remember my location or get weather and rss feeds updated. This did work on my old ROM. I think it is just some reg settings that need creating but why it worked before and not now I do not know.
Hi Guys,
Im a newbie to this plugin but so far I understand that its able to make short cuts on the "desktop" just like a normal pc....and thats what Im looking for.
Ive followed the instructions carefully and the first time it went okay....i.e I got the slider.txt in the skin box. However I didnt find the "okay" button on the top.
Well I followed the instructions but it didnt show up on my desktop....strange so I uninstalled.
Now Ive been reading a bit further and read that the reason why it might not have workd could be the date so I decided to set back the clock 2 years and reinstall it.
2nd time around I dont get the slider.txt option, it has saved my settings from my first install....and it still doesnt work.
help help help
Well after som struggle I managed to get the slider.txt into the "Select Skin (DLL)"
But its still not working on my today screen. I can choose it as the only item on the today screen however its just blank.
Is this because I use a special black screen (tsk file) for my back ground ?
Also its seems to forget my location (Lat/Long)
Any help so that I can get it working ??
Im using a Qtek 9100 with WM 5 OS 5.1.195 Build 14847.2.0.0
Oh I'm happy again
I finally got Todayplus running properly again. Weather and RSS are updating correctly.
This is what I did.
1 install Todayplus cab
2 Disable Todayplus from Settings/Today/items
3 Soft reset. Or power cycle the phone.
4 Overwrite todayplus.dll with the modded one
5 create directory \program files\todayplus\Buffer
6 Connect to internet and verify connection with PIE, minimise
7 Run todayplus config
6 Tab to Weather/RSS add new weather cities and rss feeds
7 Tab to Time/Storage add new timezone and set storage path to \Storage Card (case sensitive and device specific for Wizard?
8 Close Todayplus config
The config utility would not save my location coordinates on the owner info tab so I manually entered the values into HKCU\Software\SRSSoft\TodayPlus\coords\1 (string value of the form 53.483,-2.053) You can get your city coords from http://www.heavens-above.com/
9 Disable all other today screen plugins and enable todayplus. Close the settings program.
On returning to the today screen after a short wait Todayplus should be working. This worked for me but there is loads of information at http://forums.jhollin1138.com/viewtopic.php?t=1292 if you need further help.
OK - having become a bit of a serial flasher, I am now trying to reduce my reinstall times by using various cabs to set up my M3100.
I have searched and by cribbing various cabs etc am making some progress. But, I have hit a few problems I cannot find solutions to currently.
I do have occassional access to both CabManager and Visual Studio 2005, but don't really know much so would need step by step help especially with the latter.
Particular questions:
Owner Name - I have cribbed a cab to install this in the registry, but all it seems to do is clear the entry, not put in the name. I have combined this with the rabdo cab i use for network set up.
I understand from other posts that I cannot embed the serial numbers in the cabs for my applications, and so will have to live with that.
SPB Weather - I use the BBC template and two specific city codes for work and Home. Whilst I have got the template to copy onto the device with SPB Weather, I cannot work out how to embed the two city options and also install the template as a weather source as part of the install.
O2plus. I only use the shortcuts menu, battery meter and running programs options on this. I want to remove the rest which I should be able to manage on my own. What I would like to do is set up the tabs and list of programmes etc as part of the install? Again, any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
I would also like to set up a cab to install my exchange certificate and then my exchange setup details as well - If anyone could give me some pointers re the setup then I can go away and try and work it out after that.
I have tried to search for answers/examples and apologise for stupid questions, but a few pointers would really help to kickstart me again.
Cheers
C.
Hi. I frequently turn off my phone using the Comm Manager while leaving the PDA on during the evening. In the morning, I frequently forget to turn the phone back on and I was wondering if there was a program that can turn on (and perhaps turn off) the phone using the Comm Manager at a set time. Thanks.
Phone: 8125 on WM5 with original ROM
I'm looking for something like SleepWell.
http://www.connectivetools.com/sleepwell.html
The problem is that this program works only for smartphones. I tried it on my 8125 and it doesn't work. Moreover, the program deposited 300Kb of data which I can't seem to get rid of even after uninstalling it. But I'm still looking for such a program. Thanks.
