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[New release] Registry display plugin

Ok, most of you may find this totally useless as a plugin, but it was a combination of a request by user Treo_newb and a desire to create a sample plugin project that could be used as a base / example for plugin writers (I plan on doing an article on codeproject.com and this will be the source for it).
What does it do?
This plugin displays a string stored in registry.
The path is:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\RegDispPlugin
Value name: DisplayString
It checks if this string has changed several times per second when today screen is shown (as the system sends refresh message to all plugins) and displays the updated message if a change occurred.
What is it good for?
First, if you write apps using mortscript or similar like the user who requested this it will let your script display stuff on today screen.
Alternatively it could be used to mark your device today with a string that isn't as easily changed as user info.
The source is basically a skeleton plugin you can use to build your own plugin on (no license / copyright to limit you) and it already has several tricks needed for the plugin to display correctly:
VGA compatibility
Text size matching system settings
Proper header in settings dialog (like on system plugins)
Proper text color when selected (according to theme)
No blinking all today screen on change
Proper resize when switching between landscape and portrait
When I was writing my first plugin I could not find all these little fixes concentrated in a single article so I had to fish for each one as the bug reports came in.
Hope you will find this little project useful.
The plugin:View attachment RegDisplay.CAB
The source (eVC 4 project): View attachment RegDisplay.zip

Thanks for this!

Thank You Lev.
Thanks, Thanks, Thanks,
You are a legend.
I was almost through with my today plugin and was trying to figure out reading registry values and all of a sudden I get a PM from u about the plugin !!!
Very Cool !!!
OK a few questions,
1. I know that WM_TODAYCUSTOM_QUERYREFRESHCACHE is called for refreshing the today plugin, any ideas about when is it called.
I read somewhere that it was 2 seconds. Is it true?
2. I saw ur code and u have exposed CustomItemOptionsDlgProc in RegDisplay.def, but when I installed the cab file the 'options' is not enabled.
I manually changed the resistry and changed options to dword = 1 and saw ur name and email address.
u might want to enable that by default so that people can notice ur work.
I am planing a commercial release of a new project on basis of this.
Thanks again,
Shailesh

First, you're welcome.
shaileshashar:
1) I ran a debug print on this message once on an iPaq 1710 and it seems to be sent several times per second. This could differ from OS to OS or even from device to device, I am not sure.
If you need specifically timed refresh, or you have an event triggered on new data, I suggest using a timer or maybe a thread that will wait on an event. You can refresh your plugin from anywhere in code by calling InvalidateRect with your window handle.
2) I messed up the cab at first, forgetting to add the Options reg value. Then when I went to upload the fix, I couldn't access the site for about an hour (no idea why, I even rebooted the PC to Ubuntu). Should be fixed now, but I will check it later again (I have to go back to XP for that).
Good luck with your program.

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levenum said:
First, you're welcome.
shaileshashar:
1) I ran a debug print on this message once on an iPaq 1710 and it seems to be sent several times per second. This could differ from OS to OS or even from device to device, I am not sure.
If you need specifically timed refresh, or you have an event triggered on new data, I suggest using a timer or maybe a thread that will wait on an event. You can refresh your plugin from anywhere in code by calling InvalidateRect with your window handle.
2) I messed up the cab at first, forgetting to add the Options reg value. Then when I went to upload the fix, I couldn't access the site for about an hour (no idea why, I even rebooted the PC to Ubuntu). Should be fixed now, but I will check it later again (I have to go back to XP for that).
Good luck with your program.
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Thanks for the help, will check the fixed cab.
Also a suggestion:
A custom icon could also be incorporated. You can give a option to load a custom icon next to the text in the today plugin.
I know anybody can modify ur code and do it but still.

