[vicott]

Now, you know about color schemes and image sizes used in themes, some of you may wish to use ThemeBuilder to create themes because it gives you total flexibility in use of images, image sizes and color definitions. If you wish to know more about INF files used for theme creation, you can check out this page for more info. I have a very detail list of tips, guides, code snippets and full samples there.

[BenThon]

Really interesting page Vicott : How to do ?
Fully educational !

[vicott]

Black_knight, on Aug 30 2006, 05:29 PM, said:

Hi,

I tried everything that Vicott have instructed above.
But the pock pc theme dosn`t work om my pocket pc. When i upload the tsk file to the pocket pc and try to use it il just get the default them?

I`m using Extended theme generator. Don`t have Pocket Pluss installed.
And have a HTC TYTN widt windows mobile5. Tyring to get the them to work in landscape mode.

Thanx for the help:)
Regards Pocket geek from Norway:)

Apparently, Extended Themes created using Spb Extended Theme Generator don't seem to work well on WM5 devices. The only way to create Extended Themes for WM5 is to go all the way down to manually creating the CAB file using CABWiz and also manually add in registry values and finally rename the CAB to TSK. It requires you to understand how CAB files work and it is an extremely troublesome process just to create one Extended Theme. This also means that most Extended Themes you find on the web do not work on WM5 as well. :whistle:

[pengzhi]

erm . i read so much so many thing i abit blur. mind tell mi .. which software plug in . is better for dopod 818pro which alot people using now. cos u say until so many i not sure which is the popular 1. sorry. mine tell mi and give mi link could be more easy ty

[vicott]

pengzhi, on Nov 2 2006, 01:31 PM, said:

erm . i read so much so many thing i abit blur. mind tell mi .. which software plug in . is better for dopod 818pro which alot people using now. cos u say until so many i not sure which is the popular 1. sorry. mine tell mi and give mi link could be more easy ty

But it depends on what type of today plug-in you need. Actually, the recommendation list is already quite short. I've already tried to keep it as short as possible and limit them to the popular/useful/interesting ones.

[vicott]

Noticed the revival of some repeated questions, so gonna add them here.

Q. Can I remove the separator lines in the today screen (Pocket PC)?

A. The simple answer is that you can't. However, you can change it to a color such that it matches the background to achieve the same effect, e.g. setting the separator lines to black in a black background.

Q. Can I have a all-white theme in WM6/WM6 (Pocket PC)?

A. Unfortunately, it seems quite impossible to have a theme with white background and white bars (softkeys and taskbar). Through registry tweaking, it is possible to change the softkeys to white while setting the text on them to be non-white (e.g. black). For the taskbar, it is also possible to change it to white. BUT, there is no registry key to change the color of the text on them, i.e. you get white text on white background for the taskbar. Therefore, you can at most only make a theme with white background, white softkey and black taskbar for a matching theme.

[charleslee]

is there a way to insert a jpg image as wallpaper that is "solid" in color or at least 80%?

ie. i set a jpg as wallpaper, but when on screen, it looks faded, ie. only maybe 40% of it is shown, as though there is a white SCREEN over it.

any registry tweaks for this?

THANKS!!

EDIT>>>> found the answer, it's in "Pictures & Videos" default app of the PPC.

This post has been edited by charleslee: 28 September 2007 - 01:30 AM

[xiaobaoge]

Thanks to vicott, manage to get my name on my PPC. :grin:

1. Use a Reg Editor and navigate to HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Shell\DeviceBeta.

2. Create a new value with the following:
Value name = Today
Value data = Any desired word e.g. your own name

3. After completed the reg tweak, exit your reg editor.

4. Power down for 20 secs then Power on and soft reset.