Try Mortscript (Freeware). you can write a simple script that will set a notification event (or whatever it's called). I use it to run weather watcher automatically every morning. there are several forum strings, here and on others that have examples of different scripts that you can modify for your own needs. just do a google search for Mortscript, and Mortscript examples. It also has documentation included. Learning to use Mortscript will give you more control over your device than you ever though was possible.
I didn't think of MortScript, but even if I had, I don't have the technical know how to create do what I wish with a nice GUI.
Ok,
So after digging around and reading a lot on MSDN, I found no way to disable all plugins on the today screen. I also discovered that XML provisioning does not like certian kinds of characters even if you use HTML coding
so... that being said, allow me to introduce my first (and very basic) application to the XDA forums.
TodayDisabler.
What it does is it opens the protected registry keys that control what items appear on the today screen and sets them all to enable = 0
I purposefully wrote this app with no interface so that you can use it in your provisioning to disable all items on your today screen no matter what items are currently enabled.
How To Use:
Place the item on your storage card wherever you want
Use the XML: or CPY1:/CPY2: (SDCondig.txt) commands to copy the file to a location without spaces (maybe \windows)
Use the EXEC: (SDCondig.txt) command to launch the file
I would recomend using XML to delete the file afterwards so its not wasting space on your device (a whopping 9k) or maybe so you dont run it accidentally and disable all of your plugins
Now that all of your plugins are disabled, you can use WAP provisioning, CAB files, or reg files to enable just the ones you want!
I know I am still reletively new compared to others. so if any of you are a bit unsure about running any of my app, I would be more than happy to post the source code to this application
thanks I try..coming soon
So if I understand this correctly once I run TDY Disabler all of my plugins are disabled and won't show in the Today Settings list, so I would have to use something such as SKTools to re-enable the plugin so I can check it off in Today Settings????
Sorry to appear thick, but... why?
I mean, apart from the instructional value writing it, why would someone use it?
NICE
little app
So if I understand this correctly once I run TDY Disabler all of my plugins are disabled and won't show in the Today Settings list, so I would have to use something such as SKTools to re-enable the plugin so I can check it off in Today Settings????
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No thats not the case, all of your plugins do show in the today plugins list, so you can enable them at any time
Sorry to appear thick, but... why?
I mean, apart from the instructional value writing it, why would someone use it?
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The point of the app is for those of us who constantly flash and use provisoning scripts. Each rom has different plugins enabled on the today screen. While its not much to just go into the today applet to disable them, it is an extra step to do so.
Running this application simply disables all of them (same thing as unchecking them in the Items tab on the Today settings screen.) This way a frequent flasher can run a cab or XML file to enable only the plugins they use
RickoT said:
The point of the app is for those of us who constantly flash and use provisoning scripts. Each rom has different plugins enabled on the today screen. While its not much to just go into the today applet to disable them, it is an extra step to do so.
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Oh, got it - thanks for the explanation.
Thanks for the clarification, would have been great if it actually gave you a list and the ones you did not want would be removed from the list entirely.
iggy said:
Thanks for the clarification, would have been great if it actually gave you a list and the ones you did not want would be removed from the list entirely.
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I was thinking about doing something like that, but all it would do is remove the registry entries, not necessarially the application from your device.
No I did not want the application removed, just the today item disabled and removed from the today settings list. Their is a bunch of today items for installed apps and apps that are standard in the ROM that I do not use at all but they are all listed in the Today Settings. Right now I have to use SKtools and remove the registery entry 1 at a time.
True, I will put something together for you today
Here ya go
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=404662
Today Item Remover
I'm in the final phase of my first pass at fine-tuning my Touch HD.
Having found GSen - nice little app - and having discovered that TouchPal won't 'stick' as the default SIP thus requiring SipChange, I thought I would add shortcuts to the StartUp Folder.
Problem was, I got a load of errors and neither would work correctly. I assume it's because TouchFlo 3D is trying to start itself up at the same time.
Has anyone else found issues in adding programs to StartUp and is there a workaround?
I know there may be individual solutions, e.g. run GSen manually and I'm sure I have seen something about SipChange too, but it's a bit of a worry that fairly ordinary apps can't be added to StartUp!
It would be great to solve the issue, this is very annoying.
Any news on this one? Manually starting Gsen is ok, but I'd prefer not to.....
I posted a mortscript somewhere recently delaying the startup of gyrator2.
Just edit the program and set a delay time.
Seems to fix it