Actually, I probably should have mentioned this in the original post but I have no intention of adding options to this thing.
This would only complicate the code and turn it in to an actual app instead of a sample project.
But by all means feel free to make suggestions. If this thing does become popular, when I am done with my other projects (like LVMTopBat) which won't be any time soon (unfortunately) I will release a separate version of this plugin with all kinds of options that can be controlled both by user (form the options dialog) and by other apps through registry.
Maybe things like text alignment, size, bold / Italic / underlined.
P.S.
The reason I put the string this plugin loads under HKEY_CURRENT_USER instead of the HKLM where the rest of the plugin registry resides is because by default the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE on WM 5 and higher has a security restriction. For example you can not write to it using RAPI, only by authorized (or signed) app on the device. The HKEY_CURRENT_USER on the other hand is open for all.

levenum said:
P.S.
The reason I put the string this plugin loads under HKEY_CURRENT_USER instead of the HKLM where the rest of the plugin registry resides is because by default the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE on WM 5 and higher has a security restriction. For example you can not write to it using RAPI, only by authorized (or signed) app on the device. The HKEY_CURRENT_USER on the other hand is open for all.
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Thanks for the info, I never knew that.

Thank you so much! This was exactly what I was looking for!

levenum said:
...But by all means feel free to make suggestions.
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As a frequent mortscript user I think, this great app might be even more usefull, if the string was shown in an "allways on top" message box instead of the today screen. The Today screen might be obscured by other active windows during the scripts runtime and the plugin eats precious today screen estate also while being unused, doesn't it?
In that case (of a standalone application) I would furthermore introduce some kind of termination string (or reg. value) to end the display application.
Code:
- start mortscript
- writes first string to registry
- starts display application (run)
- updates string in registry whenever appropriate
- ...
- writes termination string to registry
-> display applications self-terminates
- ...
- end of mortscript
Honestly, I already do use something comparable with mortscript (employing a conditioned sleepmessage loop and reading from the registry too), but this could be much nicer and more elegant.
Just my 2 cents... What do you think?

I think something like that would be better implemented by the mortsrit program it self.
It could be a function like MessageBox API in windows which you could then command on and off. Having it built in would save precious resources on the device that would be wasted by having an extra app run constantly in background.
This is just my thought though.
I'd suggest contacting the developer of mortscript and discussing it with him.

levenum said:
I think something like that would be better implemented by the mortsrit program it self.
...
I'd suggest contacting the developer of mortscript and discussing it with him.
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Mort knew about that request and by chance just announced to so.
Thanks anyway.

Hello levenum,
I just joined the community. Reason being, I found your RegDisplay plug-in
You call it a sample project, but the impact is that of an awesome solution.
Great for MortScript, but equally useful in BASIC applications that write
messages to the registry which is show upon screen minimization.
I regret not being a C programmer (mainly BASIC), else I'd love to further
develop this jewel.
Your plug-in runs flawlessly in an iPAQ 210 under WM6 Classic.
Cheers and Respectful Greetings
Robert

CLSID for registry display plugin
What is the CLSID for the Registry Display Plugin? I am going to have to edit the XML file that defines my home screen in order to get the plugin to show up. I am using Facade to control my home screen, and the only plugins that it will show in its list are those currently in use in one of the XML files in the Application Data\Home folder. All other new plugins require editing the XML. Thanks for your help.

levenum said:
Ok, most of you may find this totally useless as a plugin, but it was a combination of a request by user Treo_newb and a desire to create a sample plugin project that could be used as a base / example for plugin writers (I plan on doing an article on codeproject.com and this will be the source for it).
What does it do?
This plugin displays a string stored in registry.
The path is:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\RegDispPlugin
Value name: DisplayString
It checks if this string has changed several times per second when today screen is shown (as the system sends refresh message to all plugins) and displays the updated message if a change occurred.
What is it good for?
First, if you write apps using mortscript or similar like the user who requested this it will let your script display stuff on today screen.
Alternatively it could be used to mark your device today with a string that isn't as easily changed as user info.
The source is basically a skeleton plugin you can use to build your own plugin on (no license / copyright to limit you) and it already has several tricks needed for the plugin to display correctly:
VGA compatibility
Text size matching system settings
Proper header in settings dialog (like on system plugins)
Proper text color when selected (according to theme)
No blinking all today screen on change
Proper resize when switching between landscape and portrait
When I was writing my first plugin I could not find all these little fixes concentrated in a single article so I had to fish for each one as the bug reports came in.
Hope you will find this little project useful.
The plugin:View attachment 41592
The source (eVC 4 project): View attachment 41583
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This is great! I was asked if I could write a today screen plug-in for my weather application (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=445576) - I couldn't since I don't have the skills and I'm writing .NET code - but this is exactly what I needed.
I'm adding support for this plug-in and will of course give credits to you.

MyQuotes 2.5 Released! - Powerful Today Plugin Reader

Overview
MyQuotes is a desktop application which you can read eBook or study vocabulary or display personalized picture. In addition, MyQuotes is very customizable, you can configure MyQuotes to change the quotes and/or background image every several seconds/minutes/hours, you can also change it by clicking or key-press for prev/Next/Random. MyQuotes support many modes that be suit for different scenes(like as reading/learning...), you can append new mode and delete old mode, and these modes can be convenient switched by desktop context menu.
MyQuotes has appended three modes by default:
1. Reading: for reading eBook;
2. Learning: for learning vocabulary words
3. Exciting: for dislpay picture/quotes/affirmations/saying
MyQuotes fetchs the content from TEXT files (specified at mode settings) that can be created and edited for convenience.
Features
Blow is a general list of features for MyQuotes Today Screen Plugin:
Desktop eBook reader
Can display quotes/affirmations/saying
Can display BMP/JPG/PNG/GIF image files
Support fixed display lines
Support fixed file lines( Word Wrap/Scrolling text)
Conveniently switch mode and file by context menu
Full customizable text files and image files
Support TEXT file format(ANSI/UTF16/UTF8)
Manual actions, such as clicking/draging/scrolling/pressing
Automatic actions, such as every several seconds/minutes/hours
Multiple change style, such as Next/Prev/Lock/Unlock/Random/Direction by region
Multifarious appearance, such as Background/Margin/Alignmeng/ProgressBar/Font
MyQuotes lights your heart.
You can access the MyQuotes's BBS : www.addintimer.com
or download at : http://classic.pocketgear.com/software_detail.asp?id=26723
or direct download the attachment following

Nice, but is it freeware or what..?
Has anyone tried...??
cheerz

it sounds so great idea
good work
but which format does it support for reading ?
pdf ? txt ?
thanks for the hard work

This costs $9.95 at Pocketgear.

haam1978 said:
it sounds so great idea
good work
but which format does it support for reading ?
pdf ? txt ?
thanks for the hard work
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MyQuotes fetchs the content from TEXT files (specified at mode settings) that can be created and edited for convenience.
Support TEXT file format(ANSI/UTF16/UTF8)
Thanks

Unfortunly it says is trial version...
Registration
By default, MyQuotes will be installed as a trial version, which will expire after 14-days from the original installation date. To permanently activate MyQuotes on your device, you¡¯ll need to purchase the software to obtain a valid 5-digit reg key code number. Entering this code number in the ¡°About¡*¡± form will convert the trial version to the full version.
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Needs instructions or help file
Guoyd
MyQuotes looks pretty flexable and seems to have capabilities that I'm looking for. So I bought it. However, I'm having trouble in configuring the program. Can you provide some instructions on what each of the configuration setting do? This would make things so much easier!
To help me learn Japanese, my goal is to use it to randomly post different Japanese words and phrases with their meaning on the today screen every few hours.

Resco Backup v2.01

We just posted a substantial upgrade v2.01. It is so far a BETA only, but it was tested on many devices.
http://www.resco.net/pocketpc/backup/downloads.asp
The final release should be soon. (We still have some improvements in mind for the Unpack Tool.)
The news in brief:
PDA:
* Upload/download to FTP server
* Multi-level log of backup activities
* PIN code restore after auto-backup
* Registry Diff tool (allows tracing of Registry changes!)
* Higher speed and a number of other improvements
Desktop Unpack Tool
* Explorer-like interface
* Browse the contents of the backup set
* Files, contacts, e-mails, SMS, Registry etc.
* Selective extraction of specified data
* Export into csv and other formats
I know that several of you had problems with Stopping Apps feature. I have to bring down this is a controversial feature and there does not exist a 100% reliable solution. Whether you take Spb or Resco or Sprite etc. - the best thing these apps can do is to skip over an application that causes the problems.
(The explanation for programmers: If an app is waiting on a kernel object and another app is trying to terminate it, the result is a deadlock.)
I mentioned this because the new version contains very good log. If you get a freeze problem and switch on to the detailed log, there is a fair chance that the log will point to the culprit. If this is the case, we would appreciate if you told us what you saw in the log. (Or send the log to [email protected].)
BUT: If you switch on the detailed log, don't forget to switch it off later as the amount of the logged information is really large.
Best regards

mortscript scripts project

Hi all,
I propose this new thread to put together many of the scripts spread around in a way that anybody can benefit from it with easy an easy configuration.
The standard I propose is the following:
Split all user parameters from the code itself
Split part of codes wich are dependant on each one user configuration from the code itself
Put together scripts that make little use of system resources and battery
Each relevant post could contain a script with credits to the contributors and the wish list for additional code and this post could act as an index to the relevant posts.
My first attempt:
WIFI_ON
WIFI_OFF
I have created two notifications using dotfred taskmanager.
When I connect to my wifi at home it:
updates my gmail email
updates Spb Insight RSS Feed
downloads weather forecast pictures from my country (to use in my desktop theme)
downloads favourite stocks data and graphs (to use in my desktop theme)
updates quickgps info
updates gmail email
When I disconnect it copies weather data from one program to another:
[*]In this case it copies WAD2 weather info to S2U2. (thanks to alanlsmith at lakeridge forums)
In this example, somebody may share their code to update yahoo accounts or other RSS programs, etc. We could also share other ways of waking up the device. Any user could simply adjust the parameter files and be up and running.
My wish list now is:
* add log code that can be "plugged" to any of the scripts.
* add code to sync when connected to the PC
* give credit to all the people whose code I am using.
* create a include module of paths values so everybody can install this where they want, both the scripts and the registry values created.
* register when the info of each module was last updated so to decide if it should update it again or not: eg. a user may want to update email every hour but the weather or RRS info only once a day.
* create a structure for launching the desired tweaks (on/off), registry exports, registry imports, etc.
Hope some of you want to try and others find useful this scripts

cruiserrr said:
Hi all,
I propose this new thread to put together many of the scripts spread around in a way that anybody can benefit from it with easy an easy configuration.
Each relevant post could contain a script with credits to the contributors and the wish list for additional code and this post could act as an index to the relevant posts.
Hope some of you want to try and others find useful this scripts
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Like this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=289197

Not really !
I read this thread quite often because is full of good code and ideas.
My idea is rather to build something really easy to set-up for new users that can also save tons of times for advanced users. Is more a "sashimi" like, giving UI for tweaks, automation, backup, scripts & icon generation menu, links maintenance, set-up after hard-reset, profiles, backups, interaction for themes apps such as rl-today, s2u2 or wad...
The mortscript accumulation thread is simply great and people exchange lots of codes and ideas but each one has to take the bits and re-code. That's why I propose to build a small "application" so we can consolidate and reuse the code we generate... and have fun by doing so !
(In fact, similar ideas to split Q&A and scripts have been expressed more or less in the same thread several times)

Wombat's PhoneRoam Script
Here is my first attempt of writing a script with Mortscript
It keeps you connected to High Speed Data Only and disconnects if you stray onto G or E type networks to save on Roaming Charges.
I hope you enjoy
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=462964

[TOOL][25-09-2009] MortScript Suite 2.0

Hello to all,
"Script Suite 2.0" is ready and it's my first "developer" contribution to this forum.
I'll try to extend with other scripts and contribution by other people to have a full library of scripts able to extends functionalities for programs like WAD, Throttle Launcher, and every other similar fundamentally able to read on registry and to show pics
Infact all scripts write on registry all the info needed, and save on the configured folders the pic.
I made my best to make very easy to use and configure for final user.
So in the end I built everything so that to make them fully working you would need 3 steps:
1- Downloading the package
2- Installing mortscript
3- Configure a single properties.ini file
Scripts are organized in folders, so if somebody doesn't want some of them, he can simply delete the folder and clean the sections on properties.ini.
I already planned many new scripts and some improvements, of course every suggestion is welcome, both for new scripts and for improvements
Before to go on I want to thank:
- Mort for Mortscript and MortPlayer. Really both programs wonderful and powerful
- Gslide for Gslide program. Great mortscript programming and organization here, without studying his work I couldn't give you tasks and rss scripts.
- Alan Smith on this forum for Mail and SMS scripts
- Alfonso Presa for Message2Reg (to use the above scripts)
- Jokes On You for sms' sender pic inspiration
- Rats for moon script inspiration
- Rumball for stock scripts inspiration
I hope I didn't forget anyone, if somebody find his work here please tell me to give him his right!
In following posts some explanation about how to use the "suite"
As proof, I applied all scripts on a WAD skin:
http://www.lakeridgesoftware.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15662
Changelog
v2.0
- Better list management (with delete)
- Last caller pic (similar to last sms sender pic)
- Refactoring to use common functionalities. In particular, now is possible to have advanced connection, advanced line formatting and scrolling list functions available for every scripts needing them
- Meteo - MoonState, script retrieving info about moon state on the internet
- Mail - used new functions to format subject and body
- Rss,tasks - Implemented list scrolling in rss and tasks using the common script
- Implemented scrolling photo
- Stocks - add dynamic stock sign (plus/minus)
- Location - take info from cellId and save as a string if you like
- GPS - Current location info + calculate directions
- Scheduler - improved management
v1.0
- Agenda - Saint of the day, tasks
- GPS - Read basic information from GPS
- Images - choose random images from a folder (and one level subfolder), open album on directory set as parameter
- Mail, Messages - integration of Alan Smith scripts
- Meteo - Meteo radars list
- Music - Mortscript controls and data from registry, search and download album art from internet
- RSS - Download feeds and open link if click on article
- Scheduler - scripts to launch the other auto-updating scripts
- Stocks - Stock info with managing of bought quotes

Properties.ini
Explaining Properties.ini
As said in first post, editing Properties.ini is the only thing you need to use all the info provided by scripts.
I think the best thing to do is to provide a sample Properties.ini (fully working on my machine) and to explain section for section:
[Registry]
RegRoot=HKCU
RegPath=\Software\My_Utilities\
*** Here everyone is free to configure his own registry path where to store information. However I would suggest to don't change it simply because all the info related to Message2Reg will go under this path (no way to change...) so I think it's better to have everything at a place. Moreover, the name is enough generic to be good for everybody.
[Connection]
#Type=Check|3g
Type=Check
RetryTimeout=5
Retries=3
3gNetwork=Vodafone Web GPRS
*** Added this section to let you decide how to manage connection.
Type: currently only two values are managed.
- Check means if connection is already present then use it.
- 3g means if connection is not present than force a 3g connection.
- I thought about a "wifi" managing too but didn't find a good tool to use on my HD to toggle WiFi. Every suggestion is accepted
RetryTimeout: how much to wait for connection
Retries: how many times retry the check.
- In this example we'll wait max 15 (=3x5) seconds before to say connection failed.
3gNetwork: Name of 3g network to use
[GPS]
RefreshGPSTime=5
RefreshCityTime=5
RefreshAutoTime=600
#Unit=Km|Mp
Unit=Km
ExpressWay=true
*** Here you configure the refresh GPS interval in seconds. Of course GPS must be active
RefreshCityTime indicates how many minutes wait before to update current location (you need a connection)
RefreshAutoTime indicate how many seconds wait before to automatically update the directions.
Unit indicate the unit measure chosen
ExpressWay indicate if you want to use motorway in calculating directions.
[Images]
GraphicsPath=\Program Files\Lakeridge\WisBar Advance Desktop\Themes\Filli_Common\Graphic\
ScriptsPath=\Program Files\Lakeridge\WisBar Advance Desktop\Themes\Filli_Common\Scripts\
RefreshImagesTime=120
*** Here you can configure:
*** scripts path (variable extensively used practically by every script)
*** graphics path, that is where your theme graphical files are
*** Time in minutes to wait before to change images
[Folders]
BigImageP1=\Storage Card\Skin\Wad2\Wallpaper800_P|file|bigImage.jpg
BigImageP2=\Storage Card\Skin\Wad2\Wallpaper800_P|file|bigImage2.jpg
BigImageP3=\Storage Card\Skin\Wad2\Wallpaper800_P|file|bigImage3.jpg
BigImageP4=\Storage Card\Skin\Wad2\Wallpaper800_P|file|bigImage4.jpg
BigImageL1=\Storage Card\Skin\Wad2\Wallpaper800_L|file|bigImageL.jpg
AnalogClock=\Storage Card\Skin\Wad2\BKG_CLock|file|AnalogClock\WadClock .png
SmallImageP=\Storage Card\Foto\My Pictures\|file|smallImage.jpg
SmallImageL=\Storage Card\Foto\My Pictures L\|file|smallImage2.jpg
OthersBigP=\Storage Card\Skin\Wad2\Wallpaper800_P\Other|dir|othersBigP .jpg
OthersBigL=\Storage Card\Skin\Wad2\Wallpaper800_L\Other|dir|othersBigL .jpg
OthersSmallP=\Storage Card\Skin\Wad2\Wallpaper800_P\Other|dir|othersSmal lP.jpg
OthersSmallL=\Storage Card\Skin\Wad2\Wallpaper800_L\Other|dir|othersSmal lL.jpg
*** Here it's possible to configure a free and dynamic list, that is you can name directories as you want and put all the directories you want. As you can see every folder has 3 properties, separated by "|":
*** Path
*** Type (dir or file)
*** Destination file
*** How it works? Well, those info needs to included Random.mscr script. For every folder, if type is "file" will randomly choose a file directly in that folder, else ("dir") will be chosen a file in a subdir. The chosen file will be saved in "GraphicsPath/Destination file".
"dir" is very important if you have a lot of wallpapers for example (I noticed more than 400 files in a single directory will slow down machine) or if you like to organize your photo in subfolder.
After you configured your list, start "randoms.mscr", and every RefreshImagesTime you'll have a new pic.
[FormatLongText]
LengthOfText=350
NoOfLines=10
LineLength=40
Adjust=2
*** Those parameters (mainly LineLength) needs to manage long strings in scripts like mail, rss, tasks, and other info you can retrieve from internet. If text/line is too long it will be cut and "..." will be inserted at end.
[Mail]
RefreshMailTime=30
*** Simply set how to wait until next mail sync
[MailServices]
MailService1=Gmail
MailService2=Hotmail
*** Free and dynamic list to set all the mail service you need
[Messaging]
ContactsPath=\Storage Card\Contacts\Contacts128\
*** This needs to know where to get sender sms or caller pic if you want to show in your skin
[Meteo]
RefreshMeteoTime=180
*** Here you can configure minutes before every radar download
[Radars]
1=http://static.die.net/earth/mercator/800.jpg
2=http://static.die.net/moon/400.jpg
3=http://magazine.enel.it/meteo/img/v_meteoimg/msg/italy/bis/curr_ita.jpg
4=http://eur.yimg.com/w/wcom/eur_italy_outlook_it_IT_440_dmy_y.jpg
5=http://oiswww.eumetsat.org/IPPS/html/latestImages/EUMETSAT_MSG_RGB-naturalcolor-centralEurope.jpg
6=http://eur.yimg.com/w/wcom/eur_satintl_440_dmy_y.jpg
7=http://oiswww.eumetsat.org/IPPS/html/latestImages/EUMETSAT_MSG_VIS006EColor-centralEurope.jpg
8=http://www.inmh.ro/images/mradar.jpeg
9=http://www.meteoromania.ro/images/harta/temp.jpg
*** Dynamic list to use all the meteo radar you wants. You need to name them as a sequence number if you want switching by them working
[Internet]
DefaultBrowser = \Windows\OperaL.exe
*** Choose your browser to start rss links
[RSS]
MaxElementsForFeed=10
RefreshRSSTime=60
*** Here you can configure RSS refresh time in minutes, and max number of elements for each RSS Feed. Can be handy if you have very big feeds but you needs only few on WAD2.
[RSS Feeds]
Repubblica Home=http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/32275/f/438637/index.rss
*** Free and dynamic list for RSS, you are free to choose name, simply set correctly the link!
[Tasks]
RefreshTasksTime=60
*** How many minutes wait before to refresh tasks in case you changed them.
[Stocks]
Interval=20
StartHour=8:0
StopHour=17:50
chartDownload=1
*** Refresh parameters for stocks. On weekend download is already disabled, for working days you can choose the interval (how many minutes to wait before next update), start and stop hour (for minutes less than 10 doesn't put "0" in front) and if you want to download charts
[StockList]
Borsa Milano = FTSEMIB.MI|FTSEMIB.MI|0|0|I
Euro Dollaro = EURUSD|EURUSD|5000|1,32|X
Euro Ron = EURRON|EURRON|0|0|X
Google = GOOG|GOOG|0|0|A
*** Free and dynamic list to manage your stocks.
*** First field is the name you find on Yahoo
*** Second field the one found on google (sometime they differs)
*** Third field how many stocks you own
*** Fourth field average price for your bought stocks
*** Fifth field type of stock, "X" for money change, "I" for general index, "A" for normal quotes. It's important to download the correct info/graphs
[Location]
RefreshLocationTime=5
*** Indicate how many minutes wait before to update current location (based on cellId)

Folders
Here some explanation about how to use the scripts inside folders
*** Agenda
- Tasks.mscr retrieve tasks from outlook and put on registry so you can read them in WAD
- ScrollTasks.mscr needs to scroll up and down tasks
- SantodelGiorno.mscr retrieve the Catholic Saint of the day from internet and put info on the internet. More a sample to see how to treat info coming from the net.
*** GPS
- GPSScript.mscr write on registry some info about GPS. It works only if GPS is active, of course.
- FindCity.mscr find all info about your current city and current address. It works thanks to GPSToday, which activate GPS and take some info (other are taken from internet)
- GetDirections.mscr calculate path between two address. It needs a connection. Can be used once or called automatically every a configurable number of seconds ([GPS] RefreshAutoTime)
- ScrollDirections.mscr to scroll up and down directions
*** Images
- Randoms.mscr will choose randomly files as explained in above post. It will take a file from the configured directory (or subdirectory), will save the chosen directory on registry, and will copy the file on the configured one.
- AlbumCameraFolder.exe can be used inside WAD2 to open the related image folder inside album.
For example "AlbumCameraFolder.exe BigImageP1" will open the "\Storage Card\Skin\Wad2\Wallpaper800_P" folder, if you use the above properties.ini file
Instead "AlbumCameraFolder.exe OthersBigP" willl open the randomly chosen subdir under "\Storage Card\Skin\Wad2\Wallpaper800_P\Other", because type was "dir".
Practically speaking in WAD you'll find a photo, and clicking on it you'll open the folder where the photo is.
- ScrollPhoto.mscr to scroll up and down photos in the same folder of current one in a linear way
- callerPic.mscr make possible to use the pic of last caller
*** Location
- Location.mscr read the current cellId and Lac and put in registry
- saveLocation.mscr let you save current location using the name you like
*** Mail
Those are the Alan Smith scripts, simply adapted to this organization, and more:
- SyncService.exe will sync the single service
- SyncAllServices.mscr will read your configured mail services and will update all of them
- OpenMailInbox.exe needs to open a service inbox
*** Messages
Again Alan Smith files, and more:
- senderPic.exe to update the sms sender pic when browsing them on WAD2
*** Meteo
- Moonphases.mscr download moon pic and read moon phases from internet
- DownloadMeteoRadar.mscr downloads all the Radars link configured.
- ChangeMeteoRadar.mscr needs to browse beetwen radars images in skin, and accept "next" or "prev" as directions
*** Music
- Various mortplayer remote controls to be used from skin
- WADAlbumArt.mscr go to internet trying to find the album art according to information stored on mp3, and written on registry by mortplayer (basycally author/album). If cover it's already present it will not try to download again
*** RSS
- MortXML.xml and RSS.xml are "services" scripts and don't needs to be touched
- DownloadRSS.xml will download feeds and update registry
- SetCurrentRSS.exe will set the current feed so to switch beetwen them on your skins
- OpenCurrentLink.exe it's to be associated to text read by WAD on registry to start the browser and read the news.
- ScrollRSSInfo needs to scroll RSS articles
*** Scheduler
- ScheduledDownload.mscr it's just a script to start all downloads together (for now). Maybe it will become a "serious" scheduler, however for now all single scripts have their own scheduling
*** Stocks
- StockConfig.mscr will read info from Stock List in configuration and update registry. Every time you change something in the list you need to run this script
- UpdateStocks.mscr in practice is the scheduler. If you are in the configured days and hours it will start the downloads
- DownloadGraph.mscr and DownloadStocks.mscr are the scripts to download the graph images and the stock informations. Normally they are managed by UpdateStocks.mscr
- SetCurrentStock.mscr and RefreshCurrent.mscr permits to browse beetwen graphs and informations and to update graphs.
*** Utility
- Connect.mscr let you choose how you want to manage connections. At the moment, it can simple check if a connection already exist or force a 3g connection. I would like to implement forcing a Wifi connection, however I still didn't find a reliable tool to toggle wifi
- FormatLine.mscr needs to clean texts and to format them in various lines if too long
- ScrollList.mscr it's the general script to manage scrolling generic lists of element up and down.

Good work, well done

Great work! Should put it in the MortScript examples accumulation thread, too.
I find that when the phone is off, although the location.mscr does run every 5 minutes, the location data obtained from rilcmdline during phone off is still the location data when the phone was last turned on. I proof it by putting a timestamp at the showedLocation field.
In summary, the location cannot update when phone is off. Is there any solution for this? Thanks.

actually this was posted in the examples a long time ago.
it's also been listed in the Morstscript Compendium of course...

Hi,
Me again.
So I am going to add RSS to StatusTicker with your RSS script.
With this rss:
Craigslist=http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/zip/index.rss
It downloads the RSS file just fine. But it doesn't seem to be parsing the headers back into the registry.
I only just got started. If you happen to know what's making it not work that would be cool. I will look some more.
thanks much

ahlok_hk said:
Great work! Should put it in the MortScript examples accumulation thread, too.
I find that when the phone is off, although the location.mscr does run every 5 minutes, the location data obtained from rilcmdline during phone off is still the location data when the phone was last turned on. I proof it by putting a timestamp at the showedLocation field.
In summary, the location cannot update when phone is off. Is there any solution for this? Thanks.
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Sorry for late answer, I had little time for phone lately.
However I simply used a freeware rilcmdline.exe I've found on the forum and I'm saving results on registry so to be available for other applications. I'm afraid the problem you said is about exe and I can't do anything with exe
A chance could be to activate screen before to update RIL, but I'm afraid battery will last very little after.
On the other side, I see this important if you use location to switch profiles, but if like me you only need a visual information, well, you'll have to switch on the phone to see location on WAD so no problem

howdykeith said:
Hi,
Me again.
So I am going to add RSS to StatusTicker with your RSS script.
With this rss:
Craigslist=http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/zip/index.rss
It downloads the RSS file just fine. But it doesn't seem to be parsing the headers back into the registry.
I only just got started. If you happen to know what's making it not work that would be cool. I will look some more.
thanks much
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Hello howdy,
sorry for late answer, as I said before had very little time for phone.
Strange your RSS doesn't work, I used the same script with little modifications for a Twitter script I'm going to post some time in v3.0.
You would need together the Download_RSS.mscr, RSS.mscr and MortXML.mscr script because everything would work (about writing in registry).
I use those scripts every day so let me know where the problem is (I'm sure you correctly setup the .ini file